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A1-RES, a New Motel and Hotel Reservation System, Developed Using Alpha Five, PC Magazine's Editors' Choice for Desktop (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Alpha One Software has released a new software application for Hotel and Motel reservations: A1-RES.

Sensex meanders sideways, closes with marginal gains (The Hindu)
Lokeshwarri S.K. Equity markets started the week in tentative fashion. Though there was no great sell-off, the Sensex struggled to rise above the 13,900 level.

Choosing a Framework for Web Development (WebProNews)
I recently had the opportunity to develop a small online booking system. This time around I was determined to make use of some development framework. The slow slog of writing all my code from scratch is not for me - surely we have moved beyond that now in web development? The big question was - which framework to use? Since the advent of Ruby on Rails, development frameworks have become

Ask.com Launches Aggressive Local Search Push (TechNewsWorld.com)
In a bid to grab market share in a growing specialty area, Ask.com launched a revamped local search offering Monday, saying it was the first to offer intuitive search for finding neighborhood businesses along with bundled tools such as mapping and extensive, locally focused content.

Requiem for the packaged app (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
In a little more than a decade, BEA Systems built itself into a top middleware player and one of the leading lights in SOA.

Telecom Org. Gleans Automation Benefits (Business Travel News)
DECEMBER 04, 2006 -- Global telecommunications association TeleManagement Forum has reaped the benefits from automating its expense reporting process, even though the nonprofit firm has a worldwide labor force of only about 60 people.