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Microsoft Launches EuroScience Initiative

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a major program to invest in research centers in Europe, touching on traditional scientific research as well as aspects of...

Skype Releases VOIP Software for Mac, Linux

VOIP provider Skype released final versions of its software for the Macintosh and Linux on Tuesday morning.Skype originally released both versions of its software...

PHP Consortium Tackles Third-Party Application Security

Worried that the credibility of the PHP scripting language is being hurt by high-profile security flaws in third-party applications, an international group of coding...

Microsoft Launches Web Search Engine

Microsoft has reached its first major milestone in Web search with the release of its algorithmic search engine, which will compete against Google and...

Java Enterprise System 3 Attacks Business Woes

Sun Microsystems Inc. is rolling out its newest Java Enterprise System release, along with five market-driven subsets aimed at solving specific business problems. Sun officials...

Center Offers Open Source License Defense, Legal Services

The OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) has raised $4 million to seed a non-profit, independent legal center that will provide free services to eligible...

L-3 Eyes Homeland Security Acquisitions

Riding high on a stellar financial quarter, surveillance systems vendor L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. is pondering future opportunities—and possible acquisitions—in cargo security and other...

CollabNet Leader: Software Development in a Sorry State

BURLINGAME, Calif.—The current state of the corporate software market could best be described as a train wreck, Brian Behlendorf, the chief technical officer and...

Health IT: Fears and Opportunities

Less than a year after the appointment of a health IT czar and only a month into 2005, health IT has seen its share...

SAP Invests in Automotive Software, Mercury Deal

SAP said in its fourth-quarter 2004 earnings call last week that 2005 would be a year of significant investment. Just out of the gate,...