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KnowNow Inc., a leading provider of Internet-based publish-subscribe solutions, has announced that its flagship product, KnowNow 2 Enterprise Edition, has achieved "Microsoft Certified for Windows Server 2003" status. Testing was conducted by VeriTest, a division of Lionbridge Technologies, an independent provider of comprehensive product and system testing and
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Microsoft, in partnership with a group of prominent Internet Service Providers (ISPs), has established the Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety (GIAIS). This alliance aims to improve the safety of the Internet by disseminating critical information about viruses and worms from Microsoft to its partner ISPs in a faster and
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Senior government officials from South Korea, China, and Japan will convene this weekend to discuss ways to promote open-source computer software, a move aimed at reducing the region's dependence on Microsoft's Windows operating systems. The meeting on Saturday comes seven months after the IT ministers of
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As IBM pushes to migrate enterprises from Windows-on-Intel to Linux-on-Power servers, the company is benefiting from Asia's growing demand for open-source computing technologies. Al Zollar, general manager at IBM's eServer iSeries Group, expects developing markets, including China, to boost awareness and demand for IBM's
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Upstart Games, a mobile entertainment publisher based in Dublin, Ireland, has announced the release of Frogger, a classic Konami game, as the first title in a series of BREW-enabled games for QUALCOMM's platform. The game is currently available to users of Verizon Wireless' "Get it Now&
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Com2uS, Korea's largest mobile game content developer and publisher, has announced the availability of Andre Agassi Com2uS Tennis, a wireless game developed in cooperation with Agassi Enterprise, Inc. and licensed for global distribution over the next three years. The game features singles and doubles modes, training mode, and
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Microsoft is facing tough antitrust sanctions from the European Union, after an EU panel of experts approved findings by the European Commission that the company broke competition laws. The proposed remedy would compel Microsoft to offer two versions of its Windows operating system, one with software to play audio and
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Microsoft and other major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have taken significant steps to combat spam, filing six federal suits against 200 of the largest spammers, including some who remain unnamed. The lawsuits, the first of their kind under the new federal CAN-SPAM anti-spam law, aim to tackle widespread spamming tactics
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Leading companies from the mobile industry have formed a joint venture to create a mobile Top-Level Domain (TLD), which would be a key step in bridging the world of mobility and the Internet. The initiative aims to simplify the Internet experience for mobile subscribers and increase the ease of use
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The nation's four largest email account providers - America Online, Earthlink Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Yahoo Inc. - have launched a coordinated legal attack on spammers, using a new federal law to file six lawsuits in various courts across the country. This strategic move aims to target some
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Companies are launching a 10-city seminar series to educate customers on how to consolidate and protect information stored at remote sites, with up to 60 percent of an organization's data scattered across multiple locations. The seminars showcase a branch office data consolidation and business continuity solution featuring EMC&
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South Korean government efforts to promote the use of open-source operating systems, such as Linux, have been met with resistance from Microsoft, which claims that such a move could hinder the country's software industry development. Microsoft argues that intellectual property rights for software developers are not guaranteed, making
