eWeek articles from January 2004

eWeek archives from January 2004

Security Vendor Issues Dec. Vulnerabilities List.(Central Command Inc. )
January 1, 2004... Central Command Inc. on Thursday released its so-called Dirty Dozen list of top twelve viruses for December, 2003. The report is based on virus incidents confirmed through the Medina, Ohio-based company's Emergency Virus Response Team. ...

U.S. Army's Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department.
January 1, 2004... The U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center is the headquarters for the Army's Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department. CIO Rick Thomas is responsible for developing and managing systems that support the leisure activities of...

99 Cents Only Stores' Efficient IT Infrastructure.
January 1, 2004... Avis Walton is used to being told where to go and what to do once he gets there. As a "picker" for 99 Cents Only Stores, Walton spends his 5 a.m.-to-3:30 p.m. shift cruising around a 750,000-square-foot distribution center in Katy, Texas, in an...

IBM Expects SMB to Rev Up IT Spending in 2004.(small/medium business)
January 2, 2004... IBM loves its business partners and in 2004 plans to continue providing them with a barrage of new offerings and sales support. "About one-third of IBM's overall revenue is generated through its worldwide base of 90,000 business partners,"...

15-Inch Notebooks to Storm the Market in 2004.
January 2, 2004... With a nearly vertical trajectory, demand for desktop LCD monitors and TVs has pushed production to radical levels; the economies of scale have resulted in incredibly low cost LCD panels. The most aggressive form factor as we move into 2004...

Vivisimo, Grokker, Teoma Engines Help to Narrow Search Results.
January 2, 2004... NEW YORK (AP)--As wonderful as Internet search engines are, they have a pretty big flaw. They often deliver too much information, and a lot of it isn't quite what we're looking for. Who really bothers to read the dozens of pages of results that...

Apple-Watchers Mull Reports of Low-Cost iPods.
January 2, 2004... Continuing a Macworld Expo tradition, speculation grew this week in the Mac community about Apple Computer Inc.'s forthcoming announcements at next week's show in San Francisco. While Apple-centric IT professionals hope for news of an updated...

RIAA Crackdown May Be Slowing Music Downloading.(Recording Industry Association of America's strategy of suing song-swappers for copyright violations )
January 4, 2004... NEW YORK (AP)--The recording industry's legal onslaught against Internet song-swappers appears to be having its desired effect. The percentage of Americans who download music online has been sliced in half, according to a report released...

Mars Rover Photos Draw Web Traffic.(traffic on Web sites operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
January 4, 2004... PASADENA, Calif. (AP)--A six-wheeled rover appeared on track Sunday to become the biggest Web draw in NASA history, just hours after it safely landed on Mars. Traffic on Web sites operated by the National Aeronautics and Space...

IBM Officials Reportedly Charged in $55M Korean Indictment.(prosecutors have indicted 48 government and IBM company officials on corruption charges )
January 4, 2004... SEOUL, South Korea (AP)--Prosecutors indicted 48 government and IBM company officials Sunday on corruption charges linked to a South Korean affiliate of the U.S. computer giant, a media report said. Yonhap news agency said prosecutors...

High-Tech Liquidation Pro Still Expects Busy 2004.(Martin Pichinson)
January 4, 2004... PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP)--Amid rising hopes for a high-tech turnaround, there's this sobering sign: Martin Pichinson--a man who has buried nearly 150 failed startups since 1999--has swooped into Silicon Valley like a vulture lurking over a pack...

IBM Revs Blade Strategy Pace.
January 5, 2004... SOMERS, N.Y.--One year after shipping its first blade server, IBM is looking to vastly expand its BladeCenter offerings this year and to stretch the technology further into the company's overall eServer strategy. IBM this week will roll...

Microsoft: What's in Store for 2004?
January 5, 2004... Before kicking off my 2004 predictions column, I'd like to offer a quick self-critique. After reviewing my predictions from last year, I'd say (to be generous) that your all-seeing Microsoft Watcher achieved a barely 50/50 accuracy rate. ...

