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Bugs and Fixes: Critical Fixes for Windows, IE, Office
PC World - Sep 22, 2006
The company just shipped 12 bug patches--9 of them critical--affecting everything from Windows to Internet Explorer to Office apps. And unfortunately, things have not gone smoothly. In keeping with what is now a regrettably familiar pattern, hackers launched a zero-day attack on a hole that one of the fixes addressed, before the patch could be released. This exploit was designed to target the Windows "Server service," which handles file and printer sharing in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 through Windows Server 2003 as well as in Windows XP SP1 and SP2... A Broken IE Fix Shortly after releasing a cumulative update for Internet Explorer 6. 0 SP1 that patched six critical holes, Microsoft discovered a problem. The new patch introduced a bug that crashed IE under certain circumstances--such as when running CRM (customer relationship management) applications like PeopleSoft and Siebel. At about the same time, eEye Digital Security, a security research firm, discovered that an attacker could take advantage of the crashes to commandeer a computer running Windows 2000 SP4 or XP SP1 (though not SP2). Two weeks later, Redmond released an updated patch. Grab the fixed fix, which includes the cumulative updates of the previous patch, over Automatic Updates or from Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-042 (".
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127065-c,virusesworms/article.html

The shift toward hardware independence | Tech News on ZDNet
ZDNet - Sep 21, 2006
The growing number of mobile employees that work in a "virtual office" need, and are demanding, access to their files and data without being restricted to an individual PC or intranet. This evolution is the driving force behind the Software as a Service revolution. Functionality and flexibility without the costs
Software as a Service (SaaS) is a model of software delivery where the software company provides applications--such as CRM and sales force automation solutions, e-mail and collaboration software--which customers access through JavaScript enabled Web browsers. Users log in to specified Web pages for immediate and up-to-date access to their business application(s). These applications do not require desktop clients or downloads, freeing up device memory and increasing accessibility. Their potential often exceeds that of traditional boxed software by integrating the application with the Internet's communication capabilities, making it easy to instantly share data, such as customer information, calendars and other files. With a cost structure that fits the small business budget and services that meet their needs, smaller companies are finally reaping the benefits of applications that have typically been available only to big businesses that could afford to make large investments in hardware, software and IT staff.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6118152.html

Can Web-based applications outwit, outplay, outlast the desktop?
InfoWorld - Oct 2, 2006
“It’ll be fun,” he says. No access to my Microsoft Office apps, just the Web 2. 0 equivalents that seem to be popping up like gaffes at a Bush press conference. The point of this little exercise was to see whether anyone would seriously contemplate replacing desktop with Web-based productivity apps. And if not, how close are we? After all, whenever Google waves its hands in this direction, the pundits swoon. Not to mention that enterprises would save gazillions in licensing and desktop maintenance... I’ll be looking at additional applications on the. And before the flame mails start, let me be clear that my selection of apps for my WINO (Week of INternet Office) project are … personal. Which apps appealed to my particular style of working is partially based on features and partially on ease of use in the user interface -- I’m a creature of Office, and I don’t feel like spending the week staring at a Help menu.
http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/06/10/02/40FEbrowseapp_1.html

Second third-party fix out for Windows bug | CNET News.com
CNET News.com - Oct 1, 2006
The group, calling itself the Zeroday Emergency Response Team, or ZERT, created. People have a choice of third-party fixes. Security company Determina on Friday.
http://news.com.com/Second+third-party+fix+out+for+Windows+bug/2100-1002_3-6121630.html

With Online Friends Like These…
BusinessWeek - Sep 27, 2006
Microsoft's (MSFT) Internet Explorer, the most widely used Web browser, had the most attacks against it and accounted for 47% of all Web browser attacks. Symantec saw 38 new vulnerabilities in its software, a 52% increase over the past six months. Microsoft has addressed the problems as Symantec reported them and developed downloadable patches to shore up its systems. Mozilla, maker of the popular Firefox open source browser, had 47 vulnerabilities, an increase of 276%. Even Apple Computer's (AAPL) Safari browser, which is typically immune to many weaknesses shared by other more popular browsers, had 12 vulnerabilities. Most of those vulnerabilities were discovered by testers whose purpose is not to exploit them, but to help the companies protect their applications.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060927_746300.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology

