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  • Oracle still optimistic about PeopleSoft deal

    With all the answers Oracle claims it has with its newly announced 10g environment, the one question that won't go away is "What about the PeopleSoft acquisition?"

  • Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts

    Following some frosty responses to Microsoft's controversial patent deal with Novell last year, the software maker has begun a more aggressive attempt to persuade open-source software companies to license its know-how.

  • IBM, EMC team on iSeries storage

    EMC and IBM on Wednesday announced another step in their joint technology agreement, which will now include the midrange iSeries server.

  • IBM backs Firefox in-house

    IBM is encouraging its employees to use Firefox, aiding the open-source Web browser's quest to chip away at Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

  • SCO, IBM battle heats up

    Subpoenas are flying in the high-profile lawsuit between The SCO Group and IBM, as both companies try to buttress their legal claims by turning to third parties for information.

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  • Will Lotus users bite Microsoft's bait?

    A new program to convert Lotus Notes/Domino users to the Microsoft platform stands on shaky ground in Australia and the rest of Asia-Pacific, and has the potential to fail miserably.

  • SAP-Microsoft talks underscore harsh market reality

    After its top-secret merger talks with SAP were revealed, Microsoft's motivation for the deal was quickly identified: its interest in the German company was sparked by growth limits in the business software market.

  • Oracle's Brian Mitchell: Straight to the source

    Oracle Managing Director Brian Mitchell talks about clustering, unified document stores, hosted applications, and other future directions for the database giant.

  • KVM steals virtualisation spotlight

    A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.

  • Red Hat looks under Linux's hood

    Trying to take a more active role in open-source programming, Red Hat has created a team of 34 programmers to work on nothing but next-generation software.

Reviews (6)

  • Can IT directors love Microsoft?

    Commentary: A shift in corporate IT's priorities might play to Microsoft's advantage, but it will take a quasi-religious conversion to get IT directors to accept the Microsoft way.

  • Notebook overhaul on the horizon

    Five years from now the notebook will likely be smaller and lighter, capable of making mobile phone calls on its own and running on methanol.

  • CPU Survival

    The exploding costs of fabrication facilities, combined with the technical hurdles of the next generation of chip design seem like unassailable hurdles for the microchip vendors and manufacturers.

  • Intel plan: Use gizmos to push PCs

    The company, best known for its Pentium PC processors, this week launched a trio of PC-related consumer devices intended to further its strategy of using gadgets to push PC demand.

  • HP touts advantages of Itanium 2

    The co-designer of the Itanium 2 chip has formally detailed its plans for the processor.

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