Stories by James Niccolai

Bill Hewlett, HP co-founder, dies at 87

William Hewlett, the technology pioneer who co-founded Hewlett-Packard Co. in a Silicon Valley garage more than 60 years ago and helped grow the company into a global electronics giant, died in his sleep Friday at his home in Palo Alto, California. He was 87.

Intel takes the axe to PC chip prices

Intel has slashed prices on its desktop Pentium III and Celeron processors by as much as one third, as the giant chip maker prepares to launch its new, high-end Pentium 4 processor in the coming weeks.

Sybase Chief has Harsh Words for Oracle

Fuelled by the zeal of a man whose company has just beaten Wall Street expectations for the eighth successive quarter, John Chen, chairman, president and chief executive office of Sybase, had some harsh words for database rival Oracle Tuesday afternoon.

Antivirus vendors gear up for phones, PDAs

With the emergence last week of the first virus aimed at Palm computers, antivirus software vendors are scrambling to develop products that protect against malicious code aimed at PDAs (personal digital assistants), mobile phones and other wireless devices.

Compaq, Toshiba, Dell offer 850MHz Intel notebooks

Intel has cranked up the speed of its fastest notebook PC processor to 850MHz, while vendors including Toshiba America Information Systems, Compaq Computer and Dell Computer unwrapped new systems powered by the latest chips.

US government deals Napster a blow

The US federal government has dealt a blow to Napster in the company's legal battle with the recording industry by arguing that the music file-sharing service is not protected by the Home Recording Act of 1992, as Napster had claimed.

Creative Groups Slam Napster in Court Brief

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), along with 19 other organizations representing creative artists, have asked a U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court ruling that would effectively shut down music file-sharing service Napster Inc.

Intel backs peer-to-peer computing

Comparing the importance of peer-to-peer computing to the introduction of the first Web browser, a top Intel executive last week declared Intel's support for this emerging technology (not to be confused with PC peer to peer networking) and announced the formation of a working group to promote it.

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