Microsoft announced Monday that it plans to acquire business analytics software developer ProClarity, a third party Microsoft developer, ProClarity to increase its presence in the business intelligence market. Proclarity has business analytics that work with such Microsoft products as SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 and Microsoft Office Excel. Microsoft’s Office productivity… Continue reading Microsoft to acquire ProClarity

Police chiefs have warned that slow driving has become almost as big a hazard as speeding on Britain’s roads today. In response to this the Government is set to announce that by next Spring Slow Cameras will have been installed in every UK city. This new traffic invigorating measure works in the same way as… Continue reading New BMW Innovation (April Fools Joke)

MySpace took drastic action last night removing over 200,000 profiles which it said contained objectionable material. The popular social networking site which boasts over 60 million registered users has received a fair amount of criticism over the past month, after parent and child protection groups argued that adults could stalk teens. They blame an area… Continue reading MySpace Purges 200,000 Profiles

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has once again scrapped the plan for a new internet “domain” .xxx for pornography. Supporters of the .xxx address suffix argued that it would have helped to protect children and others from accidental exposure to internet pornography, particularly if stronger filters were used to screen out explicit… Continue reading Plans for .xxx Domains Shelved

Just in case Microsoft bashers don’t have enough ammo, Robert X. Cringely has a couple of interesting tales in this week’s column. The first explains how Bill Gates used Paul Allen’s moonlighting at MITS to justify awarding himself 64% of Microsoft’s stock vs. Allen’s 36% (and Gates’ failure to adjust the shares after he accepted… Continue reading Paul Allen’s Microsoft Experience