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Oracle plans content management splash

Oracle is expected to jump into the emerging market for content management software later this year. Read more »

Microsoft resumes bashing open source

Will Microsoft lay down its arms, embrace open source and help Thunderbird programmers get their software working with Microsoft's Exchange e-mail server software, or fight them on the beaches? Read more »

IBM, Yahoo and Google target Microsoft Office

After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing. Read more »

Microsoft puts its stamp on e-mail security

Microsoft is expected to launch updated and renamed Antigen e-mail security products, nearly a year after completing the takeover of their maker, Sybari. Read more »

Major layoffs expected at Novell

Novell is expected to initiate a major round of layoffs that could cut 1,000 or more jobs in an attempt to restore the server software company's financial strength, according to employees familiar with the plan. Read more »

Microsoft begins testing Exchange 12

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it has released the first test version of Exchange 12, the next iteration of its e-mail and calendar server software. Read more »

Allchin to retire amid MS reorganisation

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a sweeping reorganisation of the company into three new divisions, a shift that will lead to the retirement of longtime Windows development chief Jim Allchin. Read more »

Open source: The newest competitive tool

A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line. Read more »

Adobe sees its future on the Web

Chief Executive Bruce Chizen places his bets on new software called Apollo and says a hosted version of Photoshop is in the cards. Read more »

IBM's Rational cooks up Java plan

IBM's software group is getting ready to unveil a Java development tool, the fruit of its acquisition of Rational Software, that promises to make it easier for programmers to build custom business applications. Read more »

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IBM lights up mainframe's 40th birthday

Forty years after Big Blue introduced the S/360, the zaftig systems are still going strong and finding a way to fit into 21st-century computing. Read more »

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  • Staff Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

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  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

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    In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »

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