Mark Berniker

U.S. Continues to Shed Tech Jobs

While there are signs of an improving economy, including better profits margins for technology companies, the job trend in the technology sector remains grim. Nearly 750,000, close to...

Global Chip Market Strengthening

Data points to a continued improvement of global chip sales, a key indicator for the health of the tech sector. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said that...

Microsoft Profit Up On Consumer Demand

Microsoft Thursday reported a net profit of $2.61 billion for its first fiscal quarter, up 27 percent, pointing to consumer demand as the reason for improving...

SAP, Sharp Go in a Linux, Java Mobile Direction

Enterprise software company SAP AG and Japanese electronics giant Sharp have teamed up in order to build applications that deliver real-time data across corporate networks to...

NASD: Yes, Securities Firms Need to Retain IM

The National Association of Securities Dealers has decided that it's time to ensure that financial services firms are saving and storing their instant messaging conversations. The association, an...

Capellas Sees ‘Gradual Recovery’ for Tech

NEW YORK -- Michael Capellas, the chief executive of telecommunications company MCI (formerly WorldCom), said convergence of voice and data networks is the key to making both...

Palm Acquires Wireless Rival Handspring

In a sign of consolidation among makers of handheld computer devices, Palm said it would buy its rival Handspring , a company launched by creators of the...

Gates Sends Letter on Spam to Congress

As momentum builds on Capital Hill for national junk e-mail standards and legislation, Bill Gates has sent a letter outlining Microsoft's position of how the spam...

Microsoft Latest to Launch Business Portal

Microsoft Corp. is out with its new business portal that aims to make its software and service the point-of-entry for corporations. Microsoft said in a press release...

Online Portals Won’t Defeat Spam

When America Online , Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! on Monday announced they would join hands to fight spam, many people took notice but...

Spam Becomes Public Enemy #1

Although they all have different policies to combat the problem, AOL Time Warner , Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo announced on Monday that they plan to...

Microsoft Easing Windows Licensing Requirements

With the high-profile launch of its Windows Server 2003 operating system rapidly approaching, Microsoft moved to lessen restrictions and fees it charges competitors to see the innards of...

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