Oracle to release free database
Oracle plans to release a free version of its database by the end of the year, in a move to compete more effectively at the low end of the market.
Oracle plans to release a free version of its database by the end of the year, in a move to compete more effectively at the low end of the market.
The U.K.'s Inland Revenue department accidentally deleted almost 1 million taxpayer records from the years 1997 to 2000 because of an error in the way it maintained its databases, according to a report published Thursday.
In a win for the music business, a judge in Australia has ruled that the operators of the Kazaa file-sharing network authorized the widespread violation of copyright works. He ordered that significant changes be made to how the Kazaa service works.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has challenged Intel to a public fight to see which company has the best-performing 64-bit dual-core server processors.
The days of double-digit growth may be over, but an uptick in spending by the media, communications and health-care industries will help to keep worldwide IT spending growing at a healthy clip through 2009, according to IDC.
Microsoft has settled a lawsuit that it filed two years ago against the self-proclaimed "King of Spam", Scott Richter, who at one time helped distribute more than 38 billion unsolicited emails per year, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
The Mozilla Foundation, which distributes the open source Firefox Web browser, has created a corporate subsidiary to support its money-making activities and help widen the use of its products, it announced on Wednesday.
U.K. police called on Londoners to submit mobile phone images and other photographs to help them investigate a second, apparently less serious wave of explosions that shook the capital city on Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested more information from Adobe Systems Inc. and Macromedia Inc. before it will sign off on their planned US$3.4 billion merger agreement announced in April, the companies said.
Assimilation of PeopleSoft is officially complete
A small German ERP vendor has laid out an ambitious plan, including a partnership with a local IBM subsidiary, to capture a bigger slice of the European midmarket. But the software upstart will have to fend off rivals including SAP and Microsoft
Lexmark International has suffered a setback in its bid to use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to prevent other companies from making low-cost, refurbished toner cartridges for its printers.
Comments from a U.K. industry analyst have added to speculation that Google is planning to offer a voice-over-Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephony service.
Adult listings are 'detrimental to the distinctive character' of the Beamer brand, carmaker says
Three weeks after the trial phase ended in the US government's suit to block Oracle from buying PeopleSoft, the judge presiding over the case continues to grill both sides as to why documents and testimony filed under seal should be kept confidential.