Mark Jones

When Dell Computer Corp. launches a product you know a technology has come of age. The company today launched its Intel Corp. Itanium 2-based PowerEdge 3250 server, marking the company's re-entry into the 64-bit computing market.

When Dell Computer Corp. launches a product you know a technology has come of age. The company today launched its Intel Corp. Itanium 2-based PowerEdge 3250 server, marking the company's re-entry into the 64-bit computing market.

MySQL is integral to Sun Microsystems Inc.'s integrated open-source software stack, but developer MySQL AB freely admits it's not yet the cure-all alternative to the IBM Corp.'s DB2 or Oracle Corp.'s 9i databases.

Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates kicked off the company's annual Financial Analysts Day in Redmond, Wash., Thursday by announcing the company will boost R&D spending by 20 per cent from US$4.3 billion in FY 02 to $5.2 billion in FY 03.

Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates kicked off the company's annual Financial Analysts Day in Redmond, Wash., Thursday by announcing the company will boost R&D spending by 20 per cent from US$4.3 billion in FY 02 to $5.2 billion in FY 03.

Just two days after the closing ceremony and already the foyer of the Olympic IT Center is devoid of the physical security checkpoints that protected the 2002 Winter Olympics Games' digital heartbeat.

Just two days after the closing ceremony and already the foyer of the Olympic IT Center is devoid of the physical security checkpoints that protected the 2002 Winter Olympics Games' digital heartbeat.

Sun Microsystems Inc. and emerging Web services outfit Altio Inc. today revealed details of a partnership to further develop a presentation-layer platform architecture that combines both Java and XML (Extensible Markup Language).