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Microsoft pushes coding qualifications in India

A new programme to push for the use of international standards in Indian software development has been launched by Microsoft. Read more »

Red Hat attempts to win back developers

The Linux seller is promising to make up for its mistreatment of developers by improving its focus on its free offering. Read more »

Xamlon looks to beat Microsoft to the punch

Software engineer and entrepreneur Paul Colton thinks he can beat Microsoft by taking a page from its play book--literally. Read more »

Microsoft FAT patent falls flat

The latest development is a win for open-source advocates, since the technology is used by Linux. Now Redmond has 90 days to respond. Read more »

Study: Five countries send 99 percent of spam

Offers of drugs, particularly Viagra, accounted for about one-third of global spam messages sent in the first half of 2004, according to a study by Commtouch, a company that sells anti-spam products. Read more »

Microsoft and SAP considered merging

Microsoft and SAP initiated merger discussions late last year but broke off talks several months ago because of the complexity involved, according to statements issued by the software. Read more »

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Mapping visitors' IP addresses

If you're trying to implement geo-targeted advertising you will need to know what country your site visitors are coming from. This article will show you how. Read more »

Study: Linux developers unfazed by SCO suit

New research indicates that SCO Group's lawsuit over the use of Unix source code in the Linux operating system has not discouraged developers from implementing Linux-oriented software. Read more »

Jet SQL and T-SQL handle duplicate values differently

Access databases can use two formats, Jet SQL and Transact-SQL, and they don't handle queries using TOP and ORDER BY in the same way. Find out how the formats differ and how to work around it. Read more »

Maintain productivity by tracking the intangibles

A project that appears to be on track could be derailed if you don't consider intangible threats. Here are some surprising, and sometimes hidden, risks that you should be tracking. Read more »

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