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Gateway Makes Channel-Friendly Moves
It’s been more than a year since Gateway Inc. launched its ProNet reseller program to bring together VARs (value-added resellers) and pro-AV (professional audio-video) integrators to integrate Gateway’s growing front- and back-office business product lines for customers. The results have not been a resounding success. But the major direct-order firm, according to Tiffani Bova, senior…
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Microsoft Sues Resellers for Counterfeit Software Labels
David June, director of development and business relations for Northwest Computer Supplies, a systems builder in Bellingham, Wash, agreed. “Resellers who use illegitimate COA labels or pirated product keys to hoodwink consumers undercut honest businesses and create a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace,” he said. The rise of pirated products in the market makes it…
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ATI Upgrades Graphics Line
ATI Technologies Inc. announced five new graphics chips on Wednesday, refreshing its X800 graphics line and adding a new option, the X850. ATI re-introduced the X800 and said it would ship an upgraded X800 XL part for the $250-$350 price segment, according to one analyst. ATI claimed that the X850, meanwhile, would offer 20 percent…
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Whom Can You Trust?
Whom can you trust in the business world? It’s no idle question. Rather, it may very well determine whether you stay in business. By nature, I’m a trusting sort, but I’ve learned over the years not to trust my gut reaction. For example, if you’re thinking about signing up for Oracle 8i or 9i training…
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The Year in Review: Apple Thrives in Surprising Ways
If you had told someone five years ago that Apple would someday have a rapidly growing business in the server market, a huge share of the Unix desktop market, and commanding mindshare in the digital music business—so much so that Hewlett-Packard licensed its hardware—that someone would have probably asked what kind of irrational exuberance you…
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Emergency IE Patch Fixes Critical Bug
Microsoft has issued a patch, out of its normal security patch cycle, for a critical bug in Internet Explorer versions from 6.0 up to but not including Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). According to the advisory issued by Microsoft, the bug could allow remote code execution on an affected system. The bug was publicly…
