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Oracle drops BEA acquisition offer

Oracle drops BEA acquisition offer

Oracle has retracted its US$6.7bn offer to acquire middleware maker BEA, after BEA allowed a Sunday deadline to expire.
Tom Sanders Oct 30 2007, 6:54AM Software
Democracy the Web 2.0 way

Democracy the Web 2.0 way

With the 2007 Federal election showdown now set in stone, it’s time to pull out your political placards and start canvassing the changes you want.
Mitchell Bingemann Oct 29 2007, 11:18AM Software
Leopard to hit Aussie stores tonight

Leopard to hit Aussie stores tonight

Apple plans to stick to its steady stable of consumers and the education market when its new operating system, Mac OS X Leopard hits shelves tonight at 6pm.
Mitchell Bingemann Oct 26 2007, 3:38PM Software
McAfee offers free trial of security appliance

McAfee offers free trial of security appliance

McAfee is offering mid-sized businesses a free trial of the McAfee Secure Internet Gateway appliance for 30-days.
Staff Writers Oct 26 2007, 10:46AM Software
Intel settles Transmeta patent battle

Intel settles Transmeta patent battle

Intel has settled its patent dispute case with Transmeta and will pay US$250m to the rival chip maker.
Matt Chapman Oct 25 2007, 7:40AM Software
Microsoft builds mini Windows core

Microsoft builds mini Windows core

Microsoft has developed a minimised version for the next release of its Windows operating system codenamed Windows 7..
Tom Sanders Oct 23 2007, 2:55PM Software
HP turns Mercury into business service management

HP turns Mercury into business service management

Firm adds a dash of Mercury Interactive to OpenView.
Shaun Nichols Oct 23 2007, 6:48AM Software
Adobe eyes move to software-as-a-service

Adobe eyes move to software-as-a-service

Adobe plans to shift its business away from selling boxed software to a web-based distribution model..
Matt Chapman Oct 22 2007, 9:28AM Software
Clinic finds The Missing Link

Clinic finds The Missing Link

Sydney Breast Clinic overhauls its image library with long-term reseller partner The Missing Link
Trevor Treharne Oct 19 2007, 4:41PM Software
Committed to open standards

Committed to open standards

Craig McGregor, channel sales director at Adobe, discusses the vendor’s latest technology
Staff Writers Oct 17 2007, 11:02AM Software
Apple finalises OS X Leopard

Apple finalises OS X Leopard

Apple is planning to release its next OS X version 10.5 on 26 October..
Shaun Nichols Oct 17 2007, 6:42AM Software
OSI approves Microsoft's open source licenses

OSI approves Microsoft's open source licenses

The Open Source Initiative has approved the Microsoft Public Licence and Microsoft Reciprocal Licence, officially branding them as open source licences.
Tom Sanders Oct 17 2007, 6:42AM Software
YouTube videos arrive in Google Earth

YouTube videos arrive in Google Earth

Google has added a YouTube layer to Google Earth allowing users to zoom in on any location on the planet and view YouTube videos related to that place.
Robert Jaques Oct 16 2007, 6:49AM Software
Ballmer describes relationship with Gates

Ballmer describes relationship with Gates

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has been describing his close relationship with chairman Bill Gates, suggesting that they are more like brothers or a married couple than co-workers.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2007, 6:46AM Software
Former competitors join forces

Former competitors join forces

SAS and Teradata Corporation unite in a potentially lucrative partnership
Staff Writers Oct 12 2007, 4:59PM Software
IBM ditches 'outsourcing' patent

IBM ditches 'outsourcing' patent

IBM has confirmed that it is dropping its attempt to patent the business practice of 'outsourcing'.kbox patent, however.
Iain Thomson Oct 8 2007, 2:43PM Software
IBM to cross swords with Salesforce and Google

IBM to cross swords with Salesforce and Google

IBM is preparing to launch an online marketplace for hosted applications for small and medium sized businesses to rival Google Apps and Salesforce.com's AppExchange.
Tom Sanders Oct 8 2007, 6:27AM Software
Asian domain up for grabs

Asian domain up for grabs

The first round of the registration period for the new top-level .asia domain opens 9 October, promising organisations that are based in or trade with countries in that region a greater online presence.
Phil Muncaster Oct 5 2007, 9:58AM Software
Mid-Comp seeks local channel partners

Mid-Comp seeks local channel partners

Melbourne-based Mid-Comp International is keen to recruit channel partners for its new Stockman intelligent enterprise supply chain software solution for SMBs.
Staff Writers Oct 4 2007, 2:05PM Software
Gartner: Australian IT services worth $14 billion and growing

Gartner: Australian IT services worth $14 billion and growing

End-user spending in the Australian IT services market is expected to exceed $14 billion for the year, up 3.6 percent from 2006, according to a recent report from Gartner.
Staff Writers Oct 3 2007, 2:41PM Software

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