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RSS Reaches Out for Enterprise, Social Networks

The software and services used to read XML-based news feeds are continuing to branch out as the syndication method gains popularity on the Web. The...

Dont Mess Around with Good Acronyms

The high-tech industry in general—and retail IT is certainly no exception—loves acronyms. The more obtuse, the better. Engineers, designers and programmers come up with...

Local Search Services Tap Social Networks

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Local search is going social as a pair of startups launch services based on relationship-aware referrals and reviews rather than standard business...

Oracle to Take Gradual Approach with Project Fusion

NEWTON, Mass.—Oracle Corp. will gradually roll out the first deliverables of its Project Fusion plan to unite its various business applications families in stages...

Six Keys for Creating PDFs That Print Reliably

ORLANDO, Fla.—Hold off on converting files within a PDF document until the document is ready to print. This is one of the keys for...

Retail Apps Drove the Retek Buyout

When Oracle bought retail-software specialist Retek last month, it learned a $670-million lesson about the new importance of retail software and its own inadequacies...

Open Text Enhances ECM Platform

Open Text has announced enhancements to its Livelink ECM platform, a platform that company executives say virtually completes Open Texts transition to a vendor...

Troubles Surround Windows Server 2003 SP1

The first reports from users installing Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 are in. And as was the case with its client counterpart—Windows XP...

High-Risk RealPlayer Hole Patched

Digital media delivery outfit RealNetworks Inc. on Wednesday released patches for a high-risk security flaw in several versions of its widely deployed RealPlayer software.The...

Red Hat, MySQL to Partner on Clustering

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Theres a Swedish word, "lagom." It means not too little, not too much, and its what MySQL AB CEO Marten Mickos wants...