Internet Security Firm Offers Anti-Phishing Service.(Netcraft offers a service, mainly for banks and other financial organizations, to track use of their name, brands, trademarks and slogans on the Internet)
January 5, 2004... Internet services firm Netcraft, most famous for its survey of Web server software usage, has announced a service mainly for banks and other financial organizations to track use of their name, brands, trademarks and slogans on the Internet. The...

Open-Source Community Defends GPL Against SCO Attack.(GNU General Public License; comments made by The SCO Group CEO Darl McBride )
January 5, 2004... The open-source community is rallying against comments made by The SCO Group CEO Darl McBride late last month that the GPL, under which Linux and open-source software is distributed, violates the U.S. Constitution as well as copyright and...

Agencies Beef Up IT Security.
January 5, 2004... As criticism of the federal government's security practices and policies mounts, some agencies are making sweeping changes in the way they manage IT assets. The Department of Justice, one of a handful of agencies that received a failing...

Adobe Pushes PageMaker Transition.(Adobe Systems Inc. offers its PageMaker users a migration path to its newer layout and design application, InDesign CS,)
January 5, 2004... Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday offered its PageMaker users a migration path to its newer layout and design application, InDesign CS, by incorporating PageMaker features into a new release of the software. The San Jose, Calif., company...

Wireless, Consumer Machines Drive Semiconductor Sales in Nov.
January 5, 2004... SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) --Semiconductor sales rose 25.7 percent in November to $16.13 billion from $12.83 billion in November of last year, led by rising sales of personal computers and growth in wireless markets, a trade group said Monday. ...

Microsoft Takes on Linux in Ad Campaign.(Microsoft's Windows operating system versus Linux)
January 5, 2004... Microsoft Corp. on Monday launched a new advertising campaign, referred to as "Get the Facts," which is designed to give customers information about the advantages of using its Windows operating system versus Linux, its open-source competitor....

Cracks in Linux Kernel Plugged.
January 5, 2004... The maintainers of the Linux kernel have released a new version of the 2.4 series kernel to fix two security vulnerabilities, including one that enables attackers to escalate their privilege level and run arbitrary code. The more serious...

Java Group Set to Launch Tools Integration Efffort.(the Java Tools Community, or JTC)
January 5, 2004... The effort to build a tightknit organization to support the integration of Java tool sets is slated to take off tomorrow, sources said. First reported in eWEEK in November, the effort, known as the Java Tools Community, or JTC, is backed...

'Grunt Work' Brings Early Version of KOffice to Mac OS X.(KOffice, a comprehensive suite of applications originally created for Unix's KDE graphical desktop)
January 5, 2004... Even as the Mac community speculates about an impending beta version of Microsoft Office for Mac OS X, a new--and free--productivity suite has found a toehold on Apple Computer Inc.'s operating system. Developers Benjamin Reed and Benjamin...

Macromedia Director Rev Extends Developer Reach.
January 5, 2004... Macromedia Inc. is broadening the developer reach of its Director multimedia authoring tool by adding support for JavaScript in an upcoming update to the software. The San Francisco-based company on Monday announced the latest release of...

Zander Takes Over As New Motorola CEO.(Ed Zander )
January 5, 2004... CHICAGO (AP)--Ed Zander took over as Motorola's new chairman and CEO on Monday, charged with trying to make the wireless giant more nimble and market-savvy after years of disappointing results. Zander was on the job at Motorola's...

Gateway Cuts 4Q Revenue Outlook.
January 5, 2004... POWAY, Calif. (AP)--Gateway Inc. cut its estimate for fourth-quarter revenue Monday, citing tight supplies of certain products and competitive pricing for personal computers. The company also said its loss, excluding restructuring charges,...

Mac Enterprise Computing: The Return of the King.(Apple Computer Inc. is likely to use Macworld Expo, San Francisco, to highlight the pending 20th anniversary of the Macintosh computer)
January 6, 2004... Common wisdom and the calendar strongly suggests that Apple Computer Inc. will use this week's Macworld Expo San Francisco to highlight the pending 20th anniversary of the Macintosh computer. (Historical purists will note that the actual...

Cornice Ups Capacity to 2GB.
January 6, 2004... Cornice Inc., which has designed a stripped-down, compact 1.0-inch disk drive for consumer applications, said Monday that it will soon begin shipping a larger 2GB drive. The Cornice Storage Element eliminates many of the components needed...

