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MySQL, Business Objects Bundle Up for BI
MySQL AB is gluing its open-source database into Business Objects Business Intelligence software.The two have signed a new OEM referral agreement, under which they...
HP Counts on Servers, Software and Services
Hewlett-Packard Co. says its getting down to business.
Senior executives from the Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant, including its recently-appointed CEO, Mark Hurd, converged in...
Readers Respond: If Windows Had Never Happened
Thank you very much for Peter Coffees fine piece imagining a world without Windows ("If Windows Had Never Happened..." Nov. 14).For those of us...
Sun Releases Open-Source Java Database
Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday announced a move into the database world with the release of Java DB, a distribution of the Apache Derby open-source...
Emulex Rolls Out 4-Gig Storage Switches
Addressing the need to improve back-end tiered flexibility and performance within root switch and fully switched architecture disk- and tape-based storage installations, Emulex Corp....
Amazon to Sell Build-Your-Own Search Engine
Nearly all the raw material to run a fairly complex Internet search service is now available, for lease, from online retailer Amazon.com Inc.
For a...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Cleans Up IE
Microsoft Corp. released software updates in two security bulletins Tuesday, MS05-054 and MS05-055. The updates include fixes for critical new holes in IE, and...
Web-Access Version of Microsofts Business IM Client Goes Gold
New York—Microsoft Corp. kicked off the Interop New York 2005 show with the release to manufacturing of the Web-based version of its Office Communicator...
Setting a Date for Google Calendar
Various bloggers claim that Internet search company Google Inc. is about to unleash a calendar-style events manager, in its latest foray against software giant...
StealthText, Should You Choose to Accept It
A UK company has brought to life the self-destructing messages of Mission Impossible.
Staellium UK Ltd. has introduced StealthText, a service available via SMS (Short...