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Sybase delivers Panther-ready database

Company adds increased performance, asynchronous disk I/O

Israel snubs Microsoft, moves to open source software

Government says it will use what Microsoft software it has in place, but won't upgrade

AOL adds spyware protection

Feature will enables users to scan their hard drive for spyware or adware and opt to remove those programs

China grants WLAN technology rights to more companies

Chinese WLAN standard is similar to Wi-Fi but uses a different security protocol

Via to take processors to 2GHz, eyes profitability

First 2GHz versions of low-power chip lines to enter production during second half of 2004

New Toshiba notebooks add multimedia features

Satellite A45 Series designed to appeal to SMBs looking to replace their desktops

Microsoft targets Linux with new ad campaign

Ads cite study that found Windows 2000 costs less to operate for a variety of tasks

Holding the CAN-SPAM Act accountable (Incredible prices on V-I-A-G-R-A!)

MySQL extending 64-bit support for database

Open source software being fitted for Intel Itanium 2 chip on HP-UX, Windows XP

Hifn buys IBM network chip assets

Move could boost security wares for smaller companies