Transmeta Packs Faster Crusoes in Smaller Package.(microprocessors)
January 6, 2004... Better things come in smaller packages, as Transmeta Corp. unveiled two new Crusoe chips that are available in packages half the size of their forefathers. The chips are part of Transmeta's aging Crusoe family, not the Efficeon family the...

Intel Rolls Out Celeron M for Value Notebooks.
January 6, 2004... Intel Corp. announced Monday that it has begun shipping a low-cost Celeron version of its Pentium M processor, designed to bring extended battery life to the value notebook market. The Celeron M, as the chip is now known, will ship at...

Contract Watch: Big Consultants Put on Notice.(IBM Korea )
January 6, 2004... It took Pete Rose 14 years to come clean and admit that he bet on baseball. Unlike Rose, IBM took a matter of months to uncover and admit its own wrongdoing. Big Blue has fired three executives who were allegedly involved in a bribery...

Former Microsoft Exec to Run Macromedia's Mobile Devices Division.(Juha Christensen)(Interview)
January 6, 2004... Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced it has hired a former Microsoft Corp. executive to run its Macromedia Mobile and Devices Division. The San Francisco company announced the appointment of Juha Christensen, who until November of last year...

Macromedia's Newest VP Looks to 'Light Up' Mobile Devices.(Macromedia Inc. announces the appointment of Juha Christensen, a former Microsoft Corp. executive, to the position of vice president of the company's mobile and devices division)(Interview)
January 6, 2004... Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced the appointment of Juha Christensen, a former Microsoft Corp. executive, to the position of vice president of the company's mobile and devices division. Christensen and Macromedia Vice President of Products...

Apple's Jobs Intros G5 Xserve.(a PowerPC G5 version of the company's Xserve rack-mounted server)
January 6, 2004... Addressing a performance gap between Apple Computer Inc.'s server line and its desktop models, CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday cut the ribbon on Macworld Expo San Francisco with a PowerPC G5 version of the company's Xserve rack-mounted server. ...

Tenacious W32/Sober.c-mm Attacks.(computer viruses)
January 6, 2004... Tenacious W32/Sober.c-mm Attacks A New Year is a perfect time to set goals and make resolutions. Last year taught us to be vigilant in keeping both our operating system and antivirus products up to date. August, 2003, will be remembered as...

Java Tools Community Forms.
January 6, 2004... A group of leading Java software companies Tuesday banded together to create the Java Tools Community (JTC), with the notable absence of two major players: IBM and Borland Software Corp. The JTC effort--led by Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc....

Security Vendors Partner to Improve Threat Response Time.(eEye Digital Security Inc. and eSecurity Inc.)
January 6, 2004... Security vendors eEye Digital Security Inc. and eSecurity Inc. are set to announce a partnership to deliver vulnerability assessment and event correlation in one solution. The solution will be based on eEye's Retina vulnerability scanner...

Apple Puts a Name to Its Cluster Technology: Xgrid.
January 6, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO--One new technology somewhat underplayed during CEO Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo keynote address on Tuesday was Xgrid, Apple's new grid computing environment. A product of the company's Advanced Computation Group, XGrid Preview...

Sybase Releases Database for Apple's G5 Xserve.(Sybase Inc. announces availability of its Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1 relational database for Mac OS X 10.3 Server)
January 6, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO--Encouraged by Apple Computer Inc.'s introduction of a PowerPC G5-based server, Sybase Inc. on Tuesday announced here the availability of its Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1 relational database for Mac OS X 10.3 Server....

Jobs' Macworld Keynote Hits a Few Sour Notes.(Steve Jobs)
January 6, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO--Although many attendees of this week's Macworld Expo San Francisco found something to like about Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' opening keynote, some viewed it as a tasting menu compared with the buffets of new product...

Microsoft Stays Mac Course with Revamped Office, Virtual PC.(Office 2004 for Mac and Virtual PC for Mac Version 7 )
January 6, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft Corp., reaffirming its commitment to developing applications for Mac OS X, on Tuesday launched a new version of its Office productivity suite and an update to its Virtual PC emulation software during the Macworld...

