Austin American-Statesman (Austin, TX) articles from June 2000

Austin American-Statesman (Austin, TX) archives from June 2000

Austin, Texas, Computer Camp Aims to Attract Girls to Technology Fields.
June 30, 2000... Byline: Nushin Huq Jun. 30--In an apartment building near the University of Texas, 24 bubbly high school and junior high school girls chatter in a conference room-turned-computer lab. They sit in front of the borrowed computers that...

Home-Price Increases in Austin, Texas, Set Record in May.
June 30, 2000... Byline: R. Michelle Breyer Jun. 30--After a short-lived slowdown, Austin's existing housing market roared back in May with double-digit sales and price increases. The 19 percent increase in the area's median price in May to $149,900...

Austin, Texas, Startups Offers Tools to Ease Load, Reduce Injuries for Nurses.
June 29, 2000... Byline: Julia Malone Jun. 29--WASHINGTON--It was the plight of an ailing family friend that sent inventor Graham Hodgetts to his workshop in search of a solution. His friend had just enjoyed a rare outing from her nursing home. When...

Dell Computer Looks Beyond Desktops at PC Expo in New York.
June 28, 2000... Byline: John Pletz Jun. 28--NEW YORK--Dell Computer Corp. Chairman Michael Dell said demand for personal computers continues to be strong and is slightly better than normal than in recent years during a traditionally slow quarter for the...

Austin, Texas-Area Law Firms Need More Diversity, Minority Groups Say.
June 28, 2000... Byline: David Hafetz Jun. 28--Racial diversity at many of Austin's largest law firms remains elusive, even though the state's legal community is thriving and growing increasingly diverse, two minority lawyers groups say. Minorities...

Austin American-Statesman, Texas, Getting There Transportation Column.
June 26, 2000... Byline: Kelly Daniel Jun. 26--Here's more proof the high-tech community is thinking more about commuting than ever before. Motorola Inc. is teaming up with Capital Metro to invent what they hope is a techie's transit ideal: a van...

Connecticut-Based Chemical Maker to Build Plant near Burnet, Texas.
June 23, 2000... Byline: Amy Schatz Jun. 23--Connecticut-based ATMI Inc., which makes chemicals for semiconductor manufacturers, plans to build a $20 million plant on 200 acres of sparsely developed land outside Burnet, company officials announced...

Many Service Stations Say More Drivers Are Pumping without Paying.
June 23, 2000... Byline: Nushin Huq Jun. 23--A recent wave of gasoline price increases has prompted service stations nationwide to take steps to stop people from pumping without paying. Service stations with pumps that can be regulated say they are...

Austin, Texas-Based Natural Foods Store Sheds Struggling Online Business.
June 21, 2000... Byline: John Pletz Jun. 21--Count Whole Foods Market Inc. among the latest casualties of the continuing shakeout of companies that waded into the dot-com pool and found themselves swimming with sharks. The Austin-based seller of...

Dell Computer Corp. Products to Support Linux Operating System.
June 21, 2000... Byline: John Pletz Jun. 21--Linux got a major boost Tuesday from Dell Computer Corp. in its campaign toward legitimacy and widespread acceptance. Dell, the world's No. 2 PC maker, said it will now support Linux alongside Microsoft...

Texas' White Mountain Foods Capitalizes on Demand for Soy Products.
June 21, 2000... Byline: Tara Fatemi Jun. 21--Though its signature product is yogurt in glass jars, White Mountain Foods is a soy success story. Tofu products accounted for nearly 20 percent of the Austin-based natural-foods company's sales of...

Two Big Tracts of Land near Austin, Texas, Sold; Buyers Are a Mystery.
June 16, 2000... Byline: John Pletz Jun. 16--Nearly 2,000 acres of prized undeveloped land along Bee Cave Road west of Austin are being sold for more than $80 million. The 708-acre Baldwin Ranch has been cleared for sale to an individual buyer after...

Technology Professionals Take Aim at Lack of Women in High-Ranking Positions.
June 16, 2000... Byline: Heather Cocks Jun. 16--Ask anyone to list the nation's high-technology titans, and the answers are invariably men: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, even Michael Dell. The industry has no female figurehead. Despite a visible...

Compaq Computer Aims to Win Back Customer Defections to Dell.
June 15, 2000... Byline: John Pletz Jun. 15--Dell Computer Corp.'s steady market-share gains in the server business are causing serious pain for cross-state rival Compaq Computer Corp., the leading PC maker and top seller of Intel-based servers. The...

Developer of Austin, Texas-Area Retirement Community Cuts 44 Jobs.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Nushin Huq Jun. 15--In an effort to cut costs, the developer of Sun City Texas, the Williamson County retirement community, cut 12 percent of its work force Tuesday. The reduction of 44 employees was spread through a variety...

Purchase Keeps Austin, Texas, Book Publisher in Business.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Nushin Huq Jun. 15--They probably aren't destined to be contemporary classics, but with titles like "How to Get Filthy, Stinking Rich and Still Have Time for Great Sex" and "The Owner's Manual for the Brain," Austin-based Bard...

Increased Gas Prices Don't Affect Austin, Texas-Area SUV Sales.
June 14, 2000... Jun. 14--The recent spike in gasoline prices hasn't put the brakes on the market for pickups and sport-utility vehicles in the Austin area -- at least not yet. "We're on record pace for the year," said Joel Olivarez, general sales...

