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Sun releasing OpenSolaris technologies via open source

June 14 is designated “Opening Day” for OpenSolaris Project

Britney Spears ranked top virus celebrity

Singer edges Bill Gates, Jennifer Lopez, Osam Bin Laden as most closely associated with malicious spam

Sony Ericsson launches souped up mobile phones

Judge throws out parts of Novell lawsuit against Microsoft

Two counts related to alleged monopoly practices remain at issue

More tinkering on the way for wireless ISP spectrum

Growth of WiFi interference threatens WISPS

Remote-management package delivers Web-based help desk

IBM sees Power processor as its next Linux

Big Blue looking to build ecosystem around chip

Microsoft picks Aruba for next generation WLAN

Decision is a setback for Cisco

Macrovision tool automates software delivery

FlexNet Publisher module reduces manual installs

Latest Intel price list shows business strength

No price cuts for existing chips on Intel's June price list

Intrusion Protection Systems get hot

Web services and internal threats become a new focus

Apple developers sanguine about switch to Intel

Move is not without risk, but many expect it to be worthwhile

Microsoft weighs in on VoIP

Deals struck with Amdocs, AT&T, Sylantro

Product previews

Storage startup Pillar marries NAS and SAN, AppRiver launches secure e-mail service, T-Mobile builds out Wi-Fi service and hot spots, and Eclipse issues BIRT reporting tool

Microsoft Research aims to ease development

Technology will make it easier to develop, modify enterprise business apps

NEC, China group plan 3G equipment venture

China's government expected to hand out 3G licenses in 2005 or 2006

Miracle Linux president sees more growth ahead

Takeshi Sato discusses the upcoming Asianux 2.0 release and plans for challenging Japan's Windows server market

Build, deploy, and test EJB components in just a few seconds

OpenEJB simplifies Enterprise JavaBeans development

BEA’s Patrick discusses Project Free Flow

Chief architect talks about SOA, WS, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft

Michael Jackson suicide e-mail hoax is a Trojan attack

Microsoft’s Hejlsberg touts .Net, C-Omega technologies

Visual C# architect also sizes up Java, Eclipse, anti-Microsoft sentiment

Ballmer tells of “New World of Work”

At TechEd, Microsoft also sets a ship date for Visual Studio, SQL Server upgrades

Firefox keeps chipping away at IE’s share

Open source browser now used by 8 percent of Web users, study says

It’s time to consider overhyped security threats

Security resources can be wasted on insignificant problems, experts say

GSM operators welcome rejection of EU data retention rules

Proposal had been drafted in the wake of terrorist attacks

Data privacy gets a hearing

Identity theft measures eyed by Congress

HIPAA compliance: Time’s up

Following health privacy rules encompasses partners, employees, disaster recovery, security executive says

Nortel president resigns after falling out with CEO

Nortel CTO Gary Kunis will also leave the company

Storage growth spins upward

Sun's StorageTek acquisition is part of consolidation, partnership trend

Chip industry gets its groove back

Major companies raise their forecasts as people buy more notebooks, mobile phones

Hitachi sues three Taiwanese PC monitor makers

Hitachi alleges three vendors breached its patents applying to LCD, plasma, and CRT monitors

Wall Street Beat: Apple, Google make history

Old and new media companies grab attention

Court ends Qualcomm’s case against TI

Cross-licensing deal went astray

BEA unveils AquaLogic portfolio for SOA management

New software category is called "service infarstructure"

Audit finds Homeland Security IT not ready for disaster

Inability to restore IT systems was found in most instances

VeriSign again wins bid to operate .net domain

Company says it will expand the domain and improve its reliability

Lexmark rebuffed by Supreme Court in toner cartridge fight

Case now returns to U.S. District Court

Update: Computer Associates buys Niku

IT management and governance software maker is acquired for around $350 million

BEA says “Think liquid”

Update: Oracle acquires TimesTen database software

TimesTen technologies will improve availability and response times in Oracle's database and middleware products

Seagate announces 2.5-inch perpendicular HDD

Drive with 125GB capacity will ship in the first quarter of next year

HP technology lets future chips live with mistakes

New technique uses coding theory to ensure microprocessor circuits are reliably manufactured in high volumes

FBI CIO: Case management project moving forward

After much criticisim, agency says it is progressing on Virtual Case File system

Vendors push to load applications on USB drives

Startup U3 allows developers to create mobile apps around one platform

BEA’s Paul Patrick discusses Project Free Flow

Chief architect talks about SOA, WS, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft

Sprint, Yahoo launch push e-mail service

Users can get access to mobile service with Blackberry

Apple risks user disaffection in switch to Intel

IBM a reluctant user of Wine software

Big Blue employees use Wine to run Lotus Notes, but a company manual refers to it as a 'temporary workaround'

Microsoft to ship modified Win XP next week

New software is Microsoft's second attempt to meet the EC's anti-trust requirement

Write-once HD-DVDs due in shops early next year

HD-DVD-R discs will have about three times the storage capacity of today's DVD-R discs