Gates bets big on Visual studio .Net tools
Seeking to build a base for its .Net strategy, which aims to provide a new level of Internet-based services to computer users and businesses, Microsoft launched its Visual Studio .Net programming tool kit.

Apple, Sun, Ericsson in wireless deal
Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems and Ericsson have announced that they have teamed up to develop a system for bringing multimedia content such as movie clips to cell phones and other wireless devices.

Nortel presents grim outlook
Frank A Dunn, who took over as chief executive of Nortel in November, told an investor conference in New York that business over the last month ‘indicated even more resolve by customers than originally anticipated to minimise spending in the near term’.

HP profit beats raised forecast
Hewlett-Packard reported first-quarter profits above Wall Street expectations it had raised a week earlier, as consumers snapped up personal computers and printers.

Global router sales drop in 2001
Global sales of the core routers that provide the backbone for the Internet and long-haul telecommunications networks fell 4 percent last year and are set to fall further this year, a research company said.

Intel to unveil new chips this month
Intel, the world’s biggest computer-chip maker, will unveil new microprocessors, including one for data networking equipment, at its conference for software and hardware developers later this month.

Oracle pulls ahead in application server adoption rates
According to a recent report from the Hurwitz Group, Oracle has been ranked first in application server penetration and planned deployment rates, ahead of IBM and BEA.

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