Monthly Archives: July 2005
Search Engines Dive into Premium Content
Even as the major search engines have expanded their indexes of the Web to as many as 8 billion documents, they are increasingly acknowledging...
Oracle Buys ProfitLogic
Trying to strengthen its retail technology position, Oracle Corp. Tuesday purchased ProfitLogic Inc., a small but well-positioned retail software company.
The acquisition comes only a...
Microsoft Skips to 3.0 for CRM
Microsoft has decided to skip its long-delayed Microsoft CRM 2.0 release and jump right to Version 3.0, the company announced Tuesday.
The much-awaited version is...
Microsoft to Detail Its New Sales Matrix
While Microsoft Corp. is expected to use this weeks Worldwide Partner Conference to flesh out its vertical sales push, company brass also are going...
Senators Introduce Pay-for-Performance Plan
In yet another piece of legislation pertaining to health information technology, two Senators are introducing a bill to reward health care providers who report...
Todays Hackers Code for Cash, Not Chaos
As volunteer director of the SANS Institutes Internet Storm Center, Marcus Sachs has an eagle-eyed view of Internet security, tracking cyber-threats in real time...
C3 Show Sees Search for Simple Security
Chasing down viruses and building better spam filters are worthwhile pursuits. But computer security vendors can also make a mark for themselves by figuring...
Technology Isnt the Only Loser in Grokster Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Courts ruling this week to vacate lower court decisions on MGM vs. Grokster is broadly seen as a victory for movie...
Multicore CPUs Speed Shift in Software Licensing
The advent of powerful new multicore processors is adding impetus to a shift away from older forms of licensing, such as per-processor licensing, to...
What Are These Guys Thinking?
Sometimes, the people you expect to be competent at what they do confound you big time. The latest example of this involves a purveyor...