Topic: General

Posted by : bpburnwal on Monday, September 29, 2003 - 04:56 PM

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. (AP) - On a bright, warm morning at IBM Corp.'s research center here, seven of Big Blue's scientists gathered around a conference table to consider a nonscientific question: What helps inventors invent things?

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 11:42 AM

NEW YORK - Dell Computer Corp., the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, sued Lucent Technologies Inc., claiming infringement of two patents for accessing data.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 11:39 AM

Communications and information exchange company Nortel Networks has revealed its plans to increase its investment in its R&D capabilities in China.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 11:35 AM

The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would make permanent a 5-year-old ban on Internet-only taxes, such as levies on high-speed Internet access.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 11:33 AM

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - The head of BMW has been nominated for one of two new seats on Microsoft's board of directors, which would make him the first board member at the software giant from outside the United States.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 10:03 AM

When most people think about poor power quality, the first things that come to mind are blackouts or brownouts. In fact, these are some of the most uncommon power quality issues facing the industry today. The most typical power quality problems are undervoltage (sags), spikes and surges, overvoltage, noise, and lastly, blackouts. While outages are the most visible of power problems, equipment damage, data loss, and spurious errors are usually caused by these other more common power quality problems.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 10:02 AM

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly Fiorina will step down from Cisco Systems Inc.'s board of directors in November.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 09:59 AM

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly Fiorina will step down from Cisco Systems Inc.'s board of directors in November.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 09:57 AM

Novell has pledged that savings from dealing direct with its top-tier resellers will be reinvested in channel development.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 09:56 AM

Nortel has simplified contact between its largest customers and VARs on a global scale to protect its multinationals from being poached by rival telcos.
The Global Customer Partner (GCP) initiative will allow a number of large integrators to act as a single point of contact.