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Microsoft to talk up Office 12’s BI enhancements

Office 12's Excel and SharePoint will integrate with SQL Server 2005

Treo 650 scores BlackBerry

Next year Palm will implement the BlackBerry e-mail software in the Treo 650

IBM snags DataPower for app-level networking

DataPower may help Big Blue disperse XML technology across the network

Zend advances open source language PHP

Company also joins Eclipse

Microsoft updates Windows Vista beta

New iteration improves networking and PC manageability

Microsoft sets date to release Windows Vista to OEMs

Desktop OS will be available for 2006 holiday season

Uplogix Envoy 2.0 takes automated network management to the edge

New release bolsters availability, management

Simulate multiple inheritance in Java

A trick for extending multiple classes

Flock founder hopes new browser will fly with users

Company promotes a "social browser" to let users experience next-generation Web features

Senate panel increases H-1B visa limit

Legislation is supported by several IT vendors

Google exec touts communities, content over APIs

Vice President Adam Bosworth cites changing paradigm

Swiss visit polls via SMS

Swiss government lets residents cast votes on local measure using SMS

Qualcomm files second suit against Broadcom

Legal battle between the chip makers continues to heat up

The Texas hold ’em Trojan that cheats

Amazon.com sets up second development center in India

Center will focus on developing new features for Amazon's sites

Powerchip plans massive DRAM expansion

Four new factories in Taiwan will make Powerchip one of the world's leading DRAM suppliers

Cisco considers manufacturing products in India

Cisco announces additional $50 million investment to set up R&D campus in Bangalore

TSMC using 7-Eleven to find chip workers

Chip maker puts application forms in more than 4,000 stores in Taiwan to attract 600 new line workers

BofA hits delay in move to stronger authentication

Roll-out of stronger user authentication technology now expected in early2006

Microsoft shuffles business framework team, technology

Office 12 will feature an MBF that streamlines workflow across business apps built to take advantage of Office

EMC to buy document capture vendor Captiva

The companies' combined technologies will allow enterprises to digitally capture information and integrate it with electronic business processing

Senate panel sets deadline for TV spectrum transition

Bill would require U.S. TV stations move to digital broadcasts by 2009

Wall Street Beat: Earnings show some strength

Google and Yahoo report healthy profit

Exploit circulating for newly patched Oracle bug

Attackers use a technique called an SQL injection attack

Update: Google reports strong revenue, earnings growth in Q3

Net income grows to $381 million for the period

Unlocking the riddle of SAS

Who will conquer the entry level tape market?

Microsoft still working on technical docs

Committee working with Microsoft as part of antitrust settlement has IDed 550 problems with communications protocols

OpenOffice.org Project green lights OpenOffice 2.0

New version seen as a serious contender to Microsoft Office

EU software vendor group denies being Microsoft puppet

New ESA trade association denies the group is a 'Trojan horse' for Microsoft

Open-source software seen gaining in Europe

Users attracted by open-source's lower costs and accessibility, study shows

Update: SAP raises full-year forecast on strong Q3 sales

Growth is seen coming from rising sales and an adjusted currency exchange rate

Google hit with second lawsuit over Library project

Project to scan library books without seeking copyright holders' permission runs afoul of AAP

Ipevo aims Skype phone at VoIP users in US

Start-up selling handsets for about half the price of rival products

Dell sets up second development center in India

Center will focus on developing enterprise-wide systems for Dell's in-house use

Patent fracas might disrupt prepaid wireless services

Over 3 million customers could lose service in 90 days if court denies BCGI's appeal

Intel’s take on Godson-2 is accurate, BLX chief says

Godson-2 chip seen as sign that China is embracing advanced technology

AOL lays off about 4 percent of staff

From 700 to 800 jobs will be eliminated

DVD Jon now working for Linspire’s Michael Robertson

Hacker takes job with digital music company MP3tunes

As outsourcing matures, new trends emerge

Services move to a new level of sophistication

Exchange SP2 has promised mobile e-mail improvements

Pack includes features to protect against spam and other mailbox enhancements

Report faults FCC handling of E-Rate program

Commission failed to keep track of program intended to connect schools and libraries to the Internet

Legislation would nearly double H-1B visa limit

Companies could recapture unused H-1B visas from years past

PHP catching on at enterprises, vying with Java

Zend conference features Oracle, IBM, Eclipse officials

Google’s Wi-Fi plan for San Francisco envisions ambitious testing ground

Company says city could be a laboratory for location-based applications and services delivered wirelessly

Update: Ballmer eyes Linux, Google users for growth

Microsoft CEO says users will be able to trust Vista the day it is released

T-Mobile launches zippy ‘Internet 4G’ service

New high-speed wireless service that allows them to replace their fixed lines

Users awash in emerging wireless options

Companies facing complex decisions on how best to outfit mobile users

Microsoft consolidates Shared Source licenses

Three new license templates aim to simplify program for developers

Europe’s authors still resist Google Print

Authors fear Google is violating copyright laws by scanning their books without permission