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ISO: OpenDoc Ratified as Standard

In Europe on Monday, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the IEC jointly announced they have ratified the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as a standard meant to enable documents from various desktop applications to be interchangeable.

BlackBerry Coming to China

The company behind the BlackBerry on Thursday said it will launch its mobile e-mail service in China, where it already has homegrown competition: the Redberry.

Entry-Level SAN Tool Bows

DataCore says it is shipping an entry-level version of its enterprise resource analysis, monitoring and reporting tool for Windows and storage area networks (SAN).

Speech Server 2007 Enters Beta Test

Microsoft said this week that it's shipping the first beta test version of Speech Server 2007 on schedule, and plans to release the final code this fall.

Cisco Forecast Concerns Analysts

Cisco Systems Inc., a leading maker of networking gear, is working to temper Wall Street's expectations for its current quarter.

Google Shows Off "Co-op"

Google Inc. on Wednesday fired another salvo aimed at maintaining the lead in Internet search while making its software more accessible outside Web browsers in its ongoing duel with rivals Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.

HP Unveils New Notebooks

Following in the footsteps of rivals, Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's second-largest computer maker, unveiled laptops with spiffier designs as well as more powerful processors.

Court: British Hacker Can Be Extradited to U.S

A British court recommended Wednesday that a man be extradited to the United States to face charges in the largest attack on U.S. government computer networks -- including Army, Air Force, Navy and NASA systems.

Microsoft Debuts Windows CE Beta

While Windows Vista gets all the attention, embedded version of Windows quietly being revamped.

Gates Touts Vista's Gaming Features at E3

Gaming goes cross-platform, as Microsoft extends offerings to cell phones and upcoming Windows Vista.

Microsoft Preps New Version of Windows CE

While Microsoft Corp. has been beset by delays in its new operating system for personal computers, developers quietly have been working on a new version of another Windows, this one found in everything from sewing machines to sophisticated cell phones.

Microsoft Ships Prerelease of Compute Cluster Server

Microsoft announced Monday it is shipping the first "release candidate" or RC for its long-awaited Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003.

WinHEC To Feature Hybrid Hard Drive, Vista and Longhorn Betas

Samsung Electronics and Microsoft will introduce later this month a production-ready hybrid hard drive (HHD) that combines flash NAND memory with a large disk drive to dramatically speed system bootups, a Korean paper reports.

Microsoft Releases 3 Security Fixes for Windows, Exchange

As expected, Microsoft Corp. today released three new security bulletins today as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday announcement, with two of the patches being rated as "critical."

Dell Warns 1Q Earnings Will Miss Mark

Amid stiffening competition, computer maker Dell Inc. said Monday its fiscal first-quarter results will miss earnings targets, blaming the shortfall on "pricing decisions."

Partner Watch, May 8

NaviSite offers hosted services for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0.

Click Fraud Concerns Hound Google

John Thys still hasn't figured out how much his company has paid Google Inc. for bogus sales referrals caused by "click fraud" -- a sham aimed at a perceived weakness in the Internet search leader's lucrative advertising network.

Intel To Unveil Single Brand for New Chips

Intel Corp. on Monday plans to unveil a single brand name for a new generation of chips for laptop PCs and desktop machines, calling them the Core 2 Duo.

Calif. Man Pleads Guilty in Hospital Hack

A man pleaded guilty to charges of launching an attack that hit tens of thousands of computers, including some that belonged to the Department of Defense, and crippled a hospital's network.

Court Orders Spyware Operator to Pay $4 Million

A federal court has ordered a man who was at the center of the nation's first "spyware" case to give up $4 million in ill-gotten gains.