Topic: General

Posted by : meshy on Monday, November 03, 2003 - 03:12 PM

I want whatever coffee Apple is pouring in its cafeteria: Since 2001, the Cupertino, Calif., firm has cranked out four major consumer operating-system upgrades, three more than Microsoft could manage. The latest such release, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, arrived Oct. 24, only 14 months after its predecessor, Jaguar.

Posted by : trraju on Monday, November 03, 2003 - 03:11 PM

Shopping centre Bluewater, which attracts 27 million visitors a year, is drawing up an international marketing strategy with the establishment of its first database of foreign holidaymakers.

Posted by : meshy on Monday, November 03, 2003 - 02:14 PM

UK-based communications company Kingston Communications has received a contract from children's toy manufacturer LEGO Company to provide data and telecomms services.

Posted by : trraju on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 05:47 AM

MicroStrategy Inc. reported a quarterly loss yesterday, its first in the past seven quarters. Company executives consider that a good thing.

Posted by : trraju on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 05:46 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Need some help navigating the Net? Your best consultant might be a kid.
At school and at home, today's children and teens are so computer savvy and comfortable online that they've become technology pacesetters, two new government studies show.

Posted by : trraju on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 05:35 AM

AS businesses grow, they face numerous challenges to improve their performance in real time. Automating the business processes by adopting enterprise business solutions, which promise increased efficiencies, is one way enterprises can improve their bottomline while staying competitive.

Posted by : trraju on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 12:43 PM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - TeliaSonera Corp., the Nordic region's biggest telecommunications provider, posted a strong gain in third-quarter profits and sales Wednesday, based in part on growth in mobile sales in Norway, Denmark and the Baltic states.

Posted by : trraju on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 12:41 PM

Sometimes the little things mean a lot. That cliche holds truer when it comes to software than just about anything else. People refuse to upgrade programs when their favorite feature gets left on the cutting-room floor. Others get so frustrated with relatively insignificant bugs that they ditch perfectly good programs because of the annoyance factor. A lot of what Apple (AAPL) has been selling over the years is a minimization of the hassle factor and a maximization of the little things that make software work better.

Posted by : trraju on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 12:17 PM

PARIS (AP) - French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel SA said Thursday that cost-cutting and strong demand for broadband Internet equipment helped it slash net losses to Ç284 million (US$331 million) in the third quarter from Ç1.35 billion a year earlier.

Posted by : trraju on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 12:13 PM

For the second time in just over a year, Apple Computer Inc. is out with a major upgrade of the Mac OS X operating system, packing it with features Windows users won't see for years and attaching a price tag befitting Apple's reputation as the Porsche of computer makers.