SBC YAHOO DSL

Mar 15, 2003 | business

If you get a letter suggesting that you must “upgrade” your SBC DSL to “SBC Yahoo DSL,” burn it. It’s a fraud. Here’s some history to explain why. For a brief moment last year, Pacific Bell’s broadband service and support was going pretty well. Techs were...

COREL DEATH WATCH: MICROSOFT BAILS OUT

Mar 11, 2003 | business

In October 2000, Microsoft acquired a 24.6% share in Corel for $135 million. It has now signed a deal to sell its shares – for a total of less than $13 million. Microsoft’s cash infusion had saved Corel from going bankrupt a couple of years ago. The Microsoft purchase...

THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY

Mar 3, 2003 | business, Internet

Click here and spend some time with one of the most interesting and enlightening articles I’ve ever read about the technology industry. I’m impressed. It pulls information together from a huge variety of sources and presents it with remarkable insight and...

CD CLASS ACTION CLAIMS

Jan 31, 2003 | business, law

Here’s an odd web site that you might want to visit. A class action lawsuit against CD distributors was settled and a fund has been set up with 67 million dollars in it. Anyone filing a claim before March 3 might get a check up to twenty dollars. Or it might be less,...

IOMEGA AS A TAKEOVER TARGET

Jan 20, 2003 | business, hardware

Iomega never recovered from the double blow of manufacturing defective Zip drives and failing to foresee the world of cheap, ubiquitous recordable CDs. It has no growth products and no new ideas. Apparently it’s been hoarding cash and cutting costs. According to this...

SBC TELEMARKETING

Jan 15, 2003 | business

It took me a while to figure out what the recording meant when calling Pacific Bell – the one where they asked permission to “access your records.” Most people reacted the way I did – you’re calling for something related to your account, of course they can access your...