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San Francisco-based Charles Schwab and Company has retained an investment bank to find buyers for three pieces of its business that cater to institutional trading and research. No price tag has yet been set, but it appears that Schwab is willing to take a huge loss on the sale. Several chunks of Schwab are being […]

How much memory does Oracle Database 10g gobble up? Does the upgrade take long? Whats the best way of upgrading from 9i to 10g? What about from 8i? This article tackles these common questions about 10g upgrading. For the full story, go to SearchOracle.com. Check out eWEEK.coms Database Center at http://database.eweek.com for the latest database […]

Having closed the formal public review process for the latest Linux Standard Base–a working group effort of the Free Standards Group aimed at driving and promoting standards to increase Linux compatibility for ISVs–LSB 2.0 is set to be released soon, according to Jim Zemlin, named FSG director last May. Zemlin said LSB 2.0 features a […]

How many Linux integrators do you know that have been around for more than a couple of years? IDEAL Technology Corporation just celebrated its fifth anniversary and topped $1.0 million in sales for 2003, according to Jordan Jacobs, a principal of the company. That, from a 12-person team that does pure Linux consulting and no […]

Use of Linux by nonprofit organizations is nothing new. For one thing, the lower costs of Linux fit in well with limited budgets. Now, though, some end users at nonprofit organizations are choosing Linux for a completely different reason–namely, a better desktop experience than theyve been getting from Windows. “Using Windows ME, weve had lots […]

In whats being called the “silver tech age,” high tech companies are creating systems specifically for the aging population and the growing number of their caretakers. For example, computer chips being developed by Intel can be placed on furniture in a persons home to help caregivers know whether an elderly person can access rooms such […]

TORONTO—Microsoft is delaying by a full year two of its four software patching/upgrade systems, company officials told those attending the worldwide partner conference here. Microsofts Windows Update Services, the product formerly known as Software Update Services 2.0, is now due to ship by mid-2005, rather than mid-2004. And the new Microsoft Update Service, a new […]

Your business may not be using Internet standards to make calls, but it will—eventually. So far, however, the cost to switch to voice-over-Internet Protocol systems from conventional phone setups often outweighs the savings. Some companies, however, are finding that wide-scale adoption of IP telephony can reap a significant payback. The expense of replacing every phone, […]

Internet Protocol telephony systems break up audio, convert it into digital packets and then send those packets over a data network. By merging voice and data onto one network, or so the sales pitch goes, companies will cut costs because theyll have just one infrastructure to maintain and manage, and the networks capacity will be […]

Stepping into the new Terminal 1 at Torontos Pearson International Airport can be disorienting. Much of what travelers have come to expect from a busy airport is absent: There are no endless check-in lines; no throngs of stressed-out passengers out-maneuvering one another; no surly ticketing agents scolding those out of line. Even the security guards […]

Symantec Corp. has acquired anti-spam router company TurnTide Inc. for an undisclosed amount. When attached to a network, a TurnTide router limits the bandwidth that the network makes available to computers it thinks are sending the junk e-mails called spam. The acquisition is a major validation of TurnTides anti-spam technology, which was developed by its […]