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European Commission Stands by Patent Proposal

The European Commission has turned down the request that a controversial IT patenting proposal be thrown out, the latest twist in the European Unions...

SAP America Plans to Acquire Retek

Business applications software goliath SAP AG announced Monday that its North American subsidiary, SAP America Inc., intends to acquire retail software provider Retek for...

AOL Takes AIM at Outlook

America Onlines yellow Running Man wants to leave his footprints all over Microsoft Outlooks turf. In partnership with Intellisync Corp., based in San Jose, Calif.,...

Web Collaboration Vendor Targets the Masses

Web Crossing Inc. is opening its enterprise-class online collaboration tools to the masses. The company on Monday will announce its Site Crossing service that bundles...

New Credit Card Technology Pushing Retailers to Allow Small Credit Purchases

Some retailers have required minimum purchase amounts on credit cards due to high transaction fees, but technology improvements and signature-free transactions are part of...

With More Online Shopping, Lands End Closing Phone Order Call Center

With customers turning more to online shopping and less to placing phone orders, Lands’ End is closing its Cross Plains, Wisconisn, call center in...

Number of U.S. Convenience Stores Increasing

The number of convenience stores in the U.S. is up almost six percent from the end of 2003, according to the National Association of...

Opera Battles Spoofing in Latest Beta Release

Responding to the rise of a spoofing flaw in Web browsers, Opera Software ASA has released a second beta release of its next browser...

Mozilla Battens the Hatches Against IE 7.0

If evidence were needed that the new browser war will be won or lost on the security message, along comes the Mozilla Foundation with...

IBM Preps Enterprise Search Update

IBM is previewing its next mission in enterprise search—letting third parties develop industry applications on its search platform. By opening its corporate search technology to...