Symphony downloaded 100,000 times in first week .. Oracle-SAP trial date set .. AIM flaw could allow worm to spread

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IBM: Symphony downloaded 100,000 times in first week
People apparently are already tuning in to IBM Corp.'s Symphony. The company reported Wednesday that its free rival to Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite was downloaded 100,000 times in the first week of release.

Oracle-SAP court fight gets February 2009 trial date
Oracle Corp.'s lawsuit against rival SAP AG will move finally to trial on February 9, 2009 - almost two years after the suit was initially filed, SAP said Tuesday.

IBM begins another wave of SOA releases
IBM Corp. released SOA products for integrating software applications and improving business processes, and said more customers are starting to understand the SOA concept.

Researchers say AIM vulnerable to worm attack
A critical flaw in the way that the AOL LLC's instant messaging client displays Web-based graphics could be exploited by criminals to create a self-copying worm attack, security researchers are warning.

Dell to go 'carbon neutral' by late 2008
Dell Inc. will neutralize its carbon emissions and become carbon neutral by the end of 2008, Chairman and CEO Michael Dell announced Wednesday.

Fraud police buckling under mountains of data
Fraud investigators are struggling to cope with vast quantities of data sent to them by financial institutions, meaning some crimes may go uninvestigated or even unnoticed, experts said on Wednesday.


WINDOWS TIP

When the Clipboard Dies
By Mitch Tulloch

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enterprise environments but occasionally during a Remote Desktop
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