IDG News Service

Aiming to quell concern from Western users of outsourcing services, India is likely to have a tighter data protection and privacy regime in place later this year.

Microsoft Corp. officially opened its new applied research and development lab in Aachen, Germany, in April, roughly one year after the U.S. software giant announced plans to tap expertise on the Continent.

Indians voting for federal and state legislators next month will press buttons on electronic voting machines (EVMs) rather than stamping ballots.

As chief information officers and IT managers continue to grapple with tight budgets and seek to lower costs, they are increasingly resorting to offshore outsourcing, Gartner Inc.'s Dataquest Inc. division said recently.

Novell Inc. this month will announce its next-generation network operating system, NetWare 6.5, which includes browser-based portal and team services functions, directory integration and an application server for Web services.

Palm Inc. last month unveiled two new handhelds under its Tungsten brand that introduced phone features and built-in support for the wireless Bluetooth technology to its line-up.

A new worm that targets Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server database is making the rounds on the Internet, security experts warned last week. "We're detecting thousands of new compromised systems per hour as this propagates," says Tim Belcher, CTO at security services company Riptech Inc. The worm is referred to variously as SQLSnake, DoubleTap and DigiSpid.B.Worm.

Internet Photonics Inc. this month announced products to support Ethernet and SONET services over Dense Wave Division Multiplexing.