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PeopleSoft responds to demand-driven manufacturing

Company adds two portal components to its SRM suite

Remedy curing services management

Action Request System 6.0 is released

RSA: Security vendors to build bridges at hot show

Bill Gates to keynote at security conference

Macrovision releases software licensing package

FlexNet Publisher ships

IBM puts Blue Gene to work on Big Bang

Dutch astronomy lab to use IBM supercomputer

IBM to ease business apps onto Nokia handheld

Forthcoming Nokia Communicator 9500 to run Lotus Sametime, WebSphere Everyplace Connection Manager Client

VMWare throws a virtual counterpunch

Company rolls out new virtual server

Dell unveils Prescott servers, new switches

Vendor unwraps two servers for basic tasks, such as file and print or Web apps

Intranets.com expands lineup with conferencing

ASP adds Web and audio conferencing capabilites

Mitsubishi Electric develops fast 16-way optical switch

Mass production of switch to begin within 12 months

Judge blocks sales of DVD copying software

Action is a win for Hollywood movie studios

Congressmen want benefits for laid-off IT workers

Under the proposal, up to 250,000 people could qualify for benefits

Intel touts 64-bit extensions

Chipmaker joins rival AMD in ability to run 32- and 64-bit apps

IBM issues toolbox for autonomy

Autonomic toolkit covers management, problem determination

Because they can…

Offshore outsourcing poses privacy perils

Contractual ties with overseas vendors advised for data usage

Interview: Juniper focuses on securing government networks

Senior VP Dubhe Beinhorn discusses the lessons learned in government that apply across the enterprise

Multimedia a major theme of 3GSM World Congress

Sun set to announce Java mobile plans at the conference

FDA proposes RFID tagging to stop drug counterfeiting

Drug pedigrees tracked

London’s Met police plans $1.2B outsourcing deal

Deal will combine three previous outsourcing agreements that are due to expire

China to finance $1.1B in telecom equipment exports

Government extends credit to China's two top vendors in bid to boost international sales

IBM lands huge German mainframe contract

Deal to deploy IBM's new eServer zSeries 990 mainframes worth over $127 million

Microsoft takes case against Lindows to Canada

Redmond giant has lost two requests for an injunction against Lindows.com in the U.S.

Study: Software piracy rates remain high in Asia

Piracy remains a multi-billion dollar industry, but there are signs of improvement

BEA grows profit, revenue in Q4

Company cites strong sales of its WebLogic server software

FBI, industry groups team on anti-piracy seal

Fighting cybercrime is now a top FBI priority

Future needs new chips, fast wireless, Intel’s Gelsinger says

Chipmaker's CTO says semiconductor industry needs to rethink today's architectural approaches to processors

VeriSign to deploy Internet hub in China

China Internet users up 34.5 percent from last year

Sony to make DRM standard on Memory Stick

DRM-enabled Memory Stick is not likely to cost more than current basic cards

Microsoft offers security update CDs

Disc offers updates only through Oct. 15, 2003

Microsoft rolls out beta of Virtual Server 2004

Fifteen thousand testers to get the first beta

Vendors jump to support 64-bit extensions

HP, IBM, Dell to use Nocona Xeon

IPMI server management spec moves ahead

Dell, HP, NEC, Intel announce version 2.0

AOL, Earthlink sue alleged spammers

Action against two rings aimed at protecting customers from spam, ISPs say

HP aims communications offerings at at operators, businesses

Deal with Ericsson promises unified communications in enterprises

Microsoft, Sun tackle Java from opposing vantage points

Tools readied to improve platform and help developers move off it

Microsoft warns source code downloaders

Software giants asks developers to delete leaked code

Xeon, Itanium, and Centrino march onward at IDF

Intel outlines roadmaps for mobile and server processors

EDS CEO: Navy contract under control

Services giant admits project has taken longer than expected

Bank of America sets up Indian outsourcing subsidiary

U.S. financial firms plann to relocate more than 500,000 jobs offshore over the next five years

IBM readies software evaluation kits

PowerPacks feature role-based offerings

Ariba extends spend management suite

It's a best-of-breed vs. ERP world

Cisco offers low-cost video for Net phones

New system enables real-time videoconferences on Internet phones

IDF: AMD welcomes Intel to the x86-64 party

Intel announces 64-bit extensions to x86 instruction set

Does gigahertz matter anymore?

Alternative methods of increasing performance should be examined, says panel of experts

Mitsubishi Electric develops reversible LCD

New display could help make clamshell-type cellphones thinner and lighter

Cisco powers up Ethernet ports with global standard

IEEE 802.3af standard offers more power than Cisco's earlier technology

Oracle takes appeal to PeopleSoft shareholders

Letter asks stockholders to tender their shares to Oracle, elect its nominees to PeopleSoft's board

RIAA goes after 531 more file sharers

Legal actions filed in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Orlando, and Trenton, N.J.

Lindows becomes ‘Lin—s’ in Europe

A court order bars the full name