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Not long ago, at the height of the dot-com boom, a few market-share-oriented Internet service providers hit on a new strategy: Give away PC hardware, and charge for Net access. It turned out, of course, to be a going-out-of-business strategy, mainly because the numbers just couldnt be made to work. But beneath the debris of […]

Microsoft Corp., targeting home networks as the next frontier for its .Net service strategy, is developing a server appliance that promises to connect computers, consumer electronics and home appliances. Now all the Redmond, Wash., software company has to do is convince consumers they need it. The software for the device, expected to hit store shelves […]

Intel Corp. this week will tout a new technology it has developed to overcome two looming hurdles that could stymie efforts to build faster processors—high-energy consumption and heat. Specifically, Intel researchers have come up with a new design for the transistor, the key component at the heart of all integrated circuits. To make faster processors, […]

IBM on Monday announced it has developed a new transistor design for microprocessors that will boost performance and reduce power consumption. The disclosure comes less than a week after Intel Corp. revealed a similar research effort aimed at overcoming potential obstacles to building ever faster and more energy efficient computer components. The two leading chip […]

The next version of SQL Server, Microsoft Corp.s high-end database, will likely debut in mid-2003, with a minor upgrade to the existing SQL Server 2000 coming in February 2002. The update in February will probably bundle SQL Server 2000 with the Redmond, Wash., companys Visual Studio.NET, which is due for release in the next few […]

Compaq Computer Corp. today announced a new entry-level SAN (storage-area network) offering, and will eliminate its current entry-level offering, the RA4100. The StorageWorks Modular SAN Array, which is shipping immediately, uses 42 drives of 72 GB each and can scale to about 3 terabytes, said Roger Archibald, vice president and general manager of Compaqs Enterprise […]

EMC Corp., the largest company that only makes enterprise-class data storage technology, on Thursday announced its reorganization into three divisions as part of its recent shifting against heightened competition. The new operating units are Storage Platforms Operations, Open Software Operations and Customer Operations, according to a statement released late Thursday by the Hopkinton, Mass., company. […]

Compaq Computer Corp. said on Friday that its first Itanium-based server, announced in July, is still not ready to ship, despite word from Intel Corp. that it has resolved at least one problem that initially delayed the servers release. Two weeks ago, Compaq, the top seller of Intel-based servers, disclosed that it had held off […]

For bankrupt Web hosting pioneer Exodus Communications Inc., the last shovel of dirt has been tossed on the coffin, with their sale on Friday to Cable & Wireless PLC for $575 million and the pickup of $180 million in liabilities. “This acquisition meets our key investment criteria of value, strategic fit, strong management and high […]

Main Text Now that the courts have given Microsoft the green light to bundle everything from its Windows Media Player to its instant-messenger client in Windows, it is staking out much bigger turf. It now is setting its sights on becoming a significant supplier of application software to corporations. The software juggernaut, known in the […]