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Xerox has announced it will acquireGlobal Imaging Systems, a provider of automated office equipment, network integration services, and electronic presentation systems, for US$1.5 billion, or $29 per share, in an all-cash transaction ...

For the third time, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- the overseer of the Internet's domain-name address system -- has rejected a proposal to create a top level .xxx domain, and opponents of the adult-themed suffix hope three times is the charm ...

When Wal-Mart imposed its seemingly -- to the suppliers at least -- draconian RFID mandate, it also held out the future promise that the cost of the technology would someday be quite affordable, perhaps as low as 5 US cents per tag. That day hasn't come -- at least not yet ...

President George Bush cited the observations of two Iraqibloggers who have been making positive posts about the changing situation in Baghdad as evidence that U.S. activities there are finally having the intended effect ...

WhenRoyal Caribbean tappedSteelcase Applied Research to help it outfit a new call center in Oregon, the cruise line had done its due diligence ...

In the first month of its availability, Microsoft Vista sold more than 20 million licenses -- more than double the number of first-month sales of Windows XP. In January 2002, the company announced sales of Windows XP licenses had exceeded 17 million after two months on the market ...

The stagnant telecom equipment market received a major boost with Verizon Wireless' award of a three-year, US$6 billion contract to its primary network infrastructure provider, Alcatel-Lucent ...

Open source CRM vendorSugarCRM is adding service-related capabilities into its product line now that it has solidified its hold on marketing and analytics ...

A federal judge has overturned the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA, a 1998 law that was designed to keep children from viewing pornographic materials on the Internet. Although it was signed by President Clinton, it never took effect ...

Adobe Systems posted better-than-expected guidance for the second quarter, causing its shares to rise by some 5.5 percent ...

Cerberus Capital Management has put an offer on the table to takeAffiliated Computer Services private in a US$5.9 billion buyout. That translates to $59.25 per share, a 15.5 percent premium over the ACS closing price on Monday ...

After promising to maintain a civilized tone, Sen. Barack Obama has sent a shot across the bow of Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign in an advertisement for his 2008 bid for the presidency now appearing on YouTube ...

Salesforce.com's Spring '07 release, specifically the AppSpace product, is being hailed as a quantum leap forward in functionality that will support users in fulfilling their corporate missions ...

Data theft has become the raison d'etre for malware on the Internet, according to the latest figures released by security vendor Symantec ...

In his keynote address at Microsoft's Convergence 2007 conference in San Diego last week, CEO Steve Ballmer included a preview of the company's upcoming Dynamics CRM application, code-named "Titan." ...

For some time there has been a drive to smooth the process of building applications over existing call platforms. Also, more and more PBX operators have been moving platforms to open source -- Cisco Call Manager 5.0, for instance, is Linux based. Now the next step in developing robust open source unified communications is apparently here: an open source desktop client...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offered some harsh criticism of Google, widely considered to be the software giant's primary rival, in comments made to students at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business ...

SAP has ratcheted up its campaign to increase its middle market customer base with the rollout of several new applications. At the CeBIT trade fair now taking place in Hannover, Germany, the company introduced an enhanced All-In-One application that offers some 80 micro verticals and is componentized even further for rapid redevelopment by partners and deployment by customers...

Cisco has agreed to pay a pretty penny for WebEx. By any measure, the US$3.2 billion -- in cash -- represents a hefty premium. The company obviously has big plans for this product line. Either that, or it wanted to take WebEx off the market so no one else would acquire it. Or both ...

FrontRange has acquiredEnteo, a privately held Germany-based company, at undisclosed terms. The firm's product offerings include applications for patch management, distribution of operating systems and applications, license management and compliance, and configuration management. It has 1,200 customers ...