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A truly trustworthy infrastructure is still a few years off, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HP) security head said in an interview this week.

The move comes less than a week after AMD said police had seized a number of its chips from an illegal re-marking operation in Taiwan.

The survey, by Goldman Sachs & Co., Harris Interactive Inc. and Nielsen//NetRatings, found that consumers spent the most on apparel, toys, video games and consumer electronics during the shopping season spanning Nov.1 to Dec. 26.

2005 will be a challenging year for CIOs. Gartner analysts offer the following list of "must do" resolutions to help you navigate the turning tides of IT.

A decision on whether to suspend the European Commission's anticompetition sanctions against Microsoft Corp. pending appeal is expected to come in the first half of next week, according to a source close to the company.

BT Group PLC has tapped Texas-based service provider Perot Systems Corp. to help it deliver a patient-records system and application to the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS).

Microsoft Corp. is ramping up its efforts to sell software as a service by teaming with U.K. telecommunications giant BT Group PLC to provide a platform for the delivery of its business applications.

.Net and Java interoperability, Web services, and directory services integration will be highlighted topics, according to Sun.