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Sybase sues database start-up in east Texas court favored by 'patent pirates'
In a lawsuit filed quietly in a federal court in Texas that is seen as a favorable venue for patent suits, Sybase is charging start-up Vertica Systems with infringement.


Datallegro hit with patent lawsuit in wake of Microsoft deal
Datallegro, a maker of data warehousing appliances that Microsoft is buying, was sued for allegedly using intellectual property patented by the founder of a company called XPrime.


Microsoft 'leapfrogs' Oracle with DATAllegro buy, analyst says
Microsoft will buy DATAllegro, a data warehouse appliance maker, in a move that should help the software maker gain a technical edge over Oracle in the high-performance business intelligence market.


Driving BI Value with Data Integration: Overcoming the Thorniest Challenges
(Source: SAS) Learn how to clean up data in the operational system before people want to use it in a warehouse -- no matter if it is structured or unstructured data. When it comes to really getting the most for your money with business intelligence investments, data integration is the foundation upon which success rests.


Survey: Business Intelligence Maturity and the Quest for Better Performance
(Source: SAS) In March 2007, SAS conducted research to assess current trends in the use of business information -- specifically business intelligence and competency centers -- and the effect on organizational performance. In response to an e-mail invitation to take an online survey, 175 business professionals provided their perspectives on business intelligence in their organizations, representing a diversity of sizes and industry classifications from across the globe.


BI @ The Speed of Business
(Source: SAS) Business Intelligence (BI) as we know it is fast-transitioning into a new world of operational BI. In this next iteration of BI, the tools and solutions are embedded deeply into the fabric of the organization's operational processes and applications, thereby touching an order of magnitude more knowledge workers and influencing thousands of business decisions daily.


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HP posts 3Q profit jump; faces stiff competition (AP)

Hewlett Packard laptops on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Hewlett-Packard Co. says its third-quarter profit jumped 14 percent, beating Wall Street's expectations Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Strong laptop sales and a robust international presence continue to lift the technology bellwether. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge — stiffer personal-computer competition — that threatens to slow its steady growth.



Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes (AP)
AP - Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers.
China limits use of Olympians' names online (AP)

China's gymnast Yang Wei performs on the horizontal bar during the men's individual all-around competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympics  in Beijing, Thursday, Aug  14, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves.



Intel unveils new chip design to challenge AMD (AP)

Patrick Gelsinger, Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, left, and Alex Busch of BMW talk about the Intel chips at work in a BMW convertible, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.



Google outpaces search market growth (CNET)
CNET - Google's quantity searches in the United States during July surged 16 percent over the last year, cementing the company's lead at the top of the market, according to statistics released Tuesday by Nielsen Online.
Google courts bloggers-politicos at US presidential conventions (AFP)

Google will be pampering bloggers and tutoring US policy makers at Democratic and Republican national conventions as Internet culture flexes growing political muscle.(AFP/File/Jose Luis Roca)AFP - Google will be pampering bloggers and tutoring US policy makers at Democratic and Republican national conventions as Internet culture flexes growing political muscle.



Vodafone firm to sell iPhone 3G in India (Reuters)
Reuters - Vodafone Essar, India's third-largest mobile operator, will sell Apple's iPhone 3G at 31,000 rupees ($708) for the 8GB model, a senior company official, who could not be named, said on Wednesday,
Almost one mobile phone for every South Korean, statistics show (AFP)

A South Korean woman passes mobile handsets on display at an electronics shop in Seoul. The tech-savvy nation now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 percent of the total population(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - Tech-savvy South Korea now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 percent of the total population, the Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday.



Microsoft to pay Novell $100 million more for Linux support (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to pay software maker Novell Inc up to $100 million in additional subscription fees due to strong demand for Novell's open-source Linux software that partners with Microsoft's proprietary Windows software.
Apple updates iPhone software to fix glitches (Reuters)

A man holds his new Apple 3G iPhone at Telcel Center in Mexico City July 11, 2008. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)Reuters - Apple Inc has issued a software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday as Credit Suisse reported strong U.S. sales of the device.