Monthly Archives: March 2001
MySQL Makes a Move Up-Market
MySQL ABs widely used open-source database, MySQL, is taking a big step forward in the corporate world with the addition of transaction support.Until now,...
One More Way To Use The Internet
At the end of my last column, I promised Id tell you why iRobot—a company co-founded by two MIT grads and an MIT professor—gave...
Tivoli Gears Up for Service Provider Battle
Tivoli Systems Inc. is hoping a revamped strategy and a short list of new customers will put some much-needed momentum behind its service provider...
Flash Unleashes Multimedia
Developers testing the new wireless version of Flash Player said the extension of the multimedia player beyond the desktop will open new doors for...
VerticalNet Purchases Exchange
VerticalNet Inc., a company that in the past few months said it would move away from the business-to-business exchange model to focus on becoming...
Intels Grip Shifts Back to Its Chips
For the past couple of years, Intel Corp. has pushed to diversify its offerings and reduce its revenue reliance on what it is best...
Tag Youre Hit
As if things werent already hard enough, online retailers are experiencing yet another e-rip-off: electronic price tag alteration.An estimated one-third of all shopping cart...
App Conflicts Cleaned Up
The convergence of two overlapping messaging protocols will be a boon for developers in their quest to get applications to interoperate over the Internet.At...
Napster Bars User Access
Napster users over the weekend may have found themselves unable to trade music, as the service began blocking access to thousands of copyrighted songs.After...
Chuck the Evidence!
They say the best way to sell a new product is to create the need first, and then fulfill that need. But for Randi...