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Samsung Electronics says may enter chip foundry business

Samsung Electronics says may enter chip foundry business

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, is considering entering the chip foundry business.
Staff Writers Sep 16 2005, 9:30AM Software
Red Hat adds Alstom IT as second distributor

Red Hat adds Alstom IT as second distributor

Alstom IT has signed a distribution agreement with Red Hat, becoming the open source-derived software vendor's second distributor in Australia.
Fleur Doidge Sep 15 2005, 4:20PM Software
Reuters Summit: TCS sees strong software order growth

Reuters Summit: TCS sees strong software order growth

Tata Consultancy Services, India's top software services exporter, said on Thursday its orders were increasing as customers outsource more of their office tasks.
Shailendra Bhatnagar Sep 15 2005, 2:15PM Software
Yahoo blends web email with speed of desktop

Yahoo blends web email with speed of desktop

Yahoo has said that it is upgrading Yahoo Mail, the most popular web email program, to make it run more efficiently than other web-based systems and nearly as fast as desktop email.
Staff Writers Sep 15 2005, 9:30AM Software
US vendor buys Sydney developer Carbon Twelve

US vendor buys Sydney developer Carbon Twelve

US telephony software vendor BroadSoft has bought out small Australian developer Carbon Twelve for an undisclosed sum.
Fleur Doidge Sep 14 2005, 4:45PM Software
Microsoft's Gates faces off with Napoleon Dynamite

Microsoft's Gates faces off with Napoleon Dynamite

Pick your favourite geek: Napoleon Dynamite or Bill Gates?
Staff Writers Sep 14 2005, 3:30PM Software
Microsoft previews next version of Office

Microsoft previews next version of Office

Microsoft previewed the next version of its Office collection of business programs on Tuesday, showing a redesigned interface and new capabilities that allow users to gather data from Web sites and networked server computers.
Reed Stevenson Sep 14 2005, 3:00PM Software
Mao-era model soldier to clean up online gaming

Mao-era model soldier to clean up online gaming

A Chinese game developer is betting a Mao-era model soldier and other patriotic figures are just the kinds of heroes needed to steer impressionable youths towards cleaner online gaming content.
Staff Writers Sep 14 2005, 2:30PM Software
Gates pushes upcoming Microsoft Windows, Office

Gates pushes upcoming Microsoft Windows, Office

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates pitched software developers to build programs for the next versions of Windows and Office software and showed off features on Tuesday that he said would drive a new wave of personal computer sales.
Reed Stevenson Sep 14 2005, 9:30AM Software
Oracle's Ellison settling insider-trading suit

Oracle's Ellison settling insider-trading suit

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawrence Ellison, chief executive of software maker Oracle Corp, has reached a tentative agreement to pay US$100 million to charity to resolve a lawsuit charging that he engaged in insider trading in 2001, the New York Times reported on Monday.
Staff Writers Sep 13 2005, 3:04PM Software
KAZ buys Intology IP, customers

KAZ buys Intology IP, customers

Telstra subsidiary KAZ has bought the intellectual property and customer contracts of Canberra-based business intelligence provider Intology for an undisclosed sum.
Staff Writers Sep 13 2005, 12:41PM Software
Unblinded by the light

Unblinded by the light

Whitech Software Solutions no longer need hide its light under a bushel. The abilities of this Sydney developer have begun shining out far and wide.
Fleur Doidge Sep 12 2005, 1:58PM Software
Onyx seeks resellers for huge channel sales boost

Onyx seeks resellers for huge channel sales boost

Onyx Software is targeting sales growth by signing boutique resellers and system integrators with either a broad focus or niche vertical specialities and a focus on CRM or business process management.
Fleur Doidge Sep 12 2005, 9:00AM Software
Under the Wire: Topping the Bill

Under the Wire: Topping the Bill

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: whoever first used the term “plot” to describe the storyline of a video game has a lot to answer for.
Matthew JC Powell Sep 8 2005, 3:37PM Software
Microsoft files suit against European Commission

Microsoft files suit against European Commission

Microsoft has filed a new lawsuit against the European Commission, the latest move in its long-running battle against antitrust sanctions imposed by the Commission for abuse of its dominant Windows software.
David Lawsky Sep 8 2005, 9:00AM Software
Symbol, Intermec agree to settle RFID dispute

Symbol, Intermec agree to settle RFID dispute

Two of the pioneering developers of barcode technology used to track inventories said on Tuesday they had agreed to settle a patent dispute on next-generation wireless systems for tracking goods.
Staff Writers Sep 7 2005, 3:00PM Software
Thai military upset by Google satellite pictures

Thai military upset by Google satellite pictures

Thailand, afraid that detailed satellite pictures available on the internet threaten its national security, may ask Google to block images of important government buildings vulnerable to attack.
Staff Writers Sep 7 2005, 2:42PM Software
Talking to a stranger

Talking to a stranger

Although web services are not something a customer buys the way he or she would buy servers or PCs or managed services, they are becoming an increasingly important set of nuts and bolts in the application integration toolbox of developers.
Fleur Doidge Sep 7 2005, 2:20PM Software
ShadowRAM: Awards, awards and more awards

ShadowRAM: Awards, awards and more awards

There’s an “award frenzy” going on in the channel. Hmmm, must be that time of year.
Staff Writers Sep 7 2005, 1:45PM Software
WebCentral records strong growth

WebCentral records strong growth

WebCentral Group has announced 16 percent revenue growth on the back of its managed hosting business in the full year to 30 June 2005.
Fleur Doidge Sep 7 2005, 10:00AM Software

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