Monthly Archives: June 2005
Coming Soon: MS Office Alternatives for Mac
Major milestones were recently announced for two Mac OS X-compatible software suites that could provide an alternative to the near-ubiquitous Microsoft Office. The free...
Blatner: InDesign, Not Quark, Is the Future of DTP
SAN FRANCISCO—There was no question about the message graphic-arts consultant David Blatner was sending to the attendees of the InDesign Conferenceat the Hotel Nikko...
SBA Ombudsman Pledges Support to SMBs
Despite drastic budget cuts, Michael Barrera, national ombudsman for the United States Small Business Administration, said the SBA continues to deliver on its promise...
Preparing for the Grokster Watershed
Want to know how heated the lobbying, arguing, positioning and maneuvering over copyright legislation is going to get this fall? Ask anyone whos ever...
SAP Buys Manufacturing Software Provider Lighthammer
SAP AG announced Wednesday the acquisition of Lighthammer Software Development Corp., an Exton, Pa.-based company that develops manufacturing intelligence and collaboration software.The terms of...
The Many Faces of Spyware
They have innocuous-sounding names—ShopAtHomeSelect, CoolWebSearch, Searchex, IEDriver—and are called many things: spyware, adware, scumware or the euphemistic PUPs (for "potentially unwanted programs"). But theres...
Transforming Transmeta
Transmeta Corp., which once captivated the PC industry with its Crusoe processor for notebooks, is repositioning itself as a journeyman technology provider for low-power...
Microsoft Readies Web-Based Communicator
Microsoft Corp. is looking to extend the reach of its Office Communicator 2005 instant messaging client via a new version that will be completely...
EU Rejects Changes to Proposed Patent Law
Campaigners hoping to keep software patents out of the European Union were dealt a serious blow on Monday, when the European Parliaments legal affairs...
Google CEO Confirms Work on Online Payment Service
Googles top executive confirmed on Tuesday that the company is planning to expand into broader online payment services but said it will not compete...