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Sun previews next version of Java

'Mustang' release to feature Web services, performance, ease-of-development

Microsoft talks security, seriously

Software giant issues products designed to streamline patch delivery

Made to love Microsoft DSI magic

ADIC combines disk, tape in new storage appliance

Pathlight VX offers 3,000TB of backup

ObjectWeb adds portal content management middleware

Consortium promotes open source middleware that could give businesses access to cheaper technology

Spain sprouts WiMax network

Europe embraces the emerging high-end broadband wireless technology

Hotmail founder plans anti-spam startup

Sabeer Bhatia discusses Microsoft's spam-killing proposal, outsourcing of jobs

Gates touts software ‘magic’ to cut complexity

Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative relies on the automation of tasks

Nokia demos first mobile call using IPv6

Nokia shows video clip being streamed to its IPv6 prototype phone

EDS reports net loss of $153M

EDS posts delayed report of Q3 results

Sun takes page from Linux playbook with Solaris 10

License for the open source version of Solaris will be announced within 45 to 60 days

Hynix, STMicro plan Chinese memory chip plant

Companies to invest $2B in memory chip manufacturing plant in China

Update: Apache Geronimo readied as Java app server

Technology amenable to specialized use such as regulatory compliance plug-ins, developer says

Linux looms large for Sun Solaris 10

AMD chips to gain security, virtualization features

Pacifica and Presidio initiatives due to arrive in processors in 2006

Gluecode releases open-source Java dev platform

Package can be used by companies without deep development expertise

Blogger goes multilingual

Google says move is the first stage of internationalization

Intel reaches Pentium 4 speed limit at 3.8GHz

Company is looking for other ways to improve performance

UTStarCom to put cell networks on IP

Traffic can move off of expensive long-distance leased lines

Panel: Gov’t can’t mandate security

Incentives such as investment tax credits are thought to be more effective

PC chip vendors set sights on DVRs

Intel and AMD eye the promising market

Liquid Machines pours out new DRM software

E-mail policy and control are the focus of new product

Sun upgrading enterprise dev tool

BEA adds app server support to Beehive project

.Net development gets new tools, code initiative

Avanade readies Enterprise Library, successor to Applications Blocks

Microsoft will hire more staff at Indian facility

Ballmer says the hiring of hundreds of new developers in India will not lead to a loss of jobs in the U.S

Symbol upgrades its wireless LAN switch

All-in-one device reduces WLAN management costs

Collaboration platforms present unified front

IBM drives Workplace; Open Text rolls out collaboration platform

Data management, tools wrap: Systinet hails UDDI

ANTs, Sleepycat tout database wares; Klocwork offers Java code analysis 

Dell blades cut deeper to data centers

New blade architecture supports as many as 10 servers

Yahoo implements DomainKeys in its mail service

Yahoo's authentication technology will increase protection from ID theft and phishing

McAfee takes on more spyware

Enterprise anti-virus products gains increased protection against spyware

BEA adds app server support to Beehive

Open source project touted at ApacheCon

Adobe aims at workgroups with Acrobat 7

Updates underscore Adobe's focus on workgroups and document management

Blinkx fills Smart Folders with search results

Search software creates folders and automatically populates them with documents from users' hard drives and the Internet

A lightweight nonintrusive EJB testing framework

Bring your EJB 2.0 applications in line with testing best practices

Automate GUI tests for Swing applications

Transition from unit tests to acceptance tests

Sun talks up Java advances

However, platform won't take open source road

VA Software adding Wiki support to collaborative tool

SourceForge improvements set for March 2005

SSL VPN security threatened by desktop search engines

PC indexing tools pose risks

JBoss app server to get HP support

Companies seek to bolster confidence in open source

AMD reflects on progress, Dell possibilities

Exec says company can't provide PC maker with same financial incentives as Intel

McAfee, CA integrate anti-spyware

IT administrators get more firepower to deal with security menace

Dell Eyes AMD Move

PC maker close to adopting AMD processors for servers, workstations

Sun-Microsoft work might leave standards rift

Question remains about Liberty Alliance participation

Coalition asks US Congress to kill copyright bill

Legislation called "overkill" in intellectual property rights enforcement

SBC details plans for fiber network, IP-based TV

"Project Lightspeed" aims to leapfrog traditional carriers with added features

AMD talks up hybrid flash memory design

First Ornand chips are expected in 2005

Novell sues Microsoft over WordPerfect

Lawsuit alleges Microsoft held back critical details of applicaiton

Sun in need of good business advice

Microsoft probing reported flaws in Windows XP SP2

Security firm discovers 10 'serious' flaws in SP2