Monthly Archives: November 2001
Bluetooth Showing Some Bite
Things are looking up for Bluetooth—that is, if having a few products actually shipping and genuine support from Microsoft Corp. are positive signs for...
SAP To Support J2EE App Server
SAP AG chief executive Hasso Plattner will unveil the enterprise software companys next big technology vision next week at its developer conference in Los...
Palm Realignment Plan Could Cause Confusion
Palm Inc.s plan to divide the company into two distinct and specialized business units for better focus—one for the operating system and another for...
Microsoft Brass Strike Conciliatory Tone on Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Acknowledging that Microsoft needed to modify its behavior, company leaders Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer agreed to settle their long-running antitrust...
Can Microsoft Really Change?
Bill Gates seemed humbled, contrite even, when he indicated that the Microsoft of the future would be a more restrained industry leader.In a brief...
Spectrum Cap Debate Rages
The wireless spectrum cap debate raged on stage this week at the 2001 CDMA Americas Congress in San Diego.The argument centered on how spectrum...
Startup Unveils Cheaper Fingerprint Scanner
A Silicon Valley startup on Monday will unveil new fingerprint-scanning technology that company officials say is far cheaper and more reliable than traditional scanning...
Gates Hopeful States Will “Sign On”
The settlement reached between Microsoft and the Department of Justice in the landmark antitrust case was fair and reasonable, but would change the way...
Williams Acquires CoreExpress Assets
Williams Communications purchased assets of Herndon, Va.-based CoreExpress for an undisclosed amount yesterday, Nov. 1, a move that saved a struggling provider of guaranteed...
Genuity Cuts More Than 1,000 Jobs
Genuity Inc., creator of the Black Rocket Network Services Platform for building e-business Web sites, is slashing its U.S. work force by 24 percent...