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  • IBM, Microsoft clash over .Net and Java

    The rift between IBM and Microsoft over Web services has widened further as Web services evangelists from each company clashed over the relative merits of .Net and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) for building applications that can talk to each other over the Internet.

  • IBM jabs at Sun in Unix clash

    IBM has announced new midrange Unix servers in a tightening market that has Big Blue and its chief competitor, Sun Microsystems, at each other's throats.

  • Grandmaster fails to slay the Hydra

    UK chess grandmaster Michael Adams has been soundly beaten in his titanic struggle last week against Hydra, a supercomputer.

  • IBM plans Web-based desktop software

    IBM on Monday announced new software intended to take on Microsoft in the market for desktop business applications.

  • Microsoft, IBM propose new Web standard

    Looking for a company offering a particular kind of Web service? The technology giants say their new standard can simplify the process.

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  • New database wars set to erupt

    IBM plans to debut the first fruits of a long-standing research project later this year, setting the stage for a clash with rivals in the multibillion-dollar database software market.

  • Did SCO open Unix source code?

    Several organisations argue that SCO's shipment of a Linux product undermines its current attack on the operating system's intellectual-property underpinnings, but SCO says the argument is baseless.

  • The software side of Intel

    Intel hardware dominates the PC market, but a new emphasis on software could help the chipmaker expand into other markets and foster greater innovation, even if the effort could rankle longtime allies like Microsoft.

  • W3C recommends online forms standard

    The World Wide Web Consortium has reached a critical stage in a new standard that governs how developers use forms on the Internet.

  • SAP plan could spawn software battle

    Software maker SAP plans to release by month's end a new set of data integration technologies that could set up a clash with other companies in the business of stitching together incompatible software.

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Reviews (3)

  • The end of the old PC as we know it?

    One of the last and least-loved remnants of the original IBM PC is about to get its marching orders, according to Intel.

  • PC throwback on last legs

    One of the last and least loved throwbacks to the early days of PCs, the BIOS, is about to get its marching orders, says Intel

  • Can IT directors love Microsoft?

    Commentary: A shift in corporate IT's priorities might play to Microsoft's advantage, but it will take a quasi-religious conversion to get IT directors to accept the Microsoft way.

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