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TSMC to begin 65-nanometer production in December

Company expects to have a 45-nanometer manufacturing process ready in 2008

Rambus CEO eager to move beyond the courtroom

Harold Hughes discusses his company's legal dramas and the development of the Cell processor

Update: Yahoo revamps personal search service

Yahoo opens its personal search to developers so it can be linked to other apps

Citrix updates Access Suite, adds SSL VPN appliance

Citrix is dropping the MetaFrame name

Longhorn to support touch screens

Microsoft hopes support in the OS will lead PC makers to add touch screens to their Tablet PCs

Veritas to update NetBackup, Enterprise Vault

NetBackup update is easier to manage, better integrated with products from other vendors

IBM readies Tablet PC version of ThinkPad

Big Blue develops ThinkPad laptop with a rotating screen that can be used as a tablet computer

Public Windows Server R2 beta slightly delayed

The full server update is still scheduled to ship in the fourth quarter

MySQL CEO pans software patents, touts open source

Executive sets stage for upcoming enterprise-level database release

Wireless technology secures vehicles

At UPS, fleet managers can control equipmet remotely

Verizon offers emergency service for VoIP providers

Connections wil be allowed to e911 service in New York

Microsoft slams XP in call for Longhorn support

Company failed to take a 'seamless approach' to networking, exec says

SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese lays out bright open source future

Industry luminary says it will change the world

Oracle president promises to certify best practice configurations

Charles Phillips notes that the company owns much of the software stack and is in a good position to offer customers ideal configurations

Microsoft signs research center deal with French gov’t

Center to focus on computational science, use of mathematical techniques

Sony Ericsson hacker appeals imprisonment

Csaba Richter hacked into computer systems, admitted to stealing documents

Update: Infosecurity showgoers place law above technology

Information security is legislative and law enforcement problem, not just a technology issue

Microsoft names new CFO to take over May 9

Outsider Chris Liddell will replace John Connors as CFO

Trend Micro says no compensation for buggy update

Faulty anti-virus update has cost Trend Micro $2.8 million so far

SAP expands in the public sector, unveils wares

IBM unveils version of DB2 Universal Database optimized for customers running SAP apps

Nortel buys government services firm for $448 million

Nortel acquires PEC Solutions to help it compete more effectively for government business

Microsoft and French gov’t to sign research center deal

Microsoft also discussing the creation of centers in Germany and the U.K.

Healthcare IT spending should boost ROI, lower DOA

Conference presenters agree on need for national healthcare IT network in U.S.

Taiwan TSMC’s Q1 earnings drop on chip glut

TSMC chip shipments fall amid cyclically weak first-quarter sales season

Microsoft and SAP to link Office with ERP

Companies will demo jointly developed 'Mendocino' this week at SAP's Sapphire customer event

Cisco to buy VoIP gear maker Sipura

Company plans to rebrand and keep selling Sipura's products initially

Corel adds e-mail client to WordPerfect suite

New e-mail client in WordPerfect Office 12 Small Business Edition is based on Bloomba

Qwest announces quarterly profit as it awaits Verizon move on MCI

Ruiz: AMD to consider building chip sets for partners

New factory set to open next year

N+I – Networld+Interop goes back to plain old Interop

Networking trade show set for next week in Las Vegas

WINHEC – Microsoft aims “Metro” at Adobe

XML-based document format touted

AMD CEO looks to Spansion IPO, quad-core chips

Exec also says customers would drive any deals with Dell

Gates debuts 64-bit Windows, talks up Longhorn, Metro

MontaVista to launch Linux for cell phones

Unlike other handset OSes, no second processor is required

WINHEC – Microsoft delays most of its NGSCB security plan

Only a small portion of the technology to appear in Longhorn version of Windows

Gartner: Western Europe heats up to IT services

Outsourcing services in Western Europe are set to grow 4.6 percent in 2005

SBC net income drops, but revenue up 2.4 percent

SBC positions itself to meet growing challenges from cable television providers

Magneto, Microsoft’s Blackberry-killer

IBM will mine Blue Gene technology for BladeCenter

Blending of Blue Gene technology with blade servers not likely to produce results until 2006-2007

64-bit stop on the road to Longhorn

Microsoft rings in third decade of Windows with 64-bit client and server versions

Microsoft: Let the 64-bit era begin

Gates to preview Longhorn at WinHEC

Hackers plot more phishing, mobile viruses

More than 1,000 vulnerabilities were discovered in the first quarter of this year

Trickle-down BI

BI data and analysis are escaping their silo and delivering value to all corners of enterprise operation

Product previews

webMethods releases Fabric 6.5, BMC tunes Patrol for managing Windows Servers, McAfee preps Desktop Firewall 8.5 and Softricity broadens reach of applications provisioning

IBM unwraps new WebSphere MQ

Version 6.0 allows developers to build an ESB with Eclipse support

New features enable network upgrades

Security, backup are key concerns

Novell plans upgrade to Open Enterprise Server

"Cypress" intended to help company move to Linux-based products

Adobe aims at Microsoft

In buying Macromedia, Adobe hopes to ratchet up Web development competition

Two database projects afoot in Eclipse

Oracle leads one, Versant the other

Microsoft brings DSI plan into focus

Company extends systems management beyond Windows