EarthLink Cutting Another 1,300 Jobs.
January 7, 2004... ATLANTA (AP)--EarthLink Inc. is cutting another 1,300 jobs, or 40 percent of its work force, and outsourcing the work of some of its call centers to other companies as part of a major restructuring that started a year ago. The nation's...

Wi-Fi Here, Wi-Fi There.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2004... First your company launched a wireless network. Then you set one up in your home. What's next? How about having Wi-Fi in your cell phone, MP3 player, or even your digital camera? If chipmaker Broadcom Corp. has its way, the Wi-Fi juggernaut...

RealNetworks Pitches Music Download Store.
January 7, 2004... LAS VEGAS (AP)--RealNetworks Inc. is preaching digital inclusion with its launch Wednesday of a music download store and media player that support the top two audio formats. The idea is to offer greater flexibility than rivals Microsoft or...

Review: CodeWarrior 9 for Mac OS.(Product/Service Evaluation)
January 7, 2004... Borland Software Corp.'s JBuilder X and Metrowerks Corp.'s CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS, the latest development tool sets to arrive for review at eWEEK Labs, attack what we might call the plague of developer choice. The tool...

New Year Resolutions for DBAs.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2004... As a DBA, do you spend too much time fighting fires or performance tuning, instead of devoting time to more-important activities such as monitoring? Now that the new year's upon us, here's some resolutions you might want to consider when it...

IBM to Manufacture Via 'Esther' Processor.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2004... Via Technologies Inc. said Tuesday that it plans to allow IBM Microelectronics Inc. to manufacture its next-generation "Esther" processor. Via's decision is another feather in the cap of IBM, which will serve as a foundry for chips from...

Asian Companies Team Up to Develop Linux-Based Platform.(Red Flag Software Co., Miracle Linux Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 7, 2004... BEIJING (AP)--A pair of Chinese and Japanese software companies announced a joint venture Wednesday aimed at developing a Linux-based platform for Asian markets that they hope will challenge Microsoft Corp.'s dominance. Chinese, Japanese...

EBay Settles Patent Suit With Tumbleweed.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2004... SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)--Online auction giant eBay Inc. has settled a lawsuit alleging its online payment service had been violating a patent governing the personalized e-mail links sent to customers. The settlement includes a cross-licensing...

Veritas Buys Ejasent for $59 Million.
January 7, 2004... Targeting improved application virtualization capabilities, Veritas Software Corp. on Wednesday announced it had reached agreement to purchase Ejasent Inc. as part of a $59 million all-cash transaction. The sale is set to be completed by the...

Firms Defend Moving Tech Jobs Overseas.
January 7, 2004... WASHINGTON (AP)--Worried about possible government reaction to the movement of U.S. technology jobs overseas, leading American computer companies are defending recent shifts in employment to Asia and elsewhere as necessary for future profits...

Microsoft Posts Anti-Blaster Tool for Home Users.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2004... Microsoft has made available for download a tool for home users running Windows XP and/or Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 2 or higher) that will eradicate the Blaster worm from their systems. The Windows Blaster Worm Removal Tool is for...

MySQL Bolsters Support for Itanium 2.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2004... MySQL AB is getting a firmer grasp on 64-bit computing: The company on Tuesday announced that it is porting its open-source database to take advantage of additional OSes running atop Intel Corp.'s 64-bit Itanium 2 processor. The current...

Ximian Desktop Boosts SuSE Linux Support.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2004... Novell has boosted its SuSE Linux support in an update to its Ximian Desktop 2 just weeks before its planned acquisition of SuSE Linux AG. is likely to be completed. The enhanced Ximian Desktop 2, which already supported both SuSE Linux's...

GSA to Keep Close Eye on WorldCom.
January 7, 2004... The federal government on Wednesday dropped its proposal to debar WorldCom Inc., doing business as MCI, from future contracts. Nevertheless, officials in Washington, D.C., said the accounting scandal-laden company is not yet out of the woods....

New RealPlayer Avoids Apple DRM License.
January 7, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO--A day after Apple Computer Inc.'s introduction of new iPods and updates to the company's leading digital music service here at the Macworld Expo show, RealNetworks Inc. on Wednesday announced a major update to its digital audio...

