Big Brother Watches Microsoft

The U.S. government will continue to keep a watchful eye on Microsoft. A ruling by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly extends federal oversight of some of Microsoft's business practices to November of 2009, with a possibility for it to be maintained well beyond.

AOL Buys Lightningcast

AOL has acquired privately held broadband video advertising company Lightningcast, Inc. of Washington, D.C. to expand its online video advertising offering. Financial terms were not disclosed.

SAP Unveils New CRM Software

SAP AG has made public the first on-demand/on-premise customer relationship management (CRM) suite. Dubbed SAP CRM 2006s, the software was announced at SAPPHIRE '06, the company's international customer conference.