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Microsoft Sketches Scenarios for Office 12

MINNEAPOLIS—Microsoft on Friday outlined some of the possible new scenarios it sees for Office 12, the next version of its pervasive desktop productivity suite. The...

AOL Deal Gives Plaxo a Fighting Chance

Good news for Plaxo users: Thanks to the just-announced AOL deal, Plaxo probably wont go broke. Lacking a means to attract the 10-to-20 million users...

What Makes an Enterprise Data Warehouse?

IT terms are frequently used in a variety of ways by an array of vendors, co-workers and marketing types, leaving many of us wondering...

MS Patch Day: 3 Critical Bulletins on Tap

Microsoft has provided advance notice that three "critical" security bulletins will be released in this months patch batch. The bulletins will include patches for flaws...

Flickr Pics Capture London Terror

News about Thursdays terrorist attack in London spread across the Web like wildfire with up-to-the-minute details on news and blog sites. A new form...

I Have Seen the Enemy and It Is Complexity

Just when you thought things might be slowing down, becoming more standardized and easier to manage, the software companies and their willing sacrificial lambs...

Spyware Spooks Users into Changing Online Habits

More that 90 percent of Internet users in the United States have altered their online behavior significantly to counter the threat of spyware programs,...

Opera Adds BitTorrent to Web Browser

Opera Software has released a test version of its flagship Web browser that adds an embedded BitTorrent client for downloading content using the popular...

American-Style Patents Wont Cross the Pond to EU

The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the European Unions controversial IT patenting proposal on Wednesday, but what will that decision mean for business and open-source? The...

EU Rejects Controversial Software Patents Proposal

The European Parliament on Wednesday morning put the final nail in the coffin of the European Unions controversial IT patenting proposal, voting overwhelmingly to...