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Siebel to Fortify CRM Wares with Edocs Buyout

Siebel Systems Inc. will be a stronger competitor against both Oracle Corp. and Salesforce.com as a result of its acquisition Friday of online billing...

FCC Certifies UWB Positioning Tags

The Federal Communications Commission has certified the UWB (ultra wide-band) technology of a Denver-based developer of RFID indoor location positioning systems. The FCC certification...

Microsoft Spyware Acquisition Hits Ownership Snag

Microsofts big move into the anti-spyware business has hit an immediate speed bump, with questions swirling around a Florida companys claim that it co-owns...

Yankee Group Sees Open-Source Indemnification Nightmare

According to a recent report by The Yankee Group, indemnification is becoming open sources nightmare and Microsofts blessing. However, other analysts and open-source companies...

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...

Critical XP SP2 Update Fixes Windows Firewall Bug

Microsoft Corp. has quietly released a "critical" Windows XP Service Pack 2 update to fix a serious flaw in the Windows Firewall utility. "After you...

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...

DHS Audit Unearths Security Weaknesses

An audit of the Department of Homeland Securitys system controls for remote access has found an alarming absence of configuration guidelines and several unpatched...