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MCI launches security risk management service

Service uses scorecard-based approach to let users prioritize and resolve security risks

Nokia trades barbs with supplier, denies wrongdoing

Nokia cites quality problems with equipment supplied by Taiwanese customer

Toshiba files appeal in Lexar flash memory case

Toshiba now will fight guilty verdict after winning a reconsideration of damages

SAP readies Mendocino for user testing

Software is intended to link SAP's back-office ERP systems with Microsoft's Office

Microsoft plans global development centers

Initiative is designed to foster the creation of local software industries

Microsoft ships long-delayed CRM update

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 adds modules for direct marketing, coordinating staff schedules

Microsoft launches multitenant CRM

CRM Version 3.0 will allow SaaS vendors to use single instance of SQL for multiple customers

Liberty Media buys e-commerce provider

Company seeks to boost its online operations as consumer Internet market stages a recovery

Ebay tricked by phony e-mail

Mistake shows how hard it ihas become to keep track of fraudsters, experts warn

Update: IBM to support Open Document standard

Workplace Managed Client 2.6 next year will gain ODF-based word processing, spreadsheets

RFID tags for chickens?

Digital Angel says tracking temperature of poultry could be early warning system for avian flu

New mobile-phone roaming services are on the way

Services from Roamware help operators spur greater user interest over and above offering them cheaper fees

open source’s new target: systems management

Online shopping up 24 percent this holiday season

Online consumer spending reached $9.75 billion between Nov. 1 and Dec. 2

RSA buys Cyota for $145 million

Acquisition gives RSA broader range of authentication techniques

Layoffs pending after Adobe, Macromedia merger

Cuts will be formally announced on Dec. 15

mValent to spend extra funds on sales, marketing

Configuration management software vendor raises new financing

Mindreef launches Web services lifecycle collaboration

SOA seen as application for company's Coral platform

OpSource launches SaaS incubator program

Company offers free infrastructure and support for six months

JBoss makes enterprise transaction play

SOA factors into technology buy

Nick Carr revises ‘IT doesn’t matter’ argument

Intel will invest over $1 billion in India

Intel to expand its business in India, invest to help stimulate technological innovation

AmberPoint able to manage sets of SOA services

Version 5.0 also increases integration with authentication systems

Taiwanese supplier blasts Nokia over cancelled order

Networking vendor claims in WSJ front page ad that Nokia's cancelation will put it out of business

Corizon offers new unified user interface platform

Interface that lets users access variety of apps is particularly useful to call centers

U.K. bank glitch leaves some customers stranded

NatWest customers unable to make purchases or withdraw cash due to computer glitch

SAP nears end of battle for SAP SI

SAP SI board recommends its shareholders consider the latest offer

Toshiba wins appeal of Lexar damages ruling

Court to reconsider $465 million in damages levied against Toshiba in flash memory case

Hynix launches 512Mb GDDR4 graphics memory

Hynix's ultra high speed memory chip operates at 2.9Gbps

Sony rootkit: A black eye for security vendors?

None of the major antispyware or antivirus vendors discovered the malware problem

Microsoft will modify IE to get around Eolas patent

Changes to the way Activex controls are handled will be distributed through online update service

JBoss buys former HP middleware

Will open source to Arjuna Technologies' code.

SaaS broadens reach to product life cycle management

Arena Solutions adds critical components for compliance

SOA customer turns vendor

SOA Software purchases Web services-based interface from Merrill Lynch

Anti-offshoring legislation heats up

An increasing number of U.S. state and federal bills attempt to curb offshoring

Product Previews

Cape Clear expands ESB software, Microsoft bolsters hosted messaging, AmberPoint eases SOA management, Check Point boxes up security tools

Firefox 1.5 browser debuts

New release brings UI, standards compliance, and security improvements

An introduction to Maven 2

How applied best practices can optimize the Java build process

Wicked Cool Java: Crawling the Semantic Web

Get started with RDF

IBM Workplace to support Open Document standard

Workplace Managed Client 2.6 to gain ODF-based word processing, spreadsheets

Sun’s software stack: Free for download

Solaris Enterprise System rolls up Sun's enterprise software offerings — and gives them away

Consumer advocates push for network neutrality

Principle would ensure Internet users had the freedom to access content of their choice, attach devices of their choice, and run applications of their choice

IE bug lets hackers phish with Google Desktop

An experienced attacker can covertly harvest their hard drives for sensitive information, an Israeli hacker claims

Gmail virus scanning draws some user complaints

Google says it presently has no plans to make the antivirus feature optional

Fluke to acquire network manager Visual Networks

Companies expect the deal to close in the first quarter of next year

Breast cancer portal to help patients, doctors

I3 Archive and IBM presented MyNDMA, a patient health-management portal

AOL loses chief instant messaging executive

Chamath Palihapitiya to leave AOL at month's end

Patent office rejects NTP claim in RIM case

Patent in question involves mobile e-mail systems

Rocky product launch tanks Cognos’ Q3

Rocky transition to Cognos 8 BI platform contributes to grim financial results

Adobe expects to close Macromedia deal on Saturday

Deal combines Adobe's popular Acrobat and Photoshop with Macromedia's Flash multimedia authoring environment