In a rebuke to its rivals, Compaq Computer has derided its competitors' recent escalation of a PC price war, belittling any increases in sales and market share as "fleeting."
Microsoft last week launched a hostile US$44.6bn takeover bid to buy Web giant Yahoo. If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions the tech sector has witnessed in recent years.
Australia will see IBM attacking the server stronghold of Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard later this month, using the aggressive pricing strategy that proved effective against Sun Microsystems.
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A week after becoming the world's top PC seller, Dell Computer has for the first time wrenched the US server crown from Compaq Computer.
Sun's co-founder has reveled in running his mouth, and the list of 'McNealy-isms' has become legendary within the tech industry.
Diversity and choice are good things, we are always told. But in the case of processors, diversity may not be the answer.
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Although AMD has painted Intel as a bully, execs who've dealt with company draw a more ambiguous picture.
Big Blue's sale of its PC business is no rash act, says News.com's Charles Cooper. It fits the plan Sam Palmisano began years ago.
The nx7010 has the power and the features to serve as your sole PC, and it offers more mobility than a typical desktop replacement.
Major computer retailers who offer both Compaq Presarios and Hewlett-Packard Pavilion desktops should drop one line or the other.
Diversity and choice are good things, we are always told. But in the case of processors, diversity may not be the answer.
Industrial Light and Magic has joined the empire, at least in terms of hardware.
Microsoft has decided to support one of two competing formats for popular DVD recording technology.
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