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Oracle’s security head talks from the trenches

CSO Mary Ann Davidson talks about software auditing and other lines of defense in the fight for information

Linux sales help Oracle database catch IBM, study finds

Oracle draws level with IBM on strong performance in fast-growing Linux segment

Update: Vodafone adds users but warns that growth will slow

High market penetration, increased competition expected to weaken Vodafone's profitability

Prodisc develops 4.9GB DVD-R disc

New disc not compatible with current DVD drives, but support is available with 15 drives from major drive makers

PalmOne acquires Palm brand name

PalmOne to change its name to Palm Inc. and grant PalmSource licensing rights

Taiwan’s Powerchip raises spending on DRAM plant

Ample production capacity should help keep DRAM prices down

Lenovo announces U.S. development center

Lenovo will collaborate with IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Symantec at new North Carolina center

DRAM contract prices rise for first time this year

PC users will not see significantly higher prices anytime soon

Microsoft ships first Windows OS for vertical market

Windows Embedded for Point of Service is aimed at retail and hospitality industries

IBM, partners developing new memory technology

IBM teams with Infineon, Macronix on replacement for flash memory chips

Skype offers services through affiliates

Skype will reward partners who agree to promote its Internet telephone service

Nextel launches push e-mail for Java-based phones

Service synchronizes with Microsoft Outlook

Apple recalls batteries that pose fire hazard

An IBM Rational approach to collaboration

WORLDBEAT – Intel muscles into Sumo with WLAN TV

2,000-year-old sport presents problems for cutting-edge technology

Compuware providing project visibility

Telelogic, LogicLibrary also unveil software infrastructure

Intel’s business group co-manager headed to LSI Logic

Pat Gelsinger takes sole control of group

Gates unveils MSN Virtual Earth

Feature will be integrated with user's preferred e-mail

MCI employee data stolen in laptop theft

Names and social security numbers are taken

Intel and Apple like apples and oranges

Two companies hold talks on partnering to develop a PC, report says

IBM execs cite need to unify business goals, app dev

Rational conference opens

Microsoft releases InfoCard beta with developer bundle

Package includes test versions of Avalon and Indigo

3am Labs delivers new remote access wares

New versions feature improved GUI

AMD, HP in tandem with Lance Armstrong Foundation

EC gives Microsoft May deadline to agree on sanctions

Microsoft faces $5 million a day fine if agreement on sanctions is not reached

Agassi: For and against open source

SAP board member Shai Agassi discusses the company's ERP software, ESA, and more

Tech vendors align against Microsoft in EU case

IBM and Oracle speak out against Microsoft in appeal of EU's antitrust case

PalmSource CEO steps down

Patrick McVeigh named interim CEO at handheld OS company

Target marketing via RFID to debut in Seattle

Some cafes, stores will begin marketing products to bypassers using RFID technology

Taiwan UMC chairman to meet investigators this week

UMC could face penalties if it illegally transferred technology to Chinese company

Tivoli looks to automate IT processes

IBM initiative includes software and services

EMC’s Invista eyes storage virtualization

HP, Hitachi, IBM already in market

SAP revs up BI, CRM at Sapphire

NetWeaver hardware appliance, mySAP CRM launched

IBM targets Solaris with Linux initiative

Goal is to woo users of Sun's OS over to Red Hat

Compliance strives for automation

Virsa Systems embeds proactive compliance tools into ERP apps

Redback hikes speed, smarts of broadband box

SmartEdge update improves carriers' ability to offer new kinds of services to subscribers

Samsung develops flash-based ‘disk’ for PCs

Replacement for hard-disk drives offers lower power consumption, higher data rates

Hitachi replacing PCs with thin clients

Data security concerns will lead the company to roll out 16,000 thin clients over next two years

Celebrating 10 years of Java and our technological productivity

A look back on the last 10 years of the network age

Java Product News (updated May 23, 2005)

Zero G updates InstallAnywhere; NetBeans 4.1 now available; and more

At 10, Java’s wild success, missed chances

Sun marks the tenth anniversary of Java

Java Product News (updated July 25, 2005)

Parasoft adds Test Case Sniffer to JTest, DataMirror announces PointBase 5.3, and more

Microsoft to talk .Net at JavaOne

A year after deal with Sun, Redmond will be a full participant

Google’s personalized home page takes on portal features

HP’s first AMD Turion notebook helps cancer charity

The L2000 comes with a 14-inch widescreen display

Another twist in blogging’s fate

Toshiba demonstrates prototype interactive robots

Company plans to commercialize within six years robots that interact with several people at once

Ask Jeeves buys Excite Europe

Ask Jeeves continues its European expansion

BEA eyes services vision

Project Free Flow featuring ESB set for June 9

IBM rolls out SOA initiative

Company unveils new tools, services