IBM asked the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City for summary judgment against all of SCO's claims. The SCO vs. IBM case is more than three years old and yet The SCO Group has little success so far.

Microsoft introduced on Sept. 27 the public beta of its System Center Data Protection Manager version 2 at the Storage Decisions conference in New York. It is built upon Microsoft's DPM (Data Protection Manager) 2006 which is the Microsoft's first storage software (released last October). System Center Data Protection Manager version 2 will enable customers to back up and protect their Microsoft applications.

Microsoft Corp. has sued an anonymous computer hacker whose free program FairUse4WM allows users to copy digital movies and songs by bypassing a software protection (DRM) built into the company's Media player.

Remote XT technology, a UK firm designed a cell phone security system which sets off a high pitch scream, permanently locks the handset and finally wipes all data if the cell phone is stolen. They hope it will halt the spiraling rise (190% increase) in phone theft.

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