Monthly Archives: September 2004
Sun Releases New Version of Java for Servers, Desktops
Sun Microsystems Inc. Thursday announced the availability of the J2SE (Java 2 Platform Standard Edition) 5.0, which the company said looks to be the...
Microsoft Wins Office Patent Case
Microsoft Corp. has won a favorable jury verdict in a 2-year-old patent-infringement case regarding technology used in its Office productivity suite.
After a two-week trial,...
BPM Standards Group Releases Framework
BOSTON—Seeking to forestall implementation problems that have plagued the ERP and CRM software industries, the BPM Standards Group—comprising vendors, consultants and analysts in the...
California to Step Up CRT, Cell-Phone Recycling
California consumers will be charged $6 to $8 per computer monitor or other display device starting Jan. 1 in a bid to step up...
TI Announces Wireless VOIP Chip
Texas Instruments Inc. has announced a new chipset that would allow portable IP phones to use WLAN networks.Based on TIs OMAP processor, the new...
Open Source Needs an Arbitration Board
Weve got to find a better way to settle open-source disputes than fighting them out in the press.In the latest tussle, Furthermore and Miro,...
Site Helps Retailers Tout Local Deals
One problem that retailers have with the World Wide Web is that its so ... well ... worldwide. A group of newspaper publishers tried...
StorageTek Scoops Up Storability for ILM Portfolio
Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) acquired Storability Inc. on Thursday for an undisclosed sum in an attempt to boost the storage management and monitoring software...
Red Hat to Buy Netscape Server Programs
Red Hat Inc. announced Thursday that it has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with America Online Inc. to acquire its Netscape Security...
MSN Forms Search Focus Group
Microsoft Corp. is quickening its march into search by setting up an advisory group of industry insiders to preview its search-engine plans and research.
Microsofts...