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Reports on developments involving companies in the computer industry. Release of a service pack to Microsoft Corp.'s Navision software; Financial performance of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. for the third quarter of 2005; Purchase of the privately held company, ConnecTerra Inc. by BEA Systems Inc.

Reports on developments involving companies in the computer industry. Review of informal complaints against Microsoft Corp. (MC) over its business practices; Acquisition of Nimcat Networks Inc. by Avaya Inc.; Purchase of Alacris Inc. by MC.

The article reports on developments involving companies in the computer industry. A former Microsoft Corp. employee is sentenced to four years in prison for illegally selling the company's software. In an effort to attract Chinese programmers to work at its planned research and development center in Beijing, China, Google Inc. is sponsoring a programming competition for up to 500 engineers in this country. Livedoor Co. Ltd., a Web portal operator in Tokyo, Japan, has acquired Innovation Interactive LLC, a New York-based online marketing services firm. RSA Security Inc. announced smart-card management software aimed at helping U.S. government agencies comply with a presidential directive mandating the use of chip-based identity cards.

The article reports on developments involving companies in the computer industry. Microsoft Corp. had issued an out-of-cycle advisory warning about a newly disclosed denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows XP Service Pack 1. The revenue of Hewlett-Packard Co. in the fourth quarter of 2005 increased on strong growth in personal computers and server shipments. Cisco Systems Inc. had agreed to acquire Scientific-Atlanta Inc. for 6.9 billion dollars. And Citrix Systems Inc. acquired the application security company, Teros Inc., for an undisclosed sum.

Reports on developments involving companies in the computer industry. Introduction of the new company, PA Semi Inc., and a low-power dual-core chip based on IBM Corp.'s Power architecture; Financial performance of Computer Associates International Inc. for the second quarter of 2005; Launch of business intelligence tools for Microsoft Corp.'s Office 12 software.

Reports on developments involving companies in the computer industry. Contract won by Oracle Corp. from the U.S. Air Force; Resignation of Microsoft Corp. executives Hadi Partovi and Don Gagne; Settlement of a lawsuit filed by VeriSign Inc. against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

Reports on developments involving companies in the computer industry. Agreement between Microsoft Corp. and the Nigerian government; Decision of Symantec Corp. to patch a critical vulnerability in its Veritas NetBackup software; Recall of about 135,000 lithium-ion rechargeable battery packs of Hewlett-Packard Co.

The article reports on developments involving companies in the computer industry. Microsoft Corp. plans to release nine security fixes in its monthly release of security updates. Symantec Corp. has advised users of its AntiVirus Scan Engine to upgrade the software because of a critical security bug in the product. Salesforce.com Inc. appoints Craig Conway to its board of directors. The European Commission designates professor Neil Barrett, a British academic specializing in computer science and cybercrime, to oversee Microsoft Corp.'s compliance with its antitrust ruling against the company.