Clint Boulton

Volera didn’t take long to get its party started. A couple weeks after spinning off from Novell Inc., the content exchange lent its flagship product to Web host Exodus Communications Inc. In its first ever partnership and reseller agreement, Volera will offer its Content Exchange, a server-side acceleration service, to Exodus’ slew of vendors in […]

One day after its rah-rah press showing for the new XP operating system, Microsoft Corp. followed up with a company first Wednesday — a foray into security. After more than three years in the shop, the giant debuted its firewall and Web cache product, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server, as part of its Microsoft […]

For Microsoft Corp. and its now officially-named Windows XP operating system, it was all about meeting the press. One week after throwing out the codename Whistler in favor of its more techie-flavored moniker, Gates and company met to show off the new OS to reporters and analysts at the Experience Music Project (EMP) interactive music […]

Streaming video messenger iClips Inc. Tuesday rolled out the carpet for an upgrade of its browser solution that helps Web users encode and share streaming video messages without leaving the Web. Built in your browser, iClips Producer 2.0 lets users grab streaming video directly from a PC camera, camcorder and/or VCR. Or, if they prefer, […]

Napster is still alive Monday after a federal appeals court maintained a stay on an injunction against the file-sharing phenomenon. With its site and various other related sites jammed up for the past hour from thousands of users trying to grab a glimpse of the verdict, San Francisco’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Napster […]

A new caching solution created for speeding up content delivery was launched at DEMO 2001 in Phoenix, Ariz. Monday. Billed as the go-to product in FineGround Networks Inc.’s fledgling arsenal, FineGround Condenser is the end result of a new technology that enables content and service providers cut down on costs while granting clients extremely fast […]

It’s one of the hottest issues in the Internet realm right now, turning what was once a niche that is widely-credited to have been spearheaded by Big Blue years ago into an industry-wide scramble for safe harboring intellectual property. It’s digital rights management (DRM), and if you’ve been following the Napsterization of all things content […]

Slowdowns in PC spending continues to thwart businesses as connectivity provider PCTEL Inc. Thursday said it must cut 11 percent of its staff worldwide and restructure. The firm will restructure its legacy voiceband business to focus on broadband, embedded and wireless sectors. Angling to clear the path to profitability, the move will also constitute a […]

ScreamingMedia Thursday launched a new service to syndicate content for media giants. Featuring The New York Times Syndicate as its first major client, the company’s new Syndication!Connect gives companies the ability to integrate their content into their licensees’ Web sites or databases for use in digital platforms. In the case of the Times, the media […]

Despite a 65-percent increase in sales from a year ago, Barnesandnoble.com Wednesday said it was necessary to consolidate by eliminating 16 percent of its work force, or 350 positions. Staff will be cut from the firm’s New York-based headquarters and the Fatbrain.com head office in Santa Clara, Calif. BNBN will also close its New Jersey […]

It seems every online financial services firm worth its salt is doing it these days. E*TRADE (Nasdaq: EGRP) Wednesday became the latest of its kind to offer real-time quotes to its brokerage account holders. Called MarketCaster, the free applet helps customers set up customized lists of stocks and monitor their performance without having to refresh […]

RealNetworks Inc. Wednesday agreed to work with Wavefly Corp. to bring digital media to consumers anywhere in their homes. To do this, the firms will forge a separate digital media player that will enabled a PC to send streams through other appliances in a home. RealNetworks and Wavefly, which pledges to help users access digital […]