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SOA, tools wrap: Programs, strategies, tools readied

SOA Software, IBM, BuildForge unveil plans

Novell to ship improved Linux desktop this summer

Desktop version improves compatibility with Microsoft Office

Update: T-Mobile to offer converged service

Service to be available in Germany first, but T-Mobile has hotspots worldwide so it is expected to be offered with cell service in more places soon

Holland’s Ego looks to change laptop perceptions

Company shows off new clamshell design notebook PC

Open source helps SMBs customize applications

Vendors at Cebit demonstrate open source software tailored for smaller and mid-size companies

IBM’s Cell processor shows its potential

Prototype blade servers run 3D model of human heart beating at Cebit

Hacked bank server hosts phishing sites

Criminal using site to steal personal data from eBay customers

Intel details its processor road map at IDF 2006

Core architecture to power a great leap forward

VoIP buddies: Cisco, Citrix, and Microsoft

Cisco partners with Citrix and Microsoft to bring IM-like presence and click-to-call capabilities to their hosted and desktop applications

AT&T, BellSouth merger to spur fixed mobile convergence

Voice, video and data over wireless and wire line is finally coming

Samsung begins making DDR2 with 80-nanometer process

New process expected to translate to lower prices for customers

IBM moves closer to partners on research, SOA

Big Blue to open research arm to some partners

Plug memory leaks in enterprise Java applications

Strategies for detecting and fixing enterprise memory leaks

Sun pairing tools for identity technology

Partnership with ActivIdentity to result in two-factor authentication system

USB drives spread their wings

Several vendors show off new wares at CeBit

Ink-jet cartridge makers criticize Epson lawsuits

Epson filed 25 lawsuits in February

Microsoft collaboration server to ship this month

Considered crucial to Microsoft's ALM platform, Team Foundation Server is coming after seven years in the making

RSA’s new Identity Manager SAML 2.0 compliant

The company is readying a new version of its software that will support the latest Security Assertion Markup Language specification and should reduce the number of individual user log-ins

Free toolbar to sniff out spam

CipherTrust TrustedSource Toolbar is said to be the first trustworthiness-rating product designed for e-mail clients

T-Mobile to offer converged service

Customers will be able to use portable computers for services such as video calling and IM as they move between Wi-Fi and cellular networks

Intel upgrades its platforms alongside new chips

Two main attributes of the Core microarchitecture chips will empower changes to these platforms: power efficiency and multiple cores

Microsoft: IPTV to reach critical mass this year

Ed Graczyk, director of marketing and communications for Microsoft TV, said the number of commercial users of IPTV services should scale up by the end of 2006

Oracle delivering graphical database development tool

Company acknowledges being late to the market

Security vendors: Windows OneCare won’t cut it

Antivirus vendors at Cebit are cynical about Vista and OneCare, perhaps because Microsoft's efforts in antivirus is encroaching on crowded territory

Origami device with Via processor shown off

New ultramobiles not limited to Intel processors

Open beta for IBM’s Viper database coming soon

With feature set close to completion, IBM still on track to release final version mid-year, executive says

EU hits back at Microsoft complaints

Group issues confidential agreement with Microsoft proving it acted properly

Xandros prepares move into Linux server market

Server to be launched in the U.S. in May

Blu-ray backer LG preparing HD-DVD drive

Company gets behind both standards

ImCoSys previews Linux smart phone

Device runs embedded Linux, includes browser, calendar and music player

Samsung shows flash-disk based laptop

Updated drive now carries 32GB of flash memory

NEC demonstrates HD-DVD R burning

Company shows off optical disk drive

Linux vendor Collax eyes US debut

Company to aim at SMBs with server applications and easy-to-use GUI

MSI displays solar powered laptop and MP3 player

Experimental products dabble in ways to provide power in remote areas

RIM adds instant messaging to BlackBerry server

RIM announces it is acquiring Ascendent Systems

Google acquires online word processing app provider

Google moves into Microsoft's turf with purchase of Upstartle

The truth, backed by data, about offshore outsourcing

China sets broad tech goals for 2006 and beyond

Goals for the next five years reflect China's desire to encourage innovation among local companies

Seagate and Secude partner on encrypted laptop

Seagate drive automatically encrypts data with minimal effect on performance

F-Secure launches e-mail security appliance

P-Series gateway offers spam and virus protection and a single management console

Supermarket fills aisles with RFID

Metro AG takes up big booth to show how RFID is changing retail

Tech brings new billionaires onto Forbes list

Bill Gates held on to the top spot and the founders of Google got richer

Taiwan’s Mio shows off smart phone with GPS

Mio A701 combines the functions of a mobile phone with those of a PDA

Wall Street Beat: Concerns mount for chip sector

Worries about hardware sales are dogging the chip arena, and reports issued Thursday by Gartner and IDC only added fuel to the fire

Update: Google settles click-fraud lawsuit for $90M

John Battelle, who recently wrote a book about Google, says he sees this settlement as validating Google's position that click fraud isn't a big problem

Microsoft to issue critical patch Tuesday

The security bulletin for Office will involve updates that may require restarting systems

NMS reinvents itself as a software developer

The company plans to move out of supplying development kits and into developing mobile telephony applications

AMD plans DDR2-ready laptop, desktop chips by mid-year

The new chips will support a speedier generation of memory already available that run at 667MHz or faster

Emerging technologies lure IT buyers to Cebit

Product announcements suggest VOIP and RFID are entering the mainstream, while Web-based CRM systems and open-source software have already hit their stride

Will Novell’s desktop Linux catch on?

The big question is whether enterprises will embrace a widespread migration from Windows, and conditions suggest that answer is "no"