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Article | 5/09/2001 HP/COMPAQ: HP details takeover, 15,000 to lose jobs
Hewlett-Packard and Compaq will slash a combined total of 15,000 jobs as part of the planned US$25 billion merger of the two companies, officials said...
Article | 5/09/2001 New virus targets, encrypts .exe files
Antivirus vendor Central Command Inc. has detected a new worm that, disguised as a warning from Microsoft Corp., mass-mails itself to users and once l...
Article | 5/09/2001 IT professionals rake in bucks despite downturn
Given the slowing economy and gloomy job climate, you might think IT workers are getting hit hard in their paychecks. But the fact is that IT professi...
Article | 5/09/2001 Adobe: No reponsibility to Sklyarov
Though he was arrested after Adobe Systems Inc. complained to the U.S. government about a program he had written and the company has since called for ...
Article | 5/09/2001 XP rewards our patience
Business leaders questioning what they can expect to gain from Windows XP can stop wondering and start making plans to accommodate the latest release ...
Article | 5/09/2001 HP-Compaq deal brings opportunity for competitors
With Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and Compaq Computer Corp. focused on merging, the competition could jump in and take away customers, said two competitor...
Article | 5/09/2001 Microsoft offers test version of Windows XP Embedded
Microsoft Corp. handed developers on Tuesday a working copy of its Windows XP operating system for embedded systems, debuting its second operating sys...
Article | 5/09/2001 HP/Compaq deal likely to get close legal scrutiny
The pending merger of Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. is expected to face intense scrutiny here and in Europe and involve an examination...
Article | 4/09/2001 It's official: HP to buy Compaq
A press release just posted on the Hewlett-Packard Web site has confirmed earlier press reports stating the company has entered into a $47.5 billion (...
Article | 4/09/2001 HP to buy Compaq
Hewlett-Packard will announce tomorrow its plan to take over rival Compaq for $47.5 billion in stock, according to a report in The New York Times.
Article | 4/09/2001 New Zealand delivers first online defamation verdict
Alan Brown has been found guilty of defamation in New Zealand's first online defamation case.
Article | 4/09/2001 Study: Microsoft IIS users complacent about security
Warning of "deep-set complacency" among electronic commerce site administrators, a security consultant said a growing number of servers running Micros...
Article | 4/09/2001 Hawking: Re-engineer humans or risk machine rule
If humans don't watch out, computers will take over the Earth, says Stephen Hawking.
Article | 4/09/2001 Property developer spams itself in the foot
Sydney company Meriton Investments is facing a public relations disaster after a spam-handed attempt to drum up new customers went seriously awry.
Article | 4/09/2001 AuDA takes control of dot-au domain
AuDA is to take over management of the dot-au (.au) space from Robert Elz, who has held administrative responsibility for the domain since 1985, as a ...
Article | 4/09/2001 Drinkers travel miles to buy soft drink with mobile phones
Would-be customers travelled for up to an hour to use NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s first cell phone-enabled soda vending machine. Trial services of the special C...
Article | 3/09/2001 NEC develops fuel-cell for handhelds
The days of racing to get work done before the notebook battery runs out of juice may soon be over.
Article | 3/09/2001 Microsoft casts a watchful eye on LinuxWorld
As the Linux faithful unveiled their enterprise wares at last week's LinuxWorld, Microsoft Corp. openly cast a critical eye on the proceedings.
Article | 3/09/2001 Celerons step up to the 1GHz mark
Ending a week of high-speed technology announcements from the world's largest chip maker, Intel Corp. on Friday took its value-priced Celeron processo...
Article | 3/09/2001 StarOffice glimmers on horizon
Sun Microsystems Inc. is preparing the release of the next version of its open-source office productivity suite, attempting to gather grass roots supp...

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