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Mydoom variant appears, targets Microsoft

Mydoom-B contains a scheduled DoS attack against Microsoft'w Web site

DHS unveils cybersecurity warning system

Government will warn citizens about virus outbreaks, other online threats

Siemens to cut IT budget by $1 billion

German manufacturer embarks on three-year plan to lower IT expenditure, increase efficiency

SAP uses support, price to push mySAP

Company warns that maintenance service for R/3 will end by 2009

Update: Time Warner makes 2003 gains, despite AOL drag

Company hopes to offset AOL's narrrowband losses with growth in broadband and premium services

Sprint rolls out new VPN products

Carrier rolls out Multiprotocol Label Switching and SSL offerings

Sony sees profit drop on increased expenses

Company reports record quarterly sales

Amazon records first profitable year in its history

Online retailer's fourth quarter net revenue rose 36 percent

IBM takes steps toward On Demand vision

Service helps manage datacenters

Sun sees Jxta gathering steam

More than 2 million developers have downloaded the free code

LogicaCMG plans acquisition spree

Consulting, systems integration company eyes expansion, including in India

SAP CEO: Not more, but smarter IT investments

Focus on innovation is key, he says

Customers eye Workplace warily at Lotusphere

IBM hopes new strategy will calm Lotus users

Sun preps second version of Java desktop

Will offer increased functionality for administrators

European Commission draft finds Microsoft guilty

Microsoft says its still looking for a settlement

HP sees demand for 64-bit x86 servers

Company is assessing its options

Microsoft ISA Server 2004 goes to beta

Target is improved network security and performance

IDC: Despite Q4 growth, handheld shipments fall in 2003

Consumers favor cell phones and smart phones over PDAs

Microsoft fixes Word 2003 glitches

Problem could cause application to freeze

Web services security spec moves toward approval

OASIS braces for membership vote

Fast accelerates enterprise search

ESP search platform aims for single point of access to corporate data

Oracle launches data integration initiative

Company comes around to reality

PeopleSoft chief addresses users in SAP’s homeland

Conway says next wave of technology will be user portals offering real-time data, embedded analytic functions

New e-mail worm breaks infection records

E-mail carrying the Mydoom virus now accounts for one in every 12 messages

Microsoft launches SQL Server Reporting Services

Business intelligence platform gains reporting capabilities

DoCoMo says no decision yet on AT&T Wireless bid

U.S. carrier is looking for a buyer after Q4 loss

Parasoft touts security, WS-I in Web services test tool

Web services product complies with industry efforts

IBM moves uptown with NAS gateway

Big Blue's latest NAS gateway can support 224TB of storage

New, fast-spreading worm spells Doom

Worm is spreading faster than Sobig-F

Bankruptcy examiner: WorldCom avoided state taxes

Report also accuses former CEO of "improper" relationships with bankers

Chinese company to challenge Microsoft’s Office

Product combines traditional productivity suite components into one application

PeopleSoft launches hosting for mid-market

Turns from HP to Surebridge to lower infrastructure costs

Microsoft committed to CRM for SMEs, Gates says

Software giant working on hosted version of CRM product

Maybe SCO has a point

Lotus stakes its future on Workplace

Company shows off new Notes, Domino tools

EU circulating final draft of Microsoft anti-trust ruling

Spokeswoman says that an end to case is near

Micosoft, IBM, Philips to back RFID

Inventory tracking technology gains speed

Gates warns against shutting out Asian rivals

Microsoft chairman says that developed countries should watch China and India

Red Hat eyes client opportunities

CEO Matthew Szulik says Linux client is important to company

New IronMail uses ‘genetic’ antispam algorithm

Secure e-mail gateway adapts to changes in spam e-mail content

Execs, gov’t leaders discuss strategies to combat outsourcing

Chancellor stresses U.S./Britain partnership in driving business growth, stemming outsourcing

Big guns take Linux higher

IBM, SUN, Novell roll out new products at LinuxWorld

IBM lays out collaboration plans

Lotusphere show delves into Workplace 2.0, Notes Domino 7.0

India outsourcers nonplussed by U.S. Senate restrictions

Senate bill restricts government contractors from outsourcing work overseas

CA to release ARCserve Backup 11

Software speeds up backup and restore operations, is better integrated with Windows Server 2003

U.K. grants Bill Gates honorary knighthood

Gates given title of KBE for his contribution to enterprise, employment, and education in the U.K.

Interview: VoIP set to transform communications in the enterprise

CommuniTech CEO Neal Shact discusses the FCC hearings and the coming wave of VoIP solutions

Oracle proposes PeopleSoft board expansion

Takeover bid continues

Red Hat building open source community in India

Partnership planned with government, educators, industry

Microsoft readies first Office System service pack

Apps package gets fixes