New Components Mobilize for CES and Macworld Expo.
January 7, 2004... Mobile technology's new year started off with a bang: Based on technologies on display at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and Macworld Expo San Francisco, Intel, AMD, Via, Hitachi and Toshiba have collectively ensured that...

Software Vendors Roll Out Products at Macworld Expo.
January 7, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO--While some attendees of this week's Macworld Expo San Francisco may have griped about the relatively few announcements of new software and hardware from Apple Computer Inc., third-party vendors for the Mac platform did not flag...

NewsGator Extends Reach With Subscription Service.
January 7, 2004... NewsGator Technologies, known for its news aggregator that plugs into Microsoft Outlook, is reaching beyond the single e-mail client with a new service offering launched on Wednesday. NewsGator, a Denver-based division of Reinacker &...

SPOT Watch First Look.(Microsoft's new MSN Direct Watches)
January 7, 2004... If you want your watch to deliver the news headlines, local weather, and stock prices, you'll like Microsoft's new MSN Direct watches. Bill Gates first showed off his SPOT technology at last year's Consumer Electronics Show a year ago. It's now...

IBM, SuSE Give POS a Linux Ring.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... IBM and SuSE Linux AG are hoping to make more cash registers ring this year, and on Thursday will announce a new SuSE Linux-based point-of-sale solution that includes a complete operating system and management solution. Known as the IBM...

Gates Salutes the Seamless Computing Experience.
January 8, 2004... LAS VEGAS--Microsoft Corp. wants to do more than make sure there are Windows-powered devices in every office, home, cell phone and car. The software giant also wants to make sure they are networked seamlessly. During his sixth consecutive...

Making Time to do Info Tech Right.
January 8, 2004... When NBC needed someone to explain the accomplishment of landing the "Spirit" probe on Mars, this past Saturday night, I thought it was appropriate that the engineer they interviewed was one of the mission's software specialists. In the live...

HP's New Notebooks Boast USB 'Garage'.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... This week Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to announce two new laptops that incorporate a USB "garage" that holds a Secure Digital card, as well as the first laptop to use the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. Mike Hockey, a spokesman for HP's mobile...

Sony Develops Longer-Recording Mini Discs.
January 8, 2004... TOKYO (AP)--Sony Corp. unveiled on Thursday a revamped mini-disc Walkman that doubles the recording capacity of current discs and a new 1-gigabyte mini disc that records up to 45 hours of music, up from the current 80 minutes. The new...

Business Objects Releases First Fruits of Crystal Acquisition.
January 8, 2004... Business Objects SA Thursday released the first Crystal Decisions Inc. products since closing on the acquisition of Crystal last month and announced the roadmap for future integration of Crystal's software with its existing business...

Ariba, FreeMarkets Acquire Services Capabilities.
January 8, 2004... With companies maturing in their own sourcing capabilities and bringing those applications in-house, global supply management software developers find themselves in a quandary: branch out or die out. Recent acquisitions by rivals Ariba Inc....

Low-Cost Linux-based Laptop Hits U.S. Market.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... A Taiwanese computer maker on Thursday said it is shipping low-cost laptops to the United State that run a desktop version of the Linux operating system. Priced at $699, the laptops from Taipei-based Elitegroup Computer System Co. Ltd. run...

Microsoft Announces Revamped MSN Service.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... NEW YORK (AP)--Targeting the growing number of households with high-speed Internet connections, Microsoft Corp. announced a revamped MSN service Wednesday with more photo, video and security features. The company also created a limited MSN...

Battle of the Bands: Gates vs. Jobs.
January 8, 2004... LAS VEGAS--In back-to-back keynotes in San Francisco and Las Vegas, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates this week underlined the vanishing difference between consumer and enterprise markets. Convergence has been the password for at least the past two...

HP to Sell a Branded iPod, Audio Format War Heats Up.
January 8, 2004... Computer and peripheral maker Hewlett-Packard Co. on Thursday said it will soon sell a branded digital music player based on Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPod player. Introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the deal will mean...

