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As if they needed more stress, organizations are facing evolving and increasingly stringent compliance regulations from the Payment Card Industry, as well as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and others. Here are a few security compliance products that can make the audit process less excruciating.

Here are 10 of the distributor's hottest new offerings winning over solution providers.

New smartphones from Sony, Motorola and the first-ever Twitter-only mobile device -- the TwitterPeek -- headline a busy week for handset makers as the holiday shopping season heats up.

SOFTWARE

U.S. senators led by John Kerry are urging European regulators to finish their review of Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems and suggesting that more Sun layoffs could result from further delays.

[07:03 PM, November 24, 2009]

Deal will provide Google with data on TiVo subscribers' viewing habits for use in its Google TV Ads platform.

[04:03 PM, November 24, 2009]

Software patents are a hot-button issue -- and consistently in the news. Here a patent attorney runs through just why we have them.

[03:23 PM, November 24, 2009]

Solution providers can move customers toward a paperless office with a software suite that is quick to search and retrieve information.

[11:00 AM, November 24, 2009]

Announcement of enhanced shopping aids comes on the same day the company said it would acquire Teracent Corp. which develops software for customizing online display ads

[09:04 AM, November 24, 2009]

Services and financial services did well in HP's fourth fiscal quarter, but the company was dragged down by hardware and software sales. Next year, however, the company should see a rebound, HP said.

[06:58 PM, November 23, 2009]

Windows 7 is still bathed in the afterglow of its launch last month, but already details are emerging about its successor, Windows 8.

[06:10 PM, November 23, 2009]

Company targets solution providers that develop data storage and virtualization services

[06:08 PM, November 23, 2009]

The move is the latest in a growing string of acquisitions by the online search giant.

[03:10 PM, November 23, 2009]

Links with on-premise software and extensive data management capabilities give the cloud computing platform an edge.

[11:38 AM, November 23, 2009]

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has hinted that Google Chrome OS will eventually converge with Google Android into one Google operating system.

[09:05 AM, November 23, 2009]

Critics of Apple's App Store say the approval process is too loose and that many apps are approved without being certified or tested.

[08:49 AM, November 23, 2009]

V1 Helps Offices Cut Paper

Solution providers can move customers toward a paperless office with a software suite that is quick to search and retrieve information.