Monthly Archives: October 2002
Tool Makers See Good, Bad Second Quarters
Software development tool makers Rational Software Corp. and Compuware Corp. on Thursday announced a mixed bag of second-quarter earnings news.Rational reported a net loss...
Gateway Loses $49.7 Million in 3Q
PC maker Gateway Inc. on Thursday reported a net loss of $49.7 million for the third quarter, and overall sales continued to decline as...
Sun to Lay Off 4,400
Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday announced it will cut 4,400 jobs, or about 11 percent of its workforce, after reporting it lost $111 million...
Tech Support Pay Rising
Since the years beginning, tech support jobs have seen the largest salary increase of any IT job, according to research from IT job site...
Dell Reclaims PC Leadership Spot
Dell Computer Corp. has regained its crown as the worldwide leader in PC sales, according to a new report, but the news wasnt totally...
Want to Move Up? Drop the Techno-Gibberish
"You lost access to that site because the DHCP server was giving you a static IP to allow you to pass through the firewall....
LinuxWorld 2002 to Feature Free Exams
The Linux Professional Institute will offer free LPI certification test exams--a $100 savings--at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo on Oct. 30 and 31 in...
Apple Says It Will Sit Out Macworld
The producer of Macworld Conference & Expo on Thursday made official its plans to move the summer installment of the show back to its...
Apple Posts Loss; Mac Sales Slide
Apple Computer Inc. posted its first net loss in almost two years as shipments of its top-selling Macs fell 14 percent from a year...
Clarke Solicits Cyber-Security Input at MIT
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—If Wednesday nights town hall meeting here was any indication, Richard Clarke is getting just what he asked for.After releasing a draft of...