Nortel ditches its CEO and CFO

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Q&A: Nortel enterprise head sees IP
convergence as way for Nortel to lead

Q&A: Nortel enterprise head sees IP
convergence as way for Nortel to lead 03/20/2003 05:31 PM
Malcolm Collins, president of Nortel Networks’ enterprise networks division, talked about the company’s renewed efforts to woo enterprise customers.

V Two One ditches BT

V Two One ditches BT 09/13/2004 08:53 AM
Broadband mass migration to Telefonica UK

QRS ditches JDA merger

QRS ditches JDA merger 09/03/2004 12:10 PM
ZDNet Sep 3 2004 3:34PM GMT

DoCoMo ditches 3

DoCoMo ditches 3 05/28/2004 11:00 AM
Silicon.com May 28 2004 3:55PM GMT

Siebel ditches boss

Siebel ditches boss 04/13/2005 12:12 PM
Long walk, short plank

Ericsson ditches Bluetooth

Ericsson ditches Bluetooth 09/06/2004 05:13 AM
The Register Sep 6 2004 9:23AM GMT

Pru ditches plan for Egg sell-off

Pru ditches plan for Egg sell-off 08/03/2004 03:41 AM
The insurance giant drops plans to sell-off its internet banking arm.

Sun ditches UltraSparc V and Gemini

Sun ditches UltraSparc V and Gemini 04/12/2004 04:53 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 12 2004 9:23AM GMT

RIM's New Blackberry Ditches Thumboard

RIM's New Blackberry Ditches Thumboard 09/08/2004 06:30 PM

MS (nearly) ditches the PC religion with
home net plans

MS (nearly) ditches the PC religion with
home net plans 01/08/2004 08:24 PM
Maybe it's not the PC, stupid...

Disney Does Digital, Ditches Drawings

Disney Does Digital, Ditches Drawings 11/10/2003 11:19 PM
Slashdot Nov 10 2003 11:36AM ET

Asono Play Ditches the Screen

Asono Play Ditches the Screen 06/24/2005 04:01 PM

Asono has released a tweaked version of their 'Mica' wearable MP3 player. Called the 'Play,' the unit is almost exactly the same as the Mica—it still looks like a little handbag—but the LCD screen on the bottom of the Mica has been replaced with two, iPod shuffle-like lights at the bottom in the Play. Navigation is don't through sound, including (they say), searching of folders and EQ adjustment. I can't imagine how'd they allow folder search with two LEDs and some beeps, but I didn't think you could build furniture out of sawdust, either, and the Scandinavians proved me wrong.

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Iacocca ditches Bush for Kerry

Iacocca ditches Bush for Kerry 06/24/2004 09:12 PM

Sony ditches illegal flyposting

Sony ditches illegal flyposting 06/15/2004 05:22 AM
Lambs gambol through the sparkling streets of Camden

Microsoft Ditches Smart Displays

Microsoft Ditches Smart Displays 01/05/2004 07:59 PM

Savvis ditches profitable spamming
customers

Savvis ditches profitable spamming
customers 09/09/2004 10:33 AM
After being threated with blacklisting by Spamhaus, Savvis has decided to remove 148 spammers from their network in the next 10 days. This follows a heated internal discussion on whether they should give the profitable customers the boot.

RIAA Ditches Meaningless Amnesty Program

RIAA Ditches Meaningless Amnesty Program 04/19/2004 09:57 PM
Last fall, before the RIAA actually started suing people for sharing unauthorized music files, they offered their amnesty program, which basically said if you 'fessed up to sharing music and removed those files immediately, they probably wouldn't sue you. Of course, they couldn't guarantee that the actual copyright holders wouldn't sue - and in admitting guilt to the RIAA some felt that people would actually open themselves up to more liability for exactly that reason. In fact, even a US Senator, Norm Coleman, told people not to fall for the program and some people filed a lawsuit against the program, saying that it was deceptive. Well, now the RIAA (as they've been known to do) has asked that the lawsuit be dismissed because they've recently canceled the amnesty program. Of course, that makes you wonder. Is it okay to offer a "deceptive" program for a few months, and then ask that lawsuits against it are dropped once you stop? Doesn't that just encourage more temporary deceptive programs? The article also notes, by the way, that over 1,100 people actually signed up to request such not-really-amnesty. The RIAA promises that they'll continue to not sue those individuals, though, they still can't make the same promise for the actual copyright holders.

London council ditches Linux plans

London council ditches Linux plans 01/06/2004 11:57 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 6 2004 10:19AM ET

Mozilla ditches browser suite
development

Mozilla ditches browser suite
development 03/14/2005 05:35 PM
The Mozilla Foundation said late yesterday that it is cutting off development of its flagship Mozilla browser suite with the current 1.7.x line but will back a community-supported version of the suite for those who want to continue using it.

Novell Ditches UnitedLinux, Joins
Eclipse

Novell Ditches UnitedLinux, Joins
Eclipse 01/22/2004 11:39 AM
Internet News Jan 22 2004 4:11PM GMT

Google picks Nasdaq, ditches NYSE

Google picks Nasdaq, ditches NYSE 07/17/2004 11:27 AM
Cyber India Online Jul 17 2004 2:42PM GMT

French ministry ditches Microsoft for
MandrakeLinux

French ministry ditches Microsoft for
MandrakeLinux 07/09/2004 08:40 AM
The French government has put its money where its mouth is and announced a deal to replace 1,500 copies of Microsoft NT server with home-grown open source Linux software from Mandrake. Several government departments, such as the Ministry of Culture, already use MandrakeLinux. But it recently said it was considering expanding its use of open source software. The Civil Service Minister Renaud Dutreil was quoted as saying 'the competition is open,' between Microsoft and Linux.

