Week in review: Feb. 17-21
For those who were unable to keep up with technology news during the week and would like to get caught up, we offer a roundup of the week's highlights.
For those who were unable to keep up with technology news during the week and would like to get caught up, we offer a roundup of the week's highlights:
Java makes for interesting bedfellows. Though they're often intense rivals in the intranet software market, IBM, Netscape, Sun Microsystems and Novell are joining forces in an attempt to chip away at Microsoft. Sun and its partners hope to stamp out what they see as Microsoft's attempt to hijack Java and turn it into a Windows-only technology. Meanwhile, Microsoft was busy defending its ActiveX, including setting up a Web site to spread word of the power and pitfalls of other Internet programming technologies, such as Java.
"helvetica"="">MS rivals unified on Java
"helvetica"="">MS, Sun go at it again
"helvetica"="">MS actively defends ActiveX
"helvetica"="">Intuit warns against ActiveX
"helvetica"="">Secret weapon for Java speed
If the allegations are proven to be true, Internet scams don't get more pernicious than this. The Federal Trade Commission won a court order to shut down "free adult entertainment" Internet sites that it alleges illegally billed Net surfers hundreds of thousands of dollars. The action followed a Canadian investigation of a site that employed a special program to secretly disconnect Canadian users from their Internet service providers and reroute their calls through Moldova, a republic in the former Soviet Union.
"helvetica"="">FTC shuts down alleged Net scam
"helvetica"="">CDA opponents file their side
"helvetica"="">In brief, ACLU decries CDA
"helvetica"="">CDA opponents file their side
"helvetica"="">Washington safeguards digital privacy
"helvetica"="">Pentagon plays down hacking
"helvetica"="">Court punishes software pirate
"helvetica"="">Malaysian hackers strike twice
Apple's long-delayed cloning effort is finally bearing some fruit as competitors adopt faster chips and different operating systems. Motorola has already signed up to adopt the BeOS and cloner Umax is in discussions to do the same. Exponential Technology is preparing to ship its superfast processor for Macintosh-compatibles. The Exponential X704 processor is a 533-MHz, PowerPC-compatible microprocessor designed for high-end Mac-compatible systems.
"helvetica"="">Umax negotiating BeOS
"helvetica"="">BeOS wins over Motorola
"helvetica"="">Apple energized Power lines
"helvetica"="">Mac clone laptop packs in features
"helvetica"="">Exponential vets Mac superchip
Compaq joined the fight for a share of the dirt-cheap PC market with its Presario 2100, which has a 133-MHz Cyrix processor. The home market isn't the only place where a price war is being waged; Dell Computer cut prices up to 14 percent on its high-end corporate line, joining a growing list of PC companies that have reduced prices in the last few weeks.
"helvetica"="">56-kbps delay for U.S. Robotics
"helvetica"="">Modem makers plug 56-kbps upgrades
"helvetica"="">Compaq deal boon for Cyrix
"helvetica"="">Compaq validates dirt-cheap PCs
"helvetica"="">Dell cuts corporate PC prices
"helvetica"="">Mac clone cuts: no news to Apple
Struggling FTP Software laid out a road map to regain momentum. Formerly a giant in offering a TCP/IP communications software stack for Microsoft operating systems, FTP Software was left out in the cold when the software giant decided it made a lot of sense to include the stack in Windows 95 and Windows NT.
"helvetica"="">FTP Software fighting irrelevancy
"helvetica"="">Windows NT comes of age
The Walt Disney Company continues to work toward a spring launch of its online family and children's service, but key portions of the media giant's strategy may still be an open debate. Meanwhile, Microsoft?s sales in Latin America are surging and could reach $300 million this year. Another software maker was also throwing around the numbers three and zero: Borland said it will cut 300 jobs, or 30 percent of its workforce, as part of a global restructuring program. In the latest quarter, revenues fell 33 percent.
