GeneralWeb Apps Won't Kill the Desktop, Microsoft Says

An executive charges that Google and other Web services still need rich functions on clients.

GeneralMicrosoft Delays Dynamics Update

The next version of the accounting and management business application won't ship until 2008.

GeneralOracle to acquire Interlace Systems

Oracle is acquiring Interlace Systems, a provider of strategic operational planning software, which will extend Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management System.

InternetMozilla Separating Browser From The App

New Prism effort is going to change the Web-based app paradigm and bring them out of the browser and onto the desktop.

GeneralMySpace to Add Free Games

The social networking site strikes a deal with Oberon to provide multiplayer games in profiles.

GeneralIBM and Business Objects ease database business intelligence deployments

IBM and Business Objects have extended their strategic relationship to further simplify customer deployments of database business intelligence systems.

InternetWeb Apps Won't Kill the Desktop, Microsoft Says (PC World)

PC World - A top Microsoft Corp. executive defended desktop application software, the source of the company's revenue for three decades, arguing on Tuesday that even services-based companies such as Google Inc. still need it.

GeneralVista vs. Leopard: Battle of the new Features

Leopard introduces lots of new apps and interface features to Mac OS X. Can Vista match up?

GeneralLakesmere switches to web-based information sharing system

Building contractor Lakesmere is saving £200,000 a year in paper document processing costs after switching to a web-based information...

GeneralSocial networking sites: threats and remedies

The European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) has detailed 17 significant threats to the privacy of users of social networking sites(SNSs). It has also suggested some remedies.