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February 14, 2006

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In This Edition

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1. eWEEK Podcast Special: Report from India

2. News: SugarCRM Software to Use a Microsoft License

3. News: Microsoft Office Live Beta Is Going Live

4. News: Google Windows Apps Coming to Linux

5. News: PalmSource Puts Linux in Your Palm

6. News: DHS Cyber-Security Head Reports Progress

7. News: Oracle Pounces on Sleepycat

8. News: Carriers Line Up for Microsoft's Push E-Mail

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News and Views

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1. eWEEK Podcast Special: Report from India

There are many Indias. One of them is a Third World country

that has resisted economic improvement for centuries. The

rest of India is trying to pull the whole up by education

and hard work, leveraged by low wages and high-speed Internet.

eWEEK Executive Editor Stan Gibson is in India to meet with

top outsourcing companies. Listen to Stan's first impressions

from his trip in this special eWEEK podcast.

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Check out his blog.

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2. News: SugarCRM Software to Use a Microsoft License

The move makes SugarCRM the first outside party to offer its

software under Microsoft's quasi-open-source license. Will

this be the license that helps thwart enterprise Linux

migration?

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3. News: Microsoft Office Live Beta Is Going Live

After weeks of speculation, Microsoft's latest subscription

service for small-business users is set to enter wide-scale

testing Feb. 15.

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4. News: Google Windows Apps Coming to Linux

Google and CodeWeavers are collaborating to bring Google's

popular Windows Picasa photo editing and sharing program to

Linux. Sources say that this project could be the first step

in bringing other Google Windows applications to the Linux

desktop.

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5. News: PalmSource Puts Linux in Your Palm

The next version of the Palm OS is based on Linux and

combines PalmSource and Access technologies such as the

Access NetFront Web browser and the Palm Desktop.

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6. News: DHS Cyber-Security Head Reports Progress

The acting director of the National Cyber Security Division

says the government's preparedness for attack and its

relationships with the private sector have improved.

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7. News: Oracle Pounces on Sleepycat

The database giant buys open-source database maker Sleepycat

for an undisclosed sum.

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8. News: Carriers Line Up for Microsoft's Push E-Mail

Microsoft has announced partnerships with several wireless

carriers to deliver push e-mail capability for mobile devices,

a move which is designed to compete with BlackBerry. But what

do analysts and users think?

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