Recent News:

 Deceptive E-Mail Could Cost Consumers $500 Million, Study Finds   A whopping 70% of respondents say they've been duped, and 15% admit to revealing personal information.

Microsoft Seizes PDA Market Lead From PalmSource Microsoft Corp. led the market in the third quarter for operating systems used in personal digital assistants, surpassing for the first time the Palm OS that dominated the handheld-computer segment for years.

U.S. Wins In Supercomputer Wars  IBM, Silicon Graphics systems at government labs take the top two spots on fastest supercomputer list.

Full Text of Microsoft "Comparing Windows with Linux and UNIX" Letter  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this week sent a letter to customers outlining the reasons it believes Windows is superior to Linux. This is the full text of that letter.

Successful Innovation Hinges On Understanding Customer Needs And Effective Marketing  "Innovation is not the same as invention--there's distinction," said Paul Horn, IBM senior VP of IBM Research at the Emerging Technologies Conference put on by the university's Technology Review magazine.

Schwarzenegger Terminates California Anti-Outsourcing Bills  The governor vetoed legislation that would have prohibited the offshoring of software development dealing with personal data, such as Social Security and driver's license numbers, and homeland security.

Stock Options Still Way Of Life In Silicon Valley   Microsoft may be abandoning the practice of giving out stock options, but tech startups have no plans to do so.