Napster serenades songwriters, ready to end lawsuit
Struggling online music distributor Napster Inc. signed a preliminary agreement with a group representing U.S. songwriters and music publishers Monday that should end some litigation pending against it...
View ArticleMicrosoft will consider joining Passport competitor
Unified user identity system is "very useful and beneficial" - analyst
View ArticleHP/Compaq postmerger job cuts still 15,000
HP blames confusion on information it filed with SEC early last week
View ArticleSun to drop Intel support in Solaris 9
Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday said it will not support chips from Intel Corp. with the release of its Solaris 9 operating system this year, as the hardware maker looks to cut costs in a tough economic...
View ArticleMicrosoft finds critical hole in its Java software
Microsoft Corp. issued a "critical" security alert Monday for its Java virtual machine (JVM), saying a flaw in the product could let hackers view users' information while they surf the Web.
View ArticleHewlett: If merger fails, only Fiorina will go
One of the most vocal opponents of Hewlett-Packard's proposed acquisition of Compaq attempted to assure shareholders Tuesday that voting against the deal would not bring chaos to the upper ranks of...
View ArticleCapellas says HP will do more with less
A confident Michael Capellas, chairman and chief executive officer of Compaq Computer Corp., said Thursday that his company's merger with Hewlett-Packard Co. could receive an unexpected financial boost...
View ArticleSun's 'Big Bear' Linux server to appear in August
Sun Microsystems Inc. will announce its controversial Linux server, code-named Big Bear, this August at the LinuxWorld conference, showing a dual-processor system that runs on chips from rival Intel...
View ArticleMcNealy: Livin' la vida Linux
Sun Microsystems has a knack for being the life of the party.
View ArticleProdigy gets victory in BT hyperlink patent suit
A US federal judge last week threw out the claim by British Telecommunications (BT) that Prodigy Communications violated a patent on hyperlinking, the technology that connects data on the web via...
View ArticleSun yet to answer challenge from users
Sun Microsystems Inc. has yet to respond to a challenge from a group of its users made earlier this week, calling for a public debate about the future of the Solaris operating systems on Intel Corp....
View ArticleSun to lay off 11% of workforce on poor Q1
Sun Microsystems will lay off close to 11% of its workforce, as the company continues to be punished by a slowdown in technology spending, Sun said yesterday in its earnings report for its first fiscal...
View ArticleMicrosoft unlikely to appeal decision
Microsoft Corp. does not expect to appeal a ruling handed down Friday by a U.S. judge in its antitrust case, according to the company's top executive.
View ArticleSun's P2P project passes 1 million downloads
Sun Microsystems has crossed the million download mark for its peer-to-peer (P2P) platform known as Jxta and is seeing early signs of the technology making its way into customers' applications, the...
View ArticleAuthors spar over HP-Compaq merger
The tale of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. is one of intrigue, executive wrangling and even allusions to castration, according to two authors who penned books on the topic...
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