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The article features the major and leading computer companies worldwide. These include AT&T, Cisco Systems, Google, Intel and Microsoft. AT&T is a company that continues to offer things that people want and continues to grow its third-generation footprint including High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA). Cisco System is widely recognized as one of the biggest enterprise networking company because it is recognized as one network equipment maker. Google is a leading search vendor and hopes to become a primary provider of broadband Internet Access. Discussed are the details of other companies' profile.

This article reports that by announcing plans to maintain its current per-processor server software licensing, Microsoft Corp. has pleased customers and, in the process, put serious pressure on competing software developers to do the same. There had been concern among some customers that Microsoft would adopt a per-core licensing plan that based fees on the number of cores running within a single processor, effectively doubling or quadrupling the fees. Kristin Hollins, an Oracle Corp. spokesperson, in Redwood Shores, California said that their license policy has not changed in this regard, they charge per CPU. If an eight-way box has 32 CPUs, customers pay for 32 CPUs. Both Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have plans to deliver dualcore processors for server hardware, and both vendors' road maps include plans for multicore chips. As the chip development moves apace, customers such as James Holt, director of server development at Townsend Analytics Ltd., a financial services software developer in Chicago, are shunning Oracle's approach.

The article challenges Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., and Dell Computer Corp. to manage their business effectively by catering the needs of their clients and strengthen their position in amidst the tight market competition. Microsoft recently admitted that it will invest an extra 2 million dollars to fight against Google. Likewise, Intel will be having a large revamp in response to the inroads made by Advanced Micro Devices. Unfortunately, Dell is the situation where they are spending more but gaining low returns because their market has eroded. The author stresses that for these giant companies to recover, they should focus on their expertise, adhere to customers' agendas, and align with the customers' needs.

This article presents information on various developments in the computer industry in the U.S. Monad, Microsoft Corp.'s proposed scriptable shell language, was added to the list of features being dropped from the product. There is a buzz among Macintosh computer users that Apple Computer Inc. has filed an application to trademark the name "Mactel." Since Apple has publicly proclaimed Intel Corp. as its Mac daddy for chips, what it plans to do with the Mactel name is open to speculation. Some iPod aficionados are miffed over speculation at www.itunesperipod.com. The Web site wonders what folks fill their iPods with, pointing out that Apple's sales of more than 2.9 million iPods and estimated 60 million iTunes means the average iPod would contain only about 21 songs purchased from the iTunes store. Oracle Corp. boss Larry Ellison has proposed a $115 million donation to the world's richest university.

The article presents information about a rumor with regard to software firms Microsoft Corp. and Intel Inc. The relationship between Intel and Microsoft has been on shaky ground since it was announced that the former will use Opteron-based servers from software firm Hewlett-Packard Co. in all its Microsoft Technology Centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The news particularly riled Intel execs because the vendor could have accommodated Microsoft with its new Xeon chips with the same 64-bit capability as the Opteron. Intel executives complained to Microsoft, reportedly taking their case to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Microsoft veteran David Weise has parted ways with the company. Weise is lauded as having been essential to the success of Windows 3.0. He, along with Nathan Myhrvold, was a founder of Dynamical Systems Research, which Microsoft bought in 1986. From there, Weise helped Microsoft think outside the OS/2 box and run Windows apps in protected mode. He then broke through DOS' 640KB memory limit and ran multiple DOS apps in virtual x86 machines, thus abetting Redmond's world domination. Weise will return to his roots in molecular biology.

This article reports that business enterprises should think of good security as an affirmative business practice, not just a cost to be minimized. The Sarbanes- Oxley Act has given impetus to this idea, but IT builders are still walking around the elephantine Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), trying to decide if its legs are pillars of new strength for their infrastructure or if its tail is a rope that will hang them with application incompatibilities and attendant help desk workloads. If anyone thought that SP2 reflected a new commitment to security as fundamental to software's fitness for use, the year-end confirmation that Windows 2000 won't get its own version of the SP2 repair job should make the reality clear. But if short-term change has been less than what was hoped, longer-term changes have been greater than anyone would likely have predicted. Dominant vendors, such as Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp., are the ones whose missteps matter to the greatest number of people. The importance of these vendors, though, is itself a testament that they've done much more right than wrong in the process of creating a commodity computing platform.

The article reports that a group of vendors led by Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Sun Microsystems Computer Corp., and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. late last week published a specification for using Web services to manage a range of IT infrastructure elements. The Web Services-Management specification is intended to help IT reduce the cost and complexity of managing hardware ranging from chips and handheld devices to data center servers. The specification is designed to exploit Web services as a common communications mechanism to conduct a variety of management tasks.

The article focuses on the advancements in the field of information technology related to the latest offerings from Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. In an effort to get its next-generation operating system, "Longhorn" in shape for shipping, Microsoft has started tossing out some key features, most notably WinFS. The file system is one of those big thoughts in data storage and retrieval that would have made Longhorn a strong contender for inclusion in corporate data networks drowning in structured and unstructured data. The "AvaIon" user interface and the "Indigo" middleware infrastructure appear to be the two remaining intact legs. Microsoft has identified open-source software as a revenue threat in a recent United States Securities and Exchange Commission filing and has pinned much of its anti-Linux campaign on arguments that Linux is actually more costly to deploy than Windows and that the fragmented nature of Linux development precludes a comprehensive systemwide approach to corporate technology choices.

