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Microsoft Launches Next-Generation Office System

NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the general availability of the new Microsoft Office System, the biggest upgrade for the popular personal productivity desktop software in...

Another Microsoft Patch, Another Masquerade

Trying to capitalize on the latest mega-patch released last week by Microsoft, a strain of the SWEN/Gibe virus is once again posing as a Microsoft security patch in an...

Prospects Brighten for Worldwide PC Sales

One of two leading forecasters of the PC market is ratcheting up its global industry outlook thanks in part to a stronger-than-expected surge in consumer activity in the U.S....

Pervasive Computing in the Palm of Your Hand

IBM plans to show off its commitment to Java-based pervasive computing at this week's JavaOne Conference in San Francisco by unveiling Palm as well as two other leading device...

Sun to Push Wireless Java

Sun Microsystems is hoping to kick off the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco with a heavy emphasis on two particular fields of Java-based software development: wireless platforms...

IBM Gets SEC Probe Request

IBM on Monday said it received notice of a formal, non-public investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into its revenue recognition practices for 2000 and 2001. The...

AMD: Customers Want 64-Bit Computing

NEW YORK -- Customers will demand higher performance 64-bit computing, which until now has been reserved only for buyers of costly proprietary architectures, said AMD President and CEO Hector...

Computer Worm Slows Worldwide Traffic

A worm that computer security officials have known about since last summer virtually halted Internet traffic over the weekend in some parts of the world. The worm, reportedly called "Sapphire"...

Linux Begins Its Descent Into the Enterprise

Echoing sentiments from LinuxWorld Expo last February, hardware and software vendors next week plan to challenge the notion that Linux is only meant for the lighter tasks of corporate computing. New...

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