Archive: February 2002

February 28, 2002

Is Gateway on the road to recovery?

Gateway hosted its annual financial analyst conference yesterday in Poway, California. While Gateway expects to lose money until 2003 excluding...

February 26, 2002

Microsoft Jumps in Customer Automation Market (Reuters)

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said it will launch the first major new product from its small business unit later this...

February 26, 2002

ACCPAC Releases Major Upgrade to Simply Accounting (Canada NewsWire)

ACCPAC International, Inc., a division of Computer Associates, announced today new versions of Canada's best selling small business accounting software...

February 25, 2002

WEB PUBLISHING AND SITE SYNDICATION FOR THE REST OF US

I use Blogger for publishing the content of my news section. Port 41 appears to be an equally good tool...

February 25, 2002

Cnet: MS Business Services

A snip from CNet: Microsoft gets down to business Microsoft is setting its sights on the business software market with...

February 25, 2002

Everdream, tech outsourcer, gains Teamster's Local 852

San Leandro's Teamster'sLocal 853 turned to Everdream to optimize the performance of their organizations'information technology(IT), computer services, and desktop applications,as...

February 25, 2002

Interland and Trellix dance together...

NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (Reuters) - Interland (NasdaqNM:INLD - news), the second-largest supplier of Web-hosting services, is teaming up with...

February 23, 2002

Earthlink: Free home networking for broad band users

ZDNet.com is reporting that Earthlink will offer a gateway, for free, to customers who sign up for high speed net...

February 21, 2002

PC Makers are Mad at Microsoft

Cnet:According to the settlement between Microsoft and the Justice Department, the top two PC makers, Compaq and Dell, have to...

February 21, 2002

Internet World Wireless East - Feb 2002

IWWE was small (as many other trade shows were), about 40 vendors were exhibiting and there was not the crush...

February 21, 2002

From Biz Report: Google Ups The Pay-Per-Click Advertising Ante

Officials at search engine company Google say they have introduced a new advertising product that will allow marketers to pay...

February 18, 2002

Dell services - not quite

Computer Reseler Magazine reports that Dell is not selling as many services as it claims to. The article reads, in...

February 15, 2002

Gateway - low cost security

Gateway's launching a low cost, on site security audit and report for small businesses. At $199 an expert will come...

February 14, 2002

Web services - not just for big businesses

Web services - can greatly enhance the functionality of a web site and thus provide an enhanced level of servies...

February 14, 2002

IBM stops making WorkPad

In some ways it's great when companies stop making products as it means they are constantly analyzing their business practicess...

February 14, 2002

SPAM....the feds are coming...

I'm glad the FEDS ar cracking down on spam, but on the other hand I think consumers and businesses must...

February 13, 2002

MS Pushes Web Services

The NY Times had a write up about Microsoft's push to get programmers to start programer for.Net - MS' push...

February 11, 2002

Using Forums to improve products

NYTimes had a nice article about using online forums to better products and I'd add to better customer service...

February 11, 2002

ISP Copper.net - press release: dial up is better than broadband

When I read the press release issued by Mt. Vernon, Ohio ISP Copper.net I had to re-read it to make...

February 8, 2002

Network Associates trys to censor reviewers

NY Times: The State of New York said yesterday that it had sued Network Associates (news/quote), a maker of antivirus...

February 5, 2002

IBM stops making its TransNote: Portable, pen capture PC

CNet:IBM has discontinued its ThinkPad TransNote, a portable PC that also captures notes jotted on paper. On Monday, an IBM...

February 4, 2002

Fortune.com - nice overview of Gateway

Fortune.com had a nice overview of Gateway and its financial woes...

February 4, 2002

From NewsScan: EARTHLINK FOUNDER IN WIRELESS STARTUP

EarthLink founder Sky Dayton is focusing on a new venture to provide high-speed wireless Internet access to travelers, using public...

February 3, 2002

The New York Times had a nice article about how a senior executives, often older men, who never learned to...

February 1, 2002

Staples is cutting stores and laying off people

Staples Cuts 326 Jobs, to Close 30 Stores (Reuters) Staples Inc. (SPLS.O), the second largest U.S. office supply store, said...