Two acquisitions were announced today -- together totaling around $800 million dollars. This comes about a month and a half after Eric Schmidt told us that acquisitions are back on. Both acquisitions are significant -- but one cost a lot more than the other. AdMob...
Oracle says today that European regulators have a "profound misunderstanding" of the technologies behind Oracle's acquisition of Sun and that there is no evidence of anti-competitive behavior to hold up the acquisition. by Sam Diaz
While at the SOMESSO event last week I filmed Matthias Kroner, CEO of Fidor Bank. In this 9 min 43 sec video, Matthias explains the difference between the classical bank and the new form of community based bank. Fidor is the first bank...
Microsoft has bought the Teamprise assets from SourceGear LLC for an undisclosed amount, company officials announced on November 9. A Microsoft-branded version of Teamprise is slated for release in late March, 2010 -- the same time Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2010. by Mary Jo Foley
iCompta is an application that lets you manage your personal accounts with ease. Each account can have its own currency and you can organize operations by type. You can then sort and filter operations to make statistics on your incomes and expenses. You can show a graph of the balance...
iFinance 3 offers a comprehensive and efficient approach to easily manage your personal finances. iFinance 3 conveniently manages your entire cash flow over multiple accounts. The completely redesigned graphic user interface GUI helps you keeping an eye on all relevant information -- at all times. Quick access to your data...
SEE Finance is a new personal finance manager for Mac OS X. Whereas many personal financial managers compromise function for form, SEE Finance offers comprehensive financial management with an elegant user interface. SEE Finance allows you to track and monitor all your income and expenses quickly and easily. With SEE...
Skype's founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are to regain some of their control over the company as part of a deal that will let Skype carry on using its core peer-to-peer technology. Skype's founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are to regain some of their control over the...
DashBook makes tracking royalties easy. When you enter an order or a return, DashBook automatically calculates the associated royalty transactions. That means you'll always know the quantity of books sold, the royalties accrued, and any outstanding royalty distributions. It also means you'll be able to produce accurate Royalty Statements for...
Jacknife is versatile enterprise software for businesses and organizations. It includes several specific types of programs and you may choose which to use simply by selecting a program type in settings. Jacknife Studio is ideal for studios of all kinds, including dance, gymnastics, and karate studios. It...
If you want to know where your money goes, if you want to be confident in their financial future and want to learn how to keep the family budget, if you have your own small business and you want to bring order to finance of your business, the Personal Ledger...
Golasso Golf Systems automates all aspects of the processing of golf tournaments, from assignment of tee times to calculation of skins winners and door prizes. Process events with as many as 200 players and maintain a permanent archive of 500 events. Calculate scores and rankings using over 20 different scoring...
Itching for bragging rights with the gamers next door? Want to edit uncompressed HD video without breaking the bank? I turbocharge Apricorn's internal PCI-e array card with 4 Intel X25-M SSDs. Yup, its fast! by Robin Harris
Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the new Verizon DROID smartphone, the recent Intel anti-trust complaint filed in the State of New York, the Oracle/Sun merger delays by the European Union, and speak with ICCA founder Steve Epner. by Jason Perlow
Yes, the secret to Silicon Valley is its remarkable weather. The universities, the venture capital, the innovation are all secondary... by Tom Foremski
Internet Service Providers cry foul when they discover language in a bill moving through the House of Representatives that forces them to identify and block specific fraudulent financial sites. by Sam Diaz
Daily, monthly, and annual tracking of sales. Returns, purchases, credits, refunds, gifts, certificates, layaways, complete employee, customer, vendor management. Inventory tracking by department, item, and category. Flexible taxing system which allows you to tax items differently. Create user roles, and easily associate permissions with each role you create; this way,...