Monthly Archives: February 2001
Moody Computers
Walk into the unassuming brick house in Bostons Back Bay and you would think youve walked into the midst of a household ready to...
For the Last Time, Were Not an ASP!
Mondosoft, a Danish company that makes a remotely hosted search engine for large Web sites, is doing a little searching of its own these...
Scot-Free Scams
One of the biggest problems for merchants facing Internet fraud is that criminals are getting more sophisticated and there are very few cops on...
Better by Half
Maybe the problem with all those failed dot-coms is that they tried too hard. It turns out that at least one way to succeed...
Fast Facts Section B: February 26, 2001
Oil Exchange ClosesOil and gas giant Chevron is closing its online oil marketplace after less than a year. The company says it will discontinue...
BEA Enables B2B On Top Of WebLogic
Bea Systems Inc. is moving into the business-to-business integration and application arenas with three new products for its WebLogic application server.Set to roll out...
Foreign Flimflam
One of the latest cyberscams involves international thieves using stolen credit cards to buy goods from U.S. Internet merchants.The crooks are setting up stateside...
Mobiles Slow March Toward High Speed
The typically staid wireless telecom crowd at the 3GSM World Congress last week was wowed by images of futuristic mobile devices helping run businesses...
Why Pen and Paper Is Still the Pervasive PDA
On a recent episode of "NYPD Blue," a harried detective tried to look up a telephone number by tapping a stylus on a handheld...
Microsoft Wireless OS On New Path
Late to the smart-phone operating system game and eager to make up ground in the United States, Microsoft Corp. is now focusing its forthcoming...