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Leader: An online revolution without Microsoft?
News AOL's takeover of Netscape Communications was, during a conference call Tuesday evening, sold as the e-commerce event of the century. Throughout the conference call, e-commerce was mentioned again and again with assurances from the happy trio, that...
[November 25, 1998, 11:35]
Microsoft aims to 'reinvent' itself
News "This has nothing to do with any lawsuit," Microsoft CEO Bill Gates told press and analysts on a conference call about the reorganisation. Microsoft officials cautioned press and analysts listening to a conference call announcing the reorganisation...
[March 30, 1999, 9:03]
Blockbuster plans broadband movies-on-demand
News In its third-quarter financial results conference call, movie retailer Blockbuster confirmed it plans to offer a pay-per-view broadband Internet service in 2001. We are committed to growing our business by offering customers worldwide the latest in...
[October 25, 2000, 8:50]
Linux love: VA Linux buys Andover.net
News Here's how officials detailed the deal on a conference call: Based on VA Linux's closing price of 137 Wednesday, Andover.net shareholders would get $3.81 (£2.36) in cash and .397 shares of VA Linux. On a conference call, CEO Larry Augustin said the...
[February 3, 2000, 13:00]
Microsoft set to announce Silverlight 2.0
News Microsoft has scheduled a conference call on Monday to announce, among other things, that it has completed version 2.0 of Silverlight, its rival to Adobe's Flash. The software maker has scheduled a conference call for 9am PDT (5pm BST) with...
[October 13, 2008, 9:19]
US states weigh antitrust aspect of Oracle bid
News Representatives of state attorneys general throughout the nation held a conference call on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Oracle's hostile $6.3bn (£3.79bn) cash bid for PeopleSoft, a move that could lead to greater antitrust regulatory resistance...
[June 25, 2003, 9:21]
Intel's Skype alliance gets dual-core features
News The latest version of Skype's VoIP software can host up to 10 users on a conference call, but only if your PC has a dual-core processor from Intel, Skype and Intel announced on Wednesday. Intel's Core Duo and Pentium D processors have been...
[February 9, 2006, 9:00]
The Day Ahead: Cisco puts face on economic slowdown
News Commentary: You know Cisco Systems was having a bad earnings day when the company's Web cast for its analyst conference call didn't work and the dial-in number produced sounds that sounded like an alien life form took it over.
[February 7, 2001, 13:01]
Microsoft antitrust efforts: Windows dressing?
News Microsoft outlined the ways it is complying with a November antitrust settlement in a Monday conference call, but analysts say it is little more than Windows dressing. But during the conference call, Smith said that "Microsoft is obligated as a...
[August 6, 2002, 7:59]
The Day Ahead: Sycamore allays Wall Street worries for now
News Commentary: Sycamore Networks did what it had to on its conference call -- give a great outlook to get investors interested again. On a conference call with analysts, officials seemed to be well aware of Wall Street's questions about the company...
[November 15, 2000, 12:51]
Lack of optimism sends Cisco shares down
News Shares of networking giant Cisco Systems fell on Wednesday after the company delivered a subdued outlook for its future on a quarterly conference call. Cisco executives said during the conference call that they expect sales to be flat or up only...
[August 11, 2004, 13:15]
Earnings: AMD shatters its Q1 numbers
News More than 6.5 million PC processors shipped in the first quarter, Sanders said during an afternoon conference call with analysts. Sanders III told analysts during a Wednesday afternoon conference call.
[April 13, 2000, 8:36]
Microsoft cutting jobs, but not products
News On a conference call with analysts on Thursday, though, chief executive Steve Ballmer defended the company's decision to stick by all of its businesses, even as it looks to cut up to 5,000 jobs. I like our portfolio," Ballmer said on the conference...
[January 23, 2009, 15:06]
HP beats forecasts, but will cut jobs
News We see no short-term catalysts for improvements in IT demand but HP continues to execute well," Fiorina said in a conference call with analysts. However, on a conference call with analysts, HP chief executive Carly Fiorina said that the company...
[May 21, 2003, 9:58]
THE DAY AHEAD: Why Yahoo! doesn't need a megamerger
News Of course, you don't honestly think Yahoo would blurt out that it was about to buy a major media player on a conference call web cast do you? But that didn't stop officials from spending most of the company's conference call deflecting questions...
[January 12, 2000, 11:56]
Fiorina grilled over key conversation
News In a surprise move, an attorney for Walter Hewlett called Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina back to the witness stand on Thursday over the transcript of a conference call between HP and Deutsche Bank.
[April 26, 2002, 7:32]
Vonage on verge of patent fix
News Vonage is close to coming up with a technical fix that could solve its patent infringement problems, chief executive Jeffrey Citron said during the company's quarterly earnings conference call on Thursday.
[May 11, 2007, 11:14]
Cisco beats estimates, revenue jumps
News It was a solid quarter for Cisco," Chambers said in a conference call with financial analysts. During a conference call, chief executive John Chambers said he hopes to convince Carter, who has been chief financial officer since 1995, to remain with...
[August 8, 2002, 16:54]
Intel to unveil business PC brand
News Chief executive Paul Otellini hinted at the move during a conference call last week after Intel announced its latest quarter of disappointing financial results. An Intel representative declined to comment further on a press conference scheduled for...
[April 24, 2006, 8:45]
Oracle blows away 2Q estimates
News It was obviously a terrific quarter," Oracle CFO Jeff Henley told analysts during a conference call. Oracle executives said they saw lower costs in every division, although analysts during the conference call noted that consulting services provided...
[December 15, 1999, 9:53]
