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SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it plans to cut prices of its Windows Vista operating system sold at retail outlets in a move aimed at pushing customers to switch to the newest version of Windows. The world’s largest software maker said it plans to lower retail prices for Vista in 70 countries […]

Speed is important in all aspects of computing, especially with databases. The latest 8.3 release of the open source PostgreSQL database has speed and a kind of heat of its own in mind. It’s HOT, literally. HOT is an acronym for Heap Organized Tuples (HOT),but according to PostgreSQL Core Team member Josh Berkus HOT in […]

As the realization of a recession begins to sink in, we’re all faced with the reality that we are simply going to have to do more with less again this year. Clearly 2008 will be a challenging environment for corporate America. And while sustained top- and bottom-line growth will remain the main objectives for most […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – More than a quarter of people who bought Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) iPhone are using them on wireless networks other than AT&T’s, the exclusive iPhone carrier in the U.S., a “stunning” number that will pressure the company’s business model, an analyst said on Monday. Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A small Norwegian maker of Web browsers, backed by an industry coalition, has filed the first complaint against Microsoft to the European Commission since the software giant lost a landmark antitrust case earlier this year. Opera Software said it has complained that Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) illegally ties its Web […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday that it would buy Canadian business intelligence software company Cognos Inc (CSN.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (COGN.O: Quote, Profile, Research) for $5 billion, following a wave of acquisitions in the industry. Investors had expected the deal, which represents a 9.5 percent premium to Cognos’s […]

By Scott Hillis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research), the world’s biggest microchip maker, unveiled fast new processors on Sunday made with new techniques that can etch circuitry nearly 200 times smaller than a red blood cell. The chips are the first in the world to be mass-produced with a 45-nanometer […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) launched a new graphics chip on Thursday modified to crunch huge amounts of data, with potential customers in financial, engineering and scientific industries. The new product, called FireStream, gives AMD an answer to a similar initiative launched by rival Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O: Quote, […]

Hardly a day passes where Linux isn’t mentioned in IT circles and by techno-geeks everywhere. But why should you care? In this article, we’ll explain why moving to Linux is a smart move for your business and your bottom line. Reason 1: Productivity Lets start with how the overall speed and general stability that Linux […]

UPDATED: Microsoft is slashing its licensing fees in Europe and handing over interoperability information on server protocols to open source developers as part of its latest agreement to comply with the EU’s 2004 antitrust ruling. The changes appear to be substantial and could impact the strategic direction of the world’s largest software company. They are […]

The September 2007 Netcraft survey showed continued growth and major shuffling among the Top 5 players. The research firm received responses from 135,166,473 sites, an increase of more than 9.5 million from the July survey, which yielded 125,626,329 responses. The number of sites measured surpassed the 100 million mark set in November 2006 and set […]

A new report issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada last week cited Winners Merchant International and its parent company, TJX, for failure to satisfy personal information protection standards during a break-in that compromised 45 million payment cards.   Although other factors contributed to the breach, investigators placed much of the blame […]