News Releases

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to develop client and server software for a sub-$500 Windows terminal that will go head-to-head with network computers (NCs), according to next week's issue of...

The elite group of professional security experts who uncovered the significant hole in Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows NT have now written enhancements to the code that makes the network...

CMP Media's Internet Media Group today unveiled GamePower™ (http://www.gamepower.com/) -- a community for highly passionate PC, Macintosh, Sony Playstation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64 video...

Resellers and others who look forward to each week's new issue of the print version of CMP's Computer Reseller News, or who go online to browse the electronic edition, now also have the option of...

Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: CSCO) chief executive, John Chambers, said rivals 3Com Corp. and Ascend Communications, Inc.(Nasdaq-NNM: ASND) will have their hands full with their respective...

Larry Moore, senior vice president of Lotus Development Corp., is leaving the company to become chief executive of Bright Tiger, an Acton, Mass.-based start-up. CMP's Computer Reseller News Online...

CMP's Network Computing, a twice-monthly solutions magazine serving network/IS professionals, announced the nominees of its Third Annual Well-Connected Awards, honoring the best technology pro...

A major security flaw has been uncovered in Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ: MSFT) flagship network operating system, Windows NT, that could enable a user dialing in from a remote location to unscramble...

At least a dozen major companies have joined the race to buy, invest or strike strategic alliances with small Java developers, according to a report by Computer Reseller News Senior Writers...

Ingram Micro Inc. has made an offer to buy Intelligent Electronics Inc.'s distribution business for $70 million to $90 million, while IE continues to seek offers from other players, according to a...

Apple Computer Corp.'s news that it would lay off more than 4,000 employees and undergo restructuring changes in the second fiscal quarter cause many a rumble in the channel industry, especially...

Michael Neubarth has joined CMP Media's PC Group as Editor-in-Chief of NetGuide Magazine, announced Kenneth D. Cron, President of Publishing. Neubarth, a computer industry journalist and analyst...

CMP Media Inc. today announced CMPnet, a new Web service that will be the hub for the technology and Internet communities. Slated to debut June 30, CMPnet will be aimed at the core Web audience --...

Cookies and milk ain't what they used to be. "Magic Cookies," according to John Eckhouse, Senior Editor/Online HomePC, are "little crumbs of information that a Web site downloads to your...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) may enter the $1 billion Macintosh-compatible laptop market with a high-powered system that will run Apple Computer's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacOS operating system, but nevertheless bear...

Viewers of TechWeb's® technology news channel on the PointCast Network™ spend an average $1.3 million annually on technology products, according to a study conducted by CMP Media Inc.'s...

Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. are actively courting the same Java vendors -- as potential partners or outright acquisitions -- to shore up their respective Java stories, according to a...

According to a story by Mary Jo Foley posted this evening on the Computer Reseller News online Web site (http://www.crn.com/), Microsoft Corp.'s Memphis, until recently known as Windows 97, has...

After a brief transitional period, Wal-Mart last week returned with a vengeance to Internet computer- products retailing, offering 20,000 products at pricing that had rivals on and off the...

CMP's VARBusiness, a leading source of information for more than 105,000 value added resellers (VARs), systems integrators, software developers and consultants, named John Hahn, Vice President,...

Citing 3Com's success in the networking business due to its strong relationships and innovation, along with its recent agreement to acquire U.S Robotics, CMP's VARBusiness has selected 3Com as a...

Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison said today at CMP's Networked Economy Conference that the initial network computers (NC) his company will unveil next month will feature a "video user...

Speaking at CMP's Networked Economy Conference today, several media experts agreed that "hits" or "click-throughs" are not the most effective ways of judging a Web site's impact or that of its...

CMP's CommunicationsWeek announced it will be the exclusive networking media sponsor of the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards, formerly the National Information...

The past 18 months have seen a boom in financial information on the Internet's World Wide Web, according to HomePC Financial Adviser Section Editor Mark Roberti. "From real estate sites that...