Databases

Wall Street Beat: Antitrust, M&A issues move market

AMD's lawsuit against Intel and Oracle's strong earnings caught investors' attention this week.

FBI set to roll out regional data exchange network

Reports: Microsoft in talks to buy adware developer

Purchase could fall through because of concerns about how deal would be seen by the public

Tata, Microsoft to set up Chinese outsourcing venture

Key objective for the venture is to serve as a role model for the growing Chinese software industry

DVD Jon hacks Google Video Viewer

Patch allows users to circumvent Google restrictions

Yahoo intros ‘social’ search engine

The My Web personal search service lets users create a customized Web index

Update: Oracle revenue jumps 26 percent in healthy quarter

Merger with PeopleSoft, strong sales in all product categories drive Oracle's revenue

SAP offers Safe Passage program to midsize firms

SAP to provide SMEs running PeopleSoft, JDE software a migration path to mySAP All-in-One apps

Gates warns against reliance on outsourcing

Companies should not outsource their core business functions and staff, Gates says

Can contracts survive in the grassroots ecosystem?

Schema-backed XML provides a foundation, but it's an awkward one