Don’t count on seeing many more 10-year, multibillion dollar outsourcing deals in the near future. The future of outsourcing lies in shorter, smaller and more focused projects, according to Gartner.

This article by Nicole Manktelow shows us what happens when a new virus is discovered and the process antivirus companies go through to get us vaccinated.

SYWARE has announced that the company’s rapid application development environment, Visual CE, now allows creation of fast, flexible forms using data from Microsoft SQL Server CE databases.

Reichert Software Engineering (R.S.E.), announced the release of Texture Maker v2.7, a seamless texture generator and designer. The application contains everything needed to create seamless textures for use in 3D rendering packages, game development, web graphics, image and video editing. Texture Maker can be extended with plugins and automates complex operations with its scripting abilities.

A recent survey of U.S. ink jet refill kit users found that respondents were generally unhappy with the life of the cartridge after the refilling process compared with the life of OEM ink jet cartridges. Sixty-five percent of respondents said that refill kits’ cartridge life was worse or much worse than that of OEM ink cartridges, while just 8 percent said refill kits were much better or better than OEM cartridges in this respect.

Michael Fitzgerald offers his lessons on etiquette for the tech society.

PocketMac has released iPod for Windows, which allows users of Microsoft Outlook to easily export contacts, appointments, tasks, notes, and email messages to an Apple iPod music player.

T-Mobile said it will start an integrated Wi-Fi and 3G mobile service in spring 2004 which aims to create a multi-speed network to carry data traffic.

Tim Scannell of SearchMobileComputing offers these tips on wireless planning and installation.

dotPhoto has signed deals with Clubphoto, Fotki, Webshots, and Picturetrail to provide wireless photo access for Pictavision-enabled mobile phones.