Fool on the Street: Akamai Access [Fool.com] October 02, 2006
Motley Fool - Oct 2, 2006
Broadband, dude, broadbandAkamai is there, too, but its recent sales growth has approached 50%. Some of that surely owes to its early-2005... And Microsoft, a big customer in software downloads -- Akamai's network has delivered millions of beta copies of the Vista operating system -- seems likely to turn to Akamai when its. No wonder media is Akamai's largest segment, accounting for 38% of revenue, according to chief financial officer J.
http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06100223.htm

SAP Eyes "Third Way" Software
BusinessWeek - Sep 29, 2006
How many of them understand their differentiators? According to Agassi: "About 10 per cent. As an example, he pointed to the way Apple was able to roll out its iTunes music store in just three months, based on an SAP backbone, whereas one-time digital music leader Napster took a year and was left behind. On a flying visit to Europe - he is normally based on the US west coast - the executive talked positively about the company's partnership with Microsoft and didn't miss the chance to disparage arch-rival Oracle. In recent years Oracle bought PeopleSoft and Siebel, both major players in business software, traditionally around HR and CRM respectively. SAP will continue to look for smaller acquisition targets - once upon a time that's how Agassi came into the fold - but he added: "We don't believe in buying customers. We want to see benefit the day after [any acquisition], not the day before," with a nod towards Oracle's approach. He also said Oracle customers must be "confused" about where the former PeopleSoft and Siebel products are being taken, saying "there is no real road-map"... As an example, he pointed to the way Apple was able to roll out its iTunes music store in just three months, based on an SAP backbone, whereas one-time digital music leader Napster took a year and was left behind. On a flying visit to Europe - he is normally based on the US west coast - the executive talked positively about the company's partnership with Microsoft and didn't miss the chance to disparage arch-rival Oracle. In recent years Oracle bought PeopleSoft and Siebel, both major players in business software, traditionally around HR and CRM respectively. SAP will continue to look for smaller acquisition targets - once upon a time that's how Agassi came into the fold - but he added: "We don't believe in buying customers. We want to see benefit the day after [any acquisition], not the day before," with a nod towards Oracle's approach. He also said Oracle customers must be "confused" about where the former PeopleSoft and Siebel products are being taken, saying "there is no real road-map". Oracle declined to respond to these comments when contacted.
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2006/gb20060929_100437.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_global+business

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Why Google Loves The Little Guys

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Microsoft Dynamics leader named
Register - Sep 14, 2006
News of the appointment came in the week SAP, the world's largest provider of business applications, laid out its vision and roadmap for ERP and CRM at its annual TechEd conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. MBS vice president Doug Burgum announced he was stepping down last year, since which time Microsoft has since been conducting the search for a leader. Burgum, who joined in 2001 as chief executive of the acquired Great Plains Software, is leaving Microsoft. The focus on someone with a strong technology background is significant, as Microsoft wants to integrate MBS applications' functionality and workflows with new versions of Office.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/14/microsoft_dynamics_leader/

Why Google Loves The Little Guys
Forbes - Sep 18, 2006
Yahoo! has been slower to let developers profit, but a new delivery advertising platform will probably change that. It better, since now mashups with Yahoo! software often sport Google-driven ads and not Yahoo!'s own ad service, called the Publisher Network. Microsoft officials say it will leverage its existing developer network, plus the mashup newbies, with its forthcoming Windows Live product. Already, it boasts mashups from Microsoft's Virtual Earth map service on Marriot's Web site. As the Web moguls see it, the Internet has evolved from a method of transmitting information to its own computing platform, as novel as the personal computer was in the late 1970s, or client-server networks were in the '80s. And when you have a new platform, you win by getting people to work for you for free. The big winner in PCs was Microsoft, which spent millions on developer conferences and Visual Basic, its software toolkit for developers.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/09/17/mashup-search-google-tech-cz_qh_0918google.html

