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Siebel Denies Early Demise of CRM OnDemand

Siebel Systems Inc. officials denied market predictions this week that its hosted customer relationship management application service would have a short life span in...

Ellison Settlement Invites Cynicism

There are so many different things wrong with Larry Ellisons being able to make a $100 million charitable donation to settle allegations of insider...

Mozilla Readies Another Firefox Security Makeover

The Mozilla Foundation has shipped release candidates for a new version of its Firefox Web browser to provide a thorough fix for a known...

Siemens Reinvents the Car Brake

FRANKFURT, Germany—If your car uses fuel injectors—as most modern vehicles do—you are already driving "by wire." Instead of using mechanical pressure to control a...

U.S. Appeals Court Tosses Bar-Code Patent Case

A U.S. Court of Appeals panel this week issued a ruling in a long-running patent infringement lawsuit that threatened retailers using bar-code readers. The...

Salesforce.com Dreams On About eBay-Scale Success

With the introduction of its AppExchange application-sharing platform, Salesforce.com contends it has a chance to become the eBay of hosted software, supporting a community...

Security Patch Watch: Apple Plugs Mac OS X Java Holes

Apple Computer Inc. late Tuesday posted a Java security update for Mac OS X to plug five vulnerabilities that could cause system hijack, security...

Google Posts Blog Search

Google Inc. unveiled Wednesday a beta version of its search engine for Weblogs, more commonly known as blogs. The company, which first jumped into the...

Coding Error Causes Sales Tax Glitch For Wal-Mart Customer

During an annual tax-free shopping holiday in Georgia, a Wal-Mart store mistakenly charged sales tax on an item due to a coding error, according...

German Burger Kings Getting Digital Menus

One of the biggest launches of digital menus is taking place at Burger King locations in Germany, with the technology already in place at...