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Softricity renews partnership with Microsoft around SMS

Users will be able to virtualize and stream apps to desktop PCs

Novell, Virtual Iron tighten data center ties

Novell to certify, support Virtual Iron's software in pre-configured kernel

Google, Siemens to help navigate and park cars

System will display 3D view of routes

Paid search results often not worth the click

Microsoft sues Secure Computer over business practices

Microsoft Fiat to debut in Geneva later this month

Drivers will have hands-free option for using cell phones

Human Rights In China tells Google it’s ‘not too late’

Nonprofit group asks Google to rethink its censored search service

Research casts doubt on Google’s claims to Congress

Keynote systems found that full-page response times for Google, and others, are 'outstanding' in China

Fast’s enterprise search system gets updated

Upgraded version of ESP brings better search returns

HP aims OpenView BPI at utilities

Company says more verticals will come in near future

Riverbed thinks small for remote users

Company aims to make server-based applications perform better across a WAN

Microsoft push e-mail hits Symbian phones first

DataViz makes Microsoft e-mail available on non-Microsoft devices prior to Windows-based handhelds

Team Foundation Server gets ready for liftoff

Product marks shift toward collaborative development

iWay steps gently into ESB

Adapter vendor to compete with partners in emerging enterprise service bus market

Product Previews

Fast bolsters search platform, EMC pumps up storage software, Fortify fortifies production apps, Zenprise doctors Exchange for small shops

Demo 06: A dating service for startups

Dozens of hopeful companies to present innovative technologies at conference

Outsourcing the desktop

Outsourcing desktop management can shave costs while bringing relief to an assortment of infrastructure management headaches

BlackWorm Peters Out

Advance warning takes the sting out of feared worm attack

Microsoft and Mac: The sound of 10,000 knees jerking

Microsoft support line barely registers Kama Sutra

Company security manager stops short of calling worm a non-event

VMware offers no-cost server virtualization

VMware Server  is the first commercial server virtualization product to support 64-bit guest virtual machines

One! million! downloads! ( … more or less)

Yahoo advocates blogging for small businesses

Many need to be convinced

Forecast: Blackdoom virus won’t be widespread

Russian hackers sold exploit, analyst says

Hackers sold an exploit for the WMF vulnerability

Chip sales hit record in 2005

SIA predicts worldwide chip sales will increase 7.9 percent in 2006

French police uses open source for variety, consistency

Over 80 percent of French gendarmes who previously used MS Office migrated to an open source productivity suite

IBM targets Russian developers

Big Blue focusing on emerging markets with initiative aimed at attracting Russian developers

RIM wins patent case in the UK

English High Court rules InPro's U.K. patent is invalid

Damage forecast low for file-trashing virus

UK objects to Microsoft’s proposed C++ extensions

Representatives to ISO fear confusion that would damage standard

Update: SAP launches long-awaited on-demand CRM

The $75 per user system carries a 100-user minimum, restricting its potential customers to the enterprise clients SAP traditionally targets.

Internet sector under scrutiny on Wall Street

Disappointing results from Google, Amazon hurt stocks

Security flaws fixed in Firefox update

Secunia rates as "highly critical" the security fixes but Mozilla says there is no known code in circulation that exploits any of the bugs.

EMC’s ILM bell

Update: Microsoft says EU denied it rights in antitrust case

Microsoft complains to EC that it was denied access to files relating to the case

Europe faces further consolidation in IT services

T-Systems looks to acquisitions

Government wary of partial BlackBerry shutdown

Ongoing patent case could jeopardize federal government's ability to respond to emergencies

Windows Vista preview to feature Sidebar, Gadgets

Combination enables mini-apps to be displayed on a user's desktop

U.S. lawmakers promise action against phone record sales

House Energy and Commerce Committee united in call to take action against businesses that sell phone records without the permission of the telephone customer

Verizon expands Ethernet footprint worldwide

Extends Ethernet access to its IP Private Line service to Europe and Asia, expanding Ethernet infrastructure in U.S.

MySQL opens subsidiary in Japan

Cites popularity of its MySQL database in Japan as the primary reason for expansion in the country

Amnesty International chides Yahoo over jailing of Chinese journalist

Human rights organization calls on people to urge Yahoo to intercede on behalf of Shi Tao

PubMed getting a makeover

National Library of Medicine will revamp search engine in an effort to better deliver data to life sciences researchers

Cranky Salesforce.com users want updates, SLAs

CRM software provider's outages have customers clamoring for service-level agreements

Microsoft releases Windows Server 2003 R2

New iteration includes technology that increases interoperability with Unix-based systems

Sun offers support to NetBeans users

New version of open source Java tools platform is ready

IBM close to launching revamped blades

BladeCenter chassis to be released as early as next week

Porn spammer pleads guilty

California man to be convicted for violating the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act

Microsoft increases funding for computer training

Company puts $25.2 million in Unlimited Potential organization

Tech groups praise Bush’s State of the Union

Proposal to train math and science teachers draws cheers