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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 ...

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...

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...

PRODUCT REVIEW

Roxio Upgrade Worth Price of Admission

For a long time, while Apple computer users enjoyed the advantages of an integrated multimedia software suite, Windows users who wished to experience the i-life had to be satisfied with standalone applications or meek integrated products. Then Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 entered the picture. EMC 7 is...

After completing the acquisition of Tally Systems Corp. on Monday, Novell said it plans to ship its Zenworks Asset Management suite next week. Novell acquired Tally Systems in order to expand its Zenworks systems management offering. The result is a set of integrated tools with discovery and invento...

Touting support from hardware makers and a new crop of hardware drivers, Microsoft this week announced its Windows XP operating system is finally making the move to 64-bit computing. The software giant announced at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle today that it would s...

Opera Software CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner said he would swim from Norway to the United States if one million copies of the company's latest browser were downloaded within four days of the April 19 launch. Start looking along the shorelines. After reaching 600,000 downloads in the first 48 hours, Opera...

In a move to woo Microsoft and HP customers, Sun Microsystems released an update to its Java-based business application suite. Sun Java Enterprise System (JES) Release 3, its flagship enterprise infrastructure software, is available for US$140 per employee per year. The enhanced version provides mul...

IBM today announced upgraded versions of its WebSphere software and support offerings. Big Blue hopes its WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Business Integration (WBI) Server Express software will help the company get deeper into the small and medium sized business (SMB) market. Scott Cosby, program directo...

Symantec released the public beta version of its integrated Internet security solution today, which provides broad protection from spyware and adware to home users. The need to identify and eradicate spyware programs will drive anti-spyware software revenues from US$12 million in 2003 to $305 millio...

Symantec released the public beta version of its integrated Internet security solution today, which provides broad protection from spyware and adware to home users. The need to identify and eradicate spyware programs will drive anti-spyware software revenues from US$12 million in 2003 to $305 millio...

OPINION

How Linux Saved Microsoft

I've been looking back this week and recalling almost a decade ago when a little company called Netscape prematurely slapped Microsoft upside the head and by so doing better positioned Microsoft for the future. Granted, I'm sure Microsoft would have loved to avoid the related litigation that contin...

Microsoft is rounding up some attention for its next-generation operating system known as Longhorn, with Microsoft veteran and platform vice president Jim Allchin touting security and simplicity improvements and signaling another beta release of the next Windows, set for a conference later this mont...

After suffering a string of multi-million dollar court settlements with rivals large and small -- including Sun Microsystems last year and more recently Gateway -- Microsoft may now face setbacks for its next-generation Windows operating system known as Longhorn. A court injunction was issued agains...

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