Google, Intuit Pair Up Against a Foe
BusinessWeek - Sep 14, 2006
"Beyond desktop software, Google is also integrating its services into online business software. In August, Salesforce. com (CRM) and NetSuite said they will incorporate AdWords into online customer-management applications. But Schmidt was quick to distinguish those arrangements from the Intuit deal because the QuickBooks desktop software will give millions of small businesses who have not yet ventured onto the Internet the ability to do so—and in the process, he hopes, bring Google millions of new customers.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060914_725426.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology

Murdoch to Bid Satellite Goodbye
BusinessWeek - Sep 18, 2006
2 billion last year, which could be a basis for setting a price for the DirecTV stake. "It's hard to imagine that they could command a price higher than one-and-a-half times revenue," says Susan Kalla, an independent media and telecom analyst. The negotiations are being handled for the most part by Liberty CEO Greg Maffei, a former Microsoft (MSFT) and Oracle (ORCL) executive, and News Corp. Chief Financial Officer David DeVoe, one person familiar with the talks said. Murdoch is said to be keeping tabs on the talks, although he is believed to have been on vacation in Italy and Greece. That same source said other deals, including the sale of News Corp. TV stations, have been on the table.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060918_564376.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives

The Business Mash
Forbes - Sep 18, 2006
"We want 300,000 applications to work off of Salesforce," he says. It is no knock on him to say that he has 210 so far. Each application is a novel use of Salesforce's (nyse:.
http://www.forbes.com/2006/09/17/google-mashup-salesforce-tech-cz_qh_0918googlecorp.html?partner=rss

Eclipse: The billion-dollar baby?
InfoWorld - Sep 18, 2006
, in early September, with foundation executives touting the success of the open source application development project in attracting developer interest and support from big-name players such as IBM. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill caught up with The foundation’s Executive Director Mike Milinkovich to talk about the organization’s accomplishments, competition with Microsoft and Sun, respecting Java and the road ahead. InfoWorld: How much money would you estimate is being generated by Eclipse-based software, or is the main attraction to Eclipse still that it’s all free?Mike Milinkovich: I wish we actually had good numbers on trying to estimate the size of the Eclipse ecosystem. I’m quite confident that it’s in the billion-dollar range and probably more, but we just don’t have the hard numbers. But what you said about the attraction to Eclipse being free -- the economics of the Eclipse model is a little bit different than that, because the Eclipse community as a whole is almost uniquely focused on enabling a commercially profitable ecosystem around the free platform. So yes, we do provide open source tools and frameworks from Eclipse, and those are provided for free... Do you see that as a trend where software companies, particularly open source software companies, don’t have salespeople because they don’t see the need?MM: Historically enterprise software has been sold through [a] direct salesforce channel. I do believe over time, we’re starting to see success in open source software products in areas which have been traditionally the realm of the direct sales force. I’m thinking of things like Sugar CRM and Compiere  [ERP] and open source products like this. Those environments or those products have very, very low cost of sales, so as customers get more used to that, I think that over time, yeah, there are going to be fewer and fewer software salesmen. IW: Is anything going on as far as Sun joining Eclipse or merging NetBeans and Eclipse?MM: Nope, absolutely not. They’ve made it pretty clear that they’re not really interested in doing anything other than continuing to push their NetBean strategy. IW: What do you think of their being two kind of rival camps? Is it good for competition?MM: Well we’re certainly not shy of competition, and frankly we’re winning.
http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/06/09/18/38NMmain_1.html

