Software

Microsoft Corp. released a new version of its operating system for businesses this week that extends the life of older PCs by effectively turning them into thin-client computers.

Microsoft Corp. is streamlining the pricing of its four Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications families from a per-module basis to a per-user basis as a way to make it easier for its partners to sell the software, the company announced Monday.

Security experts at Sophos PLC are recommending home users should switch to Mac, warning of a huge wave of malevolent Trojan malware attacks.

With nearly 2,000 job applications coming into the company every week, Mosaic Canada was finding it difficult to maintain a consistent hiring process across the country and began looking for software that could help. In 2003, to help with its hiring issues, Mosaic turned to Taleo Corp., a developer of Web-based talent management software. While it

Novell Inc.'s board of directors has ousted Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jack Messman and Chief Financial Officer Joseph Tibbetts in a move designed to accelerate the company's growth, Novell announced.

Microsoft has announced an add-on to Windows designed to improve network performance and scalability for such tasks as storage and backup when coupled with specialized hardware.

Oracle Corp. finally assumed ownership of Portal Software Inc. Wednesday, having accepted about three-quarters of the billing and revenue-management software vendor's shares. Oracle sees the purchase as highly strategic and plans to integrate Portal's software into its ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications and the CRM (customer relationship management) products it acquired through the purchase of Siebel.

Robots are having a heyday in Germany. While one group has just completed a World Cup championship in Bremen, Germany, another is diligently patrolling Berlin's Olympic Stadium, one of 12 venues hosting the World Cup soccer tournament currently under way in the country.