Microsoft market cap surpasses $US500 billion
Microsoft's market valuation topped $US500 billion today, as its shares jumped more than $5 to close at $99.44.
Microsoft's market valuation topped $US500 billion today, as its shares jumped more than $5 to close at $99.44.
3Com is exploring an emerging technology called the Wireless Access Protocol for possible use in its Palm computer, a move that would bring new Web browsing capabilities to the popular handheld device, analysts and sources familiar with the matter said this week.
Strong sales of its popular iMac computers helped drive Apple to its seventh consecutive profitable quarter, the company said on Wednesday.
attered by its ongoing price war with Intel, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss before adjustments of $US162 million, or $US1.10 per share, on sales of $US595.1 million.
Fifteen more companies from around the world have been approved to compete as registrars for the .com, .net and .org Internet domains, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced last week.
Intel last week showcased some fancy graphics applications running on Intel-based workstations, part of an effort to grow the market for the company's most powerful processors. At the Intel-Microsoft Workstation Leadership Forum here, the chip maker showed off some colourful data visualisation applications which display large volumes of financial, customer and other information in three-dimensional visual form.
Compaq warned this week of an expected loss for its second fiscal quarter, and announced plans for a major restructuring that will leave the company with three distinct business units, each responsible for its own profit and loss.
Compaq is expected to announce an initiative aimed at making it less expensive for resellers to offer its Prosignia PCs, which are targeted at small and medium-sized businesses, according to reports published last week.
IBM has overtaken Oracle to regain its lead in the database software market, according to preliminary research released earlier this week by Dataquest.
Intel stepped up its attack on the server and workstation market this week with the launch of its Pentium III Xeon processor, which features clock speeds of 500MHz and 550MHz.
Microsoft has acknowledged a security flaw in its Windows NT operating system that could allow a person to access protected files on a workstation or even deny users access to a Windows NT server.
The release of Intel's new-generation processor has generated enormous worldwide interest, due in no small part to Intel's unprecedented marketing campaign. ARN's James Niccolai weighs the benefits against the hype
In court filings made public this week, the US Federal Trade Commission enlarged its antitrust complaint against Intel by charging that the chip maker's actions stifled attempts by PC makers to differentiate their products.
A US federal judge said he needs more facts before he can determine whether Microsoft can distribute independently developed Java products that don't use any technology from Sun Microsystems. The ruling by the District Court in San Jose, California, was requested by Microsoft to clarify terms of a preliminary injunction issued on November 17, which forced it to make changes to key software products in order to make them compatible with Sun's Java technology.
In a big win for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Gateway said on Friday it plans to start using AMD processors in upcoming personal computers to supplement its use of Intel chips.