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HP Gains Linux Blade Application With RLX Buy

Hewlett-Packard today swooped in to pick up what's left of blade pioneer RLX Technologies, which had been reduced to a licenser of its blade management software, the RLX Control Tower for Linux. Terms of the deal were not announced ...

Data Cleansing Could Lead to Clearer View of Consumers

Among a business's greatest assets is the information it collects, but only if it can sort through and present that information in a timely fashion ...

Yahoo to Make Old Books Searchable

Yahoo has put its money behind a team effort to bulk up the amount of valuable content available on the Web. The search engine company will foster the Open Content Alliance, a consortium set up to digitize materials in the public domain, such as classic books, and those published under the less-restrictive Creative Commons license ...

Patent Office Deals Blow to Microsoft, Internet Explorer

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week dealt Microsoft a blow that may not be a knock-out punch, but comes pretty close to hobbling its argument that Internet Explorer (IE) does not infringe on a Web browser patent because prior art makes the patent invalid ...

Intel Gains Entry to Mobile Market With RIM Deal

Research in Motion (RIM) announced this week that it would be using Intel processors for its next-generation wireless devices, a move one analyst called a big deal for the chipmaker ...

Google Sets Eyes on Skies With NASA Deal

Google took a giant step today, announcing with NASA's Ames Research Center that the two will combine efforts on technology research ranging from the microscopic to the massive ...

Microsoft, Intel Back Toshiba’s HD-DVD

Microsoft and Intel yesterday lined up behind Toshiba and its next-generation DVD technology, called HD DVD, in a move that seems significant because of the combined influence of the two industry giants, but which in fact, one analyst said, will likely have a negligible effect ...

China Imposes New Rules on Internet Speech

China further asserted its control over Internet information within its borders this weekend, announcing updated restrictions on online news services ...

New Trojan Tries to Leap From Phone to PC

Antivirus experts have found a virus that can move from mobile phones to computers, but analysts say the bug is neither very dangerous nor very sophisticated ...

WinMX Gone, But What About eDonkey?

Reports from Reuters today of the demise of P2P file-sharing networks WinMX and eDonkey appear to be only half true. While WinMX.com does seem to have disappeared, eDonkey, which accounts for more shared files than any other network today, may still be up and running. The P2P network moved its offices from New York to New Jersey a year ago and this migration looks to be the source of some of the confusion...

Microsoft Realignment Brings Marketing to Fore

Microsoft hasn't discussed the strategy behind the reorganization and new leadership the company announced yesterday other than to say that it wants to "speed decision-making," but there are some messages that can be gleaned from its choices, one analyst said ...

Sprint, RealNetworks Offer Cell Phone Radio

The latest addition to cell phone services allows Sprint customers to listen to radio over their handsets. Sprint today announced a deal with RealNetworks to broadcast Rhapsody Radio over its cellular network ...

FCC’s Millions a Drop in the Katrina-Ravaged Bucket

The Federal Communications Commission's proposal to spend US$211 million to help rebuild telecommunications in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is a good stop-gap measure, but it will take a lot more money and a lot more time to restore full communications, one analyst said ...

First Out May Not Mean Much for Xbox 360

Microsoft won't really gain much of a competitive advantage by getting a jump on its game console rivals Sony and Nintendo, one analyst said today as the software giant announced the hardware's official release dates ...

Google Search Engine to Scan Blogs

After years of promising, Google has come through with a blog search engine -- google.com/blogsearch or search.blogger.com. As it usually does, Google is offering the new service in beta. (Google News has been in beta since its release in September 2002.) ...

Google Adds Blog Search Engine

After years of promising, Google has come through with a blog search engine -- google.com/blogsearch or search.blogger.com. As it usually does, Google is offering the new service in beta. (Google News has been in beta since its release in September 2002.) ...

Microsoft Pulls Critical Patch for ‘Quality Issue’

Tomorrow will not be "Patch Tuesday" after all, Microsoft announced late Friday, just a day after it said it would release just one patch, but a critical one ...

Google Wins Another Mind Game

With its hiring of Internet pioneer Vint Cerf last week, Google proved again that it has the cachet to lure great minds. Google anointed Cerf "chief Internet evangelist," but announced no specific duties to go with the title, saying only that he would "help Google build network infrastructure, architectures, systems and standards for the next generation of Internet applications."

PBS Targets Online TV for Nerds

Technology writer Robert X. Cringely and PBS TV on Tuesday began offering a Web-exclusive hour of tech talk, appropriately titled NerdTV ...

Samsung Avoids Battle, Plans Dual-Format DVD Player

According to reports today, Samsung has announced it will bridge the gap between two rival next-generation DVD formats by building a machine that is compatible with both ...

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