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Microsoft takes a strategic leap with Groove

IBM maps its information-management plan

Updated CM products announced; future integration planned

Microsoft/Groove marriage sparks Longhorn questions

Observers unsure where Groove's peer-to-peer software will fit with Longhorn, Office 12

Schneier: tokens won’t completely secure data

Counterpane Internet Security's CTO says financial institutions should be held responsible for fraudulent transactions

It’s big, but not a big mess

Cebit has managed to avoid trade show sprawl

Novell debuts ZENworks for Linux

Version 7.0 has lifecycle management

Toshiba shows fuel cell prototype

Technology won't become available for 3 years

No new Windows Media Center version this year

Company will offer update to refine features

WWF picks environmentally friendlier PC

Group also working with Fujitsu Siemens to raise awareness of problems PC cause

Yahoo delivers syndicated feeds to mobile devices

Users can access My Yahoo on wireless handhelds

Microsoft takes gradual approach to Project Green

MBS exec revises the vision for aligning Microsoft's business apps

Toshiba develops detachable display

Prototype combines convenience of a Tablet PC with the computing power of a notebook

Experts look to digital IDs to boost Net security

Digital identities could curtail incidents of ID theft, prevent erosion of users' trust in the Internet

IBM puts Blue Gene on tap

Big Blue makes the world's fastest supercomputer available on demand

AMD sticking with DDR memory in 2005

AMD has no plans to modify its current chips to support DDR2 this year

Viruses taking flight

Worms and viruses are going mobile and attacking wireless phones and PDAs. Here are the steps IT can take now, and what to expect from vendors.

Microsoft, Intel team to target healthcare market

Products and services target antiquated IT infrastructures of healthcare providers

Faster ExpressCards on tap for PC expansion media

New notebooks show off some of the first ExpressCard products

Microsoft grabs Groove and its guru

Campaign to save Visual Basic 6 gathers support

Microsoft rep says petition won’t change decision to cut free support at month’s end

Senators rip into ChoicePoint, Bank of America

Lawmakers call for national legislation to regulate what data collection companies do with private information

Wall Street beat: Traders jumpy, five years after the high

Five years ago this week Nasdaq peaked at 5048.62

Update: Microsoft’s Groove buy has ramifications for Longhorn

Deal raises questions about how Groove's collaboration software will fit in with Microsoft's upcoming releases

Intel founder: Silicon Valley no longer unique

Weakness of education system, high cost of living make it hard to attract top workers

Microsoft calls for patent reform

Government focuses on quantity, not quality, software vendor says

Sun plans StarOffice in Russian, Polish and Dutch

Company battles Microsoft on desktop

Apple joins Blu-ray consortium

Optical disc standard gets backing

Sun pitches grid vision to Europe

Sun VP claims the company's take on grids is unique because it involves true utility computing

Future AMD Turions pop up on show floor

Some of the notebooks include Turion processors not yet announced by AMD

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 delayed

New release of Microsoft's developer toolset has slipped to April

Microsoft To Buy Groove Networks

Microsoft to buy Groove Networks

Founder Ray Ozzie will become Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer

3Com ships terabit switch, TippingPoint system

3Com switches its focus back to the enterprise market

Novell unwraps new version of Linux

Version 9.3 previews upcoming code

Kaspersky unveils host of security products

Russian security company unveils four new products for business users

Germany’s Netviewer takes on WebEx, Microsoft

Small German company goes up against U.S. Web conferencing heavyweights with new client app

World’s most powerful computer is doubled in size

Blue Gene/L doubles its processing power to 32,000 two-processor nodes

Lenovo likely made concessions to win U.S. approval

Lenovo is keeping the exact terms of the deal with U.S. officials under wraps

Samsung develops Windows-based HDD cell phone

New handset offers 3GB of storage space

Microsoft expands Media Center availability

Premium version of Windows XP will be available in 20 additional countries by year end

Microsoft unveils IM client, outlines Office vision

Web Services Distributed Management spec approved

OASIS measure backed by IBM, HP, others

BEA, Microsoft, Sun tout data visualization, tools moves

Liquid Data, Team System, NetBeans strategies boosted

Interview: Doug Burgum on Microsoft’s business apps plan

MBS chief emphasizes gradual evolution and migration

What’s behind SAP, Oracle fight to buy Retek

Senate Republicans set high-tech policy goals

Permanent Internet tax moratorium and R&D tax credit on the list

Salesforce.com offers peek into Summer ’05 release

Multiforce will allow users to multitask between on-demand applications

Schröder opens a less German Cebit

German Chancellor kicks off conference by discussing topics ranging from war to child-care policies via IT

Microsoft casts shadows over Java lovefest

Asus claims thinnest, lightest 15-inch notebook PC

Slimmest iteration is 25 millimeters thick