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The industry has been witnessing a significant shift towards openness and interoperability, with several major players endorsing Sun Microsystems' OpenBoot firmware as an industry standard. Apple Computer and IBM Corp. have announced their support for OpenBoot, a non-proprietary open standard for boot firmware that is completely processor- and bus-independent.
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Softbank Corp., a major Japanese wholesaler of computer software products and publisher, is set to acquire the exhibition division of Ziff-Davis Communications Co. for $200 million. This move marks a significant expansion of Softbank's presence in the global exhibition market. Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Corp. has announced plans to
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IBM, the world's largest computer company, is struggling to gain control of the PC industry by replacing Microsoft as the dominant supplier of operating systems and ousting Intel as the main source of microprocessors. Its products, OS/2 and PowerPC, have failed to gain traction, and the company&
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IBM announced its third quarter 1994 earnings, reporting revenues of $15.4 billion, an increase of 8.6 percent over the same period of 1993. Net earnings for the third quarter were $689 million, and earnings per common share were $1.18. Chairman and CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., highlighted
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At the launch of IBM's OS/2 Warp Version 3.0 at Dallas Brooks Hall, more than a thousand people gathered in Sydney and Melbourne to witness the unveiling of this highly anticipated operating system. The event was marked by a display of high technology and witty commentary,
International Business Machines Corp.
IBM's OS/2 Warp operating system has been launched with a major ad campaign and a goal of winning over home PC users. The software, unveiled in New York City with a "Star Trek"-themed event, features a one-button install and a range of applications, including
International Business Machines Corp.
IBM has introduced AS/400 Advanced 36, a new high-performance business computing system designed to replace the widely installed System/36. This new system boasts a powerful 64-bit RISC processor, based on PowerPC architecture, and offers up to an eight-fold performance improvement over its predecessor. AS/400 Advanced 36 is
International Business Machines Corp.
The joint manufacturing agreement signed by International Business Machines (IBM) and Cirrus Logic Inc. on September 8, 1994 has been completed, paving the way for the new joint venture, MiCRUS, to manufacture semiconductor wafers for each company. MiCRUS, which will use IBM's submicron wafer processing technology, will focus
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Washington and Beijing have reached a quiet agreement that lifts trade sanctions on hi-tech sales to China, imposed a year ago, in exchange for China's promise not to sell medium-range missiles abroad. The move marks a significant step in the US-China rapprochement, which has been facilitated by business
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Motorola Inc. is making a bold move into the personal computer market, vowing to become the low-cost choice for businesses and take a significant chunk out of Intel Corp.'s market share. Motorola's goal is to build market share for the PowerPC microprocessor technology, which it developed
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Tokyo-based Toshiba Corporation has joined the group of supporters for IBM's PowerPC chip, a move aimed at challenging Intel Corporation's dominance in the microprocessor market. Under the agreement, IBM granted Toshiba a license for its PowerPC microprocessors and AIX operating system software, allowing the Japanese company
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Next week, Motorola will launch its line of PowerPC-based computers, but initially, the availability of software for this format will be limited. Meanwhile, IBM has announced that its Power Personal Systems will not be made generally available until next year. The PowerPC range will run Microsoft Windows NT 3.5,
