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Saturday, July 5, 2003
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Computer Industry

"Report: Microsoft info costs too much" Bellingham Herald 7/5
"Hewlett Packard to buy Baltimore software" Globe and Mail 7/5
"Hewlett in Deal for Online Security Unit" Bloomberg News 7/5
"HP's take on recycling: Most people viewing the carcass of an abandoned motherboard would see a useless collection of plastic shards and mangled wires" CNET News.com 7/5
"Dell will stop using state's inmates to recycle computers: Company will phase out operations at Atwater and hire private firms." Fresno Bee 7/5
"Deal may mean Oracle will owe refunds" Deseret News 7/5
"Seoul Warns Europe Not to Raise Tariffs on Hynix Chips" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7/5
"Technology Is Back, but Is It Here to Stay?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7/5
"Microsoft mulls $10B dividend: Under pressure to distribute some of its cash, firm also may be considering acquisition, buybacks." Reuters 7/4
"Microsoft mulls record special dividend" The Guardian 7/4
"Microsoft Eases Licensing Under Pressure From U.S." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7/4
"States, DOJ concerned over Microsoft licensing terms" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 7/4
"Microsoft compliance at issue: Report Raises Concerns On Antitrust Settlement" San Jose Mercury News 7/4
"Microsoft speeds up server set-up: Software for remotely configuring new Windows servers set to ship in next two months" vnunet.com 7/4
"Dell to Stop Using Prison Workers" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7/4
"Dell changes recycle vendors: Use of prison labor by contractor had led to criticism of PC maker" Austin American-Statesman 7/4
"Hewlett-Packard In Definitive Pact To Buy Identity Management Software" Dow Jones [Free Membership Required] 7/4
"AMD Keeps Its Value Crown: New Athlon XP 3200+ gets a faster 400-MHz bus and is still a good deal." PC World Magazine 7/4
"Big four dominate Cisco San strategy: IBM, HP, HDS and EMC sign up for partner programme" vnunet.com 7/4
"Tests show Palm is best for business: Palm boasts upper hand over Pocket PCs in recent independent tests" vnunet.com 7/4
"Reading Palm's Future: Pundits look into the Palm-Handspring merger and what's ahead for PDAs." Computerworld Canada 7/4
"PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards Pose Dilemma for Oracle" Reuters 7/4
"PeopleSoft's promised refunds imperil Oracle bid" Chicago Sun-Times 7/4
"PeopleSoft sweeteners may sour Oracle bid: 'Poisoned carrot' used to seal software deals" vnunet.com 7/4
"NEC debuts tri-mode GPS chipset for handsets" Semiconductor Business News 7/4
"Hacking contest 'just hype': Security experts say warnings of Web site defacement this weekend come from 'random loudmouths'" CNET Asia 7/4
"Hackers compete to deface sites: Security experts are playing down the likely effect of a hacking contest due to take place on Sunday." BBC 7/4
"Who's Watching You Surf? Citizen-rights groups turn to courts, Congress to keep tabs on legal surveillance." PCWorld.com 7/4
"Stock options are back" San Jose Mercury News 7/4

General Interest

"PluggedIn: 'Jetsons-Age' Pocket TV Jukeboxes Arrive" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7/5
"Searching for a Dial Tone in Africa" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7/5
"Reach out and VoIP someone: Calling can be cheaper over Internet" Seattle Times 7/5
"High-definition video on its way from Japan" Associated Press 7/5
"Laptops take wireless fun and games on the road" Seattle Times 7/5
"Crossing language barriers: Videophones help hospital provide crucial translation services" San Francisco Chronicle 7/5
"Search engine bidding pays off" Atlanta Journal-Constitution 7/5
"Tech camps inspire girls but may not narrow growing gender gap" Associated Press 7/5
"Welcomed e-mails can be diverted from river of spam" Seattle Times 7/5
"E-Mail Mobs Materialize All Over" Wired News 7/5
"Sex, mob hits: Sims tests virtual morals" CNN 7/5
"Ericsson Says Long Way from Share-Voting Change" Reuters 7/4
"Harry Potter Video Game Being Planned: Harry Potter Computer Game Is in the Works for Playstation2, XBox, GameCube, Developer Says" Associated Press 7/4
"UK gamers shoot for a million" BBC 7/4
"From calendar girl to tech entrepreneur" San Jose Mercury News 7/4
"High-Definition Video Format in the Works" Associated Press 7/4
"Tech gender gap: Camps for girls aimed at stirring interest in technical professions" Associated Press 7/4
"Rave carves out niche in computer business" Detroit News 7/4
"VTL head quitting, blames owners spat" The Globe and Mail 7/4
"WorldCom Crafting PR Campaign" Washington Post 7/4
"World's shift to broadband pinches AOL" Atlanta Journal-Constitution 7/4
"Case's Last Waltz" New York Post 7/4
"Printer ink seven times more expensive than Dom Perignon" The Register 7/4
"Hard drive hard luck story: Recycled hard drives in repaired PCs cause problems for consumers" vnunet.com 7/4
"Spam: Out of the frying pan, into the fire" ZDNet UK 7/4
"Summer Gadgets Arrive in Japan: Smart handhelds, tiny digicam, living room tech, and some pricey items debut overseas." IDG News Service 7/4
"Japan Sees Broadband Users Tripling by 2007" Reuters 7/4

