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Singapore rolls out e-passport plan
Singapore's Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) plans to use Gemplus International's smart card technology in its pioneering biometric passport program. More...

Mytob worms breeding fast
The Mytob worm family has grown by half a dozen variants this past weekend and marks a trend toward virus and worm writers making myriad, almost-alike versions of the same malware, a security analyst said. More...

Microsoft sues software distributors
Microsoft has filed eight lawsuits in seven US states against computer builders and resellers for allegedly distributing counterfeit and unlicensed software. More...

Intel ships dual-core chips to OEMs
Intel has begun shipping its first dual-core processors to OEMs, company executives said at the Intel Developer Forum in Taiwan. More...

VMware updates desktop virtual machine
VMware has shipped an updated version of flagship virtualisation software Workstation 5.0 with features such as connecting virtual machines in user-defined networks for testing purposes, multiple snapshots and support for 64-bit. More...

Application acceleration market nears US$1 billion
The market for application acceleration equipment grew strongly last year as more organisations centralised servers and deployed web-enabled intranet applications, a market research firm said. More...