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IE 7 Goes RC1

From Microsoft Watch: There's a new test build of Internet Explorer 7 ready to roll. Microsoft is making available to any interested parties on...

Internet Explorer 7 Hits RC1 Milestone

Internet Explorer (IE) 7 is almost soup. Microsoft is releasing for public download on Aug. 24 a new test build of its browser, the near-final...

Generation Y for Dummies

Remember that time you were talking to the Generation X-aged employee in your department and referred to punch cards and he or she responded...

For Big Blue, What Comes Next?

In less than three weeks, IBM managed to snatch up four software companies—Webify, MRO Software, FileNet and, most recently, Internet Security Systems. The question is,...

Amazons Site Outage Raises Scale Questions

Amazon.com has built a reputation for being an aggressive, take-no-prisoners kind of company, but it showed its more cooperative side this week.Late last week,...

The Law of Supply and Demand Falls Silent for RFID Pricing

There is a comforting premise taught in all business schools that market forces will cause all identical products to be priced in the same...

Microsoft/Citrix Deal Sets Up Cisco Showdown

Microsofts expanded partnership with Citrix Systems to deliver a joint branch office box appliance, announced on Aug. 23, signals a brewing battle with longtime...

Oracle Acquires Sigma Dynamics

Oracle quietly announced Aug. 23 that it acquired the intellectual property assets of Sigma Dynamics, a company that develops predictive analytics technology. The terms of...

Toshiba to Launch Ultra-High-Speed SD Card Series

Toshiba revealed on Aug. 24 that it will launch two new series of secure digital, or SD, flash memory cards this fall that offer...

Mass. Back on Track for ODF Implementation

The State of Massachusetts has reaffirmed its commitment to begin using the OpenDocument Format by Jan. 1, 2007, a move that has been welcomed...