Red Hat will launch certification and support services for leading open-source LAMP and Java stacks beginning in the first quarter of 2006.
 
Such service offerings were pioneered by innovative startups such as SpikeSource and SourceLabs.

During the first calendar quarter of 2006, Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat will begin providing

WASHINGTON — NEC Corp., in its latest research results reported at the International Electron Devices Meeting here, has announced an enhanced three-terminal Nanobridge switch that will be the basis of a novel form of field programmable gate array (FPGA). The so-called cell-based integrated circuit (CBIC) is expected to be one-tenth the size of the

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2003 R2, an upgrade to its primary server operating system designed to deliver new capabilities for branch-office management, identity and access management, virtualization, and Web technologies.
 
R2, based on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, is said to provide faster data replication and advanced compression

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union planted its flag in cyberspace Wednesday when the ".eu" Internet domain name opened for business.
 
Until now, Europeans had to choose between a national domain such as ".fr" for France or a global one like ".com," which is often seen as American.

EU

Linux and other server administrators now have a fully open source directory server available to them for the first time with the release on Friday of Fedora Directory Server 1.0, an offshoot of the Red Hat Directory Server that was acquired from AOL a year ago.
 
Fedora Directory Server (FDS)

D-Link has upgraded two of its high-end VPN/firewall products and introduced a new application security gateway to its NetDefend line of small business networking security products.

D-Link sees these products as part of its push to become a provider of end-to-end networking solutions that will be sold through channel partners, according to

Comparison shopping Web sites have seen a surge in holiday visits this year, as more consumers look to the Internet to compare prices, a research company said on Wednesday.
 
Last week, top comparison shopping sites logged about 0.3 percent of all Internet traffic, a 24 percent jump from a year

The growing sophistication of phishers has left the majority of Americans unable to tell the difference between legitimate and scam e-mail, a survey released Wednesday showed.

Nearly a quarter of online people in the United States have found themselves the target of the online con artists, and roughly one in five knows

Cingular Tuesday launched its 3G network in 52 U.S. metropolitan areas and promised to continue the rollout through 2006.

Cingular, while the largest cellular operator in the U.S., is the last of the three major nationwide carriers to offer fast 3G service. The company claimed in a statement that it is the

NBC Universal has begun selling downloadable television shows, from "Law & Order" to "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," on Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes store, the companies said on Tuesday in the latest attempt by a major network to reach beyond the traditional TV audience.
 
The shows, taken from NBC,