Clint Boulton

In a move to edge away from the public’s perception of it as being solely a notebook and appliance guru, Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS) looked to make waves in the wireless world Monday with the roll out of a new suite of wireless installation services. Dubbed Wi-Fi Installation by Toshiba, the play is […]

Digital media specialist Sonic Foundry Inc. Monday revealed the latest upgrade to its digital audio editor. Sound Forge 5.0 includes 20 DirectX Audio Plug-Ins, including XFX1, XFX2 and XFX3, and Acoustic Mirror, which can be used for acoustic simulation and microphone modeling. The upgraded suite includes: Amplitude Modulation, Chorus, Delay/Echo, Distortion, Dynamics, Compression, Enveloping, Flange/Wah-Wah, […]

After revving up to rebrand, YadaYada Inc. Monday made its first significant push in a while with the launch of its wireless Internet service, a games service, e-commerce partnerships and executive appointments. The wireless service provider, humorously named from a well-known Seinfeldian mantra, has hedged its bet on what many industrialists believe will be a […]

After months of testing, Fireclick Inc. Monday said it has upgraded its content delivery software to account for the theory that boosting download speeds and scalability increases the amount of pages viewed by visitors. Blueflame 2.0 combines Fireclick’s “next-most-likely-click” caching technology with a revamped server side cache and Realtime Insite, an instant Web management tool […]

In the wake of a 64-percent fourth-quarter profit plunge, Telefon AB LM Ericsson said Friday said it would take precautionary measures by outsourcing its mobile phone business through Singapore-based Flextronics International. Taking a back seat to market leader Nokia Corp. and Motorola, the Swedish firm said profits declined to $2.25 billion kronor, or $233 million, […]

In what could be considered damning evidence against the purported safety of Internet auctions, civil suits against two software pirates caught in a sting operation were filed in U.S. District Court Thursday by a coalition of outfits that calls itself the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). Plaintiffs in the case include software luminaries and […]

Vignette Corp. and Ariba Inc., both caterers to the B2B space, Thursday allied to offer their customers a joint B2B platform for marketplaces. Marrying Vignette’s applications with Ariba’s platform infrastructure, the deal is aimed at helping suppliers and buyers improve relations with each other. Financial terms of the deal were not made public. The Ariba-Vignette […]

audible Inc. Thursday launched a new digital audio player users can take on the road without a plug-in. Dubbed the Digisette Duo-Aria digital audio player, the product is unique in that it can work both as a stand-alone portable listening device for use with headphones, or be inserted plug-free into standard audio cassette players, especially […]

For those who love to view video via their PCs, Sony Electronics Wednesday drew the curtain on its spring 2001 lineup of digital VAIO PCs. Starting at about $1,400, the VAIO Digital Studio desktops are equipped with Intel Pentium 4 1.3GHz and 1.5GHz processors and Rambus memory with 400MHz. All systems come loaded with a […]

Dell Wednesday reaffirmed and expanded its previous service deal with Unisys Corp. to sell servers, desktop and notebook computers, and new services — an agreement the companies say may incur $1 billion in revenues over the next three years. The alliance includes original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreements in which each company will re-sell servers manufactured […]

A contractual dispute that has been kicking around since October reached somewhat of a denouement Tuesday as CNET Networks has agreed to release the Web addresses of 11 Ziff Davis Media sites before the five-year contract expires. CNET had inherited rights to operate the 11 sites through 2005 when it acquired ZDNet last July, but […]

E-security product giant Baltimore Technologies Inc. Tuesday unleashed upgrades across the board for its popular MIMEsweeper product family, which weeds out malicious code and content, and neutralizes e-mail borne viruses. MAILsweeper for SMTP 4.2, MIMEsweeper for Domino R5, WEBsweeper 4 and e-Sweeper 1.1 are the safeguarding apps that Baltimore took the liberty of improving to […]