Electronic Business articles from August 2000

Electronic Business archives from August 2000

Data selling and surveillance.(Government Activity)
August 1, 2000... There's a carnivore on the loose on the Internet and it's chowing down on data packets in search of criminal activity. In late June, the Federal Bureau of Investigation unveiled its specially developed Internet wiretapping PC, built at a...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2000... HUNTING DOWN A FUGITIVE Allow me to comment on an article in your May issue. The article by Jeff Dorsch on the Applied Materials/McDowell trade secrets theft case [page 43, "Trade Secrets: Indictment targets Applied competitor McDowell and...

CORRECTION.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
August 1, 2000... Because of inaccurate information supplied by the Aerospace Industries Association of America Inc., Washington, DC, ELECTRONIC BUSINESS' June 2000 story, "Beaming Business Abroad," page 76, contained some incorrect statistics. According to...

Three simple steps to success.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... As a senior editor of the Microprocessor Report, I've seen all too many chips announced with great fanfare and promises of success beyond the wildest dreams--never to be heard from again. Nobody does press events for end-of-life announcements....

U.S. Economy is finally losing a little steam.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Much to the delight of economic policy makers and Wall Street--if not to everyone on Main Street--we're finally seeing some evidence that the U.S. economy is starting to slow from its arguably overheated pace of the past year. This is good news...

Counter Point: "Computer Storage History".(Technology Information)
August 1, 2000... ELECTRONIC BUSINESS' "Computer Storage History" article (May 2000, page 144), which looks back at an earlier story on optical storage, puts the magnetic and optical data storage industries head-to-head and claims magnetic the winner. The author...

Blue chips.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Semiconductor stocks are tops in technology Semiconductor companies as a group have never performed stronger in the capital markets than they are now. Although stocks in every technology sector have done well in recent years, the chip...

Reaching more investors for less money.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... The SEC is driving the boom in Webcasting The average attendance on Cymer Inc.'s quarterly analyst conference calls is about 72, according to Terry Slavin, director of investor relations for the San Diego, CA-based laser equipment maker....

Chip switch.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Communications lead the semiconductor up-tick Maybe you already knew or suspected this, but at least one forecast proves it: Desktop computers are not driving the resurgent semiconductor industry. Communication devices in all their...

New wave of optimism.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... This month's polling of purchasing managers shows signs of a more optimistic forecast. Two-thirds believe that overall business conditions will improve over the next 60 days. Businesses believe that the stable and growing economy will last at...

Up in the air.(Government Activity)
August 1, 2000... Uncertainty over this fall's FCC spectrum auctions may depress bidding Prime spectrum for third-generation (3G) wireless applications is scheduled to be auctioned this fall by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). But doubts...

Costello vents.(Company Business and Marketing)
August 1, 2000... He says justice eventually will be served in Cadence/Avant! dispute The twists in the Avant! Corp. criminal prosecution for alleged trade secrets theft from Cadence Design Systems Inc. "show that when you have a ton of money how much you...

BIST is booming.(Company Business and Marketing)
August 1, 2000... Logic Vision rides the crest of the self-test wave Vinod Agarwal taught electrical engineering at Canada's McGill University in Montreal for almost a decade before deciding in 1992 to strike out on his own. It took him a year to license the...

Tech sweeps the nation.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Employment meccas are bustin' out all over Although Silicon Valley might be the epicenter of the lucrative high-tech industry, employees all over the United States are sharing the wealth when it comes to salary and employment opportunities....

Broadband or bust.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Expanded services good news for providers and manufacturers Despite the risks inherent in an emerging market, users are expected to subscribe to a wide variety of broadband services almost as quickly as they become available. Market...

'Business as usual' for Microsoft customers?(Company Business and Marketing)
August 1, 2000... Despite industry silence, breakup plan may cut prices, boost Linux Considering the more than $6 billion electronics manufacturers spent on Microsoft Corp. software last year, you'd think they might have a stronger interest in the recent...

Living in a material world.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... As materials prices increase, so do prices of finished goods It was just another Saturday night at the factory. But that all changed when an explosion occurred while the workers were mixing hydroxylamine, a volatile solvent, with a...

Damn spam!(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Junk e-mail not just annoying, but costly Read the numbers and weep: Internet users are swimming in a tsunami of spam--91% of 'Net users report receiving at least some unsolicited commercial e-mail every week, according to research by the...

Improved customer relationships beef up bottom line.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... The challenges of rapid innovation, shrinking product life cycles, falling prices and global competition make it difficult for many electronics companies to focus on nurturing customer relationships. Yet, a recent study by Andersen Consulting,...

CHASING TALENT EB 300.
August 1, 2000... Top electronics makers redouble their efforts to establish networks of R&D centers around the world JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, the phrase "going global" for the most part meant one thing in the electronics industry--building your distribution...

Tapping Romania's Treasure Trove.(computer programmers)
August 1, 2000... U.S. firms love those $500-a-month software developers ROMANIAN TRAINS are not comfortable, especially in winter in the middle of the night. But it was on the journey from Cluj-Napoca to Timisoara, across a remote corner of Transylvania,...

MARTINET with a MISSION.(Solectron's Chan Wah Kong,)(Company Operations)
August 1, 2000... How workers at a Solectron plant in remotest Romania are getting an introduction to Asian culture TWO THINGS SURPRISE VISITORS to Solectron Corp.'s newest assembly plant. Everybody speaks English and nobody smokes. This is Solectron's 19th...

CUSTOMER SERVICE gets wired.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Providing crucial information to your customers online is not an option anymore. By the time you've finished this article, you'll be behind the competition Remember those old Roman movie epics with the galley slaves? The hapless wretches...

GETTING IN LINE AT THE FAB.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Customers of all sizes are re-thinking supply strategies as demand for foundry services outstrips supply FABLESS CHIPMAKERS have become victims of their own success. Despite unprecedented expansion by the three major foundry service...

LINUX TAKES HOLD.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Free OS wins hearts and minds for clusters, Web and departmental servers ONE COMPANY USES LINUX on more than 1,200 Intel-processor-based servers to host Web applications for its corporate customers. A petroleum company uses it on 192...

Hundt's selective memory.("You Say You Want a Revolution: A Story of Information Age Politics" by Reed E. Hundt)(Review)
August 1, 2000... Former FCC chairman's book not a very good read YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION: A STORY OF INFORMATION AGE POLITICS By Reed E. Hundt Yale University Press May 1, 2000 $25,238 pages If you didn't like Reed Hundt as...

Compelling confessions.("Confessions of a Venture Capitalist" by Rurhano Quindlen)(Review)
August 1, 2000... Book delivers solid, down-to-earth advice on starting a business and getting VC backing CONFESSIONS OF A VENTURE CAPITALIST By Rurhano Quindlen Warner Books May 2000 $25.95, 218 pages Entrepreneurs looking for a...

Innovation outpaces regulation.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 2000... Whatever the outcome of the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case, it seems clear that regulation won't be the determining factor in market developments. Brains and innovation, rather than brawn and regulation, will remain the principal instruments of...