Computers were developed to perform routine tasks over and over based on a set of instructions and data provided by the user. Accounting and bookkeeping consists of a series of routine tasks (transactions) performed over and over with new data. Given...

Accounting software is application software that records and processes accounting transactions within functional modules such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and trial balance. It functions as an accounting information system. It may...

Microsoft's Rajat Taneja is concerned about a digital divide that's separating small and large companies in terms of access to and use of the most sophisticated financial and accounting software.Taneja, who leads Microsoft's MSFT small-business applications and services unit, says small firms are falling behind...

About 50 hopeful inventors and business hopefuls gathered outside a multicolor minibus at the Fremont Street Experience Jan. 4 for a chance at $100,000 in startup money.The event, complete with an Elvis impersonator, a Microsoft promoter and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman (but no showgirls),...

Continuing its bid to rely more on advertising as Internet access subscriptions plummet, AOL said Tuesday it was buying a company that delivers targeted ads based on a visitor's browsing habits.AOL, the online unit of Time Warner Inc., said the acquisition of Tacoda Inc. would...

AOL is seeking to capture advertising dollars normally spent on television by showcasing five new interactive programs a month before the broadcast networks announce their fall lineups.More than 500 advertising executives and media planners were invited to a "First Look" showcase Tuesday _ what Chief...