Carol King

Telecommunications company Cable & Wireless Wednesday added a service geared toward the mobile community. Mobile Internet Solutions enables Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and mobile operators to offer their customers access to Internet services and customized content from Web-enabled devices. “Within the next three years analysts predict that 350 million people globally will be accessing Internet […]

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday unveiled two unique programs aimed at independent game developers. The programs — the Xbox Independent Developer Program and the Xbox Incubator Program — address the company’s recently launched Xbox video game console. The programs are unprecedented in that they enable independent game designers to create prototype Xbox games, according to Kevin Bachus, […]

3Com made company history Monday when it released its largest set of commercial networking products to date. The new products leverage the most important developments in the networking marketplace today, according to Bruce Claflin, 3Com’s president and chief operating officer. “These include Web-based business operations, convergence of voice, data and video, and wireless networks to […]

VA Linux Systems’ stock price fell nearly 40 percent Monday following an announcement regarding disappointing first-quarter revenues. Although official results will not be revealed till November 16, the company stated that first-quarter revenue is expected to grow by 10 percent from the previous fiscal quarter and 275 percent from the same quarter last year. Monday’s […]

Media giant Viacom Inc. Friday agreed to purchase BET Holdings II Inc. in a stock deal valued at $3 billion. The African-American entertainment conglomerate will be acquired via shares of Viacom Class B common stock and the assumption of a $570 million debt. The largest media and entertainment company geared to African Americans, BET’s universe […]

The growing market demand for voice applications and products was emphasized Thursday when Motorola released a product designed to deploy voice-enabled Internet services. The wireless communications provider bowed the VoiceXML 1.0 compliant Voice Developer Gateway — a single, self-contained unit — as part of its Mobile Internet eXchange (MIX) platform family of products. The product […]

As a beleaguered Priceline.com prepares to release its third-quarter earnings Thursday, analysts interviewed by Internetnews.com predict that the company may come out its slump but it will have to change its business model to do so. “Priceline.com’s business model is comparable to a Model T,” stated Henry Harteveldt, a senior analyst with Forrester Research. “It […]

A new top-level (TLD) domain suggestion, aimed at individuals, has been submitted to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Sarnoff, a leading broadcast organization, submitted the open-standard proposal in conjunction with its new venture, Next DNS, and Atomic Tangerine, an independent venture consulting firm. “The dot-i domain would allow consumers to obtain a […]

IBM Wednesday unveiled a software technology designed to help manage e-businesses effectively, yet remotely. The software, known as SWAP (which stands for Superior Wireless Applications), enables business operators to place a sales order, access Web site traffic data or change prices of sales items with a Palm device. “We believe this is a breakthrough in […]

Qwest Communications International Inc. Tuesday opened up its marketplace when it agreed to provide McLeodUSA with voice and data communications services. The deal, which is anticipated to bring Qwest about $600 million in revenue over the next three years, brings the company one step closer to providing long-distance service nationally, according to company officials. Since […]

If two e-business service companies have their way, email may become a thing of the past. According to Allaire Corp., a provider of B2B software and services, ServiceEngine.com has leveraged its ColdFusion application server to create a communications vehicle that lets businesses manage and track online inquiries. The communications system, which is 100 percent browser-based […]

IBM took several steps to further strengthen its role as a provider of wireless e-business solutions. On Monday Big Blue debuted two e-business products, announced an alliance with mobile ISPs BT Cellnet, Telecom Italia, Avenir and UniXS to create new e-business applications; and released plans to launch a hosting service that manages wireless e-business applications. […]