30-Nov-2006 Experts find path around Internet firewalls
TORONTO, Canada (Reuters) -- Canadian university researchers have developed software that will let users hop over governments' Internet firewalls
CNN
07-NOV-2006 Oracle Named Worldwide Market Share Leader in Business Analytics Software and Data Warehousing Tools by Market Research Firm
Oracle today announced that it has been named the leading business analytics software and data warehousing tools vendor based on 2005 software revenues by analyst firm IDC.
PRNewswire
06-NOV-2006 IBM Touts Smart Surveillance System
IBM Corp. hopes to capitalize on the enormous growth in video surveillance by selling technology from its research labs that performs real-time analysis on footage captured by security cameras in stores and sensitive locales.
apnews
03-NOV-2006 ECM Mergers Continue, Oracle Grabs Stellent
California-based database and applications giant Oracle has finally made an Enterprise CMS acquisition. The company has announced that it will buy Stellent for $13.50 per share, or $440 million, in cash.
cmswire
01-NOV-2006 Growing DNA database 'turning Britain into a nation of suspects'
One in four men could soon be included on the national DNA database which is helping to turn Britain into a nation of suspects, an expert group has warned.
London Independent
01-NOV-2006 Growing DNA database 'turning Britain into a nation of suspects'
One in four men could soon be included on the national DNA database which is helping to turn Britain into a nation of suspects, an expert group has warned.
London Independent
31-OCT-2006 U.S. intelligence unveils spy version of Wikipedia
The U.S. intelligence community on Tuesday unveiled its own secretive version of Wikipedia, saying the popular online encyclopedia format known for its openness is key to the future of American espionage.
Reuters
31-OCT-2006 China: We don't censor the Internet. Really
ATHENS, Greece--While many countries block off some Web sites, China has long drawn heightened scrutiny because of the breadth and sophistication of its Internet censorship.
C Net News
28-OCT-2006 How to Steal an Election by Hacking the Vote
Shortly after we published our newest feature on electronic election fraud, "How to Steal an Election by Hacking the Vote," we received a flood of requests that we release a free copy of the article's PDF
arstechnica
23-OCT-2006 Germany licenses the Internet
THE GERMAN government has hit upon a wizard wheeze to milk the internet to pay for its "dull but precise" state-run television broadcasts.
The Inquirer
23-OCT-2006 Oracle Buys MetaSolv Software
Oracle today announced that it has agreed to acquire MetaSolv Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSLV),
WebWire
19-OCT-2006 iPods Shipped with Worm Infection
Apple revealed yesterday that some new iPods — about 1% of the new iPod Videos shipped in the last month or so — were infected with a computer worm that will spread to Windows PCs
Freedom to Tinker
17-OCT-2006 EFF Sues for Information on Huge FBI Database of Personal Information
Washington, D.C. - The FLAG Project at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against the Department of Justice today, asking for records concerning the FBI's "Investigative Data Warehouse" (IDW) -- a huge database that contains hundreds of millions of entries of personal information.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
22-SEP-06 Oracle to include Version One solution in e-business software suite
Oracle E-business Suite Special Edition now includes document management software solutions by Version One, a document management and imaging software company.
DMeurope.com
22-SEP-06 Ellison moves up a spot on billionaires list
CEO Larry Ellison moved up a spot to No. 4 on Forbes magazine's list of richest Americans. Last year the CEO of Redwood City-based Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) was fifth behind Michael Dell, chairman of De...
BusinessJournal
17-JUN-06 Oracle Launches New CRM Strategy
The acquisition of Siebel System brought significant changes in Oracle's business strategy and implementation. The company has unveiled its new customer relationship management (CRM) strategy in which no forced upgrades to new technology will be enforced.
CRM Blog
17-JUN-06 Oracle and Open Text to Offer Next-Generation Content Management Solutions
San Jose - REDWOOD SHORES -- Oracle and Open Text(TM) today announced that Open Text, a global market leader in enterprise content management (ECM) software, will offer content management solutions on the Oracle(R) Content Database infrastructure software.
dBusiness News
01-JUN-06 Oracle Buys Demand Planning App Maker Demantra
Oracle continued its buying streak this week by acquiring Demantra, a maker of supply-chain management and planning applications for the manufacturing industry. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
ChannelWeb.com
20-MAY-06 Oracle® Berkeley DB Java Edition 3.0
At the JavaOne Developer Conference, Oracle® announced the general availability of Oracle® Berkeley DB Java Edition Release 3.0. This is the third major release in three years of the high-performance, pure Java embeddable database and demonstrates both Oracle's commitment to continued development of the Oracle Berkeley DB product family and to the open source community. With Oracle Berkeley DB Java Edition Release 3.0, Java developers can take advantage of a new persistence application programming interface (API) that provides more flexibility and new performance optimizations that enable applications to run even faster.
Technology News Daily
19-MAY-06 IBM researcher slams UK ID card scheme
IBM researcher Michael Osborne, whose job is research into secure ID cards, slated the UK government's ID cards scheme on the grounds of cost, over-centralisation, and being the wrong tool for the job.
By Manek Dubash, Techworld
11-APR-06 Oracle inadvertently publishes exploit code for server flaw
Oracle has inadvertently alerted hackers to a previously unknown flaw in its Oracle Server platform and published information to help them exploit it.
Computer Weekly: News
11-APR-06 Comparative Management Cost Study of Oracle Database 10g Release 2 and Microsoft SQL
Oracle or SQL Server? This study evaluates the effort of managing Oracle Database 10g Release 2 to the effort of accomplishing equivalent tasks in Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Read this paper to find out which one is easier to manage. Published by: Oracle Corporation
Bitpipe: Network Design and Management
10-JAN-06 Oracle cuts licensing costs for multicore systems but draws flak over complexity
Oracle has changed the way it licenses its software on multicore systems. Many multicore users will now pay less but analyst group Ovum warned that it further complicates Oracle's licensing scheme.
Computer Weekly: Technology
10-JAN-06 Oracle to raise India headcount by 1,400 in 2006
MUMBAI - Oracle Corp. plans to raise its headcount in India to 10,000 people during 2006 from 8,600 currently, and expand its presence in the country to 15 cities from six, a senior official said on Tuesday.
KeralaNext: Technology
10-JAN-06 Oracle announces expansion plans in India
U.S. business software maker Oracle Corp. plans to hire 1,400 people in India as part of its plans to expand its operations to nine more cites in the South Asian nation, a company executive said Tuesday.
Florida Times-Union: Business
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