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Gates sees disruputive changes ahead
Talkback Microsoft still operates in the closed mindset that the entire world will one day or another work, judge and operate like about 7% of the world population does (the US). So adapt or find out too late that the emerging markets will have found their...
[November 9, 2005, 20:28]
Exclusive: Will Sun lose a shining software star?
News A key player behind Sun Microsystems' software strategy is poised to resign on the eve of the company's 5 February Web-services strategy launch. Marco Boerries, Sun's vice president of Webtop and application software, has submitted his resignation...
[January 18, 2001, 8:29]
Apple is not green enough, says campaigner
News Speaking at the first day of the event, Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said that around 100,000 computers a month are entering the Nigerian port of Lagos alone.
[December 6, 2006, 12:38]
Xbox UK public preview - dates announced
News Obviously Microsoft isn't planning to give consoles away, or even to let you purchase one, but if you're able to get to one of the four Xbox Xperience venues on the dates shown you'll be able to play the likes of Project Gotham Racing, Halo, Amped...
[October 23, 2001, 12:03]
Palmisano: Big Blue means business
News A day later, Palmisano talked with writer Joe Wilcox about the company's long-anticipated Freeway mainframe, the Shark storage system, and Big Blue's Linux initiative. How important is the Unix variant for IBM as you look ahead to 2001?
[December 18, 2000, 9:02]
Novell NDS for Linux arrives ahead of schedule
News Well, at least Novell said that the network directory service programs were available that day via the reseller channel and directly on its ShopNovell Web site. However, no-one expected that the company would deliver its Novell Directory Services...
[March 15, 2000, 11:00]
Europe and Japan sprint ahead in 3G race
News Carriers such as T-Mobile or 3 in Europe and NTT DoCoMo in Japan are using the technology, which operates 50 times faster than present-day cellphone networks, to boost network capacity, improve coverage areas and to offer new services including...
[February 23, 2004, 13:20]
US presses ahead with patent reforms
News The Senate action followed incremental changes at earlier committee meetings and arrived just one day after a similar bill cleared the House Judiciary Committee by a unanimous voice vote. The US patent system transformation long sought by hi-tech...
[July 23, 2007, 9:22]
Staying a step ahead of malware
Talkback The issue is getting out of control! Let's not get hung up on the absolute percentages here. Whether AUS Cert's 80% miss rate is accurate or not the underlying trend is undisputable. Since March 20th, we have run competitive tests every week to...
[July 27, 2006, 16:02]
Oracle's Ellison forges ahead with spending plan
News Oracle's stock finished the day at $16.68 (£9.74), compared with its 52-week low of $16. My feeling is we are better positioned than our peers, the other software companies, to do well in tough times," Ellison said during a question-and-answer...
[October 13, 2008, 8:32]
Court gives go-ahead to Hewlett lawsuit
News Hewlett claims that by March 18 -- the day before the shareholder vote -- the bank feared that a vote against the deal would hurt its business dealings with the computer maker and that HP persuaded Deutsche Bank to change a significant number of...
[April 9, 2002, 8:34]
Linux watch: Ahead of its time?
News The watchmaker and computer giant on Thursday unveiled the WatchPad, the first prototype to come out of their collaboration. IBM researchers have come out with prototypes on their own over the past year and a half.
[October 12, 2001, 10:41]
More job cuts ahead for Yahoo?
News As a result of the lowered expectations, Yahoo! on Wednesday reported third-quarter results that met Wall Street expectations, but the company warned of pending staff cuts as it seeks to bolster revenues, which dipped to $166.1m (£116m) for the...
[October 11, 2001, 9:47]
Nasdaq, Dow make huge gains for second straight day
News The Nasdaq composite stormed up 254 points, or 7 percent, to 3,793.50 while the Dow rose 190 points to end at 10,773.00. I'm pretty impressed and pretty amazed at how strong the rebound is today following yesterday," said James Oberweis, president...
[April 19, 2000, 10:54]
Apple to update iBook, PowerBook
News The upgrades will come a day before Apple announces it fiscal fourth-quarter results. Our channel contacts throughout the US and Europe continue to report that iBook demand is better than expected and that it is not in need of a refresh," the...
[October 15, 2001, 9:25]
Pure IP uptake slow, EU happy with hybrid
News On this side of the Atlantic, companies are increasingly using converged IT and communications systems; but pure IP telecoms infrastructure remains very rare. In the EMEA region, the latest figures show the purchase of 4.1 million telephone lines...
[June 13, 2003, 15:26]
BT launches mobile TV service
News BT claims Movio is the first wholesale service in the world to include live TV, DAB radio, a seven-day programme guide and "red-button" interactivity for mobile phones. BT has announced the launch of its mobile broadcast TV service, Movio, with...
[September 7, 2006, 11:30]
Jesse Berst: MSN takes another swing at Web
News We attended Microsoft's MSN Day event yesterday, where company execs outlined an enormous new initiative called "The Everyday Web". About two years ago, leading Web companies starting saying "the Web is about getting things done.
[September 24, 1999, 9:57]
Windows 7 pre-orders begin
News People who pre-order Windows 7 will receive their boxed copies on 22 October, the official day of the operating system's release. Windows 7 became available to UK consumers for pre-order on Wednesday, with retailers offering heavily discounted...
[July 15, 2009, 11:55]
BT's 3G delay blamed on DoCoMo
News NEC is supplying the switching systems for both BT's and DoCoMo's trial 3G networks, and it has already promised to ship the switches on the same day. BT's announcement, on Monday, that it is postponing the rollout of its 3G network on the Isle of...
[May 14, 2001, 11:44]