IBM Memo Outlines Linux Desktop Push.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... There's little surprise that IBM might be pushing the use of the Linux desktop within its walls, and an internal company memo published on the British IT site The Inquirer on Thursday said that Big Blue's chief information officer is moving...

Verizon to Spend $1B on Wireless Upgrade.
January 8, 2004... NEW YORK (AP)--Two months after AT&T Wireless launched the nation's fastest wireless Internet service, Verizon Wireless says it will spend $1 billion to reclaim the lead with an even speedier technology that just months ago the company insisted...

Nokia Expects to Post Better 4Q Results.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... HELSINKI, Finland (AP)--Nokia said Thursday it would post better-than-expected earnings per share and sales in mobile phones and its ailing networks unit for the fourth quarter because of seasonal sales and increased operator investments. ...

DigitalThink Preps E-Learning Service Update.
January 8, 2004... E-learning vendor DigitalThink Inc. on Friday plans to announce a new version of its service for delivering courses that can handle more content, more quickly. Version 2.1 of the San Francisco company's L5 Learning Delivery System,...

SEC Mulls Civil Charges Against IBM Corp.
January 8, 2004... NEW YORK (AP)--Federal investigators are considering filing civil charges against IBM Corp. for violating accounting rules in an $11 million transaction with a customer, Dollar General Corp., IBM revealed Thursday. IBM acknowledged that it...

Buffalo Technologies Unveils Three New Products at CES.(Consumer Electronics Show)
January 8, 2004... LAS VEGAS--Buffalo Technologies introduced three new products at CES. The WHR2-G54 is a 4-port router with a stateful packet inspection firewall and 802.11g wireless radio. It features Buffalo's Airstation Onetouch Secure System (AOSS), a...

Motorola Demos Wireless Networking at CES.(Consumer Electronics Show)
January 8, 2004... LAS VEGAS--A number of wireless vendors participated in the Digital Experience event. A well-known name, but not one normally associated with 802.11 wireless networking products, Motorola demonstrated their complete line of 802.11g products....

Belkin Showcases Bluetooth Technology at CES.(Consumer Electronics Show)
January 8, 2004... LAS VEGAS--Belkin Products demonstrated a number of new products at the Digital Experience show here. For those interested in Bluetooth technology, there were several introductions: A Bluetooth headset priced at $79. And, if you need a...

Verizon to Spend $1B on Wireless Upgrade.
January 8, 2004... NEW YORK (AP)--Two months after AT&T Wireless launched the nation's fastest wireless Internet service, Verizon Wireless says it will spend $1 billion to reclaim the lead with an even speedier technology that just months ago the company insisted...

Cool USB Key Locks Your PC.(Griffin Technologies introduces the $59 ControlKey PC lock)
January 8, 2004... LAS VEGAS--For the paranoid parent, Griffin Technologies released its new USB-based PC nanny, the $59 ControlKey PC lock. With special software, ControlKey locks down a PC's Internet connection and file system, holding it hostage until the...

OQO Shows Featherweight PC.(OQO Model 01)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... LAS VEGAS--One of the coolest, not to mention, smallest items we saw at Digital Experience was the Ultra Personal Computer Model 01 from OQO. Weighing in at approximately 1.4 ounces (yes, that's right, ounces), the Model 01 measures 4.9x3.4x0.9...

Intel Expands Into Consumer Electronics.
January 9, 2004... LAS VEGAS--By next year, your TV as well as your PC may contain the tagline "Intel Inside". Intel Corp. President Paul Otellini described the company's expansion into consumer electronics products in a keynote speech here at the Consumer...

Toshiba Tips More Details of 0.8-Inch Hard Drive.
January 9, 2004... LAS VEGAS--Toshiba Ltd. offered reporters a sneak peek at its 0.8-inch hard drive Wednesday night, but said it would keep several key details under wraps until the product is tuned and launched. The 0.8-inch drive is slightly smaller than...

Fiorina: HP to Enforce DRM on New Devices.
January 9, 2004... Hewlett-Packard Co. will aggressively enforce digital-rights-management schemes on many of its products beginning in 2004, including the company's first digital televisions. In HP's forthcoming digital hub, the Digital Entertainment...