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New Tools Make Hardware Softer

People take it for granted that computer hardware should be universal, while applications should be specific to particular tasks. It seems obvious that this...

Microsofts CSS Plans for IE 7 Draw Cheers, Jeers

After remaining mum for months over the extent to which it plans to support the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) standard with its forthcoming Internet...

Putting E-Mail on Phones Poses Problems for Providers

Which would you rather: make an extra dollar a month per subscriber from mobile consumer data, or make 40 times as much, selling to...

Readers Respond: Broadband Access for All

Whatever happened to Internet via power lines (Editorial, "Broadband Access for All," July 25)? The idea is not new. I used it more than...

How to Build a Strong HP

Certainly, the layoffs were supposed to be over by now. Hewlett-Packards announcement of 14,500 jobs to be cut shows that its acquisition of Compaq...

DHL Adds Supply Chain Services, Signs Sun

European-based shipping giant DHL has added supply chain and logistics services such as distribution warehousing and order management to its package delivery services throughout...

Readers Respond: Software: Ideology vs. Progress

Jonathan Zucks claim that the " and its allies nearly scuttled the standards process for e-mail authentication" in refusing to support a registration...

Readers Respond: Microsoft Sets Sights on Search

When Ballmer says that Linux has not "gained at our expense," you have to wonder if hes talking about the Xbox ("Microsoft Sets Sights...

SpikeSource to Launch Made-to-Order Stacks

SpikeSource Monday announced a new strategy of providing made-to-order open-source stacks of software fully configured and tested for enterprise customers. Kim Polese, CEO of the...

BSM Tool Learns Behavior

Startup Netuitive Inc. is looking to provide the business service management glue for enterprises struggling to determine the impact of IT infrastructure problems on...