Comments on ‘Groping your way around the mobile device maze’
Register - Sep 19, 2006
Talk about project creep. And it wasn't just the users, it was their managers, the board. Firstly they needed access to mail and CRM, then they needed GPRS too, (ouch) then they definately needed MP3 - because someone had the smart idea of recording post sales notes on the device and uploading them into the CRM system so that sales could subsequently listen to the notes as they drove to the follow-up meeting. We almost got close to a stanard too - but then it broke down once again when we came to finding appropriate hands-free kits, and headsets. I think my overall point is that finding devices is bad enough but once you get into the true requirements for every user in your orgaisation it's not just the devices that you have to care about - it's all the peripherals too, which turn the whole thing into such an incredible pain. I beleive this points to a number of shortfalls in th emobile market altogether - there's no one that can provied the full range of services - we need one of the big boys Mobile firms to buy garmin, sony, B&O, IBM and plenty more before this becomes a soltuion you can take off the shelf... And my users don't need "push" email for the enviroment they work in they just need "always available" email which this solution provides. Finally I can change the phones without changing the PDA anytime. One option I did look at was Dataviz, Roadsync which gives Microsoft Exchange email to Smartphones, if reading email and a quick reply is all thats needed maybe just some software will fit the bill. My advice is answer the questions :-How often do i need my email?How big a phone am i willing to carry?How important are email attachments?How much money have i got?How much money have i investe in what i have? (carkits, cables, etc)What do i do with the email when i get it?RegardsAll I want! By Nicholas WrightPosted Tuesday 19th September 2006 13:41 GMTGimme an XDA II equivalent that will actually fit in my pocket, won't behave like it's running on an 8088 processor, can actually be turned off to save power, doesn't have a camera button that you press everytime you come in contact with the device, not a huge screen but one big enough to surf the web now and then without squinting, and is actually integrated with the hardware. A life saving website is one that takes people's requirements and tells them their ideal phone!It's for business By Greg MortimerPosted Tuesday 19th September 2006 13:49 GMTAssuming we're talking here about business mobile email devices, if an organisation is seriously considering MP3 playing functionality or camera spec that points to something very wrong in their policy making process (unless they're niche markets that actually use that technology for business reasons, maybe estate agents snapping flat interiors or music biz peeps). You want your organisation to buy you a "cool" device? Go buy one yourself, why should the rest of the organisation fund your vanity?So moving swiftly on, looking at sensible options, I recently evaluated an O2 XDA Exec as an alternative to our Blackberry fleet. We've had berrys every since they arrived in the UK and there's no real imperative to move from that platform (apart from the recent patent litigation scare), but the talk about Windows mobile 5 "push email" had me interested.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/mobile_devices_maze/comments/

Business 2.0...Big Innovations: Coghead - Sep. 18, 2006
CNNMoney.com - Sep 18, 2006
wjw -->The Disrupted: Initially, custom-software developers, but potentially almost all software-tool makersWhat if the next time you longed for a piece of software to help you do your job, you didn't have to grovel before IT or shell out big bucks to outside consultants? What if you could simply create the software yourself, in a few easy steps? That's the promise of Coghead, an online tool due out this month that promises a hassle-free world of roll-your-own apps. Using Coghead requires only basic computer literacy. The company says anyone who can code a simple Excel macro should have little trouble using Coghead to create even sophisticated enterprise apps like logistics trackers, CRM programs, or project management systems. A user logs on to Coghead's Web site and drags and drops a few buttons and labels onto a form, indicates relationships between the form's drop-down menus and text boxes, groups appropriate elements by drawing boxes around them -- and then launches the apps. "From my experience so far, the product is incredibly easy to use," says Liz Amaral, product management vice president at InsideTrack, a San Francisco firm that offers coaching services to college students and has been beta-testing Coghead. Coghead boasts an impressive entrepreneurial pedigree. Chief executive Paul McNamara is a former exec at computer graphics pioneer SGI and at open-source software leader Red Hat; CTO Greg Olsen co-founded Extricity, a business-integration software firm that Peregrine Systems bought for $227 million in 2001... Chief executive Paul McNamara is a former exec at computer graphics pioneer SGI and at open-source software leader Red Hat; CTO Greg Olsen co-founded Extricity, a business-integration software firm that Peregrine Systems bought for $227 million in 2001. They believe that they'll initially take business from software consultants and outsourcing firms that specialize in small, customized-software projects. But ultimately, Coghead could undermine much bigger markets and much bigger names, including the likes of.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/15/technology/disruptors_coghead.biz2/index.htm

A Needy Napster Searches for Takers
BusinessWeek - Sep 19, 2006
Napster (NAPS) lags far behind market leader Apple (AAPL), with its iPod-iTunes combination, and RealNetworks (RNWK), owner of the Rhapsody service. Microsoft (MSFT) plans its own music player, called Zune, and download service later this year (see BusinessWeek. Napster has appeared ripe for a buyout since wireless phone giant Nokia (NOK) acquired Loudeye (LOUD) in August (see BusinessWeek.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060919_053475.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology

