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PoE spec has global appeal

The idea behind the IEEE's Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard, which delivers in-line power to networked devices over unshielded twisted-pair cabling, isn't new.

Lost Packets

Weird and wacky news from the world of IT.

CDC acquisition of Pivotal closes this week

Pivotal Corp. held its long-delayed shareholders' meeting Monday, giving its investors a chance to ratify at last the company's plans to sell itself. Pivotal closed Wednesday on its acquisition by Chinadotcom Corp. unit CDC Software, according to a Pivotal spokesman.

EC may force Microsoft to sell two Windows versions

European Commissioner for competition Mario Monti may demand that Microsoft Corp. sell two versions of its ubiquitous operating system, Windows, in Europe: one with Media Player inside as it does at present, and another with the music and video playing software stripped out and sold separately, people close to the case said on Tuesday.

Firm eyes safe nets

Enterasys Networks Inc. embarked on a campaign this week to win customers with a message and new products centred around network security.

InfiniBand’s kiss of life?

Dell Inc. has joined IBM Corp., NEC Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. to put its faith in InfiniBand and give the high-speed technology a kiss of life after it nearly drowned in 2002.

Microsoft takes Lindows.com battle to Canada

Microsoft Corp. has moved its legal fight against Lindows.com Inc. north as it began proceedings against the firm in a Canadian court.

Pentagon buys Linux Networx supercomputer

Linux Networx Inc. is building a new, high-performance 2,132-CPU Linux cluster supercomputer for the U.S. Department of Defense as part of an IT modernization program being undertaken by the agency.

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