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Nasdaq, Dow make huge gains for second straight day
News B2B stocks caught fire as well as PurchasePro rose 3 5/16 to 36 5/16 while VerticalNet and Commerce One closed up 9 3/8 and 12 a share, respectively. Sun Microsystems closed up 7 3/16 to 92 1/16 and Oracle gained 4 1/8 to 78 15/16.
[April 19, 2000, 10:54]
Tata extends IBM partnership
News The "offshore" or "global delivery" model has come under fire from critics who worry that US tech jobs are being replaced and that US tech leadership is in jeopardy in the long run. TCS has similar partnerships with other companies, such as Hewlett...
[June 25, 2004, 12:05]
Security pros set up defence front
News While eEye did wait to release its advisory until a patch was ready, the company has come under fire from security professionals for releasing sample exploit code and providing the exact number of bytes needed to cause the new buffer overflow.
[June 25, 2001, 16:17]
Oracle returns fire after Gartner report
News The Gartner report, titled "Oracle Under Fire," rates the company "positively overall," but draws attention to what it calls "significant missteps" that are exposing weaknesses in the company's products, services and business practices.
[August 29, 2001, 8:10]
Painting over the patent earthquake
Leader Adapt to reality, or die in the fire. Companies with major open source strategies such as Red Hat, IBM, Sun and Novell itself have committed not to use their relevant patents except defensively. The paint is barely dry on the Microsoft-Novell...
[November 21, 2006, 13:11]
10 ways to protect systems from electrical damage
News Placing excessive demands upon a circuit can result in intermittent power failures, wide variations in available electricity and even fire hazards, as overworked circuits exceed safe operating ranges.
[July 20, 2006, 17:35]
Sun Case Study: Mississippi Automated System Project
White Papers The state of Mississippi wanted to substantially enhance public safety and increase productivity among law enforcement, fire and EMT agencies. Officials realized that their public safety information and communication infra-structure needed...
[December 5, 2005, 23:00]
Lighting a fire under Solaris
News Sun Microsystems plans to release two significant updates to Solaris this year, promising a range of improvements as it tries to keep the operating system competitive. After years of shunning the technology, Sun now actively develops and promotes...
[April 26, 2006, 11:45]
Review of the Week, April 21-25
News Fire and fury signifying nothing. Speaking of odd bedfellows, Software Warehouse head honcho Steve Bennett was one of the many who said he didn't have the cash for Viglen. The same week he kicked off his own Northwood PC company with a press...
[April 25, 1997, 17:07]
Which versions of the JRE are at risk?
Talkback Come on, don't just shout *Fire! The latest version of Java is 6-update 2. Can everyone fix the problem by upgrading to this version, or must we uninstall the JRE completely? in a crowded room!
[July 13, 2007, 13:56]
Microsoft draws fire for EC appointment
News The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which represents a number of Microsoft's key rivals, including AOL, Oracle and Sun Microsystems, claims the situation undermines the whole anti-trust process, which it is championing.
[December 2, 2002, 8:04]
'Stupid' linking policies come under fire
News Sites with linking bans Sorkin has flouted include The International Trademark Association, The American Cancer Society, The City of Colorado Springs, Gay Wired, Texas Instruments, Shell Oil, The Washington Post, Disney, Motorola, The Chicago Sun...
[August 21, 2002, 14:33]
Intellectual property under fire at the WCIT 2002
News Addressing the social ramifications of IT in developing nations, Sun Microsystems chief researcher John Gage was extremely critical of some of the metaphors used by exponents of copyright laws. A series of apparently unrelated comments at the World...
[March 1, 2002, 9:34]
