Emerging Tech

Much of our data is increasingly being stored in digital form. We already have digital music, movies and offices, and if Jim Balsillie is correct soon even our wallets will join the digital age.

Microsoft Corp. has identified another security hole in its Outlook e-mail software and said a fix is available for the glitch.

IBM Corp. launched an assault Friday against rival Sun Microsystems Inc., charging that Sun has engaged in a "desperate effort" to claim the lead in worldwide server sales. Big Blue shot back at Sun by citing new research figures due next week from Dataquest Inc. that put IBM atop the worldwide server market.

Without much fanfare, a group led by vendors such as IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. yesterday announced plans to incorporate the messaging specifications from a Microsoft Corp.-backed e-commerce protocol into its proposed ebXML business-to-business standard.

Carl Yankowski, Palm CEO, says his company

Big companies routinely collect mountains of personal information about customers in the hope that the data can be used to do targeted marketing based on individual preferences. But getting positive business results from such customer relationship management (CRM) endeavors isn't anything close to a sure thing.

Although Oracle Corp. is pointing to an increasing number of installations of the E-Business Suite 11i applications it shipped last year, users and analysts said many companies are still waiting for the technology to become more mature before upgrading from earlier versions of the software.

Human error is being blamed for a software driver problem that caused modems to freeze up on some late-model laptops at the stroke of midnight Feb. 21.