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Intel's Wi-Fi ambitions

Intel's Wi-Fi ambitions

Dominance in PC processors gives chipmaker a leg up as it climbs into the wireless gear market.
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Resting on<br />its laurels?

Resting on
its laurels?

Internet Explorer is getting its first update in two years. Is it enough?
SP2 hits P2P networks
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IBM's mainframe momentum continues

Big Blue's "dinosaur" mainframe business gets a boost with a European customer consolidating SAP applications using Linux.

Microsoft opens up Live Meeting

New subscription plans are added to the Web conferencing service to help it compete in a crowded market.

Five countries to get cheap Windows XP

Most people in the world don't have a computer yet--so Microsoft has launched an ambitious plan to win them over early.

Gateway alumnus resurfaces at HP

Former Gateway executive to lead consumer marketing efforts at Hewlett-Packard.

Sun, Microsoft join on Web app standard

The companies are among the boosters of a proposal aimed at helping Web applications talk to one another.

Congressional economists tackle copyright issues

Don't be tied to old rules or big companies, but watch out for unintended consequences, Budget Office says.

Windows update hits file-sharing networks

Peer-to-peer advocates say the technology is about more than just swapping copyrighted music and video. Really.

Macromedia readies ColdFusion update

Electronic forms capabilities added to application server.

Healthy sales lift Cisco's profit

The networking gear maker reports better sales and profit in the fourth quarter, bolstered by rising corporate demand.

Briefly: Borland reveals JBuilder details

roundup Plus: Apple patches a graphics vulnerability...Cybersecurity research gets $7 million...TiVo joins Sam's Club...Google prices its stock buyback.
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FASB's all wrong on this one

TechNet CEO Rick White says supporters of stock option expensing fail to understand the potential impact on employees.

Outsourcing confusion

The press often botches the wake-up report by Forrester Research's John McCarthy on U.S. jobs that could wind up overseas.

Fahrenheit FBI

CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh wants more answers about the FCC's decision to allow wiretapping of Net phone calls.

Apple and Napster's legacy

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the code tiff with RealNetworks ignores lessons from a recent past.


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