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Business Objects to launch BI for SaaS

Business intelligence vendor preps online version of Crystal Reports

IBM gets its SOA story straight

WebSphere releases push process integration

Convert HTML content to PDF format

Support access to PDF files on your Webpages

Ilog extends the tools for rules

JRules includes performance and reporting improvements

Open source BI tool to target enterprise customers

Executives claim package is ready to play with the big BI boys

Researchers worry over new cross-platform viruses

Security researchers worry that the malicious code may be part of a disturbing new trend of viruses that could infect both Linux and Windows PCs

Sprint nearing decision on 4G

Sprint aims to choose a technology "this summer"

Microsoft readies searches to rival Google

Microsoft confirmed through its public relations firm Friday that it is readying two new searches — Windows Live Product Search and Windows Live Academic Search

Sellers have high expectations for eBay Express

EBay Express, due during the second quarter, will feature only fixed-price items, most of them new, from experienced sellers with outstanding track records

Salesforce.com takes hit from outage

The company's stock was down almost five percent in midday trading, with news of another service outage a likely source

Where they call the Feds on Linux

Q/QEMU: Real, working virtual Windows-in-a-window for Intel-based Macs

E-voting critics march to Washington

Citizen lobbyists call for a paper trail

Boot Camp works! Or: Dear God, my Mac’s turned into a PC.

Amid massive renovation, Nortel eyes spin offs

Company investigating which products to drop altogether

Domain registrar exposes customer data

Database problem exposes financial, personal info at DiscountDomainRegistry.com

Ian Foster and IBM’s Irving Wladawsky Berger Catch Up Re. Grid …

A Quick Primer on Linux Clustering from Donald Becker

Taiwanese LCD makers merge to take on Koreans

AU Optronics to acquire Quanta Display for $2.2 billion

An open source call to arms, and the new Emerging Enterprise podcast

HGC opens Ethernet link from Hong Kong to China

China's membership in the WTO sparks growing demand for cross-border networking services

Anti-piracy lobby tries softer approach in China

BSA argues the case that legal software is good for China's economy

U.S. marks new cell phone record in 2005

U.S. added 25.7 million new mobile phone users to its ranks last year

Vodafone plans major reorg and shift in strategy

Company to create new unit focused on converged fixed-mobile and Internet-related services

Telecommunications group slams Chinese regulators

China's MII is excluding foreign operators from the country's telecommunications sector, TIA says

Tokyo exchange plans compete system revamp by 2009

Company provides details of three-year IT plan

BlackBerry reaches 5 million subscriber mark

RIM hits over $2 billion in revenue for its fiscal year 2006

Web services pose growing security risk

Web application tools make it easy for users to ignore the security implications of the software they're building, researcher says

Update: Microsoft moves to stop software piracy in China

Companies agree to help educate end-users about the benefits of using licensed software

Agassi: MySQL to support SAP this year

Products and technology group president Shai Agassi said Thursday he expects MySQL to be certified to run SAP applications by the end of the year

Spectrum auctions to unleash mobile data frenzy

The auctions are the biggest developments in mobile communications coming over the next year, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin says

Wall Street Beat: Spending, small companies boosts tech

Tech investors seem heartened by good news from smaller companies and the prospects a strong economy spurring corporate IT spending

SAP to expand on-demand offerings

SAP will accelerate its on-demand software model as necessary to keep up with competitors such as Oracle and Microsoft, the company's CEO said

Microsoft set to patch IE, Windows, Office next week

Some had called for Microsoft to release an early version of the IE patch, but that now seems unlikely

MySQL to unveil new transaction engine

The new transaction database was developed by Jim Starkey, who joined MySQL when it acquired his Web application technology company in February

Lawmakers target six top copyright piracy countries

The congressional group will focus on copyright piracy in China and Russia, because the "scope and depth" of the problem in those countries, it said

MySQL, Oracle sign multiyear deal on InnoDB

After Oracle acquired Innobase, speculation was rife whether Oracle, which competes with MySQL, would renew the agreement

Vodafone restructures business

Vodafone will now have three new units: Europe; Central Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Affiliates; and New Businesses and Innovation

EU nations face telecoms crackdown

Legal action against 11 EU nations is over lacking location information for emergency services

Heavy 3G users may pay more

Verizon exec says tiered services with higher prices are probably on the way

U.S. subcommittee rejects net neutrality

The Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday rejected an amendment to strengthen so-called net neutrality provisions in a telecom reform bill

PayPal goes mobile with payment service

PayPal Mobile lets customers use mobile phones, wireless devices to pay for products

Phones rain down on Las Vegas

New handsets on display at the CTIA Wireless show pack more storage, more features

Samsung shows off BlackBerry handset

Samsung's new handsets support the BlackBerry service and Wi-Fi connectivity

In Brief: Turbolinux buys PHP tools vendor

Red Hat doffs Fedora Foundation

Red Hat restructures Fedora Project to provide support to its development community

Carly Fiorina joins TSMC’s board of directors

Former HP chief joins board of world's largest chip maker

Microsoft’s Linux site, Storage Sprawl podcast

Taiwan, China lead in huge chip-making growth

TSMC and UMC account for over 50 percent of all foundry capacity in Asia

EDS to open outsourcing centers in China

EDS will hire 2,000 staff in China over the next two years