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SourceLabs hires open source luminary Perens

Open source advocate Bruce Perens named VP of startup company

Vendors ready WiMax gear for testing

Supercomm gives vendors a chance to show off their broadband wireless wares

Muglia details Microsoft’s Windows Server ambitions

Exec touts business strength of OS

Microsoft server group eyes branch offices

Execs says company will sharpen focus with new features, partnerships

ISPs found innocent of aiding zombie attacks in ‘trial’

Mock trial determines that ISPs still can do more to protect users

Apple wants a Pentium M, IBM wants an Xbox

First Apple systems based on Intel processors will run on Pentium M, while IBM claims its Power chip intentions are set on gaming consoles and high-end servers

AOL launches free Web mail service

Service comes as part of AOL Instant Messenger upgrade

Microsoft to pay $9 million in patent case

Jury found that Microsoft infringed on patent held by Guatemalan inventor

SeaWorld panel: Microsoft makes enterprise splash

Linking of Office and server apps simplified

Visual Studio 2005 tools make it easier for Office apps to access server-based apps from Microsoft and other vendors

IBM brings PowerPC blade to telecom system

IBM also announces middleware partnerships that ensure high network availability

Apple faithful learning to like oranges

Update: Citigroup loses data on 3.9 million customers

Lost information includes customer names, Social Security numbers, and payment history

Exchange 2003 to gain Sender ID support

Microsoft messaging server to gain antiphishing capabilities

Nortel readies Outlook multimedia plug-in

Multimedia Office Client integrates voice, video, text with e-mail client

Update: Apple shifting from PowerPC to Intel

The announcement was met with both cheers and gasps at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference

Apple has no choice but to switch to Intel

JBoss updates partner program, eyes client software

Competition from other providers of open-source middleware heats up

Microsoft plans mobile e-mail push upgrade

Windows Mobile 5.0 handset software to get push e-mail, improved security management later this year

Eclipse issues BIRT 1.0 BI software

Actuate backs reporting tool with indemnification, support services

Symbol unveils Win CE RFID reader

Smart reader will allow embedded applications

Visual Studio 2005 may not ship until 2006

Tools platform upgrade release date is questioned

HP weaves SOA wares into OpenView

OpenView SOA Manager and Compliance Manager align IT with business, help with regulatory compliance

Microsoft touts 10 changes to Visual Studio

Company hones Visual C#, Web Forms, and icons in forthcoming toolset

Office 12 jumps to XML

Forthcoming version of Office to adopt XML file formats for better data interoperability

Skype, VoIP handsets on show at Computex

Vendors show off a multitude of feature-rich handsets

Borland, Macromedia back Eclipse

Flex, Peloton tools tuned for open source IDE

Managing components with Modeler

Easily configure JMX with the Jakarta Commons Modeler component

Sun’s R&D spectrum

Sun Labs' current projects include supercomputers, high-speed networking, and more

Develop inbound connectors with JCA 1.5

Integrate enterprise information systems with J2EE servers

Hard-disk drive makers show latest products

Toshiba demonstrates 2.5-inch, 100GB drive

Red Hat launches Fedora Foundation

Nonprofit group will be run by independent board, company says

NEC in joint venture with India’s HCL

Technologies developed by joint venture will go into NEC's next generation products

Linux dispute boils over to MySQL, other projects

Projects using BitKeeper source-code manager must pay license fees or stop using the software

Infineon continues sale of noncore development units

Chip maker sheds its development activities in the area of wearable electronics

Red Hat set to release Fedora 4

Linux OS has support for Xen virtualization software, new community-contributed features

Porn finds a home on the Web

“Have You Done It Today?”

Alpha tool aids MySQL development

Tool helps build Web-based databases

Microsoft Win XP Starter Edition ships in India

Indian government to offer PCs to its employees

Citrix buys NetScaler for $300 million

Sun to buy StorageTek

New .xxx domain will be reserved for porn

ICANN approves plan for separate Internet domain for pornography

Infineon and Nanya start 90nm DRAM production

Ttechnology enables companies to produce smaller chips at lower costs

India’s offshore outsourcing revenues grew 34.5 percent

U.S. accounted for about 68 percent of India's outsourcing exports

Office 12 to include XML file formats

Next version of Office, due to enter beta this fall, will see interoperability boosts for apps users

Drools rules

Microsoft changes middleware shortcuts

Arrangement made to comply with antitrust settlement

SBC’s DSL price dips below some dialup plans

Competition for high-speed subscribers heats up

Update: AOpen has answer to Mac mini

Small desktop PC uses Windows OS and Intel Pentium M