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| - Intel and
Broadcom: Strange bedfellows?
- Bertelsmann
Takes On AOL Time Warners Music
- Six
More Workers Sue Microsoft for $5B
- HP
co-founder William Hewlett dies at 87
- GM's
next growth engine: ASP
- AOL
Announces New Management Team
- Stopping
light could lead to quantum advance in computing
- Lernout
Chairman Latest to Leave
- Yahoo!
Merger Rumors Rampant
- Will
Java Perk Up Your Phone
- AOL
Time Warner cuts more costs
- eToys
Misses $2M Payment to Creditor
- Israel's
'First Internet Murder'
- Radio
Revolution
- Apple cuts prices
- Librarians
Sue U.S. Over Internet Censorship
- Kiwi
Spectrum Finds a Home
- Are Boerries
and Sun parting ways?
- Nortel
forecasts considered crucial
- Internet
Blamed For California Power Emergency
- Microsoft
Under Fire: This Time, It's Hackers
- Ericsson
Concedes to Nokia
- Lucent Technologies
Announces Seven-Point Restructuring Plan
- Microsoft
Outlines Java Migration Strategy In Wake Of Settlement
Intel and Broadcom: Strange bedfellows?
After months of bitter court battles alleging thefts of trade secrets, Broadcom
Corp. and Intel Corp. may soon use a new name to describe their rivalry -- partnership.
Bertelsmann
Takes On AOL Time Warners Music
Bertelsmann, Europe's largest media company,
is shaping up to take on the battle with the new AOL Time Warner (AOL: news, msgs)
(TWX: news, msgs) in one of the most popular media segments: Music Six
More Workers Sue Microsoft for $5B
For the second time in six months,
Microsoft Corp. found itself the target of a racial discrimination lawsuit filed
by former or current employees. HP
co-founder William Hewlett dies at 87
Hewlett-Packard Co. co-founder William
Hewlett, who helped launch the technology revolution in a Silicon Valley garage,
died of natural causes, the company said. GM's
next growth engine: ASP
It's a shocking combination of acronyms: GM as
ASP. AOL
Announces New Management Team
America Online, Inc. (NYSE:AOL), has unveiled
its new organization and management team that it hopes will position the company
to capitalize on the Internet's "next wave of business opportunities" and help
drive the overall growth of AOL Time Warner. Stopping
light could lead to quantum advance in computing
Two teams of scientists
have accomplished the seemingly impossible feat of trapping and stopping light--an
achievement that could lead to major advances in quantum computing. Lernout
Chairman Latest to Leave
The executive purge continues at Lernout &
Hauspie Speech Products, where an accounting scandal has led to an exodus of top
managers, including two CEOs in the past six months. Yahoo!
Merger Rumors Rampant
The price of Yahoo! stock jumped substantially in
trading in Europe and Japan overnight as speculation increased that the AOL/Time
Warner merger may be putting pressure on the directory and e-commerce site to
find a partner. Will
Java Perk Up Your Phone
Getting mobile phones to act more like handheld
PCs isn't easy. A tiny startup may have solved the problem. AOL
Time Warner cuts more costs
AOL Time Warner is planning to close down
Web entertainment hub Entertaindom on Feb. 1, making it the latest in a long line
of failed Time Warner online ventures. eToys
Misses $2M Payment to Creditor
In the most obvious sign yet that struggling
e-tailer eToys is facing an immediate cash crisis, the company acknowledged that
it had missed some payments to a temporary staffing agency. Israel's
'First Internet Murder'
Israeli and Palestinian police are investigating
the murder of a teenage Israeli boy reportedly pursuing a romance with an older
woman living in a Palestinian town. Was he ambushed? Radio
Revolution
The Web gave radio a new lease on life. Satellite distribution
could make it like cable television without the video. Apple
cuts prices
In a move that may foreshadow the introduction of new consumer
desktops, Apple Computer has launched a $200 instant rebate for two iMac models.
Librarians
Sue U.S. Over Internet Censorship
The American Library Association (ALA)
announced its intention Thursday to commence legal proceedings against the U.S.
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Kiwi
Spectrum Finds a Home
After half a year and over 400 bidding rounds, New
Zealand's mobile radio spectrum has finally made its way into the hands of four
successful bidders. Are
Boerries and Sun parting ways?
Is Marco Boerries, the German programmer
who founded software company Star Division after a high school visit to Silicon
Valley and sold it a decade and a half later to Sun, getting ready to jump ship
and become a high-tech entrepreneur again? Nortel
forecasts considered crucial
Analysts expect few surprises from Nortel
Networks Corp.'s fourth-quarter results last week, but they will watch for new
forecasts from the world's largest supplier of fiber-optic systems. Internet
Blamed For California Power Emergency
Hard on the heels of Wednesday's
rolling power blackouts in the northern part of the state, California Governor
Gray Davis declared a state of emergency. Microsoft
Under Fire: This Time, It's Hackers
One day after Microsoft Corp. announced
it had healed a self-inflicted wound that caused millions of users to be blocked
from its most popular Web sites, a sophisticated hack attack caused another series
of embarrassing crashes for the software giant. Ericsson
Concedes to Nokia
Scandinavia is the center of the world for the mobile
phone business, and in that corner, Finland beats out Sweden: Ericsson says it
will stop making mobile phones and will slash thousands of jobs. Winner by a knockout:
Nokia. Lucent
Technologies Announces Seven-Point Restructuring Plan
Lucent Technologies
Announces Seven-Point Restructuring Plan to Reduce Expenses by $2 Billion and
Significantly Improve Cash Flow Microsoft
Outlines Java Migration Strategy In Wake Of Settlement
Just two days after
settling a legal dispute over Java with Sun Microsystems, Microsoft announced
a set of migration tools aimed at moving users to its .Net computing technology.
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