Monthly Archives: August 2004
Non-Michigan Web Retailers To Start Paying Michigan Sales Tax
Another major state is trying to gets its slice of the Web commerce pie. Michigan officials say they lose about $265 million annually in...
Retailers Finally Figure Out How To Get Kiosks To Make Money
After years of reluctance and failed efforts, retailers are starting to make kiosks work. Taking a page from their Web counterparts, retailers use the...
Pharmacy Retailers Spent Almost $2 Billion To Defend Against Wal-Mart, Supermarkets
With a focus on Wal-Mart, supermarkets and cross-border prescriptions, the 20 largest drug store chains spend $1.8 billion to shore up their IT operations,...
Mattos: Venetica Buy Makes IBM King of Content
IBMs intent to purchase Venetica Corp., which it announced on Thursday, is the latest gambit to prove that the Armonk, N.Y., company is dead...
Oracle Sets New PeopleSoft Buyout Deadline
Oracle extended its $7.7 billion tender offer for all outstanding shares of PeopleSoft yet again on Thursday, as it waits for U.S. District Court...
Beware of Free Services
Beware of companies that dont show you a clear business model. Why? Because you can never be sure what they will end up doing...
XP SP2 Gives Reasons to Switch to Linux
Contrary to popular belief, Im perfectly happy to run Windows as well as Linux desktops. Its just that, well … the Linux desktops tend...
Court Dismisses VeriSigns Case Against ICANN
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed VeriSigns antitrust lawsuit challenging the authority of the Internets main oversight body.The judge ruled that VeriSign Inc. could...
Morningstar Eyes Intangibles in New Fund Ratings
Morningstar, a company that has been analyzing and rating mutual funds since 1984, and publishing its findings online for most of the past decade,...
RFIDs Vertical Buildup Reflects Industry Challenges
RFID is just about the opposite of a monolithic entity, analysts agree. Although still emerging, the wireless technology already means something very different in...