Clint Boulton

Those awaiting the long-anticipated Netscape 6 browser can rush to the site for a free download at Netscape Communications’ site. The buzz about this release, which had been pushed back several times over the past two years, is that it is based on an open source model in the small but powerful Gecko engine — […]

Web content manager IntraNet Solutions Inc. Tuesday unveiled product upgrades of its Outside In viewing technology to meet the demand for access to business content via wireless devices. As a base product, Outside In lets software developers deploy viewing and conversion of file-based information within their application environment to address users’ various information management requirements. […]

Playboy.com topped the list of a handful of firms that put an end to hopes of going public amid adverse market conditions Tuesday. Playboy.com enjoyed 152.8 million page views in September, which bested the previous year’s hits by 97 percent. In fact, Playboy.com was doing well enough to announce that it was expanding overseas into […]

Lucent Technologies Inc. got a lot lighter Monday when it unloaded its giant division on electronics manufacturing and service company Tyco International Ltd. for $2.5 billion in cash. Tyco picked up Power Systems Business, also known as LPS, which will continue to be a significant supplier of power solutions to Lucent as part of its […]

Compaq Computer Corp. teamed with Infowave Software Inc. to create two wireless iPAQ solutions to help businesses communicate better. Specific financials of the deal were not disclosed. Powered by Infowave’s Wireless Business Engine®, Compaq’s iPAQnet Mobile Email is a business solution that delivers secure wireless access to Microsoft™ Exchange e-mail from wireless iPAQ Pocket PC […]

Unified messaging specialist Tornado Development has paired its technology with that of MIT-powered speech technology expert SpeechWorks. In a deal that can characterize the firms as proud parents of voice-enabled unified messaging upon its completion, the firms will bring the solution to market in Q1 2001. Specifically, SpeechWorks bundled its widely-recognized speech recognition capability to […]

A patent suit dating back three years was laid to rest Monday when business software makers Marimba Inc. and Novadigm Inc. reached an undisclosed settlement. The rival firms avoided trial this week by reaching a peaceful conclusion. In March of 1997, Novadigm had accused Marimba of infringing on its technology patent when Marimba released its […]

Faced with its first ever decline in revenue, e-business firm Luminant Worldwide Corp. Thursday announced a restructuring plan that entails whittling down 18 percent, or about 225 employees. Jim Corey, chief executive officer and president, had said in October that the true measure of a company is its response to short-term difficulties and its performance […]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ruffled feathers Friday morning by dismissing some domain suffix requests and questioning the effectiveness of some applicants with the release of its report on potential new top-level domain names. Among the suffixes dismissed were .xxx and .kids from ICM Registry Inc. and scores of applications from Name.Space, […]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Thursday said it would publish a detailed report outlining the recommendations about which of the 191 new top-level domain names registered by 44 potential registrars would be considered for the future of Internet real estate. But not all of the possibly soon-to-be new applicants feel as though […]

Open Text Corp. Thursday said AFLAC Inc. has chosen its knowledge management solution to improve relations with customers. What the supplemental insurance provider won’t say is how much money it will dish out for Livelink, Open Text’s flagship product. AFLAC chose Livelink as an intranet tool to manage and store copious information generated by its […]

In what is arguably its most important deal inked next to partnering with IBM Corp. in June, Salesforce.com signed up as Yahoo! Inc.’s sole provider of sales force automation services for the giant portal’s Small Business Center. OutCast Communications public relations representative Rachel Chaplin confirmed the deal Wednesday on behalf of Salesforce.com. More specific terms […]