Microsoft mulls CRM channel expansion
As it celebrates a sometimes controversial year of selling customer relationship management applications in the Australian market, Microsoft is also weighing up the pros and cons of expanding its pool of CRM channel partners. More...

PalmSource closes Linux acquisition
PalmSource said this week that it has completed its acquisition of a Chinese software firm that it previously said will create Linux versions of the Palm OS. More...

European software-patents initiative flipped upside down
Just hours after Bill Gates met with members of the EU Parliament in Brussels, they delivered a stinging rebuke, to Microsoft's European software-patent policy. More...

Call on ultra-fast 3G network uses standard PC card
Two vendors claimed this week that they have completed the first call on an ultra-fast 3G network using a PC data card that will be commercially available. More...

SAS revenues pass through US$1.5 billion mark
Sales at SAS increased 15 percent to US$1.53 billion in 2004 as the firm saw success from its ongoing foray into business intelligence. More...