Reuters - Internet social networking and
self-help travel websites are drastically changing the holiday
planning landscape, the founder of the world's largest online
travel advisory service said on Thursday.
NewsFactor - Cable company Comcast is becoming more sociable with Wednesday's announcement that it will buy social-networking site Plaxo. Terms were not disclosed, although there are reports that the price could be up to $175 million, based on performance targets over the next few years. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - New WebSphere and Lotus Connections software for the smartphone allow users to build Web sites as well as messaging and calendaring applications. -- read full article
InfoWorld - VersionOne launched an agile project management platform for small teams of developers this week and is sprucing up its enterprise-level product next week. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Oracle plans to make AdminServer's software a core component of its existing insurance-related products, such as Oracle Billing, Siebel Claims, and Siebel Customer Relationship Management for Insurance. -- read full article
Reuters - IBM said on Wednesday it has started
selling software that lets customers access its Cognos business
intelligence software via BlackBerry mobile devices.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - HP has been trying to grow its IT services business for years, without a lot of success. Will the acquisition of EDS let it better compete with IBM for big contracts? -- read full article
NewsFactor - Analysts are still assessing Hewlett-Packard's announcement Tuesday that it will acquire Electronic Data Systems for $13.9 billion. Together, HP and EDS will be a tech-services behemoth with 210,000 employees worldwide in 80 countries and revenues of more than $38 billion. That figure more than doubles HP's service revenues. -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Voluntary program destined to be mandatory for all public companies within two years, speeding competitive analysis and easing regulatory oversight. -- read full article
PC World - IBM has released software that allows BlackBerry users to access more of its applications, including its Cognos business... -- read full article
PC World - Comcast will acquire social-networking company Plaxo to power upcoming community features on its TV, broadband data and phone... -- read full article
AP - Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.
