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Rambus lawsuit against Infineon dismissed

Suit claimed that Infineon used patented Rambus technology in their SDRAM chips

AOL to improve Web mail service

Free Web mail service for nonsubscribers in the works

Intel improving server performance to a ‘T’

New 'T' features aim to ease management and bolster system security

Yahoo opens up search platform to developers

Company will expand access to APIs for its search services

Tech groups, lawyers speak out in Grokster case

Movie groups would shut down innovation, they say

IBM’s new enemy: the white box

Company is ready to attack commodity server market

Intel’s Barrett reflects on tenure as CEO

He wishes Itanium saw greater success, although he says the chip has a bright future in high-end servers

Microsoft widens availability of IE 7.0, but not yet for Windows 2000

IBM’s Workplace woos SMBs

Collaboration platform gains vertical options, iSeries bundling

At PartnerWorld, IBM pushes SMB services

Big Blue is ready to spend $300 million on initiatives

VMware, Intel get real on virtualization

Two companies to work jointly on products and market awareness

Intel lays out processor road map at IDF

Pentium Processor Extreme Edition and the D processor are among dual-core offerings

Eclipse evolving, seeks to become vertical apps platform

Health care records focus is cited

Intel airs multicore plans and new brand name

Pentium D, previously code-named Smithfield, to debut in second half of this year and will feature two Pentium 4 cores integrated into a single processor

IBM forms dedicated SMB services group

Exec sees sweet spot in companies with between 100 and 1,000 employees

New Bagle variant combines spam, Trojans

Bagle.BB installs remote monitoring software on systems it infects

Internet Explorer 7.0 not just for Windows XP SP2

Forthcoming browser to also run on Windows Server 2003 SP 1 and XP Professional x64 edition

IBM pitches Informix upgrade

Informix Dynamic Server boosts performance, administration and security, Big Blue claims

Doing data security by exception

FBI arrests man for stealing chip designs

California man charged with illegally sending proprietary data from his employer to a competitor in Taiwan

Inmarsat to launch satellites for broadband services

First of three satellites slated to take off next Thursday

Hilton may be victim of T-Mobile Web holes

Flaw in Web site's password reset feature is believed to have played a role in hacking

Update: SAP reorganizes at the top

SAP realigns management responsibilities, simplifies its command structure to better rival Oracle

Enterprise grid group expands

Big players Microsoft, IBM remain on the sidelines

Fujitsu touts carbon nanotubes for chip wiring

Fujitsu will use carbon nanotubes on some of its 45-nanometer process chips by 2010

Firefox gains market share at slower pace

Microsoft's IE browser dips below 90 percent in market share

Omron offers face recognition security for phones, PDAs

System provides an alternative to a password or fingerprint scanner

IBM unwraps Tivoli tools for mainframes

Management suite helps isolate, repair problems

Mac creator Jef Raskin dies of cancer

Hyperion dashboards target BI, compliance

Hyperion Business Intelligence Platform Version 8.3, Hyperion Compliance Management Dashboard is launched 

IBM adds resources to channel programs

Big Blue emphasizes stability at PartnerWorld conference

IBM lifts PHP in development deal

Zend partnership creates app dev environment

SOA’s killer app is unveiled

DC telecom exec indicted on tax charges

Entrepreneur Walter Anderson arrested on Saturday

Using a BPO, look before you leap

Update: Ebbers takes stand in fraud trial

Former WorldCom CFO is key witness against Ebbers

Update: AOL tool links AIM buddies to Microsoft Outlook

AIM Sync matches Outlook e-mail addresses with AIM screen names

SAP acquires U.S. retail software specialist

SAP will pay $496 million for Retek

BPO battle heats up

Microsoft eyes BPO takeover, homing in on targeted niche solutions

Fujitsu begins sampling 120GB notebook hard drive

New drive has 20 percent more storage capacity, several other improvements over 2.5-inch rivals

Jef Raskin, creator of the Macintosh, dies at 61

Raskin is credited with significantly advancing the design of user interfaces

BEA, Borland endorse Eclipse platform

Open source IDE and modeling attract attention

Maximize J2EE and database interoperability for performance

The right APM tool can improve the interoperability between your application's J2EE and database tiers

Java Product News (updated February 28, 2005)

PolarLake enhances integration suite, Tira Wireless introduces Jump, Parasoft updates Jtest, and more

Boost Tomcat performance for static content

PippoProxy offers an alternative to standard Apache-Tomcat implementations

Mozilla Foundation releases Firefox security update

Icesoft rendering technology used by Macromedia

ColdFusion boosted through HTML converter

JBoss upgrades object-relational technology

Services programs also to debut at user conference

UK government sets up free virus alert site

Mozilla warns of security holes, patches Firefox

Most serious flaws could allow attacker to gain control of a PC