Dell sees growth amid PC decay

Dell has been making positive noises about market share growth ahead of publishing its quarterly results today. The CEO and company founder Michael Dell has highlighted research data from IDC which apparently indicates that Dell is the one major PC builder to increase sales over the last quarter. 'We have minus signs behind everyone in the top five, except Dell,' an analyst at IDC is quoted as saying, on FT. ...more

Money ?2003

Today sees the official launch of Microsoft's personal finance management software Money 2003. As well as features for tracking accounts and cash flow, there is a Debt Reduction Planner for experimenting with different payment scenarios, support for the management of budgets, and reports on your tax-related income and expenditure.. ...more

Red Hat bouyant on rosy Q1 financials

Red Hat has revealed rosy first quarter results, meeting analyst expectations and sending shares up nearly 8 per cent in early trading. The open source bellwether stock reported a net income of $12.4m on revenues of $60. ...more

Orange unpeels its 3G service

French-owned mobile phone operator Orange became the third company in the UK to launch its 3G service - just in time for Christmas. The company follows 3 and Vodafone into the market with the aim of sigining up two million subscribers by the end of 2006. Amongst the offerings to tempt the punter to sign up for the service are Sky news video feeds, film trailers, music and ringtone downloads, behind the scenes football 'exclusives' and Traffic TV which gives access to motorway CCTVs. ...more

Judge Jackson speaks out

The US District Judge who ruled that Microsoft should be split has blamed Microsoft's "intransigence" for the breakup order it now faces. Speaking at a public forum for the first time since his ruling back in early July, Thomas Penfield Jackson said he would have preferred to see Microsoft and the government antitrust enforcers reach an agreement. ''The structural remedy was never my remedy of choice,'' Jackson said. ...more