6th May 2002 Archive

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• Sage mulls Exact bid

  Bulking up against MS

  Sage is mulling over a £430m bid for Exact, a Dutch accountancy rival, according to the Independent on Sunday. A deal woudl make sense: Exact will be the large major significant European rival, following the expected $1.2bn takeover of Denmark's Navision by Microsoft. Exact will enable Sage to bulk up against Microsoft's …

  Business 6 May 2002, 11:40

• Samsung ships DDR400 to the masses

  Chipsets available 'soon'

  Samsung today began shipping DDR400 P3200 modules in volume. They're available in 128MB and 256MB densities through distribution, while the 512MB should ship at the end of May. Samsung says it has received good feedback for the modules from Nvidia, SiS, and VIA, and chipsets supporting the fast memory standard should be …

  Channel 6 May 2002, 11:51

• Macromedia aims high with MX architecture

  More than a version upgrade

  Last week Macromedia Inc launched its all-new product line under the MX brand. Looking a little deeper into the underlying technology, CTO Jeremy Allaire talked to ComputerWire about some details of the architecture. For the last 18 months, he revealed, Macromedia has been building this next-generation suite, which aims to …

  Mac Channel 6 May 2002, 12:10

• Hynix ex-CEO stays on to pursue sale

  Breaking up is hard to do

  Park Chong Sup, who stepped down as CEO of Hynix Semiconductor Inc after its protracted merger talks with Micron Technologies collapsed last week, will remain in charge of the company's effort to dispose of its debt-crippled DRAM business. Co-president Park Sang Ho has been named as his successor. The ex-CEO's continued …

  Channel 6 May 2002, 16:05