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Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer didn't rule out a possible acquisition of Yahoo Inc. but said Wednesday that Microsoft usually doesn't make acquisitions as large as the rumored US$50 billion deal for the Internet company

It was interesting to see how many articles on the topic of productivity loss appeared in the mainstream press during the recently concluded World Cup soccer tournament.n one such article, Forbes reported that The Center for Economics and Business Research in London put the total monetary loss at US$4.8 billion worldwide. The biggest losses, the group said, were seen in Europe.

IBM Corp. said Tuesday it has acquired Gluecode Software Inc., a startup developer of open-source infrastructure software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. El Segundo, California-based Gluecode built a Java application development platform called Joe out of open-source components from the Apache Software Foundation's portfolio.The components include Apache's portal technology, its Geronimo application server, its Derby database and its Agila BPM (business process management) engine. Some of those technologies originated at IBM.

Although the still sluggish economy will continue to challenge most, if not all, businesses, corporate spending on technology is expected to rise this year, according to a Computerworld Philippines survey.

In light of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DoJ) recent move to block the Oracle acquisition, the "cloud" that had been hovering over PeopleSoft is thinning, PeopleSoft Canada execs said Tuesday.

Allstream, formerly AT&T Canada, recently rolled out a Dynamic Class of Service feature for its Business IP Service, allowing customers to carve IP traffic...

Any trade show is an opportunity for security specialists to demonstrate their skills, and last month's Wi-Fi Planet event was no exception. AirDefense Inc. monitored all Wi-fi traffic at the show and found hackers skills are advancing, while many users are still ignorant of known security issues.

Peregrine Systems Inc. recently rolled out its Service Level Management package, designed to allow businesses to define...