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Business users have been slow to make the upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 2, according to AssetMetrix Research Labs, a vendor that helps companies analyze their computing infrastructures. But analysts said the survey may not tell the entire story ...

The Open Source Initiative on Friday announced a new interim president and plans to focus on evaluating the OSD licensing process with its recently added international board members ...

Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment is vying to become the iTunes of the downloadable movie industry. So said Michael Arrieta, senior vice president of Sony Pictures, at the Digital Hollywood conference earlier this week in Santa Monica, Calif ...

In a competitive move that extends beyond aggregating general-audience blogs and RSS news feeds, Bloglines this week added package tracking to its free Web-based services ...

In sharp contrast to the harmless pranks that will be played on this April Fools' Day, deceptive phishing schemes are no laughing matter ...

One of the most vehement opponents to European patents is throwing in thetowel before the fight is officially over. Florian Mueller announced today that he is stepping down as manager of NoSoftwarePatents.com, the European anti-software patent campaign, and returning to his computer games business ...

Microsoft yesterday released its Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, providing system customers with security enhancements as well as reliability and performance improvements. Analysts said service pack releases are significant events for consumers under typical circumstances, but this Microsoft release offers more than the typical fixes and patches...

Toshiba and Elpida Memory both announced today high-performance DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips they say achieve the fastest data transfer rate yet attained by any memory device ...

Microsoft made two major advances this week including the launch of its MSN Video Downloads service and announcing plans to offer a new ID system designed to give users more control over personal information ...

After much ado last fall followed by a false start, the SCO Group has finally launched its legal information site to counter the popular Groklaw.net site ...

The recently formed Voice over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA) announced this week that it has created a new committee to define security requirements for Internet telephony networks. Analysts said the outcome could be a significant boon for the industry ...

"Beta release." These two words are attached to more and more software releases these days -- and not open-source products, either ...

Fabless semiconductor company Luxtera announced today that it has solved the longstanding problem of building advanced photonic interfaces into mass-produced silicon chips ...

Imagine an automated medical treatment system that does not require onsite medical personnel on the front lines of battle, and is ready to receive, assess, and stabilize wounded soldiers during the critical hours following injury ...

The Canadian government has proposed several copyright amendments that would serve to crack down on file sharing, preventing Internet users from freely swapping music, books and movies online ...

Motorola this week unveiled an all-new lineup of music-capable handsets -- but the long-awaited iTunes-compatible phone was nowhere to be found ...

Computer Associates today named former Novell chief technology officer Alan Nugent to head its Unicenter business unit ...

In a marriage between two hot server technologies, IBM announced at the Server Blade Summit yesterday that it will bundle evaluation copies of VMWare's virtual infrastructure into its eServer BladeCenter shipments ...

Novell made a slew of Linux announcements at this week's BrainShare gathering, but today all eyes are on its next major upgrade of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server and an acquisition that will expand its Zenworks systems management offering ...

In the latest development in an ongoing software soap opera, the European Union today rejected Microsoft's selection of a trustee whose duty would have been to make sure the company complies with EU antitrust laws ...