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Microsoft SA has issued a summons against computer vendor Computer Chronics for R100,000 (about $12,453.29) in damages for alleged software piracy, the latest in a series of moves against software pirates. At issue is the alleged loading onto the hard disk of the Command.com file. As software cannot currently be protected by patent law in […]

Telecom Italia subsidiary TMI Telemedia International (TMI) has relocated its Asia Pacific regional headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore to promote TMI Singapore as a regional ISP, and to offer its traditional services and new Business Internet solutions to customers of all sizes. “World-class telecommunications, a supportive financial system, well-trained human resources, a regulatory environment […]

Oblicore, a service level management software provider, is relocating its headquarters from New York City to Herndon, Va. The opening of its new global corporate headquarters in Virginia will serve as a resource for Oblicore’s expanding customer base. In addition to its Virginia headquarters, Oblicore operates sales offices in New York, San Francisco and Brussels, […]

Trellix, a Concord, Mass., maker of Web site publishing software, has named Dave Owczarek vice president of operations to lead its managed hosting services business. Most recently, Owczarek was vice president of engineering at Interliant. There, he directing the activities of three departments focused on hosting platforms, systems management and networking. “This is an exciting […]

More than 500 million Bluetooth-enabled devices will be in use worldwide by 2006, according to an industry survey conducted by ARC Group and released Friday. However, because of continuing high chipset prices, most of those devices will be on high-end and business-focused devices, the study said. The consumer market won’t take off until 2006, when […]

Silicon Valley -based hosting services provider iAsiaWorks Friday slashed its staff by nearly 50 percent in an effort to conserve cash while it explores alternative sources of funding. The company, which specializes in providing Internet data center and hosting services in the Asia-Pacific region, cut its staff by 127 workers, reducing the number of employees […]

Defense, government and commercial electronics concern Raytheon said it has implemented an EMC E-Infostructure at the core of its recently-launched eCenter Technologies for commercial customers seeking the “ultimate in information protection.” Built to meet stringent standards for national security, Raytheon’s Aurora, Colo. facility has already been used for more than a decade by the company […]

Networking solutions provider Cisco Systems Inc. has officially opened its new regional office in Singapore and established a manufacturing center in the country. The new office will house Cisco’s operations management, marketing, customer service, finance, HR and business units. It will also provide partners and customers in Asia Pacific with access to technologies such as […]

Information-storage provider Maxtor Corp. Thursday announced a significant restructuring, designed to accelerate the anticipated expense reduction opportunities in the desktop hard drive business following its recent merger with Quantum HDD. As part of the restructuring, the company anticipates a reduction of an additional 700 to 800 employees domestically over the next six months beyond what […]

Hoping its $40.6 million net loss in the third quarter of 2001 is the end of a string in financial losses, Micron Electronics announced its rebirth as a pure-play Web hosting company Thursday. Gone are the PC divisions, which were dragging the company deeper and deeper into the red. It’s HostPro Web hosting division, combined […]

Burlington, Mass.-based Winchester Systems has upgraded its high-performance FlashDisk OpenRAID product to utilize Ultra160 SCSI interfaces to all host and drive interface channels to provide “end-to-end” Ultra160 performance. FlashDisk OpenRAID models are now available with up to four Ultra160 SCSI host ports that each deliver up to 160 MB per second data throughput. The quad […]

Agere Systems said Thursday that its ORiNOCO USB Client has been certified for both USB and 802.11b standard compliance. Lucent claims that this makes its product the first to be certified for both technologies. The client connects home and enterprise devices to a wireless 802.11b network. Agere was spun off last year from Lucent. Apple […]