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Centric Acquires Framework to Extend PLM Reach

Following a trend of consolidation thats market the PLM (product lifecycle management) industry over the past year, San Jose, Calif.-based Centric Software Inc. on...

Search Spotlight Pans to Video

After years of taking a back seat to easier-to-crawl HTML pages, multimedia files are beginning to gain respect among search engines.The spotlight this week...

The War Against Retail Return Abuses

With the holiday season comes fruitcake, traffic jams and an anticipated onslaught of must-be-returned gifts from well-meaning (and possibly colorblind) friends and relatives. But sprinkled...

Apple Releases Updated OS X to Fix FireWire, Game Issues

Apple Computer Inc. of Cupertino, Calif., this week released an updater for its Mac OS X operating system, bringing it to Version 10.3.7.According to...

Warning to Oracle: Customers Are Calling the Shots

Larry Ellison has been called many things, some of them not repeatable here. But this year hes being called something new: Hes The Grinch...

New Standards Aim to Reduce Car Gadget Glitches

Drained batteries. Blown fuses that "freeze" windshield wipers. Fried diagnostic chips. As cars get more computerized, equipment failures are growing. Emerging auto supply chain...

Microsoft Seeks to Lure PeopleSoft Users

Microsoft Corp. didnt waste any time in trying to win over ERP customers who might be unhappy with Oracle Corp.s recent purchase of PeopleSoft...

Yahoo Builds Traffic Updates into Maps

Yahoo Inc. wants to make driving easier by merging traffic information into its online maps and driving directions. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company announced late Wednesday...

IBM Unleashes New RFID Middleware

In the increasingly competitive RFID arena, IBM on Thursday will release the first three products from its recently formed $250 million S&A (Sensor &...

EU Council Set to Approve Patent Proposal

The EUs controversial proposal on patenting "computer-implemented inventions" has unexpectedly cleared a major hurdle, with the Council of the European Union set to give...