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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.

Australia's football governing body, Football Federation Australia (FFA), is in the early stages of rolling out a national CRM (customer relationship management) system to redress problems left by the previous administration and to give a needed cash-kick to grassroots clubs.

Google Inc. has won one of the most sought-after deals in the search engine market, becoming the exclusive provider of search functionality and search advertising to MySpace.com and other News Corp. Web sites.

IBM Corp. unveiled a new radio frequency identification (RFID) system designed to stamp out counterfeit products from the national supply of pharmaceutical drugs.

Oracle shipped a new version of the PeopleSoft Enterprise development toolset last month that highlights deployments with Oracle Fusion Middleware and features an SOA bent. PeopleTools 8.48 enables users to develop and maintain PeopleSoft enterprise applications. For the first time, the tools can be used to deploy applications with Oracle

Business Process Management is in the headlines of the trade press, and it

Internet users who employ Web-based services such as Bloglines or Web browsers such as Firefox to read Web site feeds and blogs are vulnerable to embedded malicious code that can install spyware, log users' passwords, scan PCs and corporate networks for open ports and more.

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