Tuesday, March 26, 2002
Top Stories
At 13, He's At Helm Of School Newscast
An imaginative eight-grader uses his proficiency with computers and the latest video technology to create another way to geet his school newsletter home to parents each week.
News
What's Next For OS X?
Apple's new operating system has made great strides, but more work is still needed.
Rising Component Costs May Eat At Apple Margins
But most analysts agree the computer maker is still a 'buy'.
Want A Windows iPod? It's Easy
Apple's reticence has not stopped a legion of enthusiasts — professional software companies to college kids — from making their own software to solve the compatibility problem.
Tech Firms Take Their Wares To Hollywood
With telecom tanking and most firms still pinching pennies, tech firms are looking elsewhere to sell their wares. Some hope Hollywood is the answer.
Opinion
Apple Rotten Says Former CEO Wannabe
OS X A Superb Successor
Mac OS X is now almost as easy to use as OS 9, but it is many times more stable.
Thoughts On The iMac Price Hike
People who waste their energy getting outraged by a price increase on a commodity ought to get a life.
Review
Hard-Drivin' Tunes
Even with its minor faults, the iPod gets the nod as the best hard-drive MP3 player.
Sidetrack
If you look beyond Gwyneth Paltrow and her, well, costume, you can actually see Steve Jobs at the Oscars.
Making the rounds... The new agency Federal Air Transportation Airport Security Service has a really bad acroymn.
Rumormonger: Digital camera from Apple.
Wintel
Judge Asks DOJ: Can States Persist?
The judge in the case has invited DOJ to comment on whether states seeking harsher penalties against Microsoft have a right to pursue the case.
Is It Finally The Year Of The Tablet PC?
Microsoft Seeks To Discredit Gateway Witness
Gateway executive was biased because AOL Time Warner holds a large chunk of the computer maker's stock.
Microsoft Said To Enhance PC Influence In Settlement
The government's proposed antitrust settlement with Microsoft has allowed the company to impose onerous new licensing terms on computer makers, said Gateway.
New Windows "Filesystem" A Threat To Open Source
So Microosft wants to get rid of application files (such as MS Word doc files) and store everything in a database.
Sun's Catch-22
Although Sun has had remarkable successes with Java, those victories have not translated into revenue.
Microsoft Sued Over E-commerce Patent
Online services company Network Commerce has been awarded a trial date in its patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft.
Microsoft Amends Earnings Statement
Software giant blames clerical error in reporting revenue.