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Cebit not all enterprise

IT managers will get some relief from business as usual with the latest consumer-aimed gadgets and services

Web 2.0 offers fertile ground for SAAS

Fast Internet, customers' comfort levels with business on the Web and vendors' willingness to embrace open standards haver created a rich environment, SAAS proponents say

SGI cuts two execs, about 250 jobs

The changes are part of a restructuring aimed at cutting costs amid continuing operating losses

Borland: Interest, but no buyer yet, for tools line

Executive details intentions, provides progress report on sale of developer tools

Intel gives earnings warning

Intel faces increasing competition from AMD

HP Labs India working to bridge TV and Internet

Also in Brief: OSS/J names Vodafone D2 exec as new chair; IBM readies SOA packages; Intel to invest $300M in Vietnam chip plant; SOA, Forum integrate products; Ericsson sues Samsung in patent dispute; Sony, NEC to establish optical disc joint venture

Microsoft’s Origami in 30 seconds

Vendors form new OpenDocument alliance

ODF could have provided support to embattled CIO who planned Massachusetts' migration to OpenDocument

U.S. to probe for digital music price fixing

Authorities also suspect record labels of fixing the price of CDs

SAP employees in Germany vote against workers’ council

Vote may have been swayed by SAP cofounder who warned of possible relocation if council were approved

Protectionism no way to counter offshoring, says Bush

Bush says he would like to issue more H-1B visas

Can you tell I’m using a MacBook Pro?

IBM lauds voice apps API

Developer software to be released through Eclipse

Wall Street Beat: Net sector spurs jitters

Google may be upbeat but there are some shadows darkening e-commerce and search company prospects

Update: Sky’s the limit for Google, execs say

Wall Street analysts told company is far from reaching a plateau in sales growth

Software CTOs push for patent, visa reform

Execs say Washington still isn't doing enough to reform the patent system and allow foreign workers to come to the U.S.

Microsoft Origami details

Web site source code reveals: "Origami Project: the Mobile PC running Windows XP."

Net neutrality issue may slow growth of SAAS market

Industry watchers tell conference the prospect of premium prices for faster networks could slow SAAS adoption

Update: Tech groups urge Congress to keep net neutrality

Groups sent a letter to committee Wednesday amid reports it was ready to scrap net neutrality provisions from bill

Disk storage sales surged last year

External disk storage system sales worldwide grew 12 percent to $16 billion from the prior year, says IDC

Panel cites benefits, limits of ESB

Executives from Sonic, BEA, others participate in "ESB-Con: Due Diligence Day" Webinar

Hospital provides update on open-source move

Migrating to open-source software has been a long process for Texas' Midland Memorial

Oracle searches enterprises, talks open source

Microsoft: EU colluding with rivals

Software giant says that European Commission fails to act as independent regulator

Tech groups urge Congress to keep net neutrality

Legislators urged to prohibit broadband providers from discriminating against competing services

Wal-Mart details its RFID journey

Momentum builds for retailer’s RFID tagging initiatives

Microsoft security exec promises a safer Vista

Microsoft’s Detlef Eckert discusses global security concerns

India becomes spam target

Spammers perceive India's PC users as less likely to use antivirus software

Teenager claims to find code flaw in Gmail

Supposed flaw may already have been fixed

Open source needs big vendors to thrive, Ellison says

Oracle CEO credits his own company's work in making Linux a success

More chip companies rush to 65-nanometer production

Xilinx releases its first 65-nanometer chip

Millionth English article posted on Wikipedia

Free online encyclopedia hits milestone

Baidu can expand search share in China, CEO says

Research suggests Google could take market share from rivals in China

Oracle readies stand-alone enterprise search software

Search engine ensures only authorized staff can access sensitive business info

House Republicans push ‘innovation’ agenda

Move to improve U.S. competitiveness with countries such as India and China

ICANN disputes China domain report

Official news story may have resulted from a misunderstanding of domain names

Google moving search records out of China

The company is seeking prevent China's government accessing the data without Google's consent

Microsoft expands Exchange 12 beta program

Wednesday's Community Technology Preview will reach about 200,000 more beta testers

Sun’s McNealy to HP’s Hurd: Let’s get together on Unix

Convergence is proposed for Solaris, HP-UX

China creates own domain names

Report says move means internet users in China can now sidestep US servers

Four Hynix executives plead guilty to DRAM price fixing

The federal investigation has now hit four companies and nine individuals with criminal charges and $731 million in fines

Microsoft’s new role: Livestock tracker

Database will enable monitoring of diseased animals to reduce consumer fears about U.S. meat

Quantum, StorageTek end patent fight

Storage rivals enter into cross-licensing agreement

Update: Mystery surrounds PC-to-mobile virus

Antivirus vendors have not seen the code to confirm the virus exists

In Brief: IBM readies SOA packages

Also in Brief: Intel to invest $300M in Vietnam chip plant; SOA, Forum integrate products; Ericsson sues Samsung in patent dispute; Sony, NEC to establish optical disc joint venture; Orange offers wireline service; ObjectWeb announces EasyBeans proje

PMC-Sierra completes $425 million storage buy

PMC-Sierra buys chip arm of Agilent Technologies for $425 million

Multilingual Windows XP Starter Edition comes to India

Low-cost version of OS supports multiple local languages as well as English

Satyam expands in China as costs rise in India

Indian outsourcer will hire thousands in China over the next three years

China, Taiwan tiff won’t hurt global tech supplies

Observers don't expect the conflict to escalate into a trade war or military confrontation

Intel’s Clovertown may fall short

Analyst warns upcoming quad-core processor may not offer a significant performance boost