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Nov-16-04 Our November 15, 2004, article "Microsoft, Dell Join Forces on Server Software" incorrectly stated that the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates would be packaged with SMS 2003 beginning in January. In fact, the software will be available online to customers on Microsoft's Web Site.

Nov-2-04 Our November 1, 2004, article "Despite New Oracle Bid, PeopleSoft Says It's Biz as Usual" incorrectly quoted PeopleSoft Corporate Public Relations Director Steve Swasey as saying, "PeopleSoft is hardly a company on the ropes." In fact, Swasey said, "PeopleSoft is a vibrant, healthy company."

Oct-8-04 Our October 6, 2004, article "CA Buys Netegrity, Continues Security Push" incorrectly referred to PestPatrol as a "spyware provider." In fact, PestPatrol is an anti-spyware provider. The same article incorrectly stated that Netegrity is a privately held firm. In fact, Netegrity is a publicly held firm.

Aug-10-04 Our July 26, 2004, article titled "Xerox Inches Toward Its Former Glory" incorrectly stated that Xerox reported its services revenue rose 4 percent in the second quarter and comprised 73 percent of its total revenue. In fact, Xerox services revenue rose 36 percent in the second quarter year-over-year to $71 million, which is less than one percent of total revenue.

June-25-04 Our June 24, 2004, article titled "MSN Enters E-Mail Storage Battle" incorrectly stated that Yahoo said it would begin increasing e-mail storage limits for its customers later this summer. In fact, Yahoo recently announced an increased free storage capacity of 100 MB, and it is Microsoft that says it will begin increasing storage limits for its customers later this summer.

June-16-04 Our June 15, 2004, article titled "AMD To Deliver Dual-Core Chips" incorrectly stated that Intel's dual-core chip products would not be available until 2006. In fact, Intel's enterprise, desktop and mobile dual-core processors are slated for 2005 release.

May-3-04 Our April 23, 2004, article titled "Best Servers for Under $5,000" incorrectly stated that users soon would benefit from the availability of 64-bit and 32-bit computing in the x86 Platform Edition of Sun's Solaris operating system. In fact, 32-bit computing support already was available at the time the article was published, and 64-bit support was scheduled to become available later in the year.

Mar-17-04 Our March 16, 2004, article titled "Product Review: The Entry-Level Apple G5" incorrectly stated that dual-processor Windows machines were unavailable in the personal-computing market. In fact, there are dual-processor Windows workstations available from Dell and other vendors.

Mar-15-04 Our March 11, 2004, article titled "Smaller Enterprises Embrace Analytics" incorrectly stated that Meta Group ranked Oracle as a "leader" in the enterprise data-warehouse field. Meta ranked Oracle as a "challenger."

Sept-30-03 Our September 30, 2003, article titled "The Oracle-PeopleSoft War Games" incorrectly stated that "PeopleSoft had a relatively good third quarter." The reference was to PeopleSoft's second quarter -- the company had not yet reported third-quarter earnings.

Sept-24-03 Our September 23, 2003, article titled "Microsoft Joins the 64-Bit Party" incorrectly described Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor as a 64-bit chip. In fact, the major performance advance of the new Pentium chip is its 2 MB level-three cache.

Sept-11-03 Our September 11, 2003, article titled "Microsoft's New Storage Server Challenges Competitors" incorrectly referred to Verisign as a Microsoft competitor in the data-storage industry. The reference was meant for Veritas.

Mar-24-03 Our March 24, 2003, article titled "Court Ruling Could Help Fight Spam" incorrectly listed Ari Schwartz's title as associate director at the Electronic PrivacyInformation Center (EPIC). Ari Schwartz is, in fact, associate director for the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).

Feb-14-03 Our January 3, 2003, article titled "Microsoft Enters Online Software Sales Arena" incorrectly says that Microsoft will be selling Plus! Digital Media Edition directly to consumers through its Web site. In fact, the company is offering the product as a download via online retailers. Therefore, Microsoft's decision to sell its products via digital download will not threaten other software retailers; the company is merely adding a new sales channel.

Oct-01-01 Our September 28, 2001 article titled "Tech Woes Drag Down Ultra Rich - But Gates Still Rules" incorrectly says "The company Wetherell founded gave him a $75 million loan and guaranteed another $100 million bank loan..." The sentence should read, "The company Ebbers founded gave him a $75 million loan and guaranteed another $100 million bank loan..."

Apr-19-01 Our April 19, 2001 article titled "Strike Three for Quokka Sports" incorrectly says "CBS SportsLine (Nasdaq: SPLN) reported a first-quarter net loss of $23.8 million on Wednesday, slightly more than a year ago, and said it planned to cut its staff by more than 60 percent to help cut costs." In fact, Sportsline announced its intention to cut staff by up to 20 percent, or about 92 jobs, according to published reports.

Apr-10-01 Our April 9, 2001 article titled "The Latest Net Appliance: Air Conditioners" incorrectly refers to TiVo as the company that allows users to control their Panasonic Personal Video Recorder (PVR) via the Internet. ReplayTV is the company that allows customers to control their PVR via the Internet.

Apr-04-01 Our April 4, 2001 article titled "Microsoft Tunes Into Internet Radio" incorrectly identifies Match.com as a Microsoft-owned property. In fact, Match.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ticketmaster (NASDAQ: TMCS). Microsoft is an investor.

Mar-28-01 Our March 28, 2001 article titled "Net Measurement Battles Heat Up" incorrectly states: "One of the companies, NetRatings Inc., is buying some of the assets of PC Data, including its customer lists." The statement should read: "One of the companies, NetValue SA, is buying some of the assets of PC Data, including its customer lists."

Mar-23-01 In our March 22, 2001 article titled "Market Close: Last-Minute Tech Rally Raises Nasdaq," Lam Research Corporation was termed "a small chip manufacturer." In fact, Lam supplies the wafer processing equipment used to manufacture chips.

Mar-23-01 Our March 23, 2001 article titled "Intel Chief Says Market Bottom Could Last 18 Months" has been revised to read "Intel Chief Says Market Slump Could Last 18 Months." Mr. Barrett said that the market downturn could last 18 months, not that the market would remain at the "bottom" for that period of time.

Mar-23-01 Our March 22, 2001 article titled "ISP Revenue Hunt Hits Fever Pitch," stated that Juno "cut its losses slightly, to $11.6 from $15.7 million." The story has been corrected to read that Juno "cut its losses significantly, to $11.6 from $29.3 million."

Sep-05-00In our August 31, 2000 article titled "Net Blamed for Identity Theft Spike," we reported that more than half of consumer victims know the suspectedthief. In fact, more than half of the consumer victims have somepiece of information about the suspect -- such as a name, an address, or aphone number, but only 15 percent of consumers report that they know the suspect.