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Microsoft expands Windows piracy check on downloads

Policy will apply to local language add-ons

Supreme Court gives file-sharing a hearing

IT faces fork in the road to storage virtualization

IBM and EMC offer different directions for managers

US firms invest $350 million in Lenovo

Group will own about 10 percent of company when deal closes

SAP launches SOA implementation service

Best practices and tools to help the enterprise transition to service-oriented architecture

MySQL takes database upgrade for test drive

Features designed for corporate users added to open source database

Update: Hurd deflects questions about his HP strategy

New CEO refuses to map out his plans for HP in first meeting with Wall Street analysts

Update: U.K. government withholds EDS checks over IT system

EDS continuing to have problems with management and telephony systems it developed for U.K. government

Xerox pitches more color for business

Xerox unveils first color multifunction scanner, copier, and printer based on its solid ink technology

Separating code from its environment

Programming environments shouldn't be tied to specific languages