Laura Rohde

Radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging technology continues to gain in inventory tracking uses, as Monday Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp. and Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV announced projects for developing and promoting it as a cost-saving tool for retailers.

IBM Corp. has won a five-year IT global outsourcing deal with Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, the companies announced Friday.

IBM Corp. has won a five-year IT global outsourcing deal with Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, the companies announced Friday.

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday upheld a jury ruling that Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser infringed on a patent owned by Eolas Technologies Inc. and the University of California, and ordered the company to pay US$520.6 million in damages.

Japan's Miracle Linux Corp. and China's Red Flag Software Co. Ltd. are jointly developing a Linux server platform for corporate and government users in the Asian market.

The U.K. Passport Service (UKPS) in January will launch a six-month trial of biometric technology involving 10,000 volunteers, which the U.K. government is billing as the first step in its compulsory ID card plan.

The number of people using the Internet worldwide continued to grow in 2002, though the increase was slower than in 2001, according to figures released by the United Nations (U.N.).

Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, on Friday in China launched its long-awaited mobile phone featuring both a Linux-based operating system (OS) and chips from Intel Corp.