OpenWorld: Hyperion remains core to Oracle's BI roadmap

A nervous post-acquisition customer base heard good news this week at Oracle OpenWorld. Users of business intelligence and enterprise performance management products from Hyperion Solutions, which Oracle bought in February, were assured that development and support would continue.

Latest update fixes most iMac screen freezes

An update issued by Apple Inc. appears to have solved most of the screen freezing problems iMac users have been reporting, according to messages posted on support forums.

Microsoft delays 2008 WinHEC event by six months

The 2008 version of Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference will be held in the fall instead of the spring -- a change that the vendor attributed to "industry feedback."

Brookstone to launch 3-D online store

Brookstone is set to launch a 3-D virtual store that the retailer says will have the same look and feel as its physical stores.

Amateur cryptographer beats Colossus system in code-cracking challenge

A reconstructed Colossus vacuum-tube system was no match for homegrown PC software in cracking enciphered test messages similar to the ones the British broke during World War II.