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Windows Live Hotmail to debut Monday

Posted May 3, 2007 - 11:10 pm

Microsoft Corp. Monday will finally bring its completely revamped version of its popular online e-mail service out of beta and into full release.
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Yahoo preps Web version of Messenger

Posted May 3, 2007 - 1:21 pm

Yahoo Inc. introduced Wednesday evening a new browser-based version of its Messenger instant messaging service, so that users can access their accounts without needing the PC application on the machine they're using.
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IBM offers paid support option for free database

Posted May 3, 2007 - 11:56 am

IBM Corp. is offering an annual support option for the free version of its DB2 database, the first of the top three database vendors to make such a move.
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TI plans $1 billion expansion in the Philippines

Posted May 3, 2007 - 9:50 am

Texas Instruments Inc. plans to invest US$1 billion in the Philippines over the next ten years to expand its chip assembly operations there, it announced Thursday.
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Mozilla releases eBay add-on for Firefox

Posted May 3, 2007 - 9:43 am

Mozilla Corp. is asking users to test a new add-on for the Firefox browser that lets users monitor their deals on eBay Inc.'s auction site in real time.
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Tibco to acquire Spotfire in BI move

Posted May 1, 2007 - 2:08 pm

Responding to growing customer demand for software to help analyze critical business information quickly and effectively, Tibco Software Inc. has agreed to acquire business intelligence software vendor Spotfire Inc.
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Oracle releases first ECM product since buying Stellent

Posted April 30, 2007 - 9:42 am

Less than two weeks after unveiling a road map for its enterprise content management (ECM) software, Oracle Corp. released the first of the revamped products laid out in that strategy.
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Google Desktop 5 speaks 29 languages

Posted April 27, 2007 - 9:46 am

Google Inc. took a step closer on Thursday to being able to search everything: its desktop search application is now available in 29 languages, including Hindi, the company announced.
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SAP, Microsoft extend Duet partnership

Posted April 24, 2007 - 2:36 pm

SAP AG and Microsoft Corp. have underscored their commitment to their Duet partnership, jointly developed software that integrates Microsoft's desktop Office suite with SAP's back-end mySAP enterprise applications.
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Orbitz, MapQuest partner with hosted apps vendor

Posted April 23, 2007 - 4:23 pm

Orbitz LLC, Business.com Inc. and AOL LLC's MapQuest have partnered with BlueTie Inc. to have their online services featured in BlueTie's Web-hosted communications applications for small and medium-size businesses.
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Next OpenOffice release to include Pentaho BI

Posted April 19, 2007 - 9:23 am

Open-source business intelligence software vendor Pentaho Corp. is hoping a new tie-up unveiled Thursday with the OpenOffice.org community and Sun Microsystems Inc. will bring its BI offerings to the attention of many more new users.
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Data management holds back Web 2.0 in enterprise

Posted April 18, 2007 - 4:09 pm

The biggest dangers to extending Web 2.0 capabilities to the enterprise are information overload and lack of information accountability, experts attending and speaking at Microsoft Corp.'s IT Pro Town Hall Event in Redmond said on Wednesday.
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Google to add presentations app to hosted suite

Posted April 18, 2007 - 1:32 pm

Google Inc. is adding a presentations application to Docs & Spreadsheets, narrowing the competitive space between this productivity and collaboration hosted suite and Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite.
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AIIM: Web 2.0 tools inspire data-sharing software

Posted April 18, 2007 - 1:08 pm

Businesses that use ECM (enterprise content management) software to manage data could soon be giving employees more control over that data, as application providers are inspired by Web 2.0 tools like wikis, mashups and data tags.
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Oracle sets out content management road map

Posted April 18, 2007 - 10:49 am

Building on its December acquisition of Stellent, Oracle Corp. Wednesday began to flesh out its content management software strategy.
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Microsoft releases Media Player plug-in for Firefox

Posted April 17, 2007 - 8:03 am

Microsoft, as part of its outreach to the open-source community, has released a new official Windows Media Player plug-in for Firefox 2.0 that resolves problems with the older one.
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Adobe CEO responds to Microsoft's Silverlight

Posted April 17, 2007 - 7:58 am

Silverlight, which is seen as Microsoft's challenger to Adobe's Flash format, was unveiled Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las Vegas. The head of Adobe has questioned Microsoft's commitment to keeping its new Silverlight platform compatible with other operating systems besides Windows.
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IBM and Yahoo upgrade enterprise search app

Posted April 16, 2007 - 9:13 am

IBM Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have enhanced their joint enterprise search product, a free competitor to Google Inc.'s Mini device.
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Microsoft unveils Silverlight as Flash killer

Posted April 16, 2007 - 8:29 am

Microsoft Corp. this week will reveal new technology to deliver rich media applications on the Web, part of a broader strategy to go head to head with Web and design tools powerhouse Adobe Systems Inc.
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Adobe to show off media player

Posted April 16, 2007 - 8:22 am

Adobe Systems Inc. has developed its first desktop media player and plans to give the industry an early peek at it at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las Vegas this week.
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The web and the word processor

Posted April 13, 2007 - 1:02 pm

Few would argue that the fundamentals of caring and feeding of content are present in the web and web-oriented editing tools world and the word processor world. Why is there such a dichotomy in the tools used? Why do we have to 'convert' content to Web format? Why do we have so many problems producing decent printed pages from web browsers?
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Oracle announces Siebel Wireless for BlackBerry

Posted April 12, 2007 - 11:17 am

Enterprises using Oracle Corp.'s CRM software will be able to extend the application to workers with BlackBerry smartphones.
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Microsoft, Google trade barbs on enterprise search

Posted April 12, 2007 - 9:09 am

Officials of Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. traded comparisons of their enterprise search products to their rival's during a technology conference in San Francisco Wednesday.
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Microsoft: No acquisitions planned in ERP area

Posted April 10, 2007 - 1:10 pm

Microsoft Corp., with its hands full integrating its Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning) line, does not plan to acquire any of the smaller vendors competing with the software giant in the midmarket area, a senior executive said.
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Salesforce.com wants to be a content management player

Posted April 10, 2007 - 9:11 am

On-demand software vendor Salesforce.com Inc. Tuesday announced plans to enter the content management market via the acquisition of Web 2.0 content collaboration startup Koral Inc.
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