IBM has published a couple of articles on how electronic payments are handled in the WebSphere products.

Also, here's a good article on Wireless/SMS. And another on implementing single-sign-on.   5:38:27 PM     

Forbes profiles the top venture investors.

"The engine of innovation still hums, despite a wretched year that saw several hundred startups go bust and upwards of 700,000 tech jobs disappear. Proof of that comes straight from the source: the members of our second annual Midas List, the elite 100 venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, lawyers, bankers and recruiters who nurture and steer the tech economy."

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Gartner says they've found the right combination of web services and P2P.

"If applied in the corporate world, technology made famous by music file-sharing service Napster could help streamline the flow of data within and outside of enterprises, and cut costs, according to new report by Gartner Inc.

The research firm says it has come up with a way to do it and may very well patent the idea."

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