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Dell Computer Corp. did it earlier this month. Compaq Computer Corp. did it in January. Sun Microsystems Inc. plans on doing it this year. The “it,” in this instance, refers to joining the server blade scramble. Armed with its technological team and financial clout, IBM Corp. jumped into the server blade fray Thursday when it […]

Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) President Ken Wasch Thursday called for quick consideration of a bi-partisan approach to the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). Established in 1974, the U.S. Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is the trade negotiating authority the Congress has granted to each of the previous five presidents. With it, the Executive […]

Online broadcasts without hiccups? RealNetworks Inc. is gunning for it. The Seattle firm picked up where it left off with improvements to its video and audio software Wednesday at the Streaming Media West show in Los Angeles with upgraded products that it claims saves 30 percent more bandwidth than previous versions. RealNetworks’ revamped software applications, […]

Microsoft Corp. tacked two more companies to its list graphics chip makers when it inked agreements with ATI Technologies Inc. and NVIDIA Corp. Tuesday. The firms agreed to support the Redmond, Wash. software firm’s new DirectX technologies, which make high-resolution video playback possible using the new Windows Media technology, code-named “Corona.” Microsoft has created DirectX […]

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) took another step toward what many consider to be the Holy Grail in highly cost-effective storage management when it unveiled its plans of “Managing Storage without Boundaries.” Islandia, NY.’s CA unveiled its secrets Monday at its own CA World 2002 show in Orlando, Fla. The company addressed the dilemma of […]

Hurt by the slumping telecommunications market, Ericsson Monday reported a loss of $289 million and said that it would both cut roughly 20 percent of its workforce and try to raise almost $3 billion to cope with its situation. The Swedish phone maker revealed a loss of about 4 cents per share, slightly less than […]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an organization devoted to promoting interoperability in all facets of the Internet, Friday bumped up its international expansion when it launched an office in Korea. Based at the Protocol Engineering Center (PEC) of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Daejeon, Korea, the new location joins the ranks […]

On the same day it cut the asking price for its vaunted Xbox console in Europe, Microsoft Corp. missed consensus estimates by 2 cents, posting a net income of $2.74 billion, or 49 cents per share. The Redmond, Wash. software giant’s revenue for the third quarter of 2002 was $7.25 billion, a 13 percent increase […]

The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) — which was founded by major tech firms to facilitate interoperability in the burgeoning field — forged three working groups at its first community meeting held this week in San Francisco. The groups and their tasks include: The Basic Web Services Profile Working Group: created to identify a set […]

Sure, Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. garner the most attention for Web services theses days, but they aren’t the only players in that field. webMethods, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. proved this Thursday when they unveiled a business management interface based on XML, SOAP and HTTP. The Open Management Interface (OMI) Specification Version 1.0. was […]

Seven consumer electronics rivals Tuesday said they have united to work on a new digital interface specification for future appliances. Overseen by Hitachi, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson and Toshiba, the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) spec, forged to accommodate digital home entertainment gadgets, combines high-definition video and multi-channel audio in one […]

Adobe Systems Inc. Tuesday began shipping version 7.0 of Adobe Photoshop, its popular flagship photo publishing application for both PCs and Macintosh computers. Adobe Photoshop 7.0 includes a number of upgrades over previous versions, including File Browser, which allows users to browse image thumbnails, rotate, sort and batch rename images, and view Exchangeable Image File […]