Friday, October 31, 2003

Press Room - Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) and Handspring, Inc. today [10/28/03] announced that stockholders of both companies have approved a transaction that transforms the landscape for handheld computing and communications. The transactions are expected to close later today, and two new leadership companies are expected to emerge and begin trading tomorrow on the Nasdaq stock market. - palmOne.com

Now with three product lines: Zire, for consumers, Tungsten, for mobile professionals, and Treo, for smartphones.


2:07:20 PM    

E-Mail Virus Turns PCs into Spam Machines (Reuters). Reuters - A new e-mail virus capable of turning infected personal computers into "spamming" machines emerged on Friday targeting corporate and home users in Europe and the United States, a computer security expert said. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
1:33:49 PM    

Microsoft and Google: Partners or Rivals?. Google recently began meeting with bankers to prepare for its initial public offering as it was still exploring a merger with Microsoft. By John Markoff and Andrew Ross Sorkin. [New York Times: Technology]

Right for Halloween: very scary...


8:51:59 AM    

Bye-Bye Data: Glitch in Panther. Apple's Panther has a serious bug that wipes out external FireWire drives during the upgrade procedure. Worse, many Mac users are backing up to external drives before upgrading. Some are losing everything. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]

So, it's not just MSFT :)


8:48:22 AM