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New Developer Tools Coming at EclipseCon

With the Eclipse open-source integrated development environment platform emerging as a strong contender to be the IDE of choice for developers, vendors are gearing...

Sun to Open-Source Education

NEW YORK—Sun Microsystems is taking a cue from its successes with open source to help shape the future of education and bridge the digital...

Intel to Boost Wireless Notebooks

SAN FRANCISCO—Intel plans to power up the wireless capabilities of notebook PCs. The chip maker will offer, later this year, a WiMax PC card that...

Open-Source Collaboration Project Seeks Partners

Open-Xchange, which markets open-source collaboration tools, introduced a partner program offering new product support and marketing opportunities for companies interested in helping it distribute...

Microsoft Smooths Road to Vista with Apptimum Buy

Microsoft announced March 7 that it is has acquired application-transfer specialist Apptimum for an undisclosed sum. Formerly Eisenworld, Apptimum, based in Sunrise, Fla., began in...

Intel Aims for New Mobile PC Category

SAN FRANCISCO—Intel is unfolding its plan to help create a new class of small and inexpensive mobile computers it calls "ultramobile PCs." The chip maker...

IBM, Cognos Look to Ease SOA Deployments

Cognos and IBM on March 7 announced a new strategic alliance to jointly develop, market and sell service-oriented architecture products. Under the agreement, Armonk, N.Y.-based...

Startup Targets Wireless Needs of Vertical Markets

With a set of Wi-Fi modules for "application-specific devices," an Ohio startup is set to step into a business that Cisco Systems is about...

Dell Opens Up About Desktop Linux

Michael Dell, chairman of Dell, says he believes in offering Linux on the desktop, server and workstation. What he doesnt believe in, for now,...

Does the GPL Violate Sarbanes-Oxley?

The Software Freedom Law Center on March 8 will publish a white paper that dismisses recent publications that have alleged GNU General Public License...