Want CNET to notify you of price drops and the latest stories?
No, thank you Accept
X
Apple Vision Pro Hands-OnBest Meal Delivery ServicesCNET CouponsNew Apple Watch PerksBest Solar CompaniesAI and Your Job SearchBest Satellite Internet ProvidersMortgage Rates

Week ahead: Break out the tux

Time to gather your fellow penguins and open-source disciples and get suited up for the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York.

Dawn Kawamoto Former Staff writer, CNET News
Dawn Kawamoto covered enterprise security and financial news relating to technology for CNET News.
See full bio
Dawn Kawamoto
3 min read
Following are some of the notable tech-related events scheduled for the week of Jan. 19.

Linux lovers will descend on the annual LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York next week, one of two major information technology events on tap. Oracle AppsWorld will also get its share of attention.

Meanwhile, a number of tech notables will be rolling out their quarterly earnings, from Motorola to online-retailing giant Amazon.com.

The information was gathered from First Call, Hoover's Online, CCBN's StreetEvents and CNET Investor.

Other events scheduled this week:

Tech Events
Sunday, Jan. 19
  • Everything Oracle. Everything from training to demonstrations of the latest Oracle technology will be served up during Oracle AppsWorld, Jan. 19-22, in San Diego, Calif.

Monday, Jan. 20

  • The future of input-output (I/O) technologies and emerging technology companies, as well as the drive toward the convergence of storage, I/O and network fabrics will be covered at Server I/O, Jan. 20-22, Monterey, Calif.

Tuesday, Jan. 21

  • Faced with bottlenecks at the strategic to operational level, what's a chief information officer to do? CIOs will discuss overcoming these hurdles at the Asia/Pacific IT Forum 2003: Singapore, Jan. 21, Singapore.

Wednesday, Jan. 22

Earnings
Tuesday, Jan. 21
  • Motorola makes cell phones. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter profit of 10 cents a share.

  • DoubleClick develops Internet-advertising technology. It's expected to report a fourth-quarter profit of 1 cent a share.

  • Drugstore.com is an online pharmacy. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss of 8 cents a share.

  • Logitech International makes computer peripherals. It's expected to report a third-quarter profit of 71 cents a share.

  • Silcon Graphics makes high-end computers. The company is expected to report a second-quarter loss of 13 cents a share.

    • Wednesday, Jan. 22

    • Lucent Technologies is a software developer and a maker of telecommunications equipment. The company expects to report a first-quarter loss of 21 cents a share.

  • PeopleSoft develops software applications. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter profit of 14 cents a share.

  • Qualcomm is a chipmaker for cell phones. The company is expected to report a first-quarter profit of 37 cents a share.

  • Siebel Systems is a software applications developer. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter profit of 4 cents a share.

  • Texas Instruments is a computer maker. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter profit of 3 cents a share.

    • Thursday, Jan. 23

    • Amazon.com is an online retailer. The company expects to report a fourth-quarter profit of 14 cents a share.

  • JDS Uniphase is a maker of optical components. The company is expected to report a second-quarter loss of 5 cents a share.

    • Economic Reports
    Tuesday, Jan. 21
    • Housing Starts is the total of new home-construction projects. The December number is expected to slightly decline, to 1.69 million from nearly 1.70 million the previous month.

    Thursday, Jan. 23

    • Leading Economic Indicators summarizes previously reported totals such as building permits and unemployment claims. It's expected to fall to zero growth, compared with 0.7 percent the previous month.