Topic: General

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 09:55 AM

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey (AP) - AT&T Corp. said Monday it will call for early redemption on Oct. 22 of three debt issues totaling about $1.1 billion.
The telecommunications giant said it expects to use cash on hand for the debt redemption.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 07:44 AM

Last month, Dell lowered prices on a number of its products, from desktop and notebook personal computers to workstations and peripherals. The company slashed prices of its four-processor servers, including its PowerEdge 6600, by 22%. It also cut prices on some of its other servers by up to 10%. A server is a computer on a network shared by more than one user.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 07:39 AM

MURRAY HILL, New Jersey (AP) - Lucent Technologies Inc. Tuesday received preliminary court approval for its $568 million settlement of about 54 shareholder suits alleging securities fraud.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 07:37 AM

When the lights went out in Bethesda last week, Clemens Kochinke fired up his emergency generator and plugged in three things, in this order: the fridge, the freezer and the computers.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 07:36 AM

Dell has been one company left untouched by the problems that have bedeviled the IT industry over the last two years. While other suppliers have struggled, Dell's expansion has been relentless.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 07:35 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - State and federal lawmakers agree that Internet access should remain tax-free, but state officials said Wednesday a recently passed bill could have the unintentional effect of freeing the telecommunications industry from virtually all taxes.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 07:33 AM

Technology company Dimension Data has entered into an agreement with operational support systems supplier Telcordia Technologies Inc to develop operations management products.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:49 AM

TOKYO (AP) - Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to cooperate in a project to boost research and development of software for operating systems other than industry leader Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, a Japanese trade ministry official said Friday.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:48 AM

The Giants won't be the only ones trying to gain yardage on Sunday's NFL kickoff.
During commercial breaks, IBM plans to blitz Microsoft.
IBM will unveil a surreal, 90-second advertisement touting the operating system Linux, in hopes of catapulting the geek favorite into the public's consciousness.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:44 AM

The honeymoon period is over. What am I talking about? Could it be Hewlett Packard which, after seemingly riding out the post-Compaq merger storm intact, is now seeing stuttering financial results and apparent missteps in its PC price war with Dell?