Discusses the impact of the economic downturn in the United States on communications and computing equipment makers. Rate of decline in earnings of Intel; Effect on profits of Microsoft; Sales of personal computers in the third quarter of 2001.

Presents news briefs in the computer industry in the U.S. as of October 8, 2001. Focus of Microsoft's report 'Realize Your Potential'; Appointment of Pat Gelsinger in Intel.

Lists the ranking of computer companies in the United States with their corresponding market capitalization as of June 19, 2000. Cisco Systems; Intel; Microsoft; Nokia; Oracle.

Provides news on information technology product providers as of February 21, 2000. Stake of Intel Corp. in wireless networking company, Symbol Technologies; Enhancements to Visual Studio 7.0 development system from Microsoft Corp.; 3Com's EtherLink Server 10/100 PCI NIC with 3XP Processor.

Discusses several events that happened in the computer industry in the United States as of June 28, 1999. Status of the United States versus Microsoft trial; Focus of a deal between 3Com Corp. and Intel Corp.; Consolidation in the cable industry;

Reports in May 1998 that the essential facilities doctrine, an antitrust rule is being used in litigation inside the computer industry. Description of the doctrine; Use of the doctrine in cases against Microsoft Corporation and Intel Corporation; Description of these cases.

Looks ahead to 1999 in the computer industry. The end of Microsoft Corp.'s antitrust trial and the beginning of Intel Corp.'s antitrust trial; The release of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Office 2000; The mobile Intel Pentium II processor; Communications improvements for pocket computers; Speed and performance improvements for microcomputers; Price reductions on many computer products.

Presents computer industry-related news items, compiled in the week of March 13, 2000. Includes Amazon.com chief executive officer Jeff Bezos' call reforms in the United States patent process; Microsoft Corp.'s departure from the Software Information Industry Association; Intel Corp.'s plans to distribute personal computers. INSETS: Xbox marks the spot.;Online this week..

Discusses issues of relevance to the United States computer industry as of January 31, 2000. Implications of Microsoft Corp.'s launch of its Microsoft Windows 2000 computer operating system for the US computer industry; Difficulty experienced by Intel Corp. in meeting demand for its Pentium III and Celeron microprocessors; Decline in the stock performance of International Business Machines Corp.

Presents computer industry news as of June 14, 1999. Intel's announcement that it would begin producing chips using 0.13-micron processing and 12-inch wafers in 2002; Amount that Microsoft has invested in Inprise, giving it access to PureJava development tools; Mention of a study by Keynote Systems that tracked how long it takes online brokers to accept trades. INSET: Online This Week.

Presents information on the author's meetings with Eckhard Pfeifer of Compaq and Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp. at the Compaq Innovate conference in Houston, Texas in April of 1999. The alliance between Compaq, Intel and Microsoft; Compaq's NonStop eBusiness strategy; Advice the author has for the leaders of the alliance.

Presents news from the computer industry for October 5, 1998. The theory that Intel Corp.'s investment in Red Hat Linux was done to show that Microsoft Corp. does have competition in the industry; Hackers into Microsoft's beta pages for Windows NT 5.0; Efforts of Microsoft to join the enterprise resource planning market through acquisitions; The status of Lotus Domino Extended Search; Efforts of Novell Inc. to move some of its sales online; Java in mission critical server applications; Other news. INSET: New Katt careers if the Y2K crisis kills computing.

Presents a fictional call from film director Oliver Stone, who divulged the plot of a conspiracy film, featuring Microsoft and Intel and their plan to overtake the world through a joint venture, Wintel. Events the authors relate to the fictional scenario, such as Microsoft's purchase of Apple and the firing of Gil Amelio; Bill Gates' investment in satellites; The equation of Microsoft employees' cubicle existence with the arrival of aliens, by way of Seattle, Washington.

Discusses the significance of the quarterly financial results released by the computer industry during the middle of July 1997. The lack of many surprises; The strength of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp.; The loss experienced by Apple Computer Inc.

Reports that Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. began to deliver on their promises of lowering the cost of personal computer (PC) ownership in March 1997 with new specifications for scaled-back PCs and centralized system management. Report from the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany; Intel's release of the NetPC specification for thin clients and the WFM Baseline specification; The imminent release of Microsoft's ZAW tool kit for Windows NT 4.0 desktops.

Discusses Intel's reaction towards Microsoft's PC 97 initiative. Intel's scaling back of market development funds for those that include logos other than Intel's in their promotions; What this means; The choice for original equipment manufacturers; Thoughts on the uses of workstations.

Focuses on the efforts of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. to revitalize the consumer personal computer (PC) market by creating a PC that is packed with powerful new multimedia features and is greatly improved in terms of usability. Microsoft's launching of the Simply Interactive PC at the 1996 WinHEC exposition in California; Intel's MMX multimedia acceleration technology as basis for the new product. INSET: Inside take: Why I've been hearing.., by Patrick Houston..