Press Releases

"HP Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Identity Management Software from Baltimore Technologies" Business Wire 7/4
"HP Expands European Print Cartridge Return and Recycling Program: Industry's First Large-scale Return and Recycling Program for HP Inkjet Print Cartridges from European Consumers to Begin Later This Year" Business Wire 7/4
"Dell Announces Resource Concepts Inc., Image Microsystems Inc. as Recycling and Product Recovery Partners" Business Wire 11:07 AM
"NEC LCD Technologies Introduces 8.4 inch XGA TFT LCD " JCN Newswire 11:50 AM
"Oracle Extends PeopleSoft Tender Offer" PRNewswire-FirstCall 4:52 PM

Microsoft

"Hacker group releases software-only Xbox mod details" The Register 7/4
"New fighting games storm Xbox" Gannett News Service 7/4
"Microsoft MSN 9 leaks onto the Interweb" The Inquirer 7/4
"Microsoft releases multiple fixes for W2K Service Pack 4" The Inquirer 7/4
"Microsoft fails to act fast enough on DoJ ruling" The Inquirer 7/4
"Hackers release Xbox tool despite Microsoft threats: A group of hackers claims to have publicly posted software that defeats all Xbox security measures, after failing to win concessions from Microsoft" ZDNet Australia 7/4
"Microsoft moves on mobiles" vnunet.com 7/4
"Microsoft may shift 800 BPO jobs to India ‹ Plans customer support centre" Hindu Business Line 11:44 AM
"Microsoft adds to Indian operation" Evening Standard 11:43 AM
"Microsoft unveils IIS 2003" vnunet.com 11:41 AM
"Microsoft open-source NT: Linux's nemesis?" ZDNet UK 11:41 AM
"Windows 2000 ShellExecute API Hole Patched" InternetNews.com 11:41 AM
"Intel's 32-bit on Itanium Preview to Come in Windows 2003 SP1 Beta" ENT 11:38 AM
"Dear Microsoft resellers: It's time to look at Linux" NewsForge 11:35 AM
"Windows Palmtops Reviewed" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 11:14 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"Mosaid lawsuit has Street on 'hold': Analysts believe the semiconductor maker will eventually win its intellectual property case" The Globe and Mail 7/4
"File-Sharing Company Can't Sue on Antitrust" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 7/4
"Unpaid bills won't keep cell-phone customers from switching" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 7/4
"Military Launches Cyber Security Effort" Associated Press 4:55 PM
"Axcelis loses patent-infringement lawsuit" Boston Globe 4:20 PM
"FCC: Mobile Telcos Can't Delay Customer Switching" Reuters 3:39 PM
"MIT Aims to Provide Gov't. Search Engine" Associated Press 3:34 PM
"Telecom-Gear Firms Bid on Government Pacts Despite Delays" Dow Jones [Free Membership Required] 3:27 PM
"Panel Pushes FTC to OK SBC Long-Distance" Associated Press 2:29 PM
"A Tale of Two Anti-Spam Bills" InternetNews.com 2:39 PM
"California juggles anti-spam bills: One bill is thrown out while another progresses to further consideration" ZDNet UK 11:45 AM
"WorldCom Offers New Stock With Settlement: Judge Must Approve First-of-Its-Kind Deal" Washington Post 2:29 PM
"WorldCom, regulators sweeten settlement: The telecommunications firm would give investors $250 million in stock on top of a $500 million fine." Reuters 2:18 PM
"WorldCom Holders' Accord Nears Record of $750 Million: Cash, Stock Compensation Would Be Paid By MCI for Losses From Accounting Fraud" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:45 AM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"'Our Own Devices': Smothered by Invention" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7/5
"The Lure of Data: Is It Addictive?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 7/5
"Earth to Andreessen: browser innovation is at hand" The Register 7/4
"Study: Wi-Fi users still don't encrypt" The Register 7/4
"Are internships the new tech prize? Former Solectron engineer Ram Santhanam was at a party recently when a woman sidled up to him and told him that she hated him." CNET News.com 7/4
"Dear Microsoft resellers: It's time to look at Linux" NewsForge 9:14 PM
"Monitoring video-game violence is getting easier" Detroit Free Press 4:01 PM
"Wireless revolution will create winners, losers" The Globe and Mail 3:52 PM
"Choosing chips: Analyst likes Intel over Texas Instruments" CBS MarketWatch 3:29 PM
"Samsung Makes a Splash in Digital Cameras/Product: Samsung Digimax V4" PC Magazine 2:23 PM
"Deleted e-mails aren't permanently gone" Sacramento Bee 2:15 PM
"NEC E606: An impressive new mobile concept." vnunet.com 1:49 PM
"Sneakernet vs. Wireless: Round One/Readers pick sides between moving files by hand or letting wireless technology do the lifting. Who comes out on top?" Storage Supersite 12:00 PM
"Computing Q&A: How to unzip a data file into useable form" Chicago Tribune 11:45 AM
"IBM's T40 StinkPad is a little cutie" The Inquirer 11:33 AM
"AMD brings Athlon 64 date forward, a bit" The Inquirer 11:24 AM
"Wait and See on EMC" MotleyFool.com 11:08 AM
"Two New DVD Players Link PCs to Televisions" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:45 AM
"Portable PC Nomenclature; Speedy Wireless Hand-Helds" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:45 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"SBC might expand deal with EchoStar: Tie with satellite TV would let company put services on 1 bill" Bloomberg News 7/4
"Bookham acquires fiber-optic supplier" Semiconductor Business News 7/4
"Venture Capitalists Bypass Strong Videogames Market" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:42 PM
"Ricochet seeks cash to expand: Net provider trying to regroup" Denver Post 4:03 PM
"Cambridge Display reorganizes, seeks strategic partners" EE Times 3:59 PM
"Tom.com raises $133m in share placement" FT.com 3:53 PM
"Nortel Sells Part of Bookham Stake" Reuters 3:39 PM
"PeopleSoft may stick Oracle with bill: PeopleSoft said Thursday that a tactic it adopted as part of its defense to thwart Oracle's hostile takeover attempt could end up costing the suitor as much as $354 million." CBS MarketWatch 3:32 PM
"Pumatech Pounces on Loudfire" InternetNews.com 2:39 PM
"Chipmaker ATI extends patent agreement with Intel" Canadian Press 11:37 AM
"Motorola Wins $80 Million Contract" Reuters 11:15 AM
"Sharp, SAP Develop Mobile Communications" Associated Press 11:11 AM
"S. Korea's Hanaro rejects AIG bid: Telecom's board votes against AIG's offer to buy 40% of company for $1.05B." Reuters 10:37 AM

