Clint Boulton

The fate of the Domain Name System (DNS) is out of their hands for now. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Tuesday forwarded final copies of its agreement with VeriSign Inc. to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) as part of an agreement signed between the domain name watchdog and the world’s […]

Less than a week after announcing that it would hold off on providing guidance concerning its ailing quarterly sales, Network Appliance Inc. Monday announced a series of deals aimed at catering to companies’ storage needs in the enterprise space. Chief among the new applications are the network-attached storage firm’s content delivery network (CDN) solutions, which […]

While skepticism about the viability of 3G products and services in the near future abounds, companies such as Code Multiple Division Access (CDMA) purveyor QUALCOMM Inc. continue undaunted to architect for the new technologies. Specifically, Monday Qualcomm rolled out a shipment of the MSM5100 Mobile Station chipsets, including the release of the QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies […]

Less than two weeks after President and Chief Operations Officer Tom Detmer stepped down from his posts at 24/7 Media, the online ad network Thursday said it would trim 100 staffers and close some offices. The goal, of course, is to streamline closer to the path to profitability, a road that has become increasingly narrow […]

After a mark-up in advertising fees, Clear Channel Internet Group (CCIG) this week pressed a pause button on its audio Web sites and paved the way for a number of media sites to follow suit. The Internet arm of San Antonio, Texas-based broadcaster Clear Channel Communications Inc. (CCU) Tuesday said it ceased airing stations such […]

Plumtree Software Wednesday debuted two plug-ins for businesses to integrate Documentum enterprise content management capabilities into the Plumtree Corporate Portal platform. These tools are: a suite of Plumtree Portal Gadgets incorporating content management capabilities of Documentum 4i; and a Plumtree Crawler for scanning Documentum 4i repositories for new content to index in the portal. The […]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an organization dedicated to setting interoperability standards for the Web, Tuesday proposed a method for separating XHTML 1.0 into modules, which would provide greater flexibility for developers of Web-enabled products and services. This “modules modularization,” as the organization calls it, gives product and specification developers building blocks for creating […]

Macromedia Inc. Tuesday used its self-titled conference as a platform for a number of announcements crucial to its evolving business strategy. Presiding over the Macromedia UCON 2001 in New York City, the company announced that JRun, the Java technology based application server added to its product line after its recent merger with Allaire Corp., has […]

A month after Microsoft made a large splash in the software pond with HailStorm, the company Tuesday flashed another code name for its newest embedded system and offered it to about 300 beta testers for feedback. The new CE operating system goes by the less threatening yet quite enigmatic code name of “Talisker” and was […]

Really, what can’t be Web-enabled these days? A few weeks ago, Hewlett-Packard sounded off with Internet-ready printers, and, as most people are well aware, an untold number of wireless specialists have wowed onlookers with Web-triggered soft drink machines at trade shows in the last several months. Big Blue is one such tech giant with a […]

Gearing up to combat what it said is a rise in security threats to corporate intranets, RapidStream Inc. Monday released a new firewall appliance to shore up office security. The RapidStream 1000 bundles a 200 Mbps firewall with 50 Mbps of VPN, allowing companies to implement security within their corporate intranet quickly and cost effectively. […]

Following a week of speculation, Universal Music Group Monday finally annexed Redwood City, Calif.-based EMusic.com Inc. to its massive body of music offerings for $23 million in stock. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Universal Music Group will purchase EMusic’s outstanding shares for $0.57 per share. Any shares not purchased in the tender offer will be converted […]