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Mobile Handset Revenues to Dip
Slowed growth and falling prices in the wireless handset market will make it harder for mobile device manufacturers to generate the same revenue they...
Microsoft to Ship Mac Keyboard, Mouse
Microsoft Corp. plans to release this summer a Wireless Laser Desktop for Apple Computer Inc.s Mac machines, which will be the Microsoft Hardware units...
Skype Wins Over Past Critics
A new version of Net phone calling software from Skype Technologies SA, a division of online auction pioneer eBay Inc., has won over critics...
SAP Reorganizes, Expands in Midmarket
On the heels of preliminary 2005 fourth-quarter results that have SAP AG sailing into 2006 on increased software revenues, the company has merged its...
A Microsoft Man on a Mission in China
Harry Shum, Ph.D., the managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, is on a mission.
His primary mission is to lead Microsoft Corp.s research efforts in...
MasterCard Advances Consumer Data Protection
MasterCard International on Wednesday put incentives, tools and education into merchants hands to help them protect consumer data.
The new program follows an ongoing parade...
Biometric ID Vendors Viisage, Identix Merge
Two of the leading names in biometric identification have agreed to merge, in a deal estimated at $770 million.
The deal between Viisage Technology Inc....
NetSuite Takes Aim at Salesforce.com with New Program
Industry darling Salesforce.com is seeing mounting competition from NetSuite Inc., in more ways than one.
NetSuite provides on demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) and CRM...
Peoples Bank Loses Tape Containing Confidential Data
A Connecticut bank is notifying approximately 90,000 of its credit-line customers that a tape containing confidential data is missing, lost while being carried by...
Oracle Banks on Broad-Based Middleware SOA Suite
Oracle Corp. Thursday announced a set of middleware aimed at helping enterprises build service-oriented architectures.
The new Oracle SOA Suite is designed to use Oracle...