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IBM is adding a host of new XML developers' tools to its Emerging Technologies Toolkit in what analysts are calling a nod of acceptance for the popular programming language. Developers can download the toolkit for free at Alphaworks.IBM.com to access new tools and technologies that could wind up in ...

Linking a wireless technology of today with the higher data rates and reach of tomorrow's wireless, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) and Ultra-wideband (UWB) group announced plans to collaborate and combine their technologies for the betterment of both. The wireless groups said details hav...

Sony's latest DVD burners, announced today, add compatibility for the DVD-R DL format to its 800 line of dual-layer drives. Its earlier versions supported only DVD+R DL. The ability to create drives that support both DVD recording formats has been "one of the things that's been cool about the curren...

Underneath their dueling dual-core processor announcements, demonstrations, and recent releases to the market, Intel, which unveiled its Pentium Extreme Edition chips last month, and Advanced Micro Devices, which unleashed its Opteron chips, represent very different approaches to dual-core. Both, ho...

Cisco released at the Interop networking conference in Las Vegas this week details of its new family of multi-function, "single device, many services" appliances, which are designed to provide both small to medium and larger enterprises secure network and application management. The networking giant...

Just weeks after Adobe acquired Macromedia in a long-term move to compete with Microsoft, the Windows maker is striking back with a new product designed to overtake the graphics company's popular Portable Document Format. Microsoft's Longhorn, the software giant's next version of Windows, will inclu...

Sun Microsystems is set to unveil a host of connection services today designed to automatically download new software updates and make it easier for customers to monitor the health of their computer systems. Dubbed Sun Connection, the new services are being marketed as risk reduction, preventative m...

The move to wireless technology is evident just about everywhere today. Users now carry laptops from meeting to meeting, executives pull out their cell phones to make quick calls while on the road, and one can even access the Internet at a local coffee shop. While there has been a lot of progress in...

Microsoft is planning to launch two Windows XP thin clients, according to sources. Codenamed Eiger and Moch, one client targets low-end PCs for task-oriented workers and the other targets mobile workers. Microsoft declined to comment on the new product releases, but news reports said the software gi...

Industry analysts gave their blessing to Lenovo's deal for IBM's PC business, finalized this week, indicating that the Chinese company will gain access to the U.S. market while IBM trades a low-profit business division for its own access to China, heralded as the world's fastest growing IT market. L...

Security professionals just can't say it enough: Download those patches. The latest warning comes from the SANS Institute, a non-profit organization that provides information security training and certification. The institute ranked the most critical Internet vulnerabilities of the more than 600 new...

In a move to compete against WebEx, IBM and Microsoft, Macromedia launched today an updated version of its online conferencing and collaborative Web communications software, Breeze 5. In addition, the company announced a strategic partnership with Premiere Global Services for a new, integrated telec...

On Friday Apple released its "Tiger" operating system into the marketplace. Borrowing heavily from what we had seen in Longhorn (Microsoft's next version of Windows) last year, Tiger is an impressive piece of work. I'm not one of those who thinks that using a competitor is a bad idea, particularly i...

Perhaps one of the most effective and efficient methods for getting into college is no further from students than the palms of their hands. Using PDAs and cell phones, students now can study for the PSAT, the SAT or the ACT wherever they are, whenever they want. Students don't have to leave behind h...

Mobile handset giant Nokia this week officially joined the music phone race whereby technology companies are hoping to produce hits by combining mobile phones with iPod-type music players. Nokia, which enters the fray with its N91 handset featuring a 4 GB hard drive and room for 3,000 songs, said it...


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