James Niccolai

Articles by James Niccolai

MS to include XP until 2010 on low-cost PCs

After facing pressure from computer manufacturers, Microsoft announced it will continue selling licenses for Windows XP for low-cost laptops until 2010. It plans to stop selling XP for most other machines this month.

Microsoft puts new Yahoo deal on the table

After withdrawing its initial offer, the world's largest software company says it might be willing to buy only a portion of the portal player. Analysts take their best guesses at what it might be

Yahoo! chairman Terry Semel quits the board

The day before its history-making offer from Microsoft, the search engine firm saw the departure of one of its longtime former CEOs, who had been demoted to a non-exec role

Naval officer may face court martial in data loss

Stolen laptop had personal details on 600,000 new and potential recruits, and banking details on 3,500 people

SAP

Nine software packages that will go on sale this month, which include Financial Performance Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, and Visualization and Reporting

Apple gets ‘Air’ time for ultra-skinny notebook

Steve Jobs opens a manilla envelope to reveal a product that fits an entire Mac into a portable PC that weighs three kilograms and is less than half an inch thick. A Canadian reseller reacts

Oracle calls BEA’s price ‘impossibly high’

A letter from the database giant to the middleware firm's board of directors urges them to accept its offer of $17 per share or put the decision to a shareholder vote. Deal or no deal?

Oracle offers US$6.7 billion to acquire BEA Systems

A pioneer in the market for Java application server software used to deploy business applications is given an offer by the world's largest database firm. Is another PeopleSoft-style fight brewing?

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