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Interex Disbands, Cancels HP World

Interex, the user group for Hewlett-Packards systems customers, has disbanded and canceled next months HP World show in San Francisco. Interex officials on its Web...

Intel Doubles Down on Linux

Intel is asking itself whats next for Linux. The chip giant recently pulled its disparate efforts to work with the operating system. Those efforts span...

Workarounds Released for XP SP2 Flaw

The Microsoft Security Response Center late Saturday released a security advisory to offer pre-patch workarounds for a denial-of-service flaw in Windows XP Service Pack...

Apple Earnings Show Rising Mac Sales

Industry analysts examining Apples Wednesday earnings statement concurred that the most interesting information revealed was the strong growth of Macintosh computer sales. As discussed in...

IBMs OS/2 Reaches the End of the Road

In 1987, the top songs included U2s "With or Without You" and Belinda Carlisles "Heaven Is a Place on Earth," and the top new...

VMware Will Charge Per Socket for Dual Core

VMware is readying its virtual machine product line to support dual-core processors, and says it will charge for its technology on a per-socket basis. The...

IBM Aims to Make iSeries More Attractive to SMBs

IBM is pushing to make its iSeries systems even more attractive to small and midsize businesses. The Armonk, N.Y., company this week introduced the Solutions...

Oracle Caves on Multicore Licensing

Oracle has finally caved—a little—to industry outrage over its refusal to get in line with competitors IBM and Microsoft and update its licensing policy...

Itanium Update on the Way

Intel Corp. is planning a last hurrah for its single-core Itanium server chips. The processor giant is expected to announce on Monday a pair of...

HP Does Desktop PC Price Limbo

Hewlett-Packard Co. is using low prices to drum up business for its desktop PCs. The computer giant has begun offering a new wave of low-price...