Business Pundit

The Times of India reports on how Microsoft will move employees offshore if President Obama’s plan to outlaw tax breaks for offshore companies passes: US tax rules let companies defer paying corporate rates as high as 35 per cent on most… Read more

Wolfram Alpha, a new search engine based on Wolfram Research’s Mathematica formula, is due for release this month. If you watch the demo above, you’ll see that Wolfram Alpha is able to process questions in natural language–the way humans ask… Read more

Microsoft will be offering users a free version of Windows 7 starting May 5. PCPro reports: Microsoft is effectively giving away Windows 7 free for a year with the launch of the Release Candidate. The Release Candidate is now available to… Read more

The rumors were wrong. Oracle, not IBM, announced its plans to buy Sun Microsystems this morning. The deal is set to close this summer. The New York Times reports: The Oracle Corporation, the technology information company, announced Monday… Read more

Houston-based Tidal Software is now part of Cisco Systems. Venturebeat reports: Networking giant Cisco has acquired Tidal Software, a Palo Alto, Calif. company that will enable Cisco’s customers to manage their key applications more… Read more

The WSJ reports on the imperiled Sun Microsystems’ talks with IBM: The disclosure of talks for Sun to sell itself to International Business Machines Corp. caused Sun’s stock to jump nearly 79% Wednesday to $8.89 on the Nasdaq Stock… Read more

Running a small business can be an expensive affair. Not only do you need expensive software to keep track of sales; expenses and documentation, but you also need to ensure that you regularly back-up your data and there is also the issue of… Read more