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...after eight weeks of dickering, the deal got done--as both companies recognized that it was the only way they could compete against larger rivals Solectron and Flextronics. SCI, with $9.1 billion in sales last year, mainly assembles PCs and telecom gear, using relatively low-paid labor in countries like Mexico and Malaysia. Sanmina manufactures more complex switches, routers and optical-networking equipment for the likes of Cisco, Alcatel and Motorola, often using skilled labor or factories equipped with robots and lasers. If the merger is approved, as expected, by shareholders and regulators in the U.S. and Europe, the combined...
Maybe I was expecting a bit too much from a freebie. I ramped up to Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5 ($99), the best-selling burning software for PCs. It had one truly tantalizing feature. You could blend tracks into one another like a true DJ. I dreamed of making nonstop party discs without a nanosecond of silence or fade-out. Alas, this is no good if you can't preview what the transitions are going to sound like--which, 9 times out of 10, Roxio's software failed...
...Maybe I was expecting a bit too much from a freebie. I ramped up to Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5 ($99), the best-selling burning software for PCs. It had one truly tantalizing feature. You could blend tracks into one another like a true DJ. I dreamed of making nonstop party discs without a nanosecond of silence or fade-out. Alas, this is no good if you can't preview what the transitions are going to sound like--which, 9 times out of 10, Roxio's software failed...
...what does all this mean for consumers? The decision could lead Microsoft to make last-minute changes in the XP operating system, the latest version of the Windows software that runs nearly 95% of all PCs. Just before the ruling came down, Gates & Co. said they were removing Smart Tags, a controversial feature of the new software. Smart Tags turn words on websites into links to Microsoft-approved sites. Critics charge they are Microsoft's attempt to use its browser market dominance to drive traffic to its own sites. If Microsoft is worried about the ruling, it might modify other...
...would be easy to give up on technology stocks. They're stumbling again, as the likes of Lucent and Nortel pile on bad news. Everyone knows about the glut of cell phones, PCs, chips and fiber-optic line gathering dust. Earnings stink across the board, and stock-market gurus predict we're headed for a demoralizing test of the April lows. In short, gloom is as plentiful as the routers and switches Cisco can't sell. So a lot of investors are hedging their allegiance to technology--and rightfully so. If you want easy odds, take the Lakers to threepeat...