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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Adobe turns PDF over to standards body   Debian warns of Mozilla bugs   New group for enterprise architects aims to elevate the profession   3Com launches open platform for service providers   Japan's electronics firms to post higher Q3 profits   Accenture head count in India will surpass US levels by August   IBM to acquire storage management vendor Softek   HP, SAP expand their SOA bond   Microsoft's Vista had major Mac envy, company emails reveal   Spam made up 94 percent of all email in December   Survey: The demise of unix is exaggerated   Bomb-sniffing robots are on the way to the troops in Iraq
Tuesday, 30th January 2007
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Tim Lohman,
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This afternoon, insider emails reveal that Microsoft executives were awed by Apple's just-added desktop search and acknowledged that what they did in Windows Vista would be directly compared with Mac OS X.

Also making news, a new study shows that the use of Unix, particularly high-end systems, is on the rise in the enterprise sector.

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Adobe turns PDF over to standards body
The submission comes as the specification must now compete with Microsoft's XPS format.
By Staff writers


Applications
Debian warns of Mozilla bugs
Time to upgrade Firefox and Iceweasel packages.
By Robert Jaques


IT Services
New group for enterprise architects aims to elevate the profession
Certification and standardisation are two main goals backers say are important in validating the role enterprise architects play in an organisation.
By Staff writers


Convergence
3Com launches open platform for service providers
Early partners include VMware, Converged Access, Vericept, and Q1 Labs.
By Staff writers


Finance
Japan's electronics firms to post higher Q3 profits
Sharp Corp. and other top Japanese consumer electronics makers are expected to post higher quarterly profits this week, having weathered steep price falls in the flat-panel television business thanks to cost cuts and volume growth.
By Staff writers


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Accenture head count in India will surpass US levels by August
Accenture CEO William Green said the consulting and outsourcing company will add 8,000 workers in India this year, bringing its total head count in the country to 35,000.
By Staff writers


Storage
IBM to acquire storage management vendor Softek
IBM will add Softek to its Global Technology Services unit, which suggests the company plans to offer Softek's storage management technology through managed services deals.
By Staff writers


Applications
HP, SAP expand their SOA bond
The PC-maker launches services for NetWeaver Portal, Exchange Infrastructure, and Business Intelligence.
By Staff writers


Operating Systems
Microsoft's Vista had major Mac envy, company emails reveal
Microsoft executives were awed by Apple's just-added desktop search and acknowledged that what they did in Windows Vista would be directly compared with Mac OS X.
By Staff writers


Security
Spam made up 94 percent of all email in December
The Postini report says the rise of botnets and image spam is causing e-mail systems at some companies to melt down.
By Staff writers


Operating Systems
Survey: The demise of unix is exaggerated
A new study from the Gabriel Consulting Group shows that use of Unix, particularly high-end systems, is on the rise in the enterprise.
By Staff writers


Research/Trends
Bomb-sniffing robots are on the way to the troops in Iraq
More than 100 PackBot robots provided by iRobot Corp. will be fitted with the sniffing technology..
By Staff writers


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