Monthly Archives: December 2001
Feds Take Action Against Software Pirates
The federal government on Tuesday conducted three separate actions aimed at taking down a large network of software pirates operating around the globe.In one...
Exec: HP Has No Plans to Back Out
Seeking to counter a barrage of negative news reports, a senior executive with Hewlett-Packard Co. said today the company has no plans to abandon...
iWay to Debut Web Services Framework
The iWay Software subsidiary of Information Builders Inc. will announce Wednesday a new Web services framework to integrate disparate information systems.This framework, known as...
Applied Materials Cuts 1,700 Jobs
Applied Materials Inc., which in September cut about 2,000 jobs, on Wednesday announced it would slash another 1,700 positions, or about 10 percent of...
IBM to Deliver Managed CRM
IBM Corp. Wednesday announced a new managed CRM (customer relationship management) service through its IBM Global Services division.The new service is in response to...
Microsoft Rejects States Proposals
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday rejected out of hand the remedy proposals suggested by the nine dissenting states and the District of Columbia in the...
Work Remains for Bluetooth
SAN FRANCISCO—The third annual Bluetooth Developers Conference is less about what the nascent cable replacement technology can do than about what remains to be...
I-Deal Readying VC, IPO Site
Financial services technology startup i-Deal LLC said yesterday that it is working with Avanade to develop its online platform for raising capital and issuing...
Sun considers charging for StarOffice
Sun Microsystems is evaluating the pricing plan for its StarOffice desktop productivity suite, and one option under consideration is charging users for the software.StarOffice...
Palm to Acquire ThinAirApps
In its latest attempt to make inroads with enterprise customers, Palm Inc. Wednesday announced that it will acquire ThinAirApps Inc., a New York developer...