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Skype Wins Over Past Critics

A new version of Net phone calling software from Skype Technologies SA, a division of online auction pioneer eBay Inc., has won over critics...

CA Nabs Remote Control Provider Control-F1

Computer Associates International Inc. on Wednesday filled in a missing piece of its service desk offering when it acquired privately held remote control provider...

Sun Pushes Eco-Friendly Tech with SWaP Metric

Sun Microsystems Inc. wants its users to SWaP for energy efficiency. The Santa Clara, Calif., company is pushing the SWaP metric as a cornerstone of...

Nokia and Kyocera Settle Patent Spat

Handset makers Nokia Corp. and Kyocera Wireless Corp. have ended their long-running patent dispute in favor of a new agreement through which the mobile...

Dell Eyeing AMD Again?

Dell Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. could soon be more than neighbors in Texas, reports say. Financial firm Piper Jaffray & Co. suggests, in...

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...

IBM, Symbol Team on Wireless Blade

IBM and Symbol Technologies Inc. are teaming up on the first wireless LAN controller blade for IBMs blade server center, according to officials at...

Alliance Forms to Extend Ethernet Standard into New Areas

A new networking industry alliance launched itself Tuesday to promote the further spread of the IEEE 802 Ethernet standard technologies. The new Ethernet Alliance, made...

Widener University Finds Firewall Flexibility

Widener Universitys IT department is not your typical college network services department. Not only does it serve 8,000 students distributed across three campuses in...

Microsoft Faces Possible Fine

The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, again has rapped Microsoft Corp. on the knuckles, this time warning the Redmond, Wash.,...