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Channel Stocks Climb 44 Percent in 2003
The channel certainly is enjoying the technology rebound. During 2003, our Ziff Davis Channel Zone Stock Index rose 44 percent. Twenty-nine out of 30 stocks in our index rose this year. Moreover, five index stocks—DiamondCluster International Inc. (DTPI), Digitas Inc. (DTAS), Covansys Corp. (CVNS), Sapient (SAPE) and The Titan Corp. (TTN)—rose more than 100 percent…
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Rise in LCD-Panel Prices Squeeze PC Makers and Consumers
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Shifts in thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display production here may bring changes to the product mix offered by PC makers to customers in the U.S. and Europe. Analysts said recently that manufacturing transitions and market demands will bring something unfamiliar to consumers of flat-panel displays: a rise in prices. For the first half of 2003,…
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PredatorWatch Prowls for Network Integrators
What PredatorWatch Inc. has is a security monitoring device slightly bigger than the palm of your hand, providing realtime security and reporting tools to document regulatory compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. , Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) , and others. What it doesn’t have is enough solutions integrators. That’s…
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FreeBSD Unix Gets a Holiday Boost
FreeBSD.org on Tuesday offered Release Candidate 5.2 of its open-source Unix project. The group is prepping a final candidate due in January. A new test version of the FreeBSD open-source Unix operating system was announced on Tuesday by Scott Long of the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team. As a “release candidate,” Version 5.2 RC2 is not…
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Lucent Shareholders Propose Exec Pay Limits
The Associated Press reports that shareholders of Lucent Technologies’ stock have proposed limiting executive compensation and ending stock options and severance pay to key executives. The proposals were filed Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The annual shareholders’ meeting will be held Feb. 18 in Wilmington, Del. Click here to read the Associated Press…
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Signs of Recovery: Domain Names Once Again Fetch Top Dollar
News from Associated Press tells us the Internet is ringing in the new year with domain names that, once again, are netting seven figures. According to an AP report, a man in Florida sold the domain name, men.com, to a company called men.com LLC for $1.3 million. He paid $15,000 for it in 1997. The…