Adobe Snoozes Toward Excellence
Motley Fool - Sep 15, 2006
Sure, the Macromedia acquisition was exciting, and there are still potential threats from Microsoft (Nasdaq:. Softy pushes its own platforms to rival Adobe's Flash and PDF formats in its new Vista operating system... With its software on 500 million PCs and Flash on 700 million PCs, mobile phones, and other devices, the company seems to be off to a good start. Adobe's collaboration with Salesforce.
http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2006/09/15/adobe-snoozes-toward-excellence.aspx

Siebel to aid Oracle push against SAP
Seattle Times - Sep 15, 2006
"Oracle was behind the curve so it needed to buy some big headline-making companies and feed off their technology," Williams said. "They really didn't have much choice, unless they wanted to see their stock price cut in half. They needed to keep their sales growing, and to do that, they need to cannibalize smaller companies. "

The big question is whether Oracle has bitten off more than it can chew, said Octavio Marenzi, chief executive of Celent, a technology consultancy... Siebel Systems is run by Tom Siebel, who has occasionally sniped at his former boss since leaving Oracle and starting his own company in 1993. But Siebel, who is his company's chairman and largest individual shareholder, welcomed Oracle's takeover offer, calling it a "wonderful, exciting event. "

Siebel Systems has been shrinking since 2001 amid weakening demand for its main product — customer-relationship-management, or CRM, software that helps companies analyze their sales patterns and market their products. The niche accounts for about $3. 5 billion in new software sales annually, according to technology-research company Gartner. But Siebel Systems has been losing market share to SAP, Oracle and Internet startup.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002490625_oracle13.html

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Sonata partners with Microsoft for ERP solutions

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Microsoft Takes Third Shot at Buggy Security Patch
PC World - Sep 13, 2006
Microsoft today was forced to release its third version of the update because of a new security bug discovered in the update, according to Tony Chor, a group program manager with Microsoft. First released on August 8,. Embarrassingly, it also introduced a security vulnerability into the browser, which was fixed last month... " His posting can be found here: Problems Cropped Up Fast Microsoft customers ran into problems with MS06-042 soon after it was released. Web sites that used HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) 1. 1 compression to speed up the downloading of images could cause the browser to fail and users of Web-based applications such as PeopleSoft, Siebel, and Sage CRM had problems with the software. Later in August, security researchers at eEye Digital Security disclosed that Microsoft had introduced a new critical security vulnerability in the update. Two days later Microsoft fixed the eEye bug in the MS06-042 re-release. Apparently this re-release did not address this latest but "similar" vulnerability mentioned by Chor. Microsoft executives could not be reached immediately for comment.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127140-c,browserbugs/article.html

Sonata partners with Microsoft for ERP solutions
Economic Times - Sep 12, 2006
Targeted at growing
companies, these applications can be customised to meet any business need such
as financial management, supply chain management and customer relationship
management, Sonata Software on Tuesday informed the Bombay Stock
Exchange. "With our experience
of implementing over 100 ERP or CRM solutions and our proactive investments in
Microsoft Dynamics we are in a unique position to enable our customers adopt
Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM solutions with minimum disruption to their
on-going operations," Sonata Information Technology Director Sujit Mohanty
said. Microsoft Dynamics
increases a company's efficiency by connecting employees, customers and
suppliers, which eventually translates into higher profits for
businesses. Microsoft Dynamics
ERP and CRM applications integrate easily with Microsoft's core products such as
Office and Windows. The Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4. 0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM
3... Microsoft Dynamics
ERP and CRM applications integrate easily with Microsoft's core products such as
Office and Windows. The Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4. 0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM
3. 0 for the Indian market was introduced last
year. Sonata is a leader in ERP
and CRM implementations, management and has been Microsoft's partner for the
last 15 years. Sonata
Information Technology Limited (SITL), is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sonata
Software Ltd. Shares of the
company closed at Rs 29.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1984203.cms

Sonata launches Microsoft Dynamics
Hindu - Sep 13, 2006
Microsoft Dynamics increases company's efficiency by connecting employees, customers and suppliers, which eventually translates into higher profits for businesses. "

Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM applications integrate with Microsoft core products such as Office and Windows to simplify processes across an organisation. Microsoft introduced Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4. 0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3. 0 for the Indian market last year. While the offerings are targeted at companies across the board, Microsoft has seen high customer traction from manufacturing, logistics and distribution, construction, retail, automotive, professional and IT services and public sector companies.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200609130352.htm

ASPs snake back into hosting limelight - vnunet.com
VNUNet.com - Sep 11, 2006
“Most of it is going on under the radar, buthosted applications are becoming more and more mainstream and most sizeablesoftware vendors have some presence in this space now. ”Sage has various CRM offerings pitched at different levels and based aroundthe Accpac software and technology it acquired from CA. Oracle has also boughtits way into this part of the market – and into CRM as well – through theacquisition of Siebel. Microsoft is also looking to make a splash in the sector:Hosted Exchange has been available for some time and Microsoft is pushing thelatest of its CRM packages hard as a hosted solution. According to James Murfin, hosted applications product manager at MicrosoftUK, there are already about 300 partners in the UK offering some kind of ASP oron-demand applications service. Some already offer hosted SQL and even Officeapplications and Microsoft is signing up more partners every week, Murfin said. Some are already very well established; e-know.
http://www.vnunet.com/crn/analysis/2163922/asps-snake-back-hosting

Salesforce.com adds mash-ups to new CRM
VNUNet.com - Sep 13, 2006
"In the same period. Two versions verses 21.
http://www.vnunet.com/articles/print/2164169

Sensex closes 110 pts up at 11,660
Economic Times - Sep 12, 2006
90 as the company came closer to acquiring Irish company, Pinewood valued
at over $100 million. Sonata
Software Ltd rose 0. 5% to Rs 29 after it informed BSE that Sonata Information
Technology Ltd, in association with Microsoft India Pvt Ltd, launched Microsoft
Dynamics, ERP and CRM solutions from
Microsoft. Ranbaxy Laboratories
Ltd slipped 0. 10 on announcing the launch of its branded product,
Avessa inhalation capsules in India for the treatment of
Asthma.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1984131.cms

Market surges past 11,600-mark
Times of India - Sep 12, 2006
90 as
the company came closer to acquiring Irish company, Pinewood valued at over $100
million. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3:00
pm :

Sonata Software Ltd rose 0. 5% to Rs
29 after it informed BSE that Sonata Information Technology Ltd, in association
with Microsoft India Pvt Ltd, launched Microsoft Dynamics, ERP and CRM solutions
from
Microsoft. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2:45
pm :

Punj Lloyd Ltd rose 2. 3% to Rs 768 on
entering a joint venture with Swissport International.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1983869.cms

Unpacking Amazon's Unbox Video Service
BusinessWeek - Sep 7, 2006
It offers DVD-quality downloads, triple the video quality of the leading rivals, and a free downsized version for some Microsoft Windows-compatible portable devices. The videos also can be viewed starting in as little as five minutes, while the rest of the movie continues to download. And unlike with other services, they can be downloaded to multiple personal computers. "ULTIMATE DESTINATION. " Amazon is offering thousands of movies from most of the major studios, such as Warner Bros.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060907_611445.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives

Treo Troubles Trigger Palm Plunge
BusinessWeek - Sep 8, 2006
and is moving to expand its reach overseas. And it has become software-agnostic, offering devices on both the Palm and Microsoft operating systems, as well as BlackBerry Connect and Good Technology e-mail services. Still, the Treo's design hasn't substantially changed since it was introduced three years ago—close to an eternity in the fad-driven cell-phone business. Analysts correctly predicted Palm would quickly lose market share as consumers flocked to slimmer designs like the Q and Motorola's hit Razr phone over the bulky Treo. "The big question around the Treo is when will it get a design refresh?" says analyst Cliff Raskind at Strategy Analytics.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060908_222115.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_more+of+today's+top+stories

Sybase's $425 Million Mobile Plan
Motley Fool - Sep 11, 2006
At more than four times revenues, the price tag is not cheap. But for Sybase to be a true player in the mobile enterprise space, it needs what Mobile 365 offers. First, Mobile 365 has a hosted solution, which is similar to Salesforce.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2006/09/11/sybases-425-million-mobile-plan.aspx

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