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Salesforce Has Something To Be Thankful For - Street.Com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Although Salesforce.com ( CRM Quote - Cramer on CRM - Stock Picks ) is feeling the economy's pinch, it should weather recessionary trends better than most tech companies. The San Francisco-based developer of subscription software ...

Free and cheap software that outdoes the big guys - Computerworld
Share March 19, 2008 (PC World) People say the best things in life are free. That certainly includes software capable of doing just about everything that major commercial applications can do. We've found 15 "giant killers" that compete well with ...

The Year The Music Dies - Wired
Truth is, it may happen even sooner. This year could determine whether the music business as we know it survives. In the first six months of 2002, CD sales fell 11 percent - on top of a 3 percent decline the year before. Sales of blank CDs jumped 40 ...

Chinese Linux snub to Microsoft: The countdown is on - Silicon.com
While the Oracle-supported Asianux project trundles away in the background, the Chinese government is pushing ahead with its collaboration with South Korea and Japan to adapt the Linux kernel for the Asian market. The first commercial offerings are ...

Firms face criminal charges over unlicensed software - Silicon.com
Businesses are being urged to grass each other up as part of a new crackdown on unlicensed and pirate software by the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) that could see firms face criminal prosecution. FAST claims the current pressure on IT ...

Claire Beale on Advertising: Bill Gates as a comedian – now that's ... - The Independent
Bill Gates is shopping for shoes. He's a size 10, and he likes his leathers on the cheap side. In fact, he's a bone fide, platinum card-carrying member of the Shoe Circus Clown Club. Anyway, there he is trying on a snug pair of loafers in the ...

The Brampton Factor: Software costs under pressure - Silicon.com
Hardware prices may have fallen over the years but software costs have always headed in the opposite direction. Now experts are saying that may be about to change. Martin Brampton has his doubts. The Gartner Group assures us software costs will fall ...

'There was blood, but he was fine' - Guardian Unlimited
Justice in A Cross the Universe: 'We are really shy people' 'Whatever it might look like, we are really shy people," claims Xavier de Rosnay. As he sits beside Gaspard Augé, his partner in the dance duo Justice, on a sofa in a small dressing room at ...

KSU course aims to help businesses - Akron Beacon Journal
It's easy to get caught up in the hype of new technology, or be swayed by advertising pitches that insinuate you're a dinosaur if you don't have the hottest software or the latest upgrade. But do you really need it? Saving money by matching your ...

Report: ES&S Voting Machines Can Be Maliciously Calibrated to Favor ... - Wired
Touchscreen voting machines at the center of recent vote-flipping reports can be easily and maliciously recalibrated in the field to favor one candidate in a race, according to a report prepared by computer scientists for the state of Ohio. At issue ...