News

Microsoft says it won’t support SAML 2.0

Microsoft backs WS-Federation protocols for next generation of message-based apps

Providers complain telecom bill adds regulations

Verizon and Comcast said the draft bill would allow competing technologies on their networks

Panasonic ships ‘rugged’ ultralight notebooks

Toughbook T4 and W4 notebooks depart from other Toughbook models

Salesforce.com subscriber count, revenue keep growing

Third quarter revenue rose 78 percent from last year to $82.7 million

webMethods adds rules engine to integration suite

Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor technology to be added to Fabric

Microsoft strikes deal for cable-ready Media Center PCs

Software giant partnered with Cable Television Laboratories, a cable-research consortium

Sun non-Java development tool now free

Studio 11 tool enables development on multicore chips

Annan: A summit of solutions for the digital divide

UN General Secretary calls for action on bridging the digital divide at WSIS summit

Java Card goes contactless

Contactless cards running the Java Card platform are available now

Vista security an issue at show

Industry insiders say security in Vista is better, but warn 'nothing is invulnerable'

Update: Nokia acquires Intellisync for $430 million

Nokia extend its position in the enterprise mobility market

Update: Oracle buys ID, access-management companies

Oracle acquires Thor and OctetString to strengthen its identity, access management

Update: U.S., EU remain at odds over Net governance

U.S. says the agreement gives it continued control over the Internet's addressing systems

Grid-enabling an application — what does it involve?

IBM buys application resource mapping firm Collation

IBM's software business makes its ninth acquisition of the year

Next version of DB2 enters beta testing

IBM's 'Viper' update is designed to manage both structured and unstructured enterprise data

Update: Google Base debuts for hosting all content

Service is designed to host and make searchable all kinds of online and offline content

Motorola to make handset in India

Motorola announces multiphase manufacturing strategy for India

CDMA2000 to offer 73Mbps downloads in 2008

New revision to CDMA standard could lead to big jump in cellular download rates

Record Taiwanese October sales show healthy supplies

Some industry watchers are concerned a supply glut may follow holiday shopping period

Sony pulls copy-protected CDs from shelves

Sony to let customers exchange CDs containing the flawed copy-protection software

Report: Chinese police detain man for stealing IM names

Man stole users' IM names by decoding and changing the passwords

Samsung retains DRAM lead in Q3, but Nanya shines

Samsung has 29 percent market share in global DRAM business with $1.85 billion in revenue

MPEG LA moves forward on Blu-ray licensing

MPEG LA seeks to streamline process by offering bundles of patents and acting as one-stop shop

Gemplus, Orange offer 128MB SIM card

Orange will offer handsets that can hold 128MB of data

Is RFID stupid?

Gartner: Proceed with caution on Vista upgrade

Research report says it will take 12 to 18 months to deploy the new OS

Update: Keystroke logging on the rise, says security firm

Security vendor iDefense reports a 65 percent jump

Postini taps VeriSign for new CEO

Quentin Gallivan to take over Nov. 28.

IBM links software testing tools to Visual Studio, Tivoli

Integrations with Rational products are readied

StreamServe repackages software for financial appeal

The move continues a transformation of the company

House Democrats call for new focus on tech

Plan would double grants issued by the National Science Foundation

Microsoft tool gives customers license advice

The Microsoft Product Licensing Advisor will be rolled out in three phases

AMD aims for four-core Opterons by 2007

Cores will be connected by new version of Hypertransport interconnect technology

Hole found in widely used VPN gear

Flaw affects component of the IPsec protocol used by VPN software and hardware to securely exchange data

HP opens research lab in China

Beijing lab will be HP's sixth research facility

CA begins Netegrity integration

Identity Manager fuses Netegrity's IdentityMinder software with CA's eTrust Admin provisioning product

Del.icio.us: Social bookmarking phenomenon

The next challenge is to evolve from a popular side project to an online service that appeals to the masses

Cisco integrates WLAN with its wired networking solutions

Company also enters the mesh networking market

Platform steps up partnership with Microsoft

Workflow scheduling software from Platfrom will work with Windows Compute Cluster Server when it ships next year

WSIS: ITU leader says talks remain ‘hot’

Internet governance and funding are fiercely debated at the World Summit on Information Society

Vendors warn of new Sober variants

Three new variants of the mass-mail Sober worm are making the rounds of the Net

Update: Vodafone first-half revenue grows 9 percent

Vodafone's lack of a competitive 3G offering hurt its results in Japan

Microsoft updates plans for 64-bit computing

Microsoft unveils updates to management and server products

Intuit to hire 300 at new development center in India

Intuit is also outsourcing product development to Cognizant

Update: OSDL opens online patent commons reference library

Group hopes to give users more confidence about using open-source software

The difference between on-demand and SaaS

Microsoft brings XP Starter Edition to new markets

Versions of the stripped-down operating system now available in Arabic and Turkish

CA puts SOA at the heart of Unicenter overhaul

Systems management suite emphasizes standards and services

Customers get chance to test Windows for clusters

Redmond distributes second beta of Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition