Monthly Archives: July 2003
Microsoft Forges Ahead With New Compiler Technology
Next week, Microsoft plans to offer an update on new compiler technology that is being co-developed by the companys Programmer Productivity Research Center (PPRC)...
TI Exceeds Earnings Expectations
Rallying at the last minute, chip maker Texas Instruments Inc. on Monday posted second-quarter earnings that beat its lowered expectations from a month ago.The...
Backup Data on the Moon?
Locate backup data on the moon? Now that sounds like a rock-solid business model.However strange the idea may sound, TransOrbital of La Jolla, California...
WorldCom Victims Vie to Cut Losses
Who is the real victim in the worlds largest corporate scam, the $11 billion accounting fraud that drove WorldCom Inc. into bankruptcy last summer?...
Siebel Slide Leads to Layoffs
Customer relationship management software firm Siebel Systems will cut 9 percent of its workforce after its revenues fell year-to-year for the eighth straight quarter,...
StorageTeks Profits Up; Quantum Loses $9M
Storage firm Quantum Corp. reported another quarter of losses Tuesday, while Storage Technology Corp. had another quarter of growth, officials of those companies said.Quantum,...
Suns Earnings, Revenue Take a Hit
Sun Microsystems Inc. saw its fourth-quarter earnings and revenue decline over the same period last year, and the company lost more than $2.3 billion...
Iomega Samples 1.5-GB Mini Drive
Iomega Corp. said it had begun sampling its 1.5GB small-form-factor DCT drive to OEMs, part of a bid to resuscitate the struggling company.The companys...
Security Web Digest: Earthlink and Feds Warn of Surge in Scams
Privacy
The U.S. federal government and EarthLink Inc. on Monday warned of a surge in unsolicited e-mail and scam Web sites that are designed to...
Vultus Deal Bolsters SCOs Web Services Strategy
The SCO Group is beefing up its Web services offerings with the acquisition of Vultus Inc. and its WebFace Solution Suite.SCO, which is suing...