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In Brief: Huawei wins 3G contract from Vodafone

IBM and Rapport unveil energy efficient processor

Chip is aimed at users who want streaming live, high-definition video on mobile devices

Anonymizer prepares to battle China’s Net censors

Operation: Anti-Censorship is designed to handle updates 'on a daily basis'

Microsoft releases upgrade for Windows CE 5.0

Feature pack aims to make product development easier for device manufacturers

Patch is recommended for McAfee filtering software

Vulnerability in e-mail filtering software could allow unwanted code to run on a computer

Lucent veteran Russo’s new challenges

One analysts said running the combined company from Paris, she is bound to face some resistance as an American — and as a woman

Microsoft makes Virtual Server R2 free

Microsoft is eliminating the Standard edition and making its Enterprise edition available for download at no charge

IBM makes broad SOA rollout

WebSphere, services key to the effort

Readers revolt against Mac coverage (2)

Microsoft buys ProClarity to bolster BI strategy

The software giant will use ProClarity's technologies in conjunction with its SQL Server 2005 and related Office products

SAP to buy compliance software firm Virsa

The planned buy is an all-cash transaction, but Virsa and SAP didn't disclose the purchase price or other financial details

EDS to offer $380 million for Indian outsourcer

Company bids for Mphasis

Trademark rift between Apples may end soon

Case might be in judge's hands by Wednesday

Open source champions, and The Screening Room 3

EU mobile price regulations displease operators

European Commission opens 6 week investigation into reducing mobile phone costs

Splunk launches IT troubleshooting wiki

Splunk Base lets systems admins access, share information to troubleshoot problems

IBM, Novell team to fuel SMB Linux adoption

Companies offer new packaged bundles to ease Linux deployment

AOL introduces new mobile services

AOL also announces an expansion of its partnership with Sprint Nextel

JBoss enhances middleware line

Company to release rules engine, transaction server

Impact of Alcatel, Lucent plan may take time

It will take years to integrate the two companies, analysts say

EMC extends archiving software

New tool is designed for those who need to archive e-mail plus other content types

Room for More than One Default Hypervisor in the Linux Kernel?

Apple vs Apple case listens to iTunes testimony

VP of iTunes tries to deflect Apple Corps' charge that the company violated a 1991 agreement

PHP extended to IBM midrange line

System i computers getting Web development via arrangement with Zend Technologies

Anonymizer software circumvents China’s Great Firewall

Anti-censorship software circumvents government efforts to block access to certain Web sites

Mercury focusing on SOA with software quality package

Integration with SAP, Microsoft platforms also is cited

Law center to ease corporate path for FOSS developers

Software Freedom Conservancy will help open source development projects become tax-exempt

Zend ports PHP to IBM Series i servers

PHP tools to run on i5/OS

Indian outsourcer MindTree revenue grows 85 percent

Company claims customers prefer smaller, focused providers

Collapse of Check Point/Sourcefire deal raises questions

Government reviews could present obstacles for future mergers

Virtualization fever at LinuxWorld Expo

Boston conference brings new announcements from prominent vendors

JBoss, LogicBlaze introduce open source middleware

New projects deliver messaging and SOA capabilities

Yahoo may face penalty over jailed Chinese journalist

Search company could face fine, civil suit, or both

Trend Micro data revealed due to virus

Employee failed to install company's own antivirus software on home computer

BEA seeks to modularize app server

Services would be deployable separately under plan now in conceptual stage

Avoid common pitfalls during Java EE project estimation

Consider often-ignored factors to estimate your software project more accurately

Systematically shut down enterprise Java Web applications

Tools and techniques for ensuring an orderly shutdown of Web applications

Alcatel, Lucent agree to merge

Companies anticipate merger will take 6 to 12 months to complete

Alcatel, Lucent agree to merge

Deal still pending agreement from shareholders, regulatory authorities

Identity theft hit 3.6 million in U.S.

About 3 percent of households were hit by some sort of ID theft during the first six months of 2004, according a DOJ study

Bill Gates faints at baseball game? (April fools!)

A Microsoft joke search engine allows people to search on personalities and one result that comes up is the following: "Gasping Bill Gates faints at local ball game after walking to concession stand"

Microsoft claims breakthrough at EU antitrust hearing

The software giant said it made a breakthrough but the claim was said to be exaggerated by a rival and person close to the EC

Google faces rivals for city Wi-Fi project

Google and EarthLink have not been told they are out of the running, however

New generation of IE malware now circulating

The new software works more quickly, meaning it will be particularly effective on older machines with limited memory and processing capabilities

Commercial computer hardware the key to robots

The robotics industry is not big enough to drive technological innovation on its own, so it relies on electronics used in similar platforms

DVR Grid

Spy software company argues product isn’t a Trojan

F-Secure warns against FlexiSpy software for mobile phones

Intel kicks off low-cost PC effort in Mexico

Intel promises 'full-featured' PC with the price adjusted for family incomes

Iona touts service orchestration in ESB upgrade

Artix 4.0 uses Eclipse interface to let users access any database via JDBC

Elpida, Powerchip seek No. 1 spot in DRAM

Elpida and Powerchip combine forces to take on DRAM leader Samsung Electronics