Monthly Archives: January 2002
Microsoft Moves Into Telematics Fast Lane
Microsoft Corp. late last week tried to re-establish its presence in the nascent automotive telematics field by partnering with Accenture in a broad initiative...
AOL Quietly Launches “Magic Carpet”
America Online Inc. late last week informally launched what appeared to be its long anticipated "Magic Carpet" sign-in service. Officially called dubbed Screen Name...
Palm Releases Beta of Bluetooth SDK
Encouraging the adoption of a nascent wireless technology, handheld computer company Palm Inc. on Monday started shipping to developers a beta version of its...
Compaq Goes Low End With Its Storage Hardware
Not satisfied with just taking on rivals like EMC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. in high-end data storage, Compaq Computer Corp. is targeting the low...
Apples New Magic Bullet?
Prognosticating about Apple Computers next moves, like hunting bear, can be a treacherous two-way street: Sometimes you get the drop on new Macs, and...
Malicious Activity Skyrocketing on the Net
The amount of malicious activity on the Internet is increasing at a frightening rate and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.2001 marked...
Tivoli Storage Manager Backs Up Laptops
After securing corporate data close to the data center, IT administrators are turning to the growing amount of unprotected data in laptops.IBM, having anticipated...
Novell Services Head Looks to Return to Innovation
Novell Inc. announced earlier this week that it has named professional services veteran Bob Couture as vice president of Global Consulting. Couture, with 20...
Silvon, BFS Form Software Alliance
Supply chain analytics software provider Silvon Software Inc. and Business Forecast Systems Inc. (BFS) announced an alliance this week that will combine analytics and...
Judge Rejects Microsoft Donation Plan in Class-Action Suits
A federal judge in Baltimore rejected Microsoft Corp.s offer to give schools hundreds of millions of dollars worth of computers and software to end...