Portable music-player market expected to boom
The global market for portable music players capable of playing songs downloaded from a computer is expected to reach nearly US$58 billion in revenues by 2008, a market researcher said this week. More...

Ask Jeeves gets personal, too
Less than a week after mega-retailer Amazon unveiled its personalised A9.com search site, Ask Jeeves launched a refreshed set of technologies that also lets users store searches and recall them later. More...

Security still a worry as WLANs expand: Survey
The security of WLANs is the biggest factor inhibiting their growth in enterprises, but few large enterprises have suffered security breaches, according to a survey. More...

Sun looks for Wall Street comeback
Sun Microsystems is trying to lure financial services companies back to the fold with promotional bundles of hardware and software for companies that migrate to Sun's Solaris operating system on AMD Opteron chips. More...

Oracle says PeopleSoft is taking value from shareholders
Oracle Corporation this week said PeopleSoft's new severance policy "lowers the value" of the company and hurts its investors. More...