Stories about: Motley Fool

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Can Apple Save the Netbook? 01 December, 2008 07:30

I'm a big fan of netbooks -- the compact, lightweight, inexpensive laptops pioneered by Asus with its Eee PC line. Small, rugged, and yet full-featured enough for Web browsing and other light computing tasks, my Eee PC 901 has become a treasured companion for business travel. But the cost of newer netbook models has crept up, and many vendors are now offering standard-sized notebooks at rock-bottom prices, making the value of netbooks less clear.
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Five reasons to fire Ballmer 02 June, 2008 10:22

On July 1st, Bill Gates will retire. He'll still spend about 20 per cent of his time on Microsoft projects. If Microsoft is to retain 20 per cent of its economic clout in five years time, the company's board should start working on firing CEO Steve Ballmer now.
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New CEO faces need to set Motorola priorities 03 December, 2007 07:24

Edward Zander's departure as CEO from Motorola, announced Friday, should spark intense examination by incoming CEO Greg Brown into which markets the cell phone and communications equipment maker should focus on.
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Opinion: More e-mail scandal 06 January, 2003 13:45

I wrote recently that nearly one in eight e-mail lists that a researcher signed up for never reached his inbox. The messages were diverted to a junk folder or never delivered at all, due to crude filters that ISPs are using to try to reduce UBE (unsolicited bulk e-mail).
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Our CDMA patents are sound says Qualcomm 25 June, 2002 07:23

Qualcomm Wireless and Internet Group President Paul Jacobs says the company's many CDMA (code division multiple access) related patents are sound and that Qualcomm won't fall into the mire of litigation that sometimes faces companies which derive income from licensing their intellectual property.
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Surviving The Pink Slip 11 February, 2002 16:58

It's been a tough year for 27-year-old Stephan Koledin. On June 7, 2001, he was laid off from his software development job at The Motley Fool Inc. in Alexandria, Va. Since then, it's been a roller-coaster ride of shotgun Web searches, sure things gone bad, freelance work and unintriguing prospects.
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RLX trims blade servers, considers Intel 08 November, 2001 14:30

RLX Technologies started selling a new blade server Tuesday that allows users to take advantage of the company's tightly packed server architecture in a smaller system design. In addition, the company is likely to begin using low-power processors from Intel along with the Transmeta processors it uses now, according to a source familiar with RLX's plans.
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Imperfect diagnosis 04 July, 2001 16:16

Kevin Book, senior director of technology at The Motley Fool, can easily recall the days before he had adequate tools to monitor his company's popular financial Web site, which attracts more than 2 million visitors per month. "Our online store actually ran out of disk [space]," he says. "We were unable to write orders. You can imagine what the guys in ties were thinking when that happened."
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FBI charges 90 in Net scam busts 24 May, 2001 08:28

Federal and state criminal charges will be brought against roughly 90 individuals and companies for crimes including wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, money laundering and software piracy related to Internet scams, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday.
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Crossroads attendees trade tips, concerns 22 March, 2001 12:01

Some 400 business and IT executives converged on The Wigwam Resort here this week for Open Systems Advisors Inc.'s annual Crossroads Conference, which ended last night. Here's a sampling of what the attendees talked about during the event.
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Web Shopper Points 27 July, 2000 12:01

I've never been a coupon clipper. I forget to send in rebate coupons. But when the stakes are high enough, I'm not completely immune to the lure of the freebie. Come to think of it, I keep closer tabs on my frequent flier statements than on my checking account.