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General Magic, once the hottest property in the tech market, throws in the towel. A high profile and good technology seemingly weren't enough to establish momentum in any market.General Magic calls its...
View ArticleThe Network Is The Computer?
StarOffice, it seems, will set you free. It turns out that Sun's strategy isn't all that new and different after all, just a retread of the network computing model with Linux as the starring...
View ArticlePhysician, Heal Thyself?
Ex-Palm developer creates tools to track product development.Start-up software moves products [ZDNet Tech News]
View ArticleEDS Earnings Fall Off Cliff
The concern, obviously, is whether the halt in spending is a harbinger of a larger trend.EDS sees services cash "virtually stop" [ZDNet Tech News]
View ArticleTrade Shows Are The Dinosaurs of Hi-Tech Marketing
Combine an economy in disarry and ongoing concerns over the safety and convenience of travel, and the only surprise is that it's taken this long for major shows to start going under the knife. In one...
View ArticleBMC Picks Up Remedy From Distressed Peregrine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Troubled software maker Peregrine Systems Inc on Sunday said it filed for bankruptcy protection and that it plans to sell its coveted Remedy unit to BMC Software Inc for $350...
View ArticleHurwitz Goes Under
Computerworld and InformationWeek report that IT analyst firm Hurwitz Group Inc. closed its doors and has gone out of business.
View ArticleTech Marketers Need To Embrace Branding
Futurist: Technology And Branding No Longer Strangers [TechWeb]
View ArticleSelling Security: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt
This is all a bit like the movies in driver's ed where teachers attempt to scare young drivers into responsible behavior. Doesn't work any better when applied to security.Tech Managers Say They Still...
View ArticleBallmer: Don't Need No Services...
MS chief Ballmer rules out services buys. No consulting arm? Shurely shome... [The Register]
View ArticleMarketers Must Work To Ban Spam
With the amount of spam increasing exponentially - now representing 38% of all e-mail traffic, up from 8% last year - marketers who hope to continue to use email to communicate with customers need to...
View ArticleNetIQ Snaps Up Pentasafe
Leaves the clock ticking for other smaller security vendors who need to be acquired, or risk being out-marketed by larger, more market-savvy competitors.NetIQ to purchase PentaSafe for $255 million....
View ArticleHappy Birthday ThinkPad
IBM's ThinkPad turns 10. The computer maker's notebook design set a standard for other designers to follow. Where does it go from here? [CNET News.com]
View ArticleFear Of Spam Impacts Newsletter Effectiveness
"Legitimate e-mail is at war with spam, and spam may be the ultimate winner," said Nielsen Norman Group's Jakob Nielsen. E-mail makes surfers emotional. E-mail marketing works[cedilla] say internet...
View ArticleBarrett: Clap Really Hard If You Believe
Intel chief talks up tech rebound. Craig Barrett, boss of semiconductor giant Intel, says the long awaited technology sector recovery is just around the corner. [BBC News | TECHNOLOGY]
View ArticleUpside Shuts Down, Red Herring Retrenches
The NYT reports that Upside has followed Forbes ASAP into publishing oblivion by ceasing publication. Also, Red Herring has been sold to an investor and has seen staff shrink from 400 to less than 50....
View ArticleSony Gets 6% of Palm Source
Sony to Put $20 Million Into Palm Software. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Sony Corp. agreed to invest $20 million Tuesday in Palm Inc.'s software division, which the handheld computer maker plans to spin...
View ArticleMarketers Don't Get It - Chapter 95
There are days when I'm just astounded that the technical marketing community gets anything done at all, what with their heads shoved so far up their, well, you know. Word comes from a panel discussion...
View ArticleSell To LOB Managers
The discussion of how cost-justification duties are increasingly falling to line-of-business managers overlooks the larger trend - that LOB managers are increasingly driving all aspects of IT...
View ArticleSoftware Assurance: "Protection Money"
Unhappiness over Microsoft licensing program remains.Microsoft Licensing: Still A Sticking Point For Some Enterprises [TechWeb]
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