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Linux More Expensive? Maybe
Something about this time of year makes me even more suspicious of spin than usual. So when I read Steve Ballmer's e-mailed message to customers and partners, I wanted to find out a little more about the research he used to defend his position against Linux.
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Crucial Vote For Business?
I don't get it. An overwhelming number of business-technology managers see next Tuesday's presidential election as crucial to their companies' business prospects next year.
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EDS In Employment Fight?
We received a call today from a former EDS worker laid off last year from one of the company's New Jersey facilities. She reports receiving a letter the other day from the state's employment commission indicating EDS is contesting her unemployment insurance payments.
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EDS Takes Another Hit
On Monday, EDS said it would delay its third quarter earnings announcement until November 3rd. It seems the company is mulling whether to write down some assets related to its NMCI Intranet contract.
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Works in Progress
There are 6 million stories in the naked IT industry. Here are a few we're covering: Ballmer Gets More Strident About Linux; Apparel Firms Finally Getting Hip; IBM Sees A Last Mile That Spans The Pacific; A Thorough Cleansing Is Invigorating.
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Works in Progress
Did you know that apparel companies are just now getting up to speed on global supply chains? Or that IBM has a thing for small firms both here and in China? OK, well, did you know that Borders Books is cleaning house in terms of its heterogeneous inftrastructure? We thought not. That's why we're looking into those topics this week.
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Works in Progress
This week, some of the top stories we are working on include: The SOX You Should Fear, Spyware Draws More Fire Than A Pile Of Oily Rags, How’s Gateway Doing Nowadays? and Tracking Booze Shipments In The Granite State
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Works in Progress
Three out of the many stories we're working on this week deserve some extra attention: Spyware Draws More Fire Than A Pile Of Oily Rags; How's Gateway Doing Nowadays? and Tracking Booze Shipments In The Granite State
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Works in Progress
The number of the news beast is high this week and here are some of the more notable stories being chased: Is The Tire Industry Due For An RFID Retread?
The IT Jobs Drought Might Be Lifting; Good Security News, Bad Security News; PeopleSoft’s Still On The Move
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Works in Progress
A handful of stories that InformationWeek reporters are looking at this week bear a minute in the spotlight: Could the IT Jobs Drought Be Ending? Good Security News, Bad Security News; PeopleSoft’s Still On The Move
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Political Campaigns Get Technical
It's 7 p.m. on Election Day. You're about to sit down to dinner when the phone rings. You're first thought is to wonder why you didn't sign up for the National Do Not Call Registry. You answer anyway. The person on the other end of the line cheerfully wants to remind you to get out to vote. You thank the person and hang up. You look at your watch, then your rapidly cooling meal. It's hard to think about meatloaf when the fate of the free world depends upon what you do in that next hour.
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Works in Progress
Of the many stories InformationWeek reporters are on top of this week, here are some that deserve special attention: Worries About RFID-Chip Shortage; IBM Wants More From Its Patent Portfolio; IP Network Replaces Satellite Network; The State of Mortgage-Industry Automation
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Living On Borrowed SCSI
The Government Open Code Collaborative is a great idea without a budget, which is one of the reasons its site has been down for most of the week. For the past several days, I've been working on a story about the GOCC without the benefit of ever seeing the site. The site, you see, was done in when a SCSI controller card, a donated piece of equipment from one of the GOCC's members, went down. The collaborative may be cobbled together using a SCSI card here and a server there, but it's got a lot of promise.
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