BT ditches broadband line length limit

BT ditches broadband line length limit 08/18/2004 08:52 AM
ZDNet UK Aug 18 2004 1:09PM GMT

Benq Ditches Microsoft's Media Center

Benq Ditches Microsoft's Media Center 06/01/2004 02:00 PM
Digital Connect News Jun 1 2004 5:43PM GMT

TiVo Troubles Climb as DirecTV Ditches
Shares

TiVo Troubles Climb as DirecTV Ditches
Shares 06/08/2004 10:11 PM
Shares of TiVo dropped more than 14 percent Tuesday after DirecTV sold its entire stake in the digital video recorder pioneer, heightening concerns that the satellite TV company would end their relationship.

California county ditches Diebold
e-voting machines

California county ditches Diebold
e-voting machines 05/26/2004 07:43 PM

Briefly: California county ditches
Diebold e-voting

Briefly: California county ditches
Diebold e-voting 05/26/2004 07:43 PM

Irish bank ditches Windows in favour of
Linux

Irish bank ditches Windows in favour of
Linux 06/30/2004 06:02 AM
Computer Weekly Jun 30 2004 10:23AM GMT

Iona ditches app server for open-source
JBoss

Iona ditches app server for open-source
JBoss 11/12/2003 01:12 PM
ZDNet UK Nov 12 2003 10:37AM ET

Yahoo to expand UK internet radio,
ditches downloads

Yahoo to expand UK internet radio,
ditches downloads 12/23/2003 01:37 AM
Netimperative Dec 23 2003 0:34AM ET

"Re-elect George W. Bush" plane ditches
in Florida

"Re-elect George W. Bush" plane ditches
in Florida 12/17/2004 06:35 PM
A huge twin-engine turboprop (jet-powered propeller) Convair 340 cargo plane with a max take-off weight of 47,000 lbs. ditched in a Florida lake.  The pilots swam away unharmed.  The photos of the incident are interesting because they show "Re-elect George W. Bush" painted across the entire length of the fuselage.  Supposedly this was caused when one engine failed and the pilots were unable to hold altitude so decided to land in the lake rather than on top of some houses.  If true, this is consistent with the old pilot adage about twin-engine planes that "the second engine carries you to the scene of the accident".

VA Ditches Half A Billion Dollar Useless
Computing System

VA Ditches Half A Billion Dollar Useless
Computing System 07/28/2004 04:22 AM
Last week, we noted some of the probl ems the Federal Technology Service was having getting their very expensive computer system to actually work (it had something to do with not actually training people to use it) that was causing all sorts of delays and problems (including crying employees). Not surprisingly, this isn't the only example of completely wasteful spending on large computing systems from government agencies. The Department of Veterans Affairs has now announced plans to ditch their $472 million computer system that was designed to be used in VA hospitals across the country. Luckily, it appears that they have not yet spent all of that money, as this particular installment was just a test at one location in Florida. Now, however, the hospital is switching back to their old computer system. Problems with the system meant a shortage of surgical supplies and delayed operations (ouch). Once again, a lack of real training seems to be part of the problem. Even worse, there are reports that BearingPoint, who build the system received an extra $200,000 for finishing the project "on time." Of course, in order to finish it on time, they skipped that whole pesky training part. Just one example of poorly designed "incentives" for projects.

Symantec Finally Ditches Faulty
Antivirus Bounceback Spam

Symantec Finally Ditches Faulty
Antivirus Bounceback Spam 05/11/2004 06:09 PM
We first mentioned this problem nearly a year ago, though others have been talking about it for longer. Email viruses these days tend to spoof the "from" address and make it either something random or someone else's address from the same addressbook they're spamming. Since so many network antivirus systems have been setup to alert the sender if they're sending a virus, this means plenty of innocent people get slamm ed with antivirus spam from antivirus systems telling them they sent out a virus - when they did no such thing. Symantec seems to have finally gotten the message and agreed to make their antivirus systems stop sending back email warnings. Other antivirus vendors are expected to follow suit.

Newham ditches IBM OSS trial, but goes
to extra time with MS price talks

Newham ditches IBM OSS trial, but goes
to extra time with MS price talks 01/06/2004 08:00 AM
And is a more widespread public sector 'peasants revolt' brewing?

McDonald's Ditches Giant Vending
Machines, Back To Dealing With Humans

McDonald's Ditches Giant Vending
Machines, Back To Dealing With Humans 11/13/2003 02:55 PM
Almost exactly a year ago we wrote about how giant vending machines were coming to the US. These were vending machines the size of small shops, that could pick from over 200 items to drop into your hand at your convenience - without having to deal with (gasp!) a human checkout person. It turns out that many of these machines were actually being run by McDonald's who has now decided that the US market just isn't ready for giant vending machines, which are being shut down. Perhaps there were complaints from teenaged kids who were scared that the vending machines were going to take away their only hope for a job.

Cabinet Office ditches GBP83m ITNET deal
for 'breach of contract'

Cabinet Office ditches GBP83m ITNET deal
for 'breach of contract' 07/02/2004 04:45 AM
PublicTechnology.net Jul 2 2004 8:26AM GMT

Nortel Powers AT&TW 3G

Nortel Powers AT&TW 3G 07/21/2004 09:36 AM
Unstrung.com Jul 21 2004 1:40PM GMT

No More Cheering for Nortel

No More Cheering for Nortel 04/29/2004 01:27 PM
With it firing its CEO and CFO and the SEC formally investigating, it's time to stop.

Nortel Fires CEO

Nortel Fires CEO 04/28/2004 10:23 AM
Nortel Networks Corp. fires its president and CEO, Frank Dunn, as well as its chief financial officer and controller.
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