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Oracle Sharpens Asia Strategy with China Dev Center

Oracle has opened a second business development center on the Chinese mainland and has unveiled a program to help Japanese companies tackle this emerging marketplace. ...

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Ding-Dong, the Wicked Pop-Under Company Is Dead

X10. Just the company name is enough to send some Internet users into convulsions. ...

HP CEO Fiorina: HP Will Adapt, Not Acquire

In an effort to downplay rumors that Hewlett-Packard will seek to beef up its consulting division by purchasing a major computer services company, such as EDS, HP CEO Carly Fiorina said she has passed on opportunities to make additional acquisitions. Instead, she said, she will focus on her company's ability to innovate and adapt to changing market conditions.

IBM Unveils Privacy Protection Service

Saying that customer data is woefully underprotected on corporate networks connected to the Internet, IBM has unveiled services that aim to make it easier and less expensive for companies to secure that data. In addition to reducing the risk of identity theft, IBM said securing data is a corporate priority because of recent U.S. laws that stipulate stiff penalties if customers' personal information is stolen or leaked...

Chipmaker Price Cuts Could Boost PC Sales

Intel and AMD, the two largest makers of computer chips, have moved to cut prices, setting the stage for PC prices to drop in time for the peak holiday sales season. ...

Google Says IPO Could Come Soon

Executives at search engine powerhouse Google have been meeting with investment bankers in recent weeks, fueling widespread speculation that the company will stage an initial public offering soon, possibly in the first quarter of 2004 ...

Microsoft Expands Code-Viewing Program

Microsoft has said it will expand its "most valuable professionals" program, offering more access than ever to the code underlying its most popular products. ...

Can Online Sports Hit a Home Run?

The matchup many fans and advertisers hoped to see in baseball's World Series failed to materialize this year as both the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox fell apart -- again -- just short of advancing to the Fall Classic. ...

Amazon Beats Street But Tempers Long-Range Outlook

Amazon.com beat earnings expectations in its third quarter and predicted another record-smashing holiday season, but the e-tailer's relatively subdued forecast for 2004 raised renewed worries about the valuations of many Internet-sector stocks ...

OPINION

Another Internet Tipping Point

Want to figure out if you're a pessimist or an optimist in the Internet age? Forget the glass half-full, glass half-empty question. ...

Apple: iTunes for Windows Off to Roaring Start

Declaring itself the early leader in the race to win market share in the digital music arena, Apple has announced it sold more than 1 million songs in less than four days after launching a Windows version of its iTunes music download site ...

SCO Girds for Battle with $50M Funding

The SCO Group has landed US$50 million in private financing, which it said it will use to expand its business and add strength to its multibillion-dollar legal battles with IBM and others. Those lawsuits focus on alleged use of SCO's proprietary Unix code in the Linux operating system. ...

Buoyed by Upturn, IBM Could Add 10,000 Jobs

Saying it is seeing the most concrete signs to date that an economic recovery is taking hold, IBM has indicated it could reverse more than two years of layoffs by adding as many as 10,000 jobs in 2004. ...

OPINION

The Possibilities Are Endless

It's possible, though anything but likely, that the Cubs and the Red Sox could meet in baseball's World Series this year. Even casual fans know the significance of such an event -- together, the teams have gone a combined 180 years without winning a World Series. ...

Intel Streaks Past Street, Own Forecasts

Intel reported strong earnings Tuesday that beat Wall Street forecasts and even outpaced the company's own raised expectations as sales grew in almost all product categories. ...

Oracle Seeking Acquisition Targets

Executives at Oracle have announced their company is on the lookout for potential acquisitions and even briefly considered buying longtime partner and struggling tech giant Sun Microsystems. ...

Microsoft, Vodafone Target Wireless Web Services

Forging its second major partnership involving wireless devices in as many months, Microsoft has said it will work closely with Vodafone to create Web services standards that can extend desktop applications to mobile devices. ...

Microsoft Patches Up Push for Better Security

In a bid to reassure customers rattled by a series of headline-grabbing security flaws, Microsoft has said it will launch an initiative to make its products more secure. ...

Yahoo Beats Street, Doubles Profit in Q3

Offering perhaps the strongest evidence to date that Internet companies are poised to enjoy a strong revival, Yahoo beat the Street with third-quarter profits that more than doubled from a year ago. ...

AOL, Google Broaden Search Pact

America Online has announced it will expand its relationship with Google and will use the search leader's technology as the foundation for enhancements to its own search offering. ...

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