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Congressional aides predict telecom reform soon

Late-2006 target date is eyed

Taking the spam fight beyond message deflection

AppRiver, Habeas, OmniTI tools protect e-mail senders and recipients

HP sees Linux-NonStop server connection

Executive says possiblity of Linux on NonStop is 'not unlike the logic of what IBM has been doing with the mainframe'

EU IT commissioner: No plans to pull patent directive

Group aims to create a level playing field for technical inventions

Study: US residents at risk for online exploitation

Internet users are ignorant about data they submit to Web sites

ATI joins dual-GPU game with CrossFire

ATI takes on Nvidia with new dual-GPU technology

Acer plans to introduce PDA phones in 2006

Acer to add mobile-phone functions to its line of PDAs

SAP arrives at Home Depot

Home Depot's CIO discusses the company's collaboration with SAP and testing of its ESA and BPP technologies

Nortel Q1 revenue edges up on India contract

Deal to build wireless network in India leads Nortel to slight rise in revenue for the quarter

Iwill updates small dual-Opteron system

Taiwanese vendor offers barebones small form-factor PC

Oracle eases Solaris pricing

New pricing lets Sun users create Oracle partitions and pay only for the processors they use

Microsoft will add ‘Raw’ photo support to Windows

Raw support in Longhorn will let users adjust exposure, color after image has been captured

Quest Software buys Vintela for cross-platform management

Quest acquires privately held Vintela for $56.5 million in cash

Industry to mull Microsoft’s EU offer

Final decision on Microsoft's conformance will be made before the end of July

Cingular to begin offering GoodLink e-mail service

Cingular takes on the BlackBerry with upscale push e-mail service

Nortel issues patch for router VPN flaw

Vulnerability could let attacker crash a VPN router with a single malformed packet

AMD dual-core Athlon 64 X2 lures HP as partner

HP pushes old thin-client strategy with new devices

New systems cost about $300 each

New Bagle variants spreading

Latest iterations called very similar to previous Bagle attacks

Tibco warns of Q2 sales shortfall

Company says several deals that did not close are impacting results

Microsoft makes changes to Visual Studio 2005

"Edit and Continue" for Visual C# among list of improvements

Nokia to make more equipment in India

Facility to manufacture mobile devices, base-station controllers

NEC delays quantum cryptography system

Company hoped to sell the technology later this year, but delayed it for at least three years

AMD launches dual-core Athlon 64 X2

Chip boosts performance because it can balance tasks between two cores

HP Integrity servers get virtual

Upgrade of Unix OS delivers vPars capability

Japan aims for world’s fastest supercomputer

Country to begin research for system that it hopes will be 30 times faster than IBM's Blue Gene/L

Accton readies wireless mesh gear

Company will ship Wireless Intelligent Transport Network line of product in third quarter of this year

Spam hurts developing countries most, OECD says

Underdeveloped nations lack technology, money and knowledge to stop unwanted e-mail

Interwise upgrades IP-based Web conferencing software

ECP Connect offers data, video, and VoIP meetings

Oracle steps up to the PIM plate

PIM Data Hub aims to create a single repository for product information management

Brocade makes SANs smarter

Company builds out resource management, switch, and services offerings

IBM unveils new privacy technology

DB2 Anonymous Resolution enables selected data sharing

IBM emphasizes teamwork in apps building

Company stresses business, software development unity

Grooming networks for VoIP

CA, Visual Networks offer management tools, pre-assessment software

Infineon offers VDSL2 chipset

Company claims it is first chip to be compliant with new DSL standard

BenQ shows new portable storage line

Vendor hopes to introduce first products in September

Samsung moves to lower flash memory prices

Company begins producing first NAND chips

FBI broadens scope of replacement IT project

New system to be called Sentinel and rolled out in four stages starting late next year

Intel’s dual-core Pentium D satisfies need for speed

Microsoft recommends uninstalling Netscape 8

Hitachi, IBM extend interoperability deal

Storage is focus of agreement

“Zombiemeter” measures malware epidemic

Baan apps producer raises $99 million in IPO

SSA Global Technologies goes public

EU studies impact of software patents on open source

EC going ahead with plans to introduce software patents without waiting for the research results

IBM’s Booch cites big future for parallel apps development

IBM Fellow and UML co-creator also talks about blogs, LAMP, and Microsoft

Siebel drafts retention plan to keep staff amid rumors

Siebel seeks to retain employees amid talk of potential acquisition or takeover of the company

Microsoft, HP partner on national ID systems

Companies target governments with identity system built on the .Net platform

Cisco buys app accelerator

Cisco acquires FineGround Networks for $70 million

Taiwan Mobile launches 3G network with Linux backbone

Nokia's backing of open source could give boost to companies offering support for Linux apps used with 3G services

The battle for the blogosphere

Microsoft's MSN Spaces threatens to dominate with formal toolsets while others, like Blogger, hope to keep the technology's pioneering spirit alive.