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Can a Cost-per-Action Service Beat Google at the Ad Game?

A startup run by former AltaVista CEO Jim Barnett is betting that its cost-per-action advertising system can outperform Google's pay-per-click method.The news coming out...

Novell Explains, Defends Microsoft Patent Agreement

Novell on Nov. 7 explained how its recent patent agreement with Microsoft neither violates the GPL nor implies that Linux infringes on any of...

Secret Microsoft Project Ties IronPython to ASP.NET

LAS VEGAS—Microsoft continues to work to integrate dynamic languages into its set of offerings for developers, and is prototyping a method for facilitating data...

Novell to Get $348M from Microsoft

Novell on Nov. 7 published additional details about its agreements with Microsoft concerning Windows and Linux interoperability and patents. It seems the company is receiving...

BigFix Offers PC Power Management Tool

BigFix, a security configuration management provider, is offering a new power management product that the company said can save enterprises between $10 and $50...

Microsoft Calls Developers to Vista

LAS VEGAS—Just a year after releasing its primary tool set for building applications on Windows, Microsoft has announced a set of new technologies aimed...

Anti-virus Leaders Look to Services for Growth

As Microsoft prepares to launch its next-generation Vista operating system in late November, industry watchers are predicting that the products onboard security features will...

Microsoft Adds 3-D Online Mapping Interface to Live Search

Microsofts Live Search offering just got a lot more sophisticated with the addition of Virtual Earth 3-D, a new online mapping interface currently available...

Smith: A Leading IT Strategist

Greg Smith thinks big. Whether it be figuring out how to transmit data from remote areas or writing a groundbreaking new book on what...

Palm Calls NTP Patent Charges “Dubious”

Palm is disputing that it has violated any of the patents of NTP. NTP, a patent holding company in Virginia, filed suit on Nov. 6...