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Presents news briefs related to the computer industry in the U.S. as of April 2005. Concept of the Release 7 of CRM OnDemand from Siebel Systems; Information on the Plumtree Analytics Server from Plumtree Software; Update on the professional graphics-software applications to be introduced by Adobe Systems.

Presents news briefs related to the computer industry in the U.S. as of February 2005. Recruitment of Brad Wilson by Microsoft Corp.; Concept of the financing options launched by IBM; Market performance of handheld devices globally in 2004.

Explains that the SCO Group is creating enemies with its disdain for the Linux open source operating system. Contention of SCO Group that the open source system is a threat to the U.S. economy; Argumets made by SCO Group to the U.S. Congress against Linux.

Presents news briefs on the computer and computer software industries in the U.S. as of August 25, 2003. Partnership of BEA Systems with Altova to integrate XMLSpy 5 with BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 development software; Upgrades of the functions of Contact Network 2.0 knowledge management database software; Introduction of the myCOE service from Electronic Data Systems; Key features of the IBM Lotus Workplace for Retail Store Operations software from IBM.

Presents news briefs on the computer software industry in the U.S. as of June 2003. Support given by Microsoft Corp. to SQL Server and FrontPage 2003, through aligning with iWay; Features of the OpenView tool from Hewlett-Packard; Lawsuits filed by J.D. Edwards against Oracle Corp., seeking to block the bid of Oracle for PeopleSoft.

Criticizes the failure of U.S. computer companies to adapt to market demands as of November 2002. Action taken by top businesses to guard their positions; Challenges faced by top software companies; Outlook for companies that try to defeat the advance of open source software through the legal system.

Makes observations about the activities of computer vendors in the United States. Plans of Siebel to acquire companies with businesses in configuration and enterprise resource planning markets; Bill payment problems of software vendor LivePix; Purchase of naming rights to the Oakland Coliseum by Network Associates.

Reports on developments in client/server computing and the computer software and hardware industry in the United States. Includes the topic of the white paper Netscape plans to present at the Giga IT World Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona; Mathsoft's plan to roll out a version of its S-Plus statistical mining software with enhanced features.

Focuses on the schemes planned by computer software and hardware vendors in the United States to keep up with the developing enterprise computing landscape. Growing importance of the database in the development of networked applications of the future; Products and features targeted for development.

Presents news briefs related to the information technology industry, for the week ending December 9, 1996. Includes Oracle's plans for implementing Java in all tiers of its Network Computing Architecture; Persoft's Persona Intranet line of Java applets; Compaq's worldwide recall of certain AC adapters that have been supplied with the company's Armada 4100 notebook PCs as options or spare parts to resellers.

Presents news briefs related to the information technology industry, for the week ending December 2, 1996. Includes International Business Machines' shipment of the first in a series of Internet servers based on RS/6000 hardware to bundle High Availability Clustered Multiprocessing software; Release of the second beta of Navigator 2.02 for OS/2 Warp 4.0; Netscape's release of an incremental upgrade to its Mail Server.

Reports on developments in the computer industry in the United States as of July 1, 1996. Includes an ATA/IDE hard drive interface protocol from Intel Corp. and Quantum Corp.; Working group plan of the Internet Engineering Task Force; Phase-out plan for Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Omnibook 600CT notebook.