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Nanode redefines the meaning of small PC

Mini-PC will use Via's upcoming Nano-ITX motherboard

Phoenix turns laptops into PDAs

Phoenix FirstWare Assistant lets laptop users view e-mail without launching Windows

Nokia launches mobile RFID kit

Mobile workforces can access data by touching tagged items with a mobile phone

HP designs new notebooks to take a beating

Company launches its first ruggedized notebook and Tablet PC

SuSE delivers first 2.6 kernel Linux

New version can run 32- and 64-bit apps

Novell to deliver two new Linux products

Products are based on 2.6 kernel and include the latest GNOME and KDE desktop interfaces

SEC fines Lucent, charging non-cooperation

Other terms of agreement in financial case still intact

Windows XP update to block pop-ups by default

Release Candidate 1 of Service Pack 2 coming for technical preview

Sony’s president opens Cebit trade show

Computing, telecommunications, and entertainment are converging, Ando says

Web services interoperability tools released

WS-I unveils two offerings

Programmer veterans ponder past, future

Pioneers of VisiCalc, Excel, Mac speak

Microsoft offers glimpse of management software future

Reporting capability to join system and operations management tools

HP shareholders vote to expense option costs

Vote goes counter to board's recommendation

Microsoft embraces open source — with reservations

Company official stresses Windows business interests

Intel to join Liberty Alliance

Will play role in overall group governance

Microsoft-EU antitrust settlement hopes dim

Meeting breaks up with no agreement

ATG intros new Web development tools

Lane hails services-based software, open source

Former Oracle president also praises overseas engineering talent

W3C recommends VoiceXML 2.0

Standards body gives the seal of approval

AMD launches new XP-M chip for light notebooks

New processor is AMD's highest-performing low-power mobile chip

New P&G deal gives HP its first BPO contract

HP to manage Procter & Gamble's accounts payable activities worldwide

Infineon makes India its software development hub

Semiconductor maker to add 200 more employees at its R&D center in Bangalore

Google offers new local search service

Google Local returns business listings, driving directions, and related Web pages

Interview: Cebit execs see economy picking up

Managing Directors Jorg Schomburg and Mark Dineen discuss the IT turnaround

Siemens launches mobile and fixed MMS phones

Company's new cordless fixed-line phones will have easy access to VoIP

Lessig: Be wary of ‘IP extremists’

Stanford professor calls for balanced approach to intellectual property laws

Bevy of Microsoft developer conferences planned

Speech Server product to be introduced

MS to work with governments on localizing software

Making XP and Office 2003 available in more languages is response to open source products

Computer Associates, AmberPoint embrace MOM

Companies extend  Web services monitoring to Microsoft technology

Toshiba updates multimedia laptops with speed, mobility

Notebooks are available immediately

Update: Microsoft sends management products to beta

Company details the roadmap for its management products

Outsourcing means job creation is a must, Powell says

He adds that India should allow more foreign investment

Advocacy group says states have set sights on P-to-P

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is examining related consumer issues

Sun executives sound off on Java, OS plans

Roadmap includes new tools for Star Office suite

IBM targets 40,000 Linux desktops by 2005

Nevertheless, the open source OS is not for everyone, executive says

Ballmer meets EU competition chief

Software giant may be making final efforts to settle antitrust case

Deutsche Telekom extends MPLS offer to U.S.

MPLS backbone will let U.S. customers deploy IP-VPN services at the edge of their networks

Microsoft exec: Open source model endangers software economy

Distinguished Engineer Jim Gray doubts American companies can compete on service if products are free

AOL launches new bill-paying tool

AOL Bill Pay offered to members at no extra charge

EMC division buys Xerox’s askOnce unit

Documentum buys technology for integrating content from disparate data sources

Startup to sell open source insurance

OSRM will offer policies to companies that they may be sued by SCO

Offshoring fears excessive, author says

'Code Complete' author downplays potential effects

Microsoft’s entry to stir speech recognition market

Company aims to make speech recognition technologies mainstream with Speech Server 2004

Vignette, Bowstreet launch portal upgrades

Vendors embrace JSR 168 portlet standard

Land O’Lakes solves disaster recovery puzzle

Setting up disaster recovery plan led to company honing IT operations

IBM unveils Opteron workstation

Offering is the first Opteron workstation from a major vendor to ship in North America

IBM signs up first vertical ISVs

First ISVs specialize in energy, utilities

Veritas to restate financial results

Company overstated revenue by between $16 million and $30 million

Wi-Fi bandwith breakthroughs leave consumers behind

New features improve wireless bandwith speeds

Experts publish ‘how to’ book for software exploits

'The Shellcoder's Handbook' reveals previously unknown techniques for exploiting systems