Software

Oracle Corp. Monday released the next iteration of its PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM application, version 9.0. The rollout is the most significant release since Oracle bought out its one-time software rival.

A Canadian drug firm has launched an initiative targeted at bleary eyed Canadians afflicted with allergies.

Microsoft Corp. said reports that it secretly plans to offer "reparations" to corporate customers hurt by delays in the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 are inaccurate.

Oracle will take its biggest plunge yet into SOA this month, with plans to unveil a developer's preview of Oracle SOA Suite 10g Release 3, which will wrap a conglomeration of Oracle Fusion middleware products into a single install for the first time.

"Windows Live is under some heavy change, reorganization, pullback and general paralysis, and unfortunately my ability to perform, hire and execute was completely frozen as well," laments Niall Kennedy an outgoing Microsoft Corp. manager who was hired to advance the company's Windows Live strategy.

Will well-known PC vendors soon start shipping computers with free upgrade coupons for the Windows Vista OS? Rumours are rife, and supported by history

Symantec has released a report outlining some weaknesses in the kernel protection mechanisms built into a beta version of Windows Live.

Merchants and shoppers are complaining that Google Inc.'s Checkout often takes too long to complete sales transactions and sometimes cancels orders unjustifiably and without warning.