The ex-wife vanishes and other tales from PDC
reporter's notebook At developer confab, Microsoft demos photo-editing software Joseph Stalin would have loved.Photos: Microsoft's snapshot eraser
September 16, 2005, 1:05 PM PDT
New Oracle brand to wrap up retail buys
Oracle Retail brand name, set for launch at user confab next week, will cover products picked up in acquisitions and existing software.September 16, 2005, 10:32 AM PDT
This week in Microsoft
At Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference, Chairman Bill Gates talked about Windows Vista, Office 12 and Google.September 16, 2005, 10:00 AM PDT
Adobe posts higher profit on Photoshop demand
Reassuring nervous investors, quarterly profit rose 39 percent on strong demand for Photoshop and Illustrator design programs.September 16, 2005, 5:57 AM PDT
Microsoft flexes its muscles with Office
Building off of Office and Windows, Microsoft intends to make work flow and content management pervasive--and shake up both markets.September 14, 2005, 7:33 PM PDT
Microsoft announces work flow, graphics tools
update As expected, Redmond details Windows Workflow Foundation, designed as a work flow engine combined with developer tools.September 14, 2005, 9:01 AM PDT
Microsoft to dig into work flow strategy
Company plans to detail Windows Workflow Foundation, common software meant to bring work flow tooling to various products.September 13, 2005, 3:33 PM PDT
Gates telegraphs Microsoft's software services
The company intends to offer server products on a hosted basis and merge its server products with Web properties.September 13, 2005, 2:34 PM PDT
IBM bolsters service oriented architecture efforts
Unveils new products, services for ongoing SOA push, aiming to expand its market beyond corporate America and into midsize companies.September 13, 2005, 12:20 PM PDT
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Microsoft offers free photo-sharing tool
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IBM to bulk up integration line
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Siebel, Oracle workers express merger jitters
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Bloggers react to Oracle's 'desperate' move
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Salesforce.com to launch software marketplace
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Praise, skepticism greet Oracle-Siebel merger
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Microsoft to hand out early code
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IBM updates Notes, Domino
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Oracle's PeopleSoft victory, one year on
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New Microsoft package targets Intuit
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Microsoft tries new tack with small firms
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Macromedia, HP team on telecom services
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Adobe server adds smarts to PDFs
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IBM, others share mega banking deal
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Massachusetts to adopt 'open' desktop
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Larry Ellison gets a pay raise
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Microsoft is handing out presence
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