Stories by Ashlee Vance

Red Hat raises flag, leads linux charge

The release of Red Hat 7.0 has increased acceptance of the open source operating system among enterprise circles with Dell Computer Corp. claiming it will pre-load Red Hat 7.0 on its PowerEdge servers.

Fujitsu Taps L&H Speech Software for CRM

Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products NV (L&H) said Thursday that its speech and language technology will be making its way into a line of forthcoming customer relationship management (CRM) products from Fujitsu Ltd.

Yahoo Cuts Broadcast Deal with RIAA

Yahoo Inc. said Wednesday it has cut a deal with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that sets terms and conditions for music performances that are broadcast by the portal giant's network of Web sites.

CA Must Pay Compensation in Class-Action Lawsuit

A jury has found Computer Associates International (CA) liable for violating the "best price rule" in connection with the software maker's acquisition of On-Line Software -- a purchase that occurred over nine years ago.

Palm Gets First Trojan Horse

In ancient Greece, soldiers and artisans combined their efforts to create a wooden horse capable of deceiving an entire army of Trojan warriors. Now, however, it only takes an ambitious programmer and some friends connected on a network to spread a virus to millions of unsuspecting users.

Compaq, NEC Invest in Open-Source Player

SAN FRANCISCO (08/24/2000) - With investors continuing to flock toward the open-source platform, Lutris Technologies Inc. managed this week to secure US$16 million in funding from a variety of high-profile companies.

Big Names Plan to Pre-Install Sun's StarOffice

Sun Microsystems Inc. released word yesterday that
a number of personal computer companies will pre-install the latest version of
Sun's open-source office suite software into the PC vendors' machines.

Intel to Support Napster Model

SAN FRANCISCO (08/09/2000) - The Napster Inc. model of peer-to-peer file
sharing seems to have inspired Intel Corp. to apply similar technologies
throughout a variety of applications.

Intel/SAP joint venture collapses

Pandesic LLC is going out of business and will start phasing out its operations due to slow sales and lackluster demand for business-to-consumer e-commerce services, the company announced last Friday.

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