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EDS offers early retirement to U.S. staffers

EDS expects to cuts its workforce by 9 percent as part of ongoing efforts to reduce costs

IT firms call for patent protection in EU

EICTA warns European industry would be severely damaged if software-enabled inventions lack patent protection

Dell to pre-install Suse Linux on servers

Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 will be available on Dell PowerEdge servers for an annual subscription

Blogging in fashion on Madison Avenue

VMware previews virtual server

Company applies pressure to Microsoft

SAP, HP team on hosted ERP offering

Hosted offering gives midsize companies predictable software costs

NTT DoCoMo, IBM, Intel team to secure mobile devices

Trusted Mobile Platform is designed to protect wireless devices against viruses

Germans seek savings through Linux in tough economic times

Price outweighs new software features as the key differentiator in choosing software

Update: Cingular wraps up AT&T Wireless acquisition

Merged company to have 46 million subscribers

Traction bolsters enterprise Weblogs

Software gains WebDAV support, Atom news feeds

Xandros rolls out Linux desktop management app

GUI is featured

Via’s twin-core processor may upstage AMD, Intel

Company developing x86 system

Top supercomputer race continues with NASA/SGI box

System eclipses Japan's Earth Simulator, IBM box

Appeals court rules against Lexmark in cartridge case

Company has sought protect its market share for refills

Debate: Bush’s IT approach contrasts with Kerry’s

Hands-off stance vs. more hands-on strategy discussed

FALL CTIA – US carriers come together on MMS

Interoperability plan devised

Storage products unveiled at SNW show

McData, Brocade products make debut

Microsoft focuses on apps modeling

Technology for Visual Studio 2005 platform to be previewed

Update: EU approves Oracle bid for PeopleSoft

Decision removes last regulatory hurdle for database giant to clear

NEC restarts factory after earthquake

Others still stopped

Microsoft prepares to ship new corporate IM server

Live Communications Server 2005 will bring federation, interoperability with other IM services such as AOL and Yahoo

Intel guns for remote wireless device management

Chipmaker developing technology to more effectively manage wireless devices

Intel, Clearwire to work on WiMax together

Parternship will push development of future networks

Microsoft peeks at mobile strategy

Next version of .Net CF will support DirectShow

Home computer land security

Sun Delivers NetBeans 4.1 Access Release

New Version Has Java 1.4 features

Cingular clears hurdle for AT&T Wireless acquisition

Consent decree with U.S. Department of Justice resolves important issues

Work on Sender ID goes on

Microsoft resubmits antispam plan to Internet Engineering Task Force

Google helps promote Windows XP

Deskbar search tool is available from Microsoft Web site

IBM makes available monthly security report

Service helps evaluate needs and vulnerabilities from a business perspective

AOL survey uncovers rampant online threats

Report also finds uninformed users

Vendors, operators strive for simplicity at CTIA

Sprint, Intellisync and Seven Networks to extend mobile capabilities to a greater number of users

Nokia aims to attract operators, developers with Preminet

System hosts and charges for content for mobile phones

Microsoft makes Exchange road map more murky

Exec says company not ready to provide timeframe for next version

Multimedia goes mobile at CTIA

Exhibitors hope to seize a multimedia craze

PalmOne packs Treo smart phone with new chip

Moving from TI processor to Intel chip will speed multimedia applications, company says

Cisco, Microsoft shake hands on security

Security architecture interoperability will allow sharing of enforcement decisions

PeopleSoft, RIM partner to deliver sales application

Scaled down SFA application is readied for remote users

Vint Cerf: Concerns over packets and politics

Father of the Internet says it is better today than at height of bubble

Borland focuses on UML modeling

ControlCenter is reconfigured into separate products

Borland touts UML modeling

Company reconfigures Together apps development package

JTable filtering with Glazed Lists

Use list transformations to add text filtering to your application

Skin Web applications using Xkins

Add skinning capabilities to your Web application

Java Product News (updated October 25, 2004)

Sun releases Java Studio Creator for Mac; IBM enhances Rational package of software products; and more

Intel preparing for coming 20 years of chip making

Future research to include focus on making transistors smaller and faster

Google earnings expectations create overnight confusion

The company provided two pro-forma net income figures — one that put it missing the consensus earnings estimate and one that had it topping it.

Yahoo joins the search with Stata purchase

Stata made Bloomba, for managing and organizing multiple e-mail accounts, searching through mail, and saving searches as views.

Intel outlines Wireless USB security, use

Chip giant backs 128-bit AES protocol

Update: Strong server, PC sales boost Microsoft revenue

First-quarter revenue up 12 percent as earnings beat analyst expectations

Update: PeopleSoft posts solid Q3 revenue growth

Maintenance leads gain as software license sales rise slightly