Time Warner Cable Introduces Video-on-Demand to Central Texas.
June 13, 2000... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jun. 13--Beginning today, some local cable subscribers will be able to watch "Mickey Blue Eyes" at midnight or "Caddyshack" with their morning cereal -- or at any other time they want, for that matter. Time...

New Economy Widens Housing Gap in Austin, Texas.
June 13, 2000... Byline: Bill Bishop Jun. 13--It has two bedrooms. There's not much of a kitchen, true, but there are two baths and a living room. It's clean. It's affordable. It's rented. The Trails at the Park apartment complex had its grand...

Industrial-Supply Giant Invests in Austin, Texas-Based Internet Startup.
June 13, 2000... Byline: Andrew Park Jun. 13--As the stock market has knocked down dot-coms, the Internet strategy that seems to be surviving is known as "bricks-and-clicks" -- bricks-and-mortar giants hooking up with upstarts to do business on the Web....

Time Warner to Rollout Video-On-Demand Service in Austin, Texas, Area.
June 13, 2000... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jun. 13--Beginning today, some local cable subscribers will be able to watch "Mickey Blue Eyes" at midnight or "Caddyshack" with their morning cereal -- or at any other time they want, for that matter. Time...

Texas-Based Dell Considers Plant in Colorado Springs, Colo.
June 12, 2000... Byline: John Pletz Jun. 12--Colorado Springs, Colo., which was on Dell's short list a year ago when it opened its first U.S. plant outside Texas in Nashville, Tenn., may again be under consideration. The Round Rock-based computer...

Women of Central Texas Seek Home Ownership in Part of National Trend.
June 12, 2000... Byline: Sheryll Poe Jun. 12--People get excited the day they close on their first home. They may have a party or go out to dinner to celebrate. Single mom Tammy Schmeisser had premature labor pains. Schmeisser, who is divorced and...

IBM Collaborates with University of Texas in Technology Research Lab.
June 12, 2000... Byline: Jerry Mahoney Jun. 12--IBM announced Friday the opening of a research lab in Austin that will work closely with the University of Texas to bring emerging technologies to market while making IBM's considerable resources available...

Austin, Texas, Company Trains Web Professionals.
June 12, 2000... Byline: Heather Cocks Jun. 12--With a chuckle and a shake of his head, Jerry Baird admits that his is probably the most invisible public company in Austin. ProsoftTraining.com is entrenched in a hot market -- teaching people to...

Texas Court Says Home Equity Lenders Can Ask Borrowers to Pay Unsecured Debt.
June 9, 2000... Byline: R. Michelle Breyer Jun. 9--In what some are calling a blow to consumers', the Texas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that home-equity lenders have the constitutional right to require borrowers to pay off unsecured debts with the...

CORRECTION: Microsoft Is Likely to Continue Its Dominance of Software Market.
June 8, 2000... Byline: Susan Warner Jun. 8--The story slugged AT-MICROSOFT filed for June 8 was credited to the wrong paper. The story is from the Austin American-Statesman. The corrected story follows. AUSTIN, Texas--At almost every software store...

Effects of Proposed Microsoft Split on Software Market Yet to Surface.
June 8, 2000... Byline: Heather Cocks Jun. 8--At almost every software store in the United States, vast aisles crammed with computer games, word processors and educational tools written for Windows engulf the tiny, barely visible shelves bearing...

Austin, Texas-Based Internet Firm Cancels IPO as 1999 Start-Ups Languish.
June 8, 2000... Byline: Jerry Mahoney Jun. 8--In what may be a first for a tech company founded in Austin, Deja.com Inc. withdrew its aging initial public offering registration last week at the suggestion of the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...

Austin, Texas, Airport Now Offers Nonstop Service to Toronto, Canada.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Nushin Huq Jun. 6--The first nonstop passenger flight from Canada to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport arrived Monday morning, marking the restart of international service to Austin. "Toronto is the No. 1 requested...

Tech Firm Revives Business with Powerful New Chip Made in Austin, Texas, Plant.
June 5, 2000... Jun. 5--Advanced Micro Devices Inc. during the past year has resuscitated its business, revived its flagging stock price and repaired its former reputation as an industry sad sack that couldn't quite keep up with rival Intel Corp. Much...

Austin, Texas, Residents Trade Suburb Life for Luxury Downtown Condominiums.
June 5, 2000... Byline: R. Michelle Breyer Jun. 5--Don Fullerton and his family have tired of life in the suburbs--the rambling house and sprawling yard, the endless trips to Home Depot and the increasingly frustrating commute. The University of...

Builders Halt Sale of Undeveloped Lake-Front Land in Austin, Texas.
June 5, 2000... Byline: John Pletz Jun. 5--The battle over Baldwin Ranch, one of the area's most highly prized -- and last undeveloped -- large tracts of land, is simmering until a hearing in mid-June. Builders who had planned to construct luxury...

Austin, Texas, Airport to Offer New Services for Business Travelers.
June 1, 2000... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jun. 1--AUSTIN, Texas -- Three Austin business women say they want to make Austin-Bergstrom International Airport more business-friendly by making travelers' waiting time more productive. At their business...