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HP Sets Record With $2.5B in Linux-Based Revenue
Hewlett-Packard Co. on Thursday will announce that it earned a record-breaking $2.5 billion Linux-based revenue in fiscal 2003, with its Linux services and solutions...
Intel Pushes Wireless LANs, Adds Support for 802.11g
Intel Corp. has updated the wireless LAN technology for its Centrino line of notebook computer chip sets. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip company on...
Oracles Linux Push: Mozilla Browser to Front Oracle Apps
Oracle Corp. is ready to extend its "Linux Everywhere" campaign to client systems. In the coming year, the company will enable the Mozilla open-source...
CAN-SPAM: Good, Bad or Indifferent?
Some people just have to be right and their critics wrong. Such looks to be the case with much of the current criticism surrounding...
Hard-Drive Vendors Get Tough With Distributors
Maxtor Corp., Seagate Technology LLC. and Western Digital Corp. are adopting tougher reporting policies for their distributors. The hard-drive vendors said they will require...
Intel Begins Shipping 802.11b/g Module
Intel Corp. has begun to ship its next-generation 802.11b/g dual-band module, catching up to competitors such as Broadcom Corp. which began shipping hybrid silicon...
Dell, HP Back New Blu-ray DVD Standard
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. recently said the companies will support the Blu-ray standard for DVD technology. The format, backed by a consortium of...
SanDisk Unveils 2GB Memory Stick Pro
SanDisk Corp. recently introduced a new 2GB version of the Memory Stick PRO card as well as a Memory Stick PRO Duo card. The...
IBM Reaffirms Commitment to InfiniBand in Topspin Deal
IBM and Topspin Communications at LinuxWorld in New York will demonstrate the companies commitment to the InfiniBand standard. The pair last week announced a...
Corbis: Gates Other Company Focuses on Rights Management
NEW YORK—When Bill Gates founded his second company in 1990, he had an inkling that digital rights for images might be important some day....