Date: 10/03/05     Keywords: web

The data format standard has the potential to transform the world just as the Web did, according to a senior Sun executive.

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Date: 09/27/05     Keywords: technology

News Focus: At the CTIA Wireless show, telecommunication and technology giants are putting theirs heads together to resolve issues with new gadgets.

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Date: 09/27/05     Keywords: linux

Linux leader says the next kernel is almost ready but few features are in the works for subsequent releases.

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Date: 09/19/05     Keywords: no keywords

News Focus: Oracle cozies up to open source and IBM with its new application server in its first confab since its acquistion of Siebel.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/News+Focus%3A+OpenWorld+for+Oracle/2100-9593_22-5873198.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/15/05     Keywords: microsoft

Microsoft introduces eight changes intended to address customer complaints that the program is too expensive, complex and restrictive.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+shakes+up+Software+Assurance/2100-9593_22-5866676.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/14/05     Keywords: google

Q&A Bill Gates says that Google's still on its honeymoon but that will all change soon.

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Date: 09/13/05     Keywords: no keywords

News Focus: Bill Gates tries to impress developers with a preview of Office 12 and a revamped beta system for Windows Vista.

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Date: 09/13/05     Keywords: no keywords

A proposed law could make sweeping changes in the nation's patent system. But some say it's still not enough.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Patent+reform%3A+Who%27s+on+first%3F/2100-9593_22-5862506.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/13/05     Keywords: crm

News Focus: Oracle adds to its CRM portfolio along with about 4,000 customers in a $5.8 million deal.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/News+Focus%3A+Oracle+buys+Siebel/2100-9593_22-5861040.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

Parts of Los Angeles, including location of Professional Developers Conference, plunge into darkness.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Power+outage+unplugs+Microsoft+conference/2100-9593_22-5861139.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/11/05     Keywords: sql

Developers conference attendees will get latest "build" of Vista and nearly finished versions of SQL Server and Visual Studio 2005.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+to+hand+out+early+code/2100-9593_22-5859270.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/25/05     Keywords: microsoft

Microsoft challenges Linus Torvald's Open Source Development Labs to split the cost on a research project to compare the dueling systems.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+seeks+joint+Linux+study/2100-9593_22-5843118.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Tech companies have been warning for years that the U.S. is falling behind in crucial areas like math and science. Is anyone doing anything about it?

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Date: 08/19/05     Keywords: no keywords

Developers hope to make FreeBSD the operating system of choice for wireless device manufacturers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/FreeBSD+6.0+to+target+wireless+devices/2100-9593_22-5839526.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/17/05     Keywords: software

Q&A Struggling software developer Siebel is taking a new tack, and it's up to Bruce Cleveland to make it work.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Siebel%27s+down+but+not+out/2100-9593_22-5837021.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/15/05     Keywords: software

Commentary--Many software companies work in the same manner as they did years ago, and are not integrating quality assurance to reduce defects.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Make+software+quality+the+rule/2100-9593_22-5829015.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

Industrial piracy and counterfeiting are among the major risks faced by companies doing business in China according to Roland Berger consultants.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Study+warns+of+China+pirates/2100-9593_22-5830652.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

Sun exec says date was changed to allow the company to launch new versions of other desktop products on the same date.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/StarOffice+8+release+date+slips/2100-9593_22-5830576.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/08/05     Keywords: microsoft

With the next version of Windows, Microsoft tackles an age-old problem: how to keep PCs running like new.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Putting+Vista+in+the+fast+lane/2100-9593_22-5820758.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/05/05     Keywords: java, web

Scripting initiative would capitalize on languages widely used in Web applications and considered easier to use than Java.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Java+devotee+BEA+eyes+scripting+languages/2100-9593_22-5820062.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn