Monthly Archives: January 2004
Contract Watch: Big Consultants Put on Notice
It took Pete Rose 14 years to come clean and admit that he bet on baseball. Unlike Rose, IBM took a matter of months...
Apples Jobs Intros G5 Xserve
Addressing a performance gap between Apple Computer Inc.s server line and its desktop models, CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday cut the ribbon on Macworld...
Get The FUD
Microsoft is calling its new anti-Linux ad campaign "Get the Facts," but I call it "Get the FUD."At the heart of the campaign is...
Suns Cobalt Server Software Gets Open-Source Life
Sun Microsystems Inc. is ending its Cobalt server product line, but thats not the end of the Cobalt story. Sun has elected to release...
Slippery Slope: Vail Resorts and PeopleSoft
Vicki Silvera was under siege. Complaints, as the director of information technology for Vail Resorts recalls now, were pouring into "any forum" she could...
Macromedias Newest VP Looks to Light Up Mobile Devices
Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced the appointment of Juha Christensen, a former Microsoft Corp. executive, to the position of vice president of the companys mobile...
Former Microsoft Exec to Run Macromedias Mobile Devices Division
Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced it has hired a former Microsoft Corp. executive to run its Macromedia Mobile and Devices Division.
The San Francisco company announced...
Intel Rolls Out Celeron M for Value Notebooks
Intel Corp. announced Monday that it has begun shipping a low-cost Celeron version of its Pentium M processor, designed to bring extended battery life...
Microsoft Stays Mac Course with Revamped Office, Virtual PC
SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft Corp., reaffirming its commitment to developing applications for Mac OS X, on Tuesday launched a new version of its Office productivity suite...
Transmeta Packs Faster Crusoes in Smaller Package
Better things come in smaller packages, as Transmeta Corp. unveiled two new Crusoe chips that are available in packages half the size of their...