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Californians Face Deadline on Microsoft Antitrust Claims

Thousands of companies and California residents will turn their backs on a share of the $1.1 billion antitrust settlement against Microsoft Corp. if they...

Five Years Later, Windows 2000 Looks Naïve

I remember roughly when Windows 2000 "went gold"—when Microsoft finalized the shipping code for the product. It was mid-December 1999, and the product officially...

Apples 2005 Challenge: Surpass the iPod

Bertrand Russell once said—and Im paraphrasing here—that genius is to present a problem in a way which allows a solution. And thats exactly what...

Oracle Takes Control of PeopleSoft

Oracle Corp. early Wednesday declared that it had won control of PeopleSoft Inc. after stockholders tendered about 75 percent of the outstanding shares of...

PeopleSoft CEO Duffield Resigns

PeopleSoft Inc. founder David Duffield, who replaced fired CEO Craig Conway in October, quietly resigned effective Dec. 21, less than two weeks before Oracle...

Weathering Storms for Retail Profits

Some of the nations largest retailers pay Paul Walsh to think about existential-sounding questions like "How cold is cold?" and "How wet is wet?" No,...

Grid Computing 101

Grid computing is a set of old ideas with new technology and business faces. Technically speaking, grid computing enables programs to be spread out over...

Does Microsofts Bigtop Plan Hint at New Direction?

The problem with the future is that its often blocked by the present, which in Microsofts case is as hard to get beyond as...

California Mounts Appeal of FCCs VOIP Order

The state of California is mounting a legal challenge to a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling that VOIP phone services sold by Vonage Holdings...

A Peek Under Microsofts Secret Bigtop

Microsoft officials have said little about the companys intentions in the grid-computing space. But that doesnt mean Microsoft is ignoring the evolving arena of...