Technology Industry

What’s Brocade up to?

Recent acquisitions suggest interesting developments, but company representatives remain tight-lipped

MSN acquires MessageCast to expand alerts service

MessageCast technologies will help Microsoft expand MSN alert services to new content channels

Lawson Software buys into IBM’s SOA vision

Lawson will make WebSphere the foundation for its SOA-enabled Project Landmark platform

Tech firms call for US, EU cooperation on regulations

Competitive advantage is being lost, speakers tell U.S. Foreign Relations Commitee

An RSS feed search engine debuts but doesn’t work

Microsoft to simplify licensing lingo

Company will publish a new version of its "Product Use Rights" document

AMD picks away at Intel’s lead in Q1

Opteron gives underdog particular strength in server market

Hitachi and Fujitsu tout new 100GB notebook drives

New drives are faster and offer faster media transfer rates, quieter running

New HP printers help SMBs look like larger competitors

HP targets SMBs, emerging markets with new inkjet and laser printers

Matrix to challenge flash in memory cards

Matrix write-once 3-D technology could lead to cheaper one-use memory cards