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Larry Dignan: Why Microsoft ruling won't worry Wall Street
News Once you digest the government's 207-page ruling against Microsoft, the hundreds of press reports about company's latest courtroom setback and the commentary from dozens of pundits you come to a quick conclusion -- none of what the government said...
[November 8, 1999, 14:35]
Gates's greatest hits and misses at Microsoft
News As Bill Gates prepares to step down as a full-time Microsoft employee, ZDNet.com's Larry Dignan rates Gates's many conference keynotes and product launches, separating the successful from those that missed the mark.
[June 26, 2008, 14:21]
Windows 7: Microsoft's information blackout
News ZDNet.com's Larry Dignan talks with blogger colleagues Mary Jo Foley and Ed Bott about the roadmap for Windows 7, including feature sets, timelines, partners, OEMs and marketing. Microsoft is maintaining a cloak of silence around its next major...
[May 27, 2008, 17:13]
HP's big IT consolidation
News ZDNet.com's Larry Dignan says integrating software systems can create perpetual migraines. HP has trimmed the number of applications running within the company from 2,500 to approximately 1,800. But the kicker, he says, is that the IT consolidation...
[June 2, 2008, 12:32]
Patchy internet problems, Google role uncertain
Blog My colleagues Stephen Shankland and Larry Dignan have blogged about this issue. There are reports that Google users are having some problems with Google services, and that there are packet losses in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Australia...
[May 14, 2009, 17:20]
Parsons aims to get AOL 'back on track'
News News.com's Larry Dignan contributed to this report. Richard Parsons, AOL Time Warner's new chief executive, on Thursday laid out a five-point plan to get the media giant "back on track. Parsons took the reins from outgoing chief executive Gerald...
[May 17, 2002, 7:31]
Sun unveils JavaFX preview, gloomy outlook
News ZDNet.com's Larry Dignan contributed to this report. Sun on Thursday released a preview version of JavaFX, programming technology that the company hopes will be the foundation of visually appealing, interactive internet applications.
[August 1, 2008, 18:20]
Microsoft shuns Open Cloud Manifesto
Blog As Larry Dignan, ZDNet.com's editor-in-chief, says: "Translation: It's a bit early to be tossing a manifesto around about cloud computing standards". On Monday, an 'Open Cloud Manifesto' will be published.
[March 27, 2009, 15:39]
AMD, Intel, IBM stake out new territory at chip forum
News Staff writer Larry Dignan contributed to this report. AMD, IBM and Intel, among others, will unveil new details about forthcoming PC processors at this week's Microprocessor Forum. Meanwhile, AMD and Intel will also mark the week with third-quarter...
[October 16, 2001, 8:56]
Google steams ahead with 'floating datacentre'
News The financial model of operating a datacentre at sea may be the most clever aspect to the patent application, argues Larry Dignan, editor-in-chief at ZDNet. Google sees the future of computing at sea.
[September 9, 2008, 10:08]
Jobs unveils new iMacs at Macworld
News News.com's Sandeep Junnarkar and staff writer Larry Dignan contributed to this report. Jobs introduced a 500MHz iMac, with 128MB of RAM and a 20GB hard drive, for $999. He touted another model running at 600MHz, with 256MB of RAM and a 40GB hard...
[July 18, 2001, 17:10]
WorldCom customers urged to hang on
News News.com's Larry Dignan contributed to this report. Research firms such as Giga Information Group, Gartner and the Yankee Group say they've been besieged with calls asking for advice about where to turn if WorldCom flames out.
[July 4, 2002, 11:33]
The Day Ahead: AOL Latin America has nice name, little else
News It has all the right statistics, but the question on Larry Dignan's lips about investing in this young company is 'is it worth it? In fact, if it weren't for the AOL moniker this IPO wouldn't be worth a passing glance.
[August 1, 2000, 13:23]
The Day Ahead: DoubleClick's FTC flap pits privacy against profit
News Web ads could look like this: "Larry Dignan, I understand you're looking for a mortgage and you just put a bid on a house at this address. DoubleClick thought it had it all figured out: it would take its Internet user data, buy direct marketer...
[February 18, 2000, 12:04]
techTrader: Investors cool to eBay revenues
News Larry Dignan contributed to this report. US Internet auctioneer eBay doubled analysts' estimates in its third quarter Tuesday, earning $3.2m, or 2 cents a share, on sales of $58.5m. First Call consensus expected it to earn 1 cent a share in the...
[October 27, 1999, 9:58]
Ouch! Dell warns of 4Q shortfall
News Larry Dignan contributed to this report Citing an "inconsistent" flow of key semiconductor components, Dell said it will likely post a profit of $430m (£266m), or 16 cents a share, on sales of $6.7bn.
[January 27, 2000, 10:58]
Compaq restructures, anticpates Q2 loss
News Larry Dignan of ZDII contributed to this report. As part of the reorganisation, Compaq said it will fold its services group into its Enterprise Computer Group. The Houston company said it will report a second-quarter loss of up to 15 cents per share.
[June 18, 1999, 9:34]
Microsoft profits surge, 75% earnings jump
News Larry Dignan contributed to this report Microsoft Corp.shattered analysts' estimates in its second fiscal quarter Tuesday, returning a profit of $1.98bn (£1.2bn), or 73 cents a share, on record sales of $4.94bn (£3bn).
[January 20, 1999, 9:03]
The Day Ahead: CMGI grasping at straws
News Larry Dignan's column will return on Wednesday. Folks, there's no plainer way to say it: it's not going to happen. Despite CMGI's commitment to unloading money losers such as iCast and 1stUp.com and its alleged devotion to only the cream of the...
[November 14, 2000, 11:58]
The Day Ahead: A few suggestions for Corel's board
News Sincerely, Larry Dignan To: Corel's Board of Directors From: ZDNet Inter@ctive Investor Re: Turning the company around This columnist would like to congratulate Corel on chief executive Michael Cowpland's resignation.
[August 16, 2000, 12:16]