"helvetica"="">Disney moves ahead--slowly
"helvetica"="">Latin sales surge, Ballmer says
"helvetica"="">Borland lays off 300
| "helvetica"=""> In The Net |
Java makes for interesting bedfellows. Though they're often intense rivals in the intranet software market, IBM, Netscape, Sun Microsystems and Novell are joining forces in an attempt to chip away at Microsoft. Sun and its partners hope to stamp out what they see as Microsoft's attempt to hijack Java and turn it into a Windows-only technology. Meanwhile, Microsoft was busy defending its ActiveX, including setting up a Web site to spread word of the power and pitfalls of other Internet programming technologies, such as Java.
"helvetica"="">MS rivals unified on Java "helvetica"="">MS, Sun go at it again "helvetica"="">MS actively defends ActiveX "helvetica"="">Intuit warns against ActiveX "helvetica"="">Secret weapon for Java speed| "helvetica"=""> In The Net |
If the allegations are proven to be true, Internet scams don't get more pernicious than this. The Federal Trade Commission won a court order to shut down "free adult entertainment" Internet sites that it alleges illegally billed Net surfers hundreds of thousands of dollars. The action followed a Canadian investigation of a site that employed a special program to secretly disconnect Canadian users from their Internet service providers and reroute their calls through Moldova, a republic in the former Soviet Union.
"helvetica"="">FTC shuts down alleged Net scam "helvetica"="">CDA opponents file their side "helvetica"="">In brief, ACLU decries CDA "helvetica"="">CDA opponents file their side "helvetica"="">Washington safeguards digital privacy "helvetica"="">Pentagon plays down hacking "helvetica"="">Court punishes software pirate "helvetica"="">Malaysian hackers strike twice| "helvetica"=""> In Computing |
Apple's long-delayed cloning effort is finally bearing some fruit as competitors adopt faster chips and different operating systems. Motorola has already signed up to adopt the BeOS and cloner Umax is in discussions to do the same. Exponential Technology is preparing to ship its superfast processor for Macintosh-compatibles. The Exponential X704 processor is a 533-MHz, PowerPC-compatible microprocessor designed for high-end Mac-compatible systems.
"helvetica"="">Umax negotiating BeOS "helvetica"="">BeOS wins over Motorola "helvetica"="">Apple energized Power lines "helvetica"="">Mac clone laptop packs in features "helvetica"="">Exponential vets Mac superchip| "helvetica"=""> In Computing |
Compaq joined the fight for a share of the dirt-cheap PC market with its Presario 2100, which has a 133-MHz Cyrix processor. The home market isn't the only place where a price war is being waged; Dell Computer cut prices up to 14 percent on its high-end corporate line, joining a growing list of PC companies that have reduced prices in the last few weeks.
"helvetica"="">56-kbps delay for U.S. Robotics "helvetica"="">Modem makers plug 56-kbps upgrades "helvetica"="">Compaq deal boon for Cyrix "helvetica"="">Compaq validates dirt-cheap PCs "helvetica"="">Dell cuts corporate PC prices "helvetica"="">Mac clone cuts: no news to Apple| "helvetica"=""> In Intranets |
Struggling FTP Software laid out a road map to regain momentum. Formerly a giant in offering a TCP/IP communications software stack for Microsoft operating systems, FTP Software was left out in the cold when the software giant decided it made a lot of sense to include the stack in Windows 95 and Windows NT.
"helvetica"="">FTP Software fighting irrelevancy "helvetica"="">Windows NT comes of age| "helvetica"=""> In Business |
The Walt Disney Company continues to work toward a spring launch of its online family and children's service, but key portions of the media giant's strategy may still be an open debate. Meanwhile, Microsoft?s sales in Latin America are surging and could reach $300 million this year. Another software maker was also throwing around the numbers three and zero: Borland said it will cut 300 jobs, or 30 percent of its workforce, as part of a global restructuring program. In the latest quarter, revenues fell 33 percent.
"helvetica"="">Disney moves ahead--slowly "helvetica"="">Latin sales surge, Ballmer says "helvetica"="">Borland lays off 300