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Telling Customers the Bad News

Egghead.com Inc. faced a nightmare before Christmas when, on Dec. 18, executives at the online technology retailer discovered that a hacker had accessed its...

Dig for Treasure

Earnings season is over. Executives have given their all-important "guidance" about upcoming quarters and the outlook. So now what should an enterprising investor do?...

More Misadventures From Bill and Bill

Spencer wondered if the post-presidential lecture circuit would make Bill Clinton enough cash to finally buy furniture for his New York digs. One of...

No Vodka, Thanks

The winner of a Java programming contest sponsored by Espial.com will rise high and fast—up to 82,000 feet at Mach 2.5, in a Russian...

Show Wizards Whos in Charge

Software developers live in an uneasy partnership with wizards, as Microsoft calls its automated tools that streamline coding tasks. Much-needed productivity gains come at...

Reaching Out

Sometimes its not the numbers that count but the way you count them that makes the difference.Take PeopleSoft. The company had good news in...

Microsoft Aims at Embedded Space

If there is one area of technology Microsoft Corp. has not dominated, it is the embedded space. But no longer, as CEO Steve Ballmer...

New Service Aids Buyers

Active Decisions Inc., of Burlingame, Calif., has launched a service for e-commerce sites that helps consumers make decisions across 120 product categories.Active Sales Assistant...

Wireless Enterprise Apps are Brewing

A handful of software developers are building enterprise applications on early versions of a new wireless platform from Qualcomm Inc. that promises easy downloads...

Culture Shift

Call it Lucent Start-Up, or Lucent Launchpad, where the new motto might be "Keep it going and keep it flowing."Here in the Merrimack Valley...