Monthly Archives: January 2005
New Wireless Chips Reduce Power Consumption in Mobile Devices
ParkerVision Inc., of Jacksonville, Fla., this month announced a new line of efficient, high-performance, low-cost wireless chips.
The new design extends the companys patented digital...
Microsoft Ready to Prove Its Search Stuff
After a year of promises and rising expectations, Microsoft Corp. appears ready to jump headlong into the search-engine market.
But dont expect the entry of...
Microsoft Still Hedging Its Convergence Bets
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—As the battle continues over what type of device will be the hub of the digital home of the future, neither Microsoft Corp....
Is Open Source Ready for Prime Time?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The emergence of stacks of open-source infrastructure software will spawn new opportunities for companies to enter and succeed in the open-source space, according...
Former Execs Sue SCO Parent Canopy
According to a report in The Salt Lake Tribune, recently ousted executives of The Canopy Group Inc. are suing Canopy, the parent company of...
CFOs Endure Intense Pressure
The job description for CFOs doesnt (yet) require X-ray vision and telepathy, but some feel they are held responsible for what goes on within...
Bush Brings Back Health Care IT
After a sustained pause in federal government momentum around health IT, President George W. Bush firmly took up the cause again after showing some...
Short Leash Fits Microsoft
For many years Ive been saying the only way to deal with antitrust in the technology business is to get out in front of...
ICG Commerce Inks BPO Deal with Greif
In its fifth big e-procurement win of the past year, ICG Commerce Inc. has signed a multiyear, multimillion dollar business process outsourcing contract with...
PUBPAT Questions Suns Open-Source Patent Policies
The Public Patent Foundation is questioning how Sun Microsystems Inc. is granting the open-source software community rights to more than 1,600 of its patents.
PUBPATs...