Monthly Archives: February 2004
FreshDirect: Ready To Deliver
ItS 5:30 a.m. at FreshDirects warehouse and headquarters in Long Island City, N.Y. Its 40 degrees outside and 38 degrees inside.
Butchers are slicing, dicing...
ECs Decision on Oracles PeopleSoft Bid Expected May 11
Following on the heels of the U.S. Department of Justices moves last week to bring to a head its antitrust investigation into Oracle Corp.s...
Apple iPod Mini
ZIFFPAGE TITLEAt a GlanceThe Apple iPod Mini is smaller, but just as stylish (and pricey) as its predecessors.Company:Apple Computer Inc., www.apple.comPrice:$249 directSpec Data:6-line display,...
Intel CEO Introduces 64-Bit Extensions
SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. chief executive Craig Barrett opened the Intel Developer Forum here by talking about transformations, including the companys transformation of its 32-bit...
Intel Responds to AMD Threat, Broadens 64-Bit Line
With the announcement that Intel is releasing a Xeon Processor with 64-bit extensions, perhaps the title of this column should be "Yamhill lives." This...
Seeking FISH Flash Storage at PMA
LAS VEGAS—The Universal Transportable Memory Association Inc. recently debuted "FISH," a new type of flash memory card for digital cameras and other devices. But...
Whos Afraid of the Big, Bad, Open-Source Movement?
Theres one burning question facing IBM, Oracle and Microsoft—the worlds biggest database vendors—nowadays. Namely, How do you compete with code thats being given away?Read...
European Commission to Rule on Oracle-PeopleSoft Deal by May 11
The European Commission will decide by May 11 whether Oracles proposed takeover of PeopleSoft breaks its competition laws.Read the full story at The Register.
Utility Goes Beyond Grids
Utility computing, the IT vendor pitch of choice for selling more hardware and services this year, is often misperceived—or actually misrepresented—as either a technology...
Utility Model Is at Work Today
When medical imagery data created explosive growth in demand for digital storage, Project Manager Midori Kawahara, of the British Columbia Cancer Agency, needed prompt...