Monthly Archives: January 2003
IBM, MontaVista Extend Battery Life
Mobile device users can reduce processor power consumption in their products by as much as 50 percent by using a combination of chip technology...
Dell Looks to Retail POS Business
PC maker Dell Computer Corp., which already is looking to expand its offerings into such areas as printers and personal digital assistants, is getting...
Lies, Damned Lies, and Advertisements
At a dinner meeting last week, someone asked me what I was going to do about "Intels outrageous sales pitch" for Itanium versus "proprietary...
CEO Jobs Two Shows in One
After promising "two Macworlds worth of stuff," Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs kicked off last weeks Macworld Expo here by introducing 17- and...
Macromedia Spreads ColdFusion MX Server to BEA, IBM and Sun
Macromedia Inc. last week delivered on its plans to make J2EE developers more productive.The San Francisco company shipped versions of ColdFusion MX Server for...
PreCaches NetInjector Enables Gadgets to Tap Information Flow
PreCache Inc.s NetInjector middleware enables companies to extend computing capabilities to various gadgets—from cell phones and handhelds to personal video recorders and MP3 players.With...
Mir3 Readies InlogicPro Auto-Notification Service
Mir3 Inc., which last month launched InlogicNow, a free version of its two-way notification service, this quarter will introduce a fuller-featured version for the...
Stopping a Wild Ride
IT service provider Inforonics Inc. hopes to squeeze into a new niche between big custom application outsourcers such as Accenture Ltd. and packaged application...
Software Peeks Into Purchasing
As e-catalogs proliferate, ePlus Inc. and Zycus Inc. are each readying software to make it easier to quantify and classify products bought and sold...
Languages Show Striking Growth
According to Netcraft Web Server Survey in December, the Webs most dramatic change last year was the 52 percent growth in Web servers hosting...