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Gorbachev: IT could learn from Pope John Paul II

Former Soviet president says technology is a means to reducing poverty, tapping resources and better developing the planet

LexisNexis: 280,000 more possible data theft victims

Personal information may have been exposed to unauthorized individuals

French may have to buy compulsory biometric ID cards

Plan for compulsary ID card could go into effect in 2007

Russia looks to make IT its ‘next natural resource’

Russia sets aside $650 million to invest in hi-tech initiatives

EDS system drove staff to enter false data, report says

Problems with EDS-developed system led to pervasive frustration at U.K. agency

Dual-core Pentium D headed for May launch

Acer to announce Aspire desktop PC based on Intel's dual-core Pentium D processor

SAP launches new BPO support program

SAP makes it easier for companies to move non-core business processes outside the enterprise

Netline debuts open source server

Open-Xchange Server features new support for Outlook

Eclipse focuses on tools for parallel systems development

Alliance cited with Los Alamos National Laboratory

Sun adds new functions, features to StorEdge 6920

Backup, recovery key to new release

PolyFuel touts improved fuel cell membrane

PolyFuel develops key component for DMFCs that can be used with existing manufacturing techniques

Update: BMC to cut 12 percent of staff

More than 800 employees to be let go, systems software maker says

Apollo launches predictive analytics as a service

Boutique provider offers data mining at low cost

Venezuelan arrested for ’01 Airforce hacks

'RaFa' charged with attacking Department of Defense servers

Windows XP SP2 blocking tool expires Tuesday

Automatic Updates will deliver Service Pack 2

Rootkit Web sites fall to DDOS attack

Shadowy group of hackers takes action

Legislation would prevent federal Internet tax

Virginia Republican George Allen to introduce bill to stop congress from extending long-standing telecommunications tax to Internet access

T-Systems, Samsung: Fuzzy picture on mobile TV

Compaines have not signed deal that press reported

Microsoft to pay Gateway to settle claims

Microsoft will pay the computer maker $150 million over the next four years

IBM, Sanyo announce fuel cell prototype

DMFC for notebooks will probably be commercialized in 2007 or 2008

Update: Intel’s first dual-core chip shipping now

Pentium Extreme Edition 840 processor shipping to hardware makers ahead of official launch

Microsoft to target IP licensing at start-ups

Move is part of Microsoft's transformation from 'trade secrets' company to one that shares its IP

New CEO shuffles the deck at CA

Focus is on systems and security management

Storage industry partnerships abound

IBM, NetApp are new NAS powerhouse

Open source conference elicits diverse views

IBM, Microsoft, Sun officials offer their perspectives

JBoss boosts indemnification

Open source app server company expands IP coverage

IBM sets out SOA tools

Implementation and management features are offered

Databases rev up

Microsoft, Sybase blending OLTP, analytics

SpikeSource spurs open source adoption

Startup unveils testing stacks to ensure interoperability

Microsoft files eight lawsuits over counterfeiting

Systems builders and resellers allegedly distributed counterfeit software and software components

Wireless USB 1.0 spec to be finalized next month

Wireless USB spec is for 480Mbps transfer speed over distances of about three meters

China, India can lead global IT, says Chinese premier

Chinese premier foresees 'coming of the Asian century of the IT industry'

The next wave in J2EE deployment

Get ready for network attached processing

Who should maintain open source projects?

Two different approaches to managing open source projects are emerging

Alcatel president to resign

Move comes as CEO bids to stay on top for longer

Microsoft boosts MSN Messenger with video calls and blogs

Sun outlines new Galaxy server family

New AMD Opteron servers briefly detailed on Sun Web site

ActiveGrid lights LAMP, grid with Java-less app server

Open source, commercial products are readied

ICANN adds .jobs, .travel domains

Group also adds a regional Internet registry in Africa

Report: Comcast, Time-Warner to buy Adelphia

Company said it would sell itself by end of first quarter

Dell: Sure, we’ve got PCs, but try the printers

Facing PC growth slowdown, company emphasizes its other product lines

Comcast suffers DNS outage, denies pharming link

Company says outage unrelated to a spate of pharming attacks

Another kind of database

SenSage captures enterprise log data for security

Drinking for intellectual property law change

Issue watchers gather in bars

Sun looks to Europe as it develops identity plans

Regulatory compliance, location-based services are focuses of company's efforts

Sophos warns of fake Microsoft security Trojan

Those behind attack may have been seeking to capitalize on upcoming patch

Database sea change drawing near

Next-generation technology will focus on TCO, unstructured data, and convergence of OLTP and analytics

Dell’s path to $80B in revenue downplays the PC

Dell to increase its stakes in printers, services, enterprise servers, and mobile products

Sun joins forces with China’s Dawning

Dawning will offer Sun's Solaris 10 on some server models

Mandrakesoft renamed Mandriva after buying Conectiva

Name change lets Mandriva leave behind a long-running trademark dispute