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Google’s European Adventure Continues

Google has scheduled its first-ever Code Jam competition in Europe, as it further courts software developers located on the Continent. Code Jam registration is...

Microsoft, Yahoo Take a Swipe at Google

High-profile employees at Microsoft and Yahoo say rival Google's complaints to authorities about a supposed unfair Microsoft practice is a case of the pot...

SPARQL Will Make the Web Shine

Ive been writing about the Semantic Web for a few years now—pretty much ever since I first read about it in Tim Berners-Lees 1999...

Microsoft Should Give BitLocker Encryption to All

Heres a spring SAT question for the IT executive: When it comes to Windows Vista upgrades, is Microsoft more like the Internal Revenue Service...

IBM Buys BuildForge to Help Developers Meet Compliance Mandates

IBM on May 2 announced its acquisition of BuildForge, a maker of software to help automate software development processes.Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM acquired BuildForge to...

Computer Literacy Isnt Kid Stuff

The label of "computer literacy" isnt useful for much besides inducing taxpayers to spend too much on irrelevant classroom technology. It can be used to...

Startup Finds New Ways to Free Up Application Bottlenecks

To date application accelerators have addressed performance bottlenecks in front of the Web server. Startup Crescendo Networks on May 1 at Interop in Las...

Readers Respond: Net Neutrality for All

Regarding your April 17 Our View, "Net Neutrality for All," one thing we often overlook is that Uncle Sam and his state and municipal...

Readers Respond: Just Say No to AT&T-BellSouth

In regard to David Morgensterns editorial on the merger between AT&T and BellSouth, I must agree and disagree ("Just Say No to AT&T-BellSouth," March...

FDA to Require Standard Language on Electronic Drug Labels

To find drug information about heart attacks, a physician should remember to search not just for "heart attack" but also for "MI," "infarct" and...