Monthly Archives: December 2004
IBMs PC Unit Retreat Is Good Business
The big news in Fridays announcement that IBM is selling its PC business is the fact that it is still in the business at...
Customers to Quest for Candor at Oracle OpenWorld
The Oracle OpenWorld conference starting Monday in San Francisco will likely be more closely watched than some of the other recent renditions of this...
IBM PC Retreat Would Shift Market Balance to Asia
Reports that IBM might spin off or sell its PC business have refocused attention on the evolving role of contract manufacturers and Asian ODMs,...
Unified 802.11n Wi-Fi Standard to Emerge in Mid-2006
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The first products that support a fully unified 802.11n Wi-Fi standard will start reaching the market in the second quarter of 2006,...
Its About Time for IBM to Leave PCs Behind
Almost exactly 24 years ago, IBM got into the personal computer business. Now, its getting out, as it prepares to sell off what remains...
MS Rolls Out Second Interim Beta of SQL Server 2005
Microsoft Corp. on Friday released its second Community Technology Preview of SQL Server 2005 and rolled out a new, free tool to manage SQL...
IBM Prepares to Leave an Industry It Created
In August 1981, the world of computing changed. When IBM launched its first IBM PC, most observers at the time simply thought it was...
The Hidden Risks of Demo Discs
In mid-November, members of Sonys PlayStation Underground received the Holiday Demo Disc and discovered that after executing one of the game demos on the...
Sun Proposes New Open-Source License
Sun Microsystems Inc. has proposed a new open-source license to the Open Source Initiative, but Linus Torvalds and others doubt that it will help...
Rights Management Can Protect or Offend
Ask people about digital rights management and most will offer an opinion regarding the rights and wrongs of peer-to-peer file swapping. But ask Microsoft...