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Mashups: Remixing the Web
Ask the average person what a mashup is, and they might guess its the latest exotic drink, or perhaps the result of a particularly...
CA Fills Application Management Holes with Wily Buy
In an effort to bulk up the application performance management component of its enterprise systems management business and institute greater focus on key vertical...
Report: Google to Offer Video Downloads, Software Pack
Google Inc. plans to announce on Friday a new service that will allow users to buy videos from major content partners through its Web...
EMC Spends $30M on Acxiom Grid Technology
EMC Corp. announced plans on Thursday to build and manage grid infrastructure as part of its aggregate $30 million purchase of Acxiom Corp.s information...
MS Rushes Patch as WMF Exploit Tools Surface
Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday that it would release a patch for a critical hole in the Windows operating system five days ahead of...
New Windows Live Services on the Microsoft Drawing Board
Microsoft didnt show off many new Windows Vista bells and whistles at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. But company officials...
Sony Aims to Harness Demands of Content, Technology
LAS VEGAS—Sony Corp. wants to rewrite the eBook on IT history.
The consumer electronics giant, known for innovative hardware such as the Walkman, game systems...
Microsoft Ships Emergency WMF Patch
Microsoft Corp.s fix for the Windows Metafile vulnerability will be shipped Thursday as a critical, out-of-cycle update.
Reversing an earlier decision to release the patch...
MS Vista, Office 12 Need Security Edge to Compete
One of the questions for IT managers looking at Windows Vista and Office 12, whether together or separately, is how badly they want to...
Will the Sober Worm Spawn?
At exactly 00:00 hours GMT on Thursday (7 p.m. in New York, 4 p.m. in California), computers already infected with the Sober worm will...