Oracle Raises Bid for PeopleSoft Takeover

02.04.04 @11:31

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. raised its hostile takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. by 33 percent to $26 per share Wednesday, setting the stage for more high-stakes drama in the high-tech soap opera....

IBM to Take Over Some Sprint Call Centers

02.04.04 @11:28

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- IBM Business Consulting Services will take over management of some of Sprint Corp.'s call centers across the country, Sprint announced Wednesday....

Experts: Outsourcing Helps World Economy

02.04.04 @06:09

BOMBAY, India (AP) -- Outsourcing information technology-related jobs to developing countries such as India will boost competitiveness and slash costs, international software experts and government ministers said Tuesday....

Microsoft Web Sites Resist Virus Attack

02.03.04 @13:32

SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said it had fought off an attempted software virus attack Tuesday that was aimed at shutting down some of the company's Web sites....

Ads, Messaging Push Sohu.com to Profit

02.03.04 @13:09

SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Healthy growth in online advertising and the popularity of mobile-phone messaging helped give Chinese Internet company Sohu.com Inc. its first full-year profit in 2003....

Sprint May Outsource 5,000 Jobs to IBM

02.03.04 @09:18

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Sprint Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings dipped to $38 million, but both its wired and wireless telephone businesses topped expectations. The report Tuesday came a day before Sprint was expected to announce a deal to outsource at ...

Microsoft Sets Up Alternate Web Site

02.03.04 @09:17

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft said Monday it has set up a secondary Web site for users affected by an Internet virus that will seek to block them from the software giant's regular Web sites....

Jackson, Timberlake Apologize for Flash

02.03.04 @08:24

NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS, MTV, the NFL, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake all say they're sorry - but none of that is deterring the federal government from looking into the Super Bowl's too-revealing halftime show....

Military Budget Plan Ends Up on Internet

02.02.04 @13:49

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Flubbing Pentagon efforts to maintain strict secrecy, someone accidentally posted next year's military budget plan on the Internet.
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Sony to Invest $325M in IBM Chip Plant

02.02.04 @13:45

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Sony Corp. will invest $325 million in IBM Corp.'s upstate New York semiconductor plant and work with Big Blue to produce tiny new chips for next-generation computer systems and consumer electronics....