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Mainsoft, IBM Port .Net Apps to Linux, J2EE
Mainsoft Corp. and IBM Wednesday announced an effort to work together to extend the Linux ecosystem by helping Microsoft customers move to Linux.
Mainsoft, of...
Oracle, Sun Reaffirm Alliance on Solaris, Java
Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc., perennial allies in the competition against IBM and Microsoft Corp., reaffirmed Tuesday that they will continue to work...
Apple Shows New Intel Notebooks, Software
SAN FRANCISCO—Once again, Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs succeeded in confounding any one rumormongers prognostications. During his Tuesday keynote address opening the Macworld...
IBM Aims to Improve Patents
IBM wants to open the doors to better patents.
The Armonk, N.Y., computing giant, which received the most U.S. patents in 2005, according to the...
Can Developers Give Mactel an Enterprise Boost?
SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft and a pack of enterprise developers say they are on target for creating Intel-native Mac software despite Apples surprise Macworld Expo release...
Brocade Helps Stock Exchange Cut Storage Costs
With increasing quote rates and compliance guidelines, stock exchanges and trading floors have more data than ever before to save, store and easily account...
Google Video Is Not So Eye-Catching
Theres a growing consensus that Google Inc. has, as one critic recently put it, "lost its magic pixie dust" when it comes to creating...
Making the Case for Online Health Care
Impassioned by his experience with his brother Daniels battle with brain cancer, Steve Case is taking a two-pronged approach to working to improve the...
Novell Open-Sources Major Linux Security Program
On Tuesday, Novell Inc. announced the creation of the AppArmor project, a new GPL open-source project dedicated to advancing Linux application security.
Novells AppArmor is...
McAfee President Quits
Anti-virus security vendor McAfee Inc. announced Tuesday the sudden departure of its president, Gene Hodges.
Hodges, an 11-year McAfee veteran who was responsible for the...