A computer disk containing the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 2.9 million Medicaid and children's health care recipients is missing.
- By The Associated Press
- April 10, 2007
Oracle Corp's fiscal third quarter profit climbed 35 percent, lifted by strong software sales that exceeded management's projections. The Redwood Shores-based business software maker said Tuesday that it earned $1.03 billion, or 20 cents per share, for the three months ended in February. That compared with net income of $765 million, or 14 cents per share, at the same time last year.
- By The Associated Press
- March 20, 2007
Visual FoxPro 9 will be the end of the line for Microsoft's under-appreciated desktop database developer tool, the company formally told third-party developers Tuesday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 13, 2007
Normally the switch to daylight-saving time isn't a big deal, but this Sunday, Jeff Ronner has to put people on the case.
- By The Associated Press
- March 09, 2007
Just two weeks after shipping a major new service pack for SQL Server 2005, Microsoft is having to issue a hotfix to correct a problem some customers experienced with the update.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 07, 2007
New study says that we're running out of storage for all that online information.
- By The Associated Press
- March 05, 2007
Business software maker Oracle Corp. will buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $3.3 billion in cash, renewing a shopping spree aimed at toppling rival SAP AG.
- By The Associated Press
- March 01, 2007
Lessons from ERP past pertain to Microsoft too.
- By Joshua Greenbaum
- March 01, 2007
Microsoft announced it is shipping the latest preview of its upcoming Visual FoxPro "Sedna" project.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 28, 2007
Alleged thieves try to replace credit card readers to steal customer information.
- By The Associated Press
- February 27, 2007
Microsoft announced Monday it is shipping Service Pack 2, or SP2, of SQL Server 2005 -- an update that brings its premier database server current with features in Windows Vista and Office 2007.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 20, 2007
More than 1,700 state workers recently learned that some of their personal information had been inadvertently posted on the Internet.
- By The Associated Press
- February 19, 2007
For those who are interested in Microsoft's plans for software as a service (SaaS), the company has published a sample application illustrating how it's done.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 15, 2007
FBI losing an average of three to four computers a month, some with highly sensitive information.
- By The Associated Press
- February 12, 2007
Keeping information secure in this age of laptop-lugging workers is the tech industry's most formidable challenge, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said.
- By The Associated Press
- February 06, 2007