21st April 2007 Archive

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Intuit to refund TurboTax-niks for taxing times onTax Day

IRS offers escape hatch, after Intuit's monumental cock-up

Intuit is to refund TurboTax customers who tried to file their tax returns with the IRS on Tax Day using the company's e-filing system - and who got heart attacks instead. As world+dog knows by now, Intuit's servers buckled under the strain of customers trying to fulfil their American taxpayers' duty on April 17. Fortunately …

Servers 21 Apr 2007, 01:12
Palm distances itself from Windows

May be wooing Nokia

While Microsoft struggles to adapt its Windows and browser platforms for the mobile environment, it is losing ground to Linux even among new friends, notably Palm. The PDA maker, widely rumored to be the subject of acquisition interest from Nokia, private equity groups and others, is pinning hopes for future revival on the …

Mobile 21 Apr 2007, 07:02
Creating a Portlet from a JSF Application with WebCenter

Pass the portlet, dear

A portal is a web application that aggregates a collection of web applications (portlets) running on a page in separate windows. A portlet is a web component (application) that runs in a portlet container, processes requests and generates dynamic content. Portlets are the pluggable user interface components in a portal page. …

Developer 21 Apr 2007, 07:02
Google's AdWords set to face jury for the first time

Wallpapering over the trademark cracks

Google will face another trade mark law suit over its AdWords system after a judge refused Google's request that the case be thrown out of court. The issue will be tried before a jury for the first time. Google has already won suits over its ad system, which allows companies to buy the right to display their advert when a …

Law 21 Apr 2007, 09:02