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Intricate Tech Brings Madagascar to Life

The ability of animators to turn an imaginary world into reality for millions of movie-goers rests solidly on the shoulders of technological advances, said...

IBM, Oracle Race for Database Dominance

The database market grew by 10.3 percent in 2004, fueled largely by hunger for business intelligence and analytics, according to numbers released by the...

Microsoft Puts Spam-Fighting Tools in Hands of ISPs, Users

In an effort to intensify the fight against spam, Microsoft has announced new tools and services aimed at Internet service providers and bulk e-mailers. The...

Critical LISTSERV Holes Patched

E-mail list management vendor L-Soft on Thursday released a new version of its popular LISTSERV software to fix a range of "highly critical" security...

Surround-Sound Ads Make Their Way to Retailers Registers

With American retailers preparing to replace their aging point-of-sale units at record rates, a retail POS vendor called VeriFone wants to flood checkout lanes...

Whos Afraid of the Big Bad Chase?

When JP Morgan Chase—the nations largest issuer of credit cards—announced last week that it was incorporating contactless payment capabilities in all upcoming credit cards,...

Media Leaders Embrace New Directions at D

Jim Louderback and I attended The Wall Street Journals "D: All Things Digital" conference this week. Jim left Tuesday to attend the Future in...

Microsoft: Netscape 8 Breaks IE

America Online on Thursday confirmed that a bug in its new Netscape 8 Web browser was breaking certain XML configurations in Microsofts IE.The issue...

Wal-Mart CIO Describes How the Retailer Implements IT Programs

Wal-Mart Executive VP and CIO Linda Dillman says the retailer takes "a development approach" to implementing large-scale IT initiatives.With Wal-Mart being centralized, it has...

McDonald’s Wooing Young Customers With Technology

McDonald’s is trying to attract younger, tech-savvy customers by offering services, including Internet access, photo printing and ring-tone downloads with the use of an...