Monthly Archives: March 2001
Broadband Boss Not Holding Door for Armstrong
Its hard to imagine how running AT&T Broadband could get more complicated.With its parent company splitting into four competing parts, AT&T Broadband is operating...
Novell Beefs Up Latest Netware
Amid mergers and acquisitions and executive shifts, Novell Inc. is still finding time to crank out cutting-edge networking software. The Provo, Utah, company is...
Microsoft, eBay Team on E-Commerce
A deal between Microsoft Corp. and eBay Inc. announced last week could give developers an easier way to add auctioning and e-commerce capabilities to...
Fast Facts Section B: March 19, 2001
Microsoft Courts eBayMicrosoft and online auction firm eBay have formed an e-commerce partnership to gain wider acceptance for their Internet technologies. EBay will support...
Japan and Cuba Play Catch-Up
As part of a plan to catch up to the U.S. in Internet technology, the Japanese government is now inviting 30,000 foreign experts to...
Watch Out . . .
Pocket watches are back in fashion. You just might not think of them as watches.In the train conductor era, the pocket watch was round...
Datas Day Out Has Just Begun
When the Napster online file-sharing service was ordered March 5 to block the exchange of copyrighted material, a Los Angeles radio station called me...
Sitting Pretty
In the digital world, its rare to find a product or service that isnt overhyped the moment it hits the street. Everything arrives with...
Chips Under Glass
Using technology as old as World War II and as young as last weeks breakthrough, chipmakers are transforming optical networks with devices that slice,...
PDA Companies Play Slots
Handspring Inc., Palm Inc. and Compaq Computer Corp. are playing the slots. All three have developed a bevy of handheld devices featuring expansion slots...