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Texas-based Ross Technology Inc., a struggling microprocessor chip maker, plans to eliminate 93 more jobs as part of its announced shutdown, citing a $38.3 million loss and potential investors or buyers. Meanwhile, Consumers have filed only 147 complaints with the Texas Department of Insurance regarding health maintenance organization (HMO)
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Intel's stock price surged to $84.25 on Wednesday as investors focused on the company's forecast of increased sales in the second half of the year, following a second-quarter earnings report that exceeded expectations. The company's Q2 earnings were boosted by the optimism surrounding
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In a marked shift in their long-standing competitive relationship, Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have been making significant strides in cooperation, leading to unprecedented success in their joint endeavors. The partnership, unveiled at MacWorld Expo Boston last year, has resulted in notable advancements, including the integration of Microsoft Internet
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Candle Corporation, a leading independent developer of solutions for networked businesses, has partnered with Hewlett-Packard Company to resell a range of Candle products, including Candle Command Center, ETEWatch, IntelliWatch, and solutions for MQSeries. This partnership enables HP sales representatives to sell Candle products to customers in the United States and
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A 29-year-old Pakistani nuclear scientist, Iftikhar Chaudhry Khan, has defected to the United States, citing concerns that Pakistan was planning a nuclear strike against India, according to a report by USA Today. Khan, who arrived in New York on May 22, has expressed his willingness to cooperate with US officials
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In the mid-1990s, Palm Computing, a unit of 3Com Corp., made a strategic decision to turn the PalmPilot hand-held organizer into a platform. This move allowed other developers to create add-on software, making the device more versatile and attractive to users. The platform approach has since become a key factor
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Gateway, a global leader in direct marketing of PCs, has begun shipping PCs with the new Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98 operating system on select systems across its desktop, portable, and convergence line of PCs. According to Bart Brown, vice president of marketing for Gateway, Windows 98 offers a variety
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Financial Technologies International, a provider of data standardization and real-time consolidation solutions, has formed a business development alliance with Compaq Services, the services division of Compaq Computer Corporation. The alliance will offer integrated solutions for financial consolidation, straight-through-processing, and operations control to customers in the financial services industry. The partnership
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Hewlett-Packard Company and Silvaco International have collaborated to port Silvaco's suite of TCAD Driven CAD tools to HP's HP-UX 11 64-bit UNIX system operating environment. This partnership aims to provide IC design engineers with significantly reduced simulation times for their designs. Silvaco's tools, such
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Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) and Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) announced the porting of Mentor's Calibre(R) and xCalibre(TM) tools to HP's new 64-bit operating environment, HP-UX 11. This move enables the tools, widely regarded as the industry standard for full-chip physical verification and parasitic
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed an antitrust suit against the Intel Corporation, accusing the company of threatening and injuring three computer manufacturers, including Compaq Computer Corporation, in an attempt to coerce them to turn over patented technologies. The suit asserts that Intel's pattern of withholding technical
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The Federal Trade Commission's recent antitrust complaint against Intel Corp. is unusual in that it accuses the company of victimizing both rivals and customers with its withholding of technical data about its processors. This case raises questions about the limits of antitrust law in regulating the behavior of
