Scarlet Pruitt

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Microsoft to launch new search engine technology

Company is set to unleash its much-anticipated search technology on Thursday on its MSN Web site.

Microsoft to help users prep for patching

Will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced Thursday.

IBM aims for top ten with new Spanish supercomputer

IBM Corp. and the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science introduced a new supercomputer on Friday that they hope will be the most powerful in Europe, and among the ten most powerful in the world.

Oracle ups bid for PeopleSoft in ‘final’ offer

The Redwood Shores, Calif., enterprise software provider said the offer, which expires at midnight EST on Nov. 19, would be its last bid for PeopleSoft, potentially ending the 17-month takeover saga.

U.K. gov’t report cites merits of open source

Open source software proponents received a potential boost from the U.K. government on Thursday with a release of a report citing the well-documented advantages on the server side, but also growing maturity on the desktop front.

Yahoo, Adobe team on search, PDF proliferation

Yahoo Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. have entered an alliance aimed at boosting Yahoo's Internet search tool while possibly turning more Net content into PDF (Portable Document Format) documents, to the advantage of Adobe's PDF Reader product.

IBM offers companies monthly security report web

IBM Corp. Monday introduced a security service that offers a concise, monthly global-network threat report designed to help organizations assess security needs and vulnerabilities from a business perspective.

HP offers peek at future of large, plastic displays

Imagine sitting down to your computer and seeing thin, plastic colour displays on either side of your monitor, showing high-resolution text pages you can refer to and print from.

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