Peter Sayer

Sun Microsystems Inc. has agreed to buy Tarantella Inc., a vendor of tools to secure remote access to applications, for about US$25 million in cash, the companies said Tuesday. The deal still requires approval from regulators and Tarantella shareholders, but the companies expect to complete it by the end of September.

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Microsoft Corp. plans to open a research centre in France in conjunction with a French government research organization. An announcement could be made as early as Tuesday afternoon during a visit to Paris by Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.

Five large technology companies have banded together to support the European Commission in its attempt to stop Microsoft Corp. using its PC operating systems monopoly to dominate the markets for workgroup server and media player software.

Five large technology companies have banded together to support the European Commission in its attempt to stop Microsoft Corp. using its PC operating systems monopoly to dominate the markets for workgroup server and media player software.

Storage products announced at the Cebit trade show in Germany, last week spanned the range from a Cisco Systems Inc. storage switch ready for multiterabyte arrays of data, down to a new half-height tape drive from Tandberg Data GmbH.

By joining forces, they will be able to help enterprise customers secure their information better, the companies said. About three-quarters of the combined company

China's Ministry of Commerce has lifted a special antidumping tariff imposed on Corning Inc.'s exports to China of a particular type of optical fibre, but maintained the surcharge on fibre from other companies, the ministry announced Tuesday.