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IBM shows off new grid apps

New apps aid distributed development

NetSuite relaunches, Oracle delays small business suite

Company targets customers of Intuit's QuickBooks

Update: Nortel to lay off 10 percent of staff

Networking company cuts 3,500 jobs to reduce costs

UK government to extend 3-year contract with Microsoft

Deal bucks trend of governments around the world taking a serious look at open source

Update: Google gets IPO green light from SEC

Approval lets company move ahead with public trading

Gateway unveils Grantsdale PCI Express PCs in retail

Company set to introduce its first desktops based on Intel's new 915G chip set

Lindows postpones IPO indefinitely

Linux vendor blames market conditions

IBM tightening Eclipse, Java, Linux links

Software development kit packaged with runtime

Wireless sensor networks looking to Zigbee Alliance

Products based on Zigbee standard due later this year

Spruced up 64-bit Windows beta ready

New builds include Luna UI, Bluetooth support

Hynix to build chip plant in China

South Korean memory-chip maker expects to start production at the fab in 2006

Update: Researchers find holes in XP SP2

Two software flaws could let virus writers and malicious hackers sidestep new security features

Linux wins heart of global SAP user

Companies are moving core IT systems from SAP to mainframes running Linux

Google faces another trademark suit in Germany

Legal challenges to Google's AdWords keyword advertising program continue

Sun postpones September user show

Sun may merge user show with its JavaOne 2005 developer conference in June

SAP users warned of false support calls

Customers should not provide confidential information on the phone to people claiming to be SAP support staff

Japanese bank taps RFID for document security

NEC inks deal to provide high-security document protection using RFID

Netscape browser update released

New version is based on Mozilla 1.7, features tabbed Web browsing, integrated AOL Instant Messenger

Novell bundles JBoss app server

Combo provides built-in deployment option

BlackBerrys versus terrorism

E-mail devices being used at Logan Airport for background checks

Microsoft readies Host Integration Server 2004

Newest edition of Host Integration Server links Windows users to IBM mainframes and iSeries servers

IBM expands into Danish IT services market

Big Blue buys two Danish IT services companies, signs deal with one of the country's largest banks

Livermore: No need for HP-UX on x86

HP's executive VP discusses the state of her company and the shortfall in its Q3 results

IBM rolls out midrange eServer i5

Box offered in two editions

Macromedia to bolster video on the Web

Dreamweaver MX extension, Flash technology are key

Interwoven scoops up records management company

Acquisition of Software Intelligence aims to boost document retention, compliance wares

Applying the open source spirit to analyst reports

IBM seeks dismissal in second part of SCO case

Big Blue says evidence lacking on source code claim

Microsoft delays automatic XP SP2 delivery

Professional Edition now due Aug. 25

CA buys PestPatrol antispyware developer

Products to be incorporated into eTrust Threat Management suite

Gartner revises PC market forecast, warns of downside

Analyst firm says that the overall economy weighs on PC segment

Microsoft details XP SP2 conflicts

Software giant publishes lift of nearly 50 programs that do not work after XP SP 2 is installed

Sybase upgrades PowerBuilder, plots RFID move

RFID system slated for release later this year

Update: McAfee to buy Foundstone for $86 million

Foundstone's technology will help McAfee products shield high-priority computer assets from attack

PivX hardens Windows with Qwik-Fix Pro

Intrusion prevention software modifies features of Windows and IE that are targets of hackers

HP invokes Adaptive Enterprise mantra

Product upgrades readied for HP World show

New tool identifies ‘phishy’ Web sites

WholeSecurity tool can spot fraudulent Web sites used in online cons

Oracle readies CRM updates

Oracle CRM 11i10 more tightly connects sales to other corporate operations

AccuRev touts software configuration management approach

System relies on streams, not files, company says

End of the line for HP’s Alpha processor

HP releases the final processor upgrade for AlphaServer Unix servers

HP pushes parity for Itanium, PA-RISC servers

HP set to announce enhancements to HP-UX

China’s Red Flag Linux to focus on enterprise

Company plans to expand sales overseas

Processing command line arguments in Java: Case closed

Facilitate command line argument processing for Java tools with a simple helper class

The Chain of Responsibility pattern’s pitfalls and improvements

Don't call the next chain node in your concrete chain class anymore

Tools wrap: Sun, Javalobby, Infravio make moves

NetBeans still platform of choice for Sun instead of Eclipse

Sender ID gains traction

Anti-spam standard being woven into products before gaining approval by IETF

Initial Windows XP SP2 fallout limited

Although pack deemed 'critical,' many organizations may wait

Storage, servers brings down HP results

Executives walk plank for poor showing

EBay takes stake in Craigslist

Online auction giant takes 25 percent stake in classified ads site

AMD starts shipping 90-nanometer chips to customers

Processors for notebooks are shipping now, PCs to come in a month, and servers after that