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Qwest pursues MCI while Verizon stays in the picture

Paris Hilton hacker impacts basketball

IDC: Volume servers behind server market growth

Midrange and high-end units show declining revenues

Motorola joins group on faster Wi-Fi

Intense political battle is expected over competing standards

Poll: U.S. has conservative tack on innovation

U.S. technology executives mainly focus on existing products and services

IBM, Zend lift PHP in development deal

Partnership integrates IBM's open source Cloudscape database with Zend's PHP development environment

EU close to decision on antitrust ruling

Third parties have been asked to comment on Microsoft's licensing terms

Skype users may soon be sending text messages

New technology lets users send SMS messages to GSM handsets via Skype's p-to-p network

IBM digs deep for iSeries development

eServer iSeries Initiative For Innovation  aims to bolster iSeries app development

NTT prepares new smart card, fingerprint technologies

NTT developing new technologies that could bring greater convenience to security applications

NTT develops hydrogen fuel cell for mobile phones

NTT hopes to commercialize the prototype fuel cell within three years

Linux vendor Mandrakesoft to acquire Conectiva

Mandrakesoft strengthens its international position with $2.36 million acquisition

IBM to bolster Eclipse tools arsenal

Database, voice apps are focus of Big Blue’s efforts

Rollins: Dell unlikely to use AMD chips

Company reverses course after hinting it was considering using AMD

Startup Azul steps into the data center

Next month company will launch emerging technology designed to speed up processing of middleware apps

OASIS strikes back

Qwest makes revised bid for MCI

New offer worth about $8 billion and guarantees that purchase price

Compuware drives CARS quality management upgrade

Integration with Changepoint is featured

Study: Powerline broadband set to grow in 2005

Emerging technology is ready for commercial rollout

Update: AOL enters local search market

AOL joins rivals Google, Yahoo, and Ask Jeeves in offering local search service

Microsoft and Oracle: Not so different

Microsoft to unveil new IM, video conferencing tools

Gates to lay out Microsoft's strategy for the Real Time Collaboration division

T-Systems, Siebel offer hosted CRM service

Hosted Siebel CRM OnDemand service targets SMBs

Update: Microsoft settles with Dutch site over AntiSpyware row

Microsoft to compensate and apologize for flagging the company's homepage as malicious content

SQL Server 2005 brings new features, higher price

Upgrade to Microsoft's database will ship later this year with a price hike of up to 25 percent

IBM tops server vendors for 2004

HP, Sun Unix sales slip as Big Blue gains

Silence fuels speculation on Microsoft security plan

NGSCB update never arrived and company says 'architecture is evolving'

Batten down the hatches for IM spam

ChoicePoint’s error sparks talk of ID theft law

Privacy advocacy groups call for better notification when confidential data has been accessed by unauthorized sources

The Paris Hilton Academy of Computer Security

Open source boosters irked

SAP plans new lab in Hungary

New software development lab will focus on SCM technology

With Fedora, Red Hat recreates its lost community

Open source project seeks input

BEA touts Eclipse participation

Company to retool Workshop IDE, donate several technologies

Bumpy start for Microsoft’s Speech Server

Some partners express reservations

Intel desktop chips get 64-bit support

Arrest, but no relief from IM spam

Federal CAN-SPAM Act violations are alleged

HP’s ProCurve adds routers

New products designed for security

Cabir mobile phone virus lands on U.S. shores

Update: Microsoft buys Axapta toolkit to offer partners

Software giant scoops up ERP Complete software

Akamai to deliver Flash content to desktops

Company aligns with Macromedia on Akamai Streaming

Nvidia’s new India center to do cutting-edge design

CEO says the company is attracted to India for its talent, not to cut costs

EU offers privacy guidelines for RFID

Commission offers assessment of privacy and data protection issues related to RFID

IBM delivers server with X3 architecture

New eServer xSeries 366 contains Hurricane chip set

Court rules against Lexmark in printer case

Court denies Lexmark's request to prevent companies from making low-cost, refurbished cartridges for its printers

New Sober worm moving fast, security company warns

Latest variant of Sober worm is spreading itself aggressively

Cabir worm wriggles into U.S. mobile phones

Phone batteries are rapidly consumed on phones infected with the Cabir worm

Intel holds speed on new Pentium 4 chips

Hewlett-Packard and Gateway plan to support the new desktop processors

IBM delivers first X3-based server

Customized Hurricane chip set aims to boost performance

Latest merger hails new telecom era

Verizon buying MCI changes landscape of communications providers