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    Increasing competitive pressure from SAP and the entry of Microsoft into the business applications market spurred Oracle to launch its hostile bid for PeopleSoft last year, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison testified on Wednesday.

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    Oracle dropped the axe Friday in the US, announcing plans to lay off 5,000 workers in its effort to squeeze costs out of its US$10.3 billion software merger with PeopleSoft.

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    Nothing has caused more of a sensation during the Oracle antitrust trial than Microsoft's merger talks with SAP.

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    In a government deposition, Oracle President Charles Phillips downplayed the relevance of a report he issued in his previous job as Morgan Stanley analyst, in which he declared that SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft comprised an oligopoly for back-office business applications.

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    A team of researchers at software maker SAP is studying how to make the company's line of business applications easier to use and modify, an effort within the company known by the code name Project Vienna.

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    Increasing competitive pressure from SAP and the entry of Microsoft into the business applications market spurred Oracle to launch its hostile bid for PeopleSoft last year, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison testified on Wednesday.

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    A team of researchers at software maker SAP is studying how to make the company's line of business applications easier to use and modify, an effort within the company known by the code name Project Vienna.

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    Retailers may love the concept of tiny radio tags for tracking products, but consumers should beware the potential for exploitation by corporations, criminals and the government.

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