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IDG softens stance in Macworld spat
News Tim Bajarin, an analyst at Campbell, California-based consultancy Creative Strategies, said the two companies are probably posturing to gain an upper hand in negotiations over costs and control of the show, but said a compromise is likely.
[October 22, 2002, 7:57]
Macromedia: Tussling with Longhorn
News IBM's vice president of emerging technology, Rod Smith, claims Flex will enable companies to create sophisticated Flash applications that plug into existing infrastructure: "The work around J2EE and XML has been about expanding ebusiness without...
[November 21, 2003, 13:25]
Locking down your wireless network
News Regardless, companies need to be more aware of the critical role that security plays in wireless networks. Whatever comes of the FBI demonstration, it's important that companies fully understand this concept: Unless you've deployed end-to-end data...
[April 25, 2005, 18:30]
Government may ignore ID card opposition
News Either way, introducing them will cost an estimated £1.6bn -- much of which would go to technology companies. Get the latest on spy networks such as Echelon and Carnivore, as well as privacy issues for companies and individuals alike, at ZDNet UK's...
[May 30, 2003, 16:29]
Alcohol gives new life to thirsty portables
News Both companies are developing fuel cells that turn methanol directly into electricity and could have many times the capacity of current lithium-ion batteries. Although the basic physics is not new, both companies have turned to nanotechnology to...
[September 3, 2001, 17:14]
Apple, Compaq adding recordable DVD drives
News Both companies are scrambling to offer the ultimate in amateur moviemaking: the capability to record movies onto DVDs via a computer. Both companies watched inventory on dealers' shelves swell, as retail revenue plummeted 30 percent in December...
[January 9, 2001, 17:02]
IT contractors facing pay cuts
News Both companies are expected to release more details sometime this week. Self-employed workers have been warned that some companies are lowering their contractor rates, leading to fears of cuts across the whole IT sector.
[July 25, 2001, 12:22]
Compaq settles Transmeta-server lawsuit
News Compaq Computer and RLX Technologies have settled their intellectual property lawsuit, clearing the way for both companies to come out with skinny, energy-efficient servers later this year. Both companies are preparing to release power-efficient...
[April 17, 2001, 8:21]
IBM and SCO gather reinforcements
News Subpoenas are flying in the high-profile lawsuit between the SCO Group and IBM, as both companies try to buttress their legal claims by turning to third parties for information. IBM has also broadened its efforts to respond to the Linux-related...
[November 13, 2003, 7:35]
Qualcomm and Nokia ink deal. Hell reported 'chilly'
Blog At heart were vertiginous stacks of disputed intellectual property; both companies owning essential IP that the other needs to make competitive mobile phone technology. They'd had cross-licensing agreements in the past, but as the mobile industry...
[February 17, 2009, 10:33]
McAfee, Symantec sued by HyperTerminal maker
News Hilgraeve, the Monroe, Mich.based developer of the HyperTerminal program that comes bundled with Windows 95 and Windows NT, alleges in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that both companies infringed upon its patent for in-transit anti-virus detection...
[September 18, 1997, 11:23]
The Importance of Customer-centric Process Management
Blog You would think that after decades of practice, Business to Consumer (B2C) companies would have worked out both the importance of customer service, and the mechanisms by which they deliver a good service at an affordable cost.
[December 12, 2008, 13:03]
New Wi-Fi chips mix standards
News Both companies announced combination 802.11a/802.11g chips as well as new 802.11g chips. Both companies are targeting wireless network cards, access points, PCs and PC peripherals. Both companies have given sample chips to key manufacturing...
[September 16, 2003, 10:05]
UK firm promises 'leak proof' secure email
Talkback Both companies offer internet based products that are revolutionary and of massive benefit to companies, in a number of different capacities. They are both separate entities and are independently run and managed professionally by knowledgable and...
[May 23, 2005, 20:40]
NetScreen and Trend Micro launch first joint product
News Both companies plan to sell the device to companies interested in having security devices that a central administrator can maintain remotely. The device -- sold as the NetScreen 5-GT and as the Trend Micro GateLock -- is the first result of a...
[November 11, 2003, 11:25]
'Secret' RFID test draws consumer ire
News Wal-Mart Stores and Procter & Gamble quietly tested a controversial new retail technology earlier this year that allowed P&G employees to observe shoppers via a Webcam as they removed cosmetics from shelves, representatives of both companies...
[November 17, 2003, 10:50]
Partnership aims to add graphics to wireless Web
News Both companies are hoping to latch onto what could be a new trend in the wireless Internet and technology companies: taking what is now a mostly text-based service and making it more visually appealing for consumers.
[January 17, 2001, 10:01]
Linux heads for embedded status
News Under the deal, both companies' engineers will create Red Hat Embedded Linux, a variant of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Wind River, a major force in software embedded in devices such as cellphones or factory robots, has signed a deal with leading...
[February 23, 2004, 7:25]
BlackBerry faces a Good contender
News The Sunnyvale, California-based start-up has been shipping both server software and a pager-like device that will enable companies to securely send and receive email to remote workers, according to sources.
[October 1, 2001, 15:25]
Webvan bags HomeGrocer
News Both companies have been public less than a year and have rocky stock charts. The companies would have competed in nine markets in 2001. Shaheen said the merger made sense because the combined companies, which will operate under the Webvan name...
[June 26, 2000, 15:11]
