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    Creating a popular new computing approach always seems to bring with it a familiar catch-22: security issues. And Web services is no exception.

  • Web services 'yellow pages' gains ground

    A standards body on Tuesday put its stamp of approval on a technology for finding Web services across a network.

  • Hackers cut off SCO Web site

    Over the weekend, a denial-of-service attack took down the Web site of The SCO Group, which is caught in an increasingly acrimonious row with the open-source community over the company's legal campaign against Linux.

  • Microsoft bolsters Web services security

    Microsoft released on Tuesday a toolkit designed to help software programmers tighten security in Web services applications.

  • Sun joins Web services standards board

    The Web Services Interoperability Organization Wednesday announced that Sun Microsystems and integration software company WebMethods have been elected to its board of directors.

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    With personal information stored on computer hard drives so easy to access, it seems our security procedures aren't keeping up with technology.

  • Sun reluctant to make Java open source

    Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.

  • Time waits for no one, not even Microsoft

    Microsoft sees its near-term future as a series of "waves" of software that are key to its growth over the next couple of years. But with those waves slow to reach shore, the company--and its customers--may feel like they're caught in a riptide.

  • Maximising infrastructure: Do more with less

    Buying the latest and the greatest sounds like a good idea, but who can afford it? We look at ways you can get better performance and a better bottom line with your existing infrastructure.

  • Fine-tuning Web performance

    How do you know if your Web site is working properly, attracting the right audience and giving them what they need? Follow this guide to streamlining and fine-tuning your site's performance.

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  • No rush to move into new Office

    The new version of Microsoft's widespread Office software package won't likely spur immediate mass upgrades among businesses upon its release, analysts said, due in part to a complex set of added features.

  • Netscape 6 sets a new standard

    Netscape 6 is a total rewrite--in fact, its predecessor, Communicator 4.7, has more in common with Microsofts' Internet Explorer than it does with Netscape 6.

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