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JavaOne: Java spec promises better mobile experience

Nokia, Motorola hope to entice customers with new products and services

Alleged UK bank scammer still at large

Undercover reporter buys stolen account records

IBM ruffles workers by expanding India staff

Internal document shows plan for large outsourcing expansion

Update: Oracle appoints new President and CFO

Oracle appoints former Microsoft executive Gregory Maffei as president

Group creates fuel-cell guidelines for mobile PCs

Guidelines should help speed development of longer lasting fuel-cells for notebooks

Java cluster technology to debut

Experts split on port 445 security risk

Observers had warned of possible 'mass attack' through existing vulnerability in Microsoft software

EBay launches new services for professional sellers

Move may quell merchant discontent about higher eBay fees

Microsoft to extend RSS support for lists

Future plans may see the company tie RSS more tightly with IE

US Patent Office hands NTP a setback in RIM case

PTO's rejection of NTP's claims in seven of eight patents for a wireless e-mail system put settlement in jeopardy

Update: Iran seen tightening control of Internet

Study shows authorities imposing stricter filtering of Web content

Update: Microsoft expands legal help for partners

Protection extended against intellectual property litigation

JavaOne: Wicket open-source framework to debut

Project focuses on ability to build reusable Web components

Geographic business intelligence targets the enterprise

MetaCarta lets users search document repositories using a map as a filter

IBM expands on demand portfolio with Meiosys buy

Acquired middleware company specializes in application relocation

IBM releases Hawk and Serrano to beta

Data integration technologies readied

Sun to embrace past and future at 10th JavaOne show

JavaOne will see more products being made free or open source

Hotmail takes a tougher stance on spam

Microsoft sidelining incoming mail when it fails to pass Sender ID check

Samsung pushing 1Gb DRAM for mainstream use

Samsung ramps up production of 1Gb chips, initially targeting servers and high-end PCs

Nvidia’s latest graphics chips now available

New 7800 GTX chips increase performance while using less power and emitting less heat

AT&T plans CNN-syle security channel

Video streaming service will carry Internet security news 24/7

Lenovo offers mobile Internet access with notebooks

Lenovo promotes wireless-Internet bundle for the summer

Chambers unveils bold network vision with AON

SCO begins shipping OpenServer 6

Update to Unix OS has been in beta testing since last year

German soldier refuses to develop software for Iraq

Soldier argued that his conscience would not allow him to develop software that could be used in war

Sun’s HR chief also to head up European ops

Beveridge takes on newly created role of executive vice president and chairman of Sun Europe

Oracle to offer JDeveloper tool for free

Company looks to boost Fusion middleware

Companies venture into social networks terrain

Web logs cited as a new element

Sleepycat to extend paw into Asia

Company president speaks

Lawmakers question if biometric passports will work

Use of technology sought as protection against terrorism

Jack Kilby’s momentous contribution

Cisco ponders voice/video collaboration

Microsoft, IBM cited as potential partners

SAP to buy Lighthammer to improve manufacturing apps

SAP to develop technology to deliver real-time transactional integration between ERP and plant floor systems

Gartner: Five reasons why offshore deals go bust

Poor planning will lead many offshore projects to fail

ThinkFree Office 3.0 coming in July

New version of Java-based suite offers better compatibility with Microsoft's Office

Samsung plans thin phone to battle Motorola Razr

Samsung to ship slim handset in the fourth quarter

BEA doubling R&D staff in India

Indian R&D center is involved in the development of key BEA products lines

Fujitsu SAS drives available in Supermicro canister

First serial-attached SCSI hard drives available for use in midrange servers

IBM increases supercomputer dominance

Big Blue snags six of the top 10 spots in the latest Top500 list of speediest machines

AMD’s Turion gets two more votes from HP, Acer

HP, Acer to use Turion mobile technology in their notebooks

eBay sets up open source community

Community Codebase gives developers access to source code for various eBay and PayPal tools, apps

Microsoft issues Windows Server 2003 update blocking tool

Automatic downloads of service pack to be prevented

Update – Microsoft preps Web front-end to IM server

Component for Live Communications Server being readied

Agile programming on the march

Microsoft to sell antivirus software separately

Company will offer Sybari products for Windows

Jack Kilby, integrated circuit pioneer, dead at 81

Battled with Intel's Robert Noyce over patent claims

Update: Cisco adds intelligence to network gear

IBM, SAP, Tibco are key partners in Cisco's AON messaging vision

Study sees decline in global handset market

Worldwide revenues to fall 16 percent by decade's end

Senators question e-voting paper trail

Public benefits of voter verification are at issue

Motorola adds Wi-Fi to 3G phone for NTT DoCoMo

The M1000 phone can also hook up to computers over Bluetooth or a USB cable