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Compaq Computer Corp. has started production on its first Itanium-based server after a five-month delay it blamed on problems with Intel Corp.s new 64-bit chip. While the new system may bolster Intels efforts to promote the slow-selling Itanium, Compaqs disclosures of troubles with the chip may dampen system managers interest in it. “Im always kind […]

As a barometer of the state of e-commerce, Amazon.com has always been pretty accurate. Its meteoric rise in the mid- to late 90s reflected the early hysteria of dot-com opportunism. As demands for profitability increased, Amazon had a target on its back; as the “Bin Laden economy” tumbled, so did Amazon. And Amazon has risen […]

Christmas is coming, and while the home computing goose isnt as fat as it used to be, there will still be plenty of new Compaqs and iMacs under the tree. That means even more newbie Internet users who will be unwitting disease vectors for the next Nimda variant that comes down the wire. Thats right, […]

Observers of the ASP industry noted six months ago that their world had changed, as numerous marquee pioneers abandoned the niche; radically overhauled their strategies; or were acquired by larger, more mainstream companies. Now, the most public face of those companies, the ASP Industry Consortium—taken over last month by the Computing Technology Industry Association, or […]

NetBank Inc., which was one of the first Internet banks when it launched in 1996, has been on a buying binge this year. In July, it completed the purchase of Market Street Mortgage from Republic Bancorp Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich., which gave it 42 mortgage offices in 10 states. Last month, it announced plans […]

A bevy of service providers, including AT&T Corp., WorldCom Inc. and Cable and Wireless plc., are vying to fill the void in the $4 billion Web hosting industry created by the demise of Exodus Communications Inc. while sidestepping titans such as IBM and Electronic Data Systems Corp. But since anyone can build a secure data […]

When George Samenuk took over in January as CEO of security company Network Associates Inc., the Santa Clara, Calif., company was at a crossroads. NAI had reported a loss of more than $147 million in the previous quarter and was buffeted by accusations that it had forced inventory on its channel partners to increase revenue. […]

In the formative days of organized crime—the Prohibition era of the 1920s—federal agents such as the legendary Eliot Ness knew exactly where to find mob bosses like Al Capone: usually in full-furred and fedora-topped public view, seemingly untouchable. The tougher problem was finding evidence of mob crimes. Today, in the formative days of Internet-based cyber-crime, […]

Dell Computer Corp. is discontinuing its Itanium-based workstation due to slow sales, according to sources at the company. The withdrawal of the Dell Precision Workstation 730 would mark another setback for Intel Corp., which has been trying to boost the relatively lackluster sales of its first 64-bit processor since its release in May. According to […]

Reeling from mounting opposition to their proposed merger, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. are stepping up their efforts to spin the deal in a positive light. From the moment the deal was announced in September, the HP board and Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina have encountered intense criticism from analysts and users alike. Critics […]