Tech Stocks

"Corel stock can continue to trade on Nasdaq" The Globe and Mail 7/4
"Asia Markets: Tokyo falls after poor U.S. jobs data/Banks recover but bond prices slide again; Asia rebounds" CBS MarketWatch 7/4
"Europe Markets: Thinly traded Europe eases/France Telecom pressured over gov't sell-off concerns" CBS MarketWatch 7/4
"Eurostocks end down as Vendex warns, forestry helps" Reuters 7/4
"Europe moves lower: Markets edge slightly lower but remain subdued as Wall Street shutters for Independence Day holiday." Reuters 7/4
"Is the Nasdaq Back?" E-Commerce Times 12:55 PM
"Jobs Data Send Stocks to Lower Close: Stocks ended Thursday's shortened session with losses as investors grappled with a weak reading on the labor market and a series of profit warnings from a variety of sectors." TheStreet.com 3:07 PM
"No fireworks for techs: Investors take profits ahead of the holiday weekend" CNN/Money 3:02 PM
"Tech Shares End Lower In Abbreviated Session" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:46 AM
"Jobs report sinks stocks: Indexes close shortened session lower on a sharp rise in unemployment rate, but end up for the week." CNN/Money 3:02 PM
"Hardware Stocks: Chips, hardware fall along with market" CBS MarketWatch 3:03 PM
"Silicon Stocks: Techs close in the red on short day" CBS MarketWatch 3:05 PM
"Net Stocks: Yahoo hits a high ahead of earnings" CBS MarketWatch 10:39 AM
"Telecom Stocks: Telecom stocks end on weak note" CBS MarketWatch 3:05 PM

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Associated Press (Checked 10:15 PM CDT; no changes since Friday)

"Man Gets Probation for Internet Pharmacy"

CNET (Checked 10:20 PM; no changes since 9:20 AM CDT)

"HP's take on recycling"

CyberTimes (Updated 10:25 PM CDT)

"The Lure of Data: Is It Addictive?"
"Technology Is Back, but Is It Here to Stay?"
"'Our Own Devices': Smothered by Invention"
"Searching for a Dial Tone in Africa"
"Hewlett in Deal for Online Security Unit"

Reuters (Checked 10:25 PM; no changes since 9:20 AM CDT)

"PluggedIn: 'Jetsons-Age' Pocket TV Jukeboxes Arrive"

TechWeb (Checked 10:30 PM CDT; no changes since Thursday)

"Open Source Software Quality On Par With Commercial Products"
"Siebel Misses Wall Street Estimates"
"Linux Could Double In Germany; Microsoft Redoubles European Efforts"
"Oracle Continues With Buyout Formalities"
"SCO's Chief Takes Linux Beef To Japan"
"Gateway Business-PC Chief Quits"
"Defacers Contest Web Site Killed"
"WebMethods Lowers Forecasts"
"Notebook sales beat Desktops For First Time, LCDs Sweep Tubes"
"SCO Group Seeks Multiparty Solution" ...

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