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At its eWorld customer conference Tuesday, BEA Systems introduced new products and services that support Liquid Computing, an initiative that builds on a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) foundation. Formerly named Project Sierra, Liquid Computing's goal is to improve interoperability between BEA products and other systems. The new additions to ...

Viruses delivered by e-mail, phishing attacks and spam are becoming as much a part of using computers as accidents, tolls and bumper-to-bumper delays on the freeway are in commuting to work each day. Both situations cause frustration, steal productivity and cost money Phishing scams trick e-mail recipients into clicking a link in the message to rea...

Seeking to move beyond a US$2 billion accounting scandal, Computer Associates has offered to make a $10 million payment to put the probe to rest and has rolled out an information security product and services push designed to capitalize on what is already a strong growth area. Against the backdrop of its annual customer confab in Las Vegas, Nevada...

The Recording Industry Association of America wants to sue another 493 innocent people for sharing music online -- "innocent" because not one of the people pilloried so far by the RIAA has been found guilty of anything, because not one of them has ever appeared before a judge "The trade group [the RIAA] which represents the five largest recording c...

Trend Micro began 2004 with a bang, reporting revenue of US$126 million, a 25 percent increase in sales in both North America and Europe -- and $11 million more than the antivirus and Internet security software and services company originally estimated That growth came on the heels of some well-publicized malware, a growing awareness of security is...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has taken additional steps in its fight against music piracy by issuing nearly 500 more lawsuits against alleged music file-sharers This action brings the total number of individuals it has sued to nearly 3,000....

Microsoft's Service Pack 2 (SP2) update to the Windows XP operating system is nearing its release, but repeated warnings from the software giant and a bug that bit some users of 64-bit hardware are highlighting the potential negative impact of the service pack, which analysts have called a whole new operating system in its size and scope The bug, w...

A drive to improve citizen services is part of a long-term push by the U.S.government to be more responsive to taxpayer needs and to diminish itsunresponsive, bureaucratic image. This push began during the Clintonadministration and has continued through President Bush's tenure Now, the U.S. Census Bureau has revealed it has turned to a hosted-CRMso...

Today at its TechEd conference, Microsoft announced agreements with an initial group of appliance partners to extend Microsoft's Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server) 2004 to customers who want all those features in a dedicated hardware package. ISA Server 2004, part of Windows Server System, is an application-layer firewall, virtual private network (VPN) and Web cache software technology designed to enable customers to improve network security and performance...

Was the term "windows" used in the computing world before Microsoft's Windows operating system first hit the scene in 1985? A U.S. Court of Appeals ruled this week that Microsoft will not be able to make that case to the judge in the Microsoft-Lindows trademark conflict before trial, which now will be held later this year The two companies have bee...

At its TechEd conference Monday, Microsoft announced several tools and technologies aimed at developers and other IT professionals. During the keynote speech, CEO Steve Ballmer stressed that these advances in enterprise tools are part of the company's push to give customers better security and IT productivity options The tools that were highlighted...

A federal court ruling that dismissed a seven-year-old patent infringement lawsuit against PalmOne's Graffiti handwriting recognition system will be appealed by Stamford, Connecticut-based Xerox Corporation "We intend to appeal," Xerox spokesperson Christa Carone told TechNewsWorld. "We've won on appeal twice already, and we believe we will have a ...

In a move applauded by legal experts in the free software movement, the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) yesterday announced its support for enhancements to the Linux kernel submission process that it hopes will improve accurate tracking of contributions to the kernel and ensure developers receive credit for their contributions. "It's not an ec...

Toysrus.com has sued Amazon.com, the company that has run its online store since early 2000, claiming the e-tail giant violated an exclusivity agreement and seeking US$200 million in damages. The online wing of Toys 'R' Us claims Amazon is in breach of the original agreement between the two companies because it now offers products in the games cat...

In today's world of merged business and technology applications, e-mail has become as essential as the telephone. But e-mail on the corporate level is also one of the most deadly communication tools. It is through e-mail that most security risks occur, warn security specialists If the corporate e-mail system is not tightly guarded, hackers can use ...

Most of us are afraid of getting infected with a virus, whether it comes from a common cold or an attachment in our e-mail. Are open-source licenses viral in nature? Can they infect downstream users? The question is the subject of considerable debate. Companies refer to open-source software as "potentially viral software" in the end-user licenses ...

Microsoft's trademark infringement case against Lindows will go to trial after a federal appeals court denied the world's largest software maker's appeal. Microsoft had filed an appeal earlier this year, just before both parties were to meet in the courtroom, over whether the word "windows" can be considered a generic term as it is used by the public today.

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued Richard Grasso on Monday, seeking the return of millions of dollars the former head of the New York Stock Exchange is alleged to have received improperly. Spitzer also sued former chairman of the NYSE's compensation committee, Ken Langone, and said the process used to determine Garsso's pay was "rigged" and that Langone had knowledge of at least $18 million in compensation that was not reported to the board.

At its latest conference for developers, Microsoft announced a technical preview of Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework, and the release of Web Services Enhancements 2.0. The company also previewed Visual Studio 2005 Team System, a collection of tools designed to help software development. "[IBF and WSE] are two of the absolute biggest releases we've ever done in terms of improving developer performance," Steve Ballmer told the audience. "But the biggest is Visual Studio 2005 Team System," which will ship in 2005.

After surviving the dot-com bust, proving the viability of a Web-based subscription model for CRM, achieving profitability and surviving an initial round of U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) scrutiny, salesforce.com is riding a bumpy road toward its eventual IPO Last week, the SEC put a timeout on the company's public debut, which had bee...