Friday, August 26, 2005
BusinessWeeks Technology
• Apple and Samsung: A Memorable Deal?8/26
• Web Newbies Among the Blue Chips8/26
• The Wonderful World of High-Def8/26
• Drugs Get Smart8/26
• Leukemia's Diagnostic Challenge8/26
• Fine-Tuning the Attack on Breast Cancer8/26
• Putting the FDA Out Front8/26
• WiMax Keeps Gathering Momentum8/26
Table: WiMax Growth
• S&P Keeps Sell Ranking on Kodak8/26
BW'S PICKS FROM AP NEWS >>
• Japanese house-sitter robot hits stores
• Motorola to make phones to monitor kids
• SeaChange plunges on preliminary 2Q loss
• Silicon Image names interim CFO
MORE BREAKING NEWS FROM AP >
FROM BW COMPUTERS
Cell: A Chip That's Going Public
The processor already powers PlayStation 3. But IBM, Sony, and Toshiba will release its technical details to stimulate new uses8/25
What's With the Dell Doldrums?
Worries over growth are knocking the tech giant's stock, while HP's takes off as the mediocre performer cleans up its act8/25
Dell: In the Bloghouse
A PC-owner's Web diary of complaints about customer service has yielded heavy traffic and some near-contrition from the maker8/25
Table: Blog Readership
Intel to AMD: Bring It On
The giant answers its smaller nemesis' challenge by focusing on making ever-faster chips more efficient. Analysts say it's about time8/24
Carly's Side of the Story
HP's ex-chief has signed with Penguin to write her memoirs. But will she dish the dirt on her ouster -- and will her tale draw readers?8/24
AMD to Intel: Let's Rumble
The challenger has called for a "shoot-out" over whose dual-core chip performs better. Question is, can it shake Intel's corporate dominance?8/23
Fly Should Soar with Kids
With its wide range of both educational and fun offerings, LeapFrog's amazingly clever "pentop" computer is likely to be a hit 8/23
Emulex: A Cash Stash from Data Storage
S&P views the storage-gear maker as a major beneficiary of a big trend in information archiving -- the move to network-based technology8/19
The Other MIT
Manipal Institute of Technology and other second-tier schools like it are India's real tech secrets8/19
HP's New and Steady Hand
The computer maker's latest results underscore CEO Mark Hurd's emphasis on execution -- and an apparent return to basics 8/17
Dell's Shortfall, Dell's Challenge
The PC giant met profit expectations, but missed on sales. To regain the Street's confidence, it will need to emphasize its more costly wares8/12
RFID's Second Wave
As prices fall and systems improve rapidly, manufacturers are finally starting to embrace the electronic tagging technology8/9
Apple's New Mouse: Mighty or Meek?
Jobs & Co. has broken with tradition to launch a new multi-button mouse, prompting loud expressions of delight or dismay from Mac fans8/4
A Video iPod? Don't Count on It
Apple fans are watching for a new device that could be to movies what the iPod is to music. But Steve Jobs seems to have other plans7/27
INTERNET
Now, Google Is Tackling Talk
The search giant will launch instant-messaging and Net-telephony products that promise to work with existing services -- if AOL and others agree8/24
For Lego, an Online Lifeline?
The building-block maker has had some rough times as toys go digital, but its new Lego Factory Web site may help it reconnect with kids8/23
Slide Show: Lego Legends in the Making
True aficionados of the building blocks vie to get their designs selected by Lego to be sold to other fans on the company Web site8/24
Google Buys Android for Mobile Ammo
The search giant quietly acquires the startup, netting possibly a key player in its push into wireless, "the next frontier in search"8/17
The Birth of Murdoch.com
The MySpace acquisition shows the News Corp. mogul aims to create "an original type of portal." That could be bad news for Yahoo! and AOL8/16
SOFTWARE
How to Face Off Against Microsoft
Intuit has repelled the Redmond six times. Now it's defending its largest business -- small-business accounting software8/25
Intuit's Bennett: Ready for Mr. Gates
Facing another onslaught from Redmond, the finance-software maker's CEO says, "I love our position." Score so far: Intuit 6, Microsoft 08/25
Who Is King in CRM Software?
A new study says SAP has overtaken Siebel as the top seller of customer-management programs. But in revenues and users, the latter still rules8/24
For Worm Writers, Speed Thrills
Within mere days after Microsoft disclosed the vulnerability, the latest round of attacks were under way, much to the alarm of computer-security researchers8/18
Wormproofing Your PC
The latest wave of attacks demonstrate the speed with which hackers pounce on flaws. Here's a primer to help foil them8/18
Plus: Steve Wildstrom's podcast on worms and bugs
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