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MSFT Dips Another Toe in SaaS
Microsoft is encouraging its partners to
familiarize themselves with the...
IBM $1.6B Buy Shrinks ECM Battlefield
UPDATED: IBM today agreed to purchase rival FileNet
for...
California eVoting: Push Here to Vote (Again)
Voting systems activists in California have revealed a little-known...
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Google Says Viacom Suit ‘Threatens Expression’
Google filed a strongly-worded response last night
to Viacom's copyright infringement suit against its
video sharing subsidiary, YouTube.
Google rejected allegations that it is violating Viacom's intellectual
property rights, saying it not only complies with its obligations under...
Oracle to SAP: Don’t Erase The Evidence
UPDATED: Oracle asked a judge to ensure that SAP doesn't destroy evidence pertaining to the suit it filed against SAP in March for "massive" theft.
Oracle said it filed the motion "to ensure that...
Yahoo Takes Control of Right Media
Yahoo isn't backing down in the fight for dominance of
the online advertising market. The company today announced its intention to acquire the remaining 80 percent of Right Media it didn't already own for approximately...
AT&T CEO Whitacre to Retire
AT&T chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre announced his resignation effective June
3, 2007. His successor in both positions will be the company's current COO,
Randall Stephenson.
Whitacre's contract with the company wasn't set to expire until April...
Tech’s Drive For Social Responsibility
High-tech industries are finding innovative ways to contribute to
philanthropic causes around the world. They are also adopting different
strategies to ensure that their giving is sustainable and more impactful
than in the past.
It used to be...
Vista Drives ‘Record Profits’ at Microsoft
What a difference a year makes. Last year at this
time, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was forced to explain away a
disappointing quarter. Not this year.
Microsoft announced "record profits" and revenue of
$14.40 billion for the quarter...
Microsoft Shows Longhorn’s Hooks
Microsoft is giving customers an advance view of
its new work group server, code-named Longhorn.
The company hopes to generate a lot of positive buzz on message boards and
demonstrate that the product's vaunted security functions can...
Microsoft, SAP Extend Dance
Microsoft and SAP are so
pleased with the success of their original "Duet" platform that they're already planning an encore.
Duet allows information workers to interact with certain SAP
line-of-business applications and data stores through a Microsoft...
