Bob Liu

Intel Corp. is releasing a modular research platform to the open-source web-developing community in hopes of further advancing e-Business applications. Intel’s Open Runtime Platform (ORP) is designed to help programmers with the intermediate steps of compiling source code so that new e-Business applications can coexist across multiple platforms — for example, on a larger server […]

Business.com, an online business information resource, has secured $61 million in financing from a group led by the Financial Times Group, a division of Pearson plc and Cahners Business Information, a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group . The equity round also included an investment by Mort Zuckerman, owner of U.S. News & World […]

MotherNature.com, Inc., the e-tailer of vitamins, minerals and other healthy living products, on Friday said it has cut about 25 positions, or roughly 20 percent of its work force. The move comes as e-tailers in general struggle to reduce overhead to achieve profitability. In a statement, the company said its goal is to reduce cash […]

NBCi is getting a new look as the online portal takes steps to integrate its family of sites into one. But members of NBCi-owned properties will likely experience intermittent problems until the transition is complete. The move will affect users of Snap.com and Xoom.com as NBCi, which is partially owned by General Electric’s NBC subsidiary, […]

Online financial services company Multex.com Inc. is losing its president to a bricks n’ mortar financial services giant, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter . Multex president Jim Tousignant has resigned to become executive vice president for business development and e-commerce for Morgan Stanley’s private client and asset management business, a newly created role. Tousignant has been […]

Web software giant Leapnet Inc. today announced a strategic partnership to deliver Macromedia’s solutions to Leapnet’s customers. As an agency with clients such as Wal-Mart Stores, SAM’S Club, MSNBC.com and American Airlines, Leapnet already has extensive experience with Macromedia products such as Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks. The company will now incorporate other software to allow […]

Palm Inc. is partnering with SpeechWorks International, the developer of speech-recognition software, to allow users of Palm’s AnyDay web-based calendar service to retrieve information using spoken commands from any phone. In addition, the leading handheld devices manufacturer has unveiled a new support network for its fast-growing community of developers, which has doubled in size in […]

America Online Inc. said on Tuesday it will acquire iAmaze, a San Francisco-based Internet technology company specializing in Web-based applications created in “Dynamic” HTML (DHTML), for an undisclosed sum. iAmaze has created a leading DHTML platform that produces Web-based applications which are fast, intuitive and accessible from any Internet browser or device. DHTML is an […]

Bluestone Software Inc. made available an early version of Total-e-Server™, which it claims is the first-ever 100-percent-pure Java Application Server. The evaluation version is free and downloadable via the Web, as well as available on CD. The Total-e-Server evaluation package is designed as a reference guide for Java developers offering a thorough trail map tutorial […]

Wind River Systems, Inc. has acquired ICESoft, a developer of innovative embedded Internet browsing technologies for intelligent devices, from ICESoft AS, of Bergen, Norway for $25 million in cash. The acquisition will allow Wind River, an embedded software company, to enable manufacturers of consumer electronic products — including Internet appliances such as web pads and […]

BET.com, the online content site launched by the parent of Black Entertainment Television earlier this year, late Monday confirmed it is in discussions to acquire Russell Simmons’ 360HIPHOP.com. The deal, if completed, would create one of the largest African-American sites on the Internet. Under the proposed agreement, both sites will continue to exist independently. 360HIPHOP.com […]

Responding to the fickle needs of corporate roadwarriors, Sprint PCS today unveiled its next-generation wireless Web services bundled specifically for businesses, linking cellular phones with corporate networks in order to access popular applications such as Lotus Notes or Microsoft Outlook. As part of the introduction of the Sprint PCS Wireless Web for Business, the wireless […]