Previous DayPeopleSoft buyout 'would be anticompetitive'
News According to IBM, if Oracle succeeds in acquiring PeopleSoft it would mean bad news for companies buying enterprise software - and IBM itself, incidentally
IBM combination technique speeds PC chips
News The computing giant says its chip-design breakthrough solves two efficiency problems with one blow
IT departments strapped for cash
News Companies are beginning to spend on IT again, but CIOs still cannot get the funding for urgent upgrades, according to IDC
AMD broadens Opteron's reach
News The Opteron Model 846 and Model 146, designed for eight-way and single-processor machines, make the Opteron family more versatile and represent its first sweeping performance boost
Sun co-founder set to depart
News Bill Joy is leaving Sun Microsystems, the company has announced
Oracle pushes grid plan
News Oracle says grid computing will be the most significant technology since the Internet's advent
Ellison goes from zero to $900,000
News After three years without pay, Oracle's chief will receive nearly $1m in salary during the forthcoming financial year, with an additional bonus likely
RIAA sues 261 swappers
News The RIAA has filed 261 lawsuits against alleged file swappers, after months of threats
Apple boosts iMac speeds by 25 percent
News Apple has sped up its iMac and introduced new iPod digital music players with storage space of up to 40GB
Bandwidth demand shuts down film
News A UK project to broadcast "This is not a Love Song" online fell over due to unexpected demand
SCO issues warning to open-source vigilantes
News SCO's chief executive says the open-source community needs to better police itself or it will risk damaging its cause through illegal attacks
Hyperlinks remain legal after Scientology defeat
News The Church of Scientology has lost a case that would have made hyperlinks to copyrighted material illegal
Windows 'cheaper than Linux'
News A study funded by Microsoft has concluded that it is cheaper to develop certain programs in Windows rather than Linux
