Erin Joyce

Are you one of those lost drivers who refuses to ask for directions? Now you have no excuse — as long as you’re driving one of the latest Hondas rolling into showrooms. The car maker, along with IBM, is rolling out an in-car speech navigation system that features more than 700 voice commands and more […]

Managed hosting and networking provider Equant is expanding its $500 million IT services division with a new suite of managed hosting for e-mail and messaging. The move would put the company in competition with storage players who offer cradle-to-grave systems called information lifecycle management (ILM), along with IBM’s on-demand offerings, and its usual rival AT&T […]

For small businesses that need a disaster recovery plan, only without the hefty price tag, choices can be skimpy. IBM is out to change that with a scaled-down version of its network-attached storage (NAS) system. Big Blue said it plans to offer TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 with one-way processor configuration in order to provide a […]

America Online has embraced the idea of software as a service by awarding a multi-year contract to Web analytics provider Omniture. AOL will use Omniture’s SiteCatalyst, a hosted Web analytics system that helps customers analyze data across hierarchical and relational databases. Omniture, which beat out 20 other Web analytics providers for the deal, is expected […]

With traders’ eyes locked on their computer screens, fingers twitching as they awaited the GOOG ticker to move, Google floated into the public markets Thursday at $85 and immediately jumped to $100 on the Nasdaq stock market. As investors moved to get a piece of the oft-delayed, but apparently still-hot IPO, shares of Google had […]

Call it one step forward in a years-long slog to renegotiate interconnect fees among long distance and local phone service providers — with the burgeoning growth of voice over IP (VOIP) keeping all parties on their toes. Nine telecommunications providers have submitted a plan to the Federal Communications Commission that proposes new fees for wireline […]

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft’s MSN division lifted the wraps off new search technology that can pluck data from the vast depths of a PC’s hard drive in blazing speed, and promises to go where no search engine has gone before. “We now have the ability to search beyond what’s on the Web today, including data […]

You might say that Web developer tools for presentation layers have cut a couple of new teeth with offerings such as Macromedia’s Flex and Microsoft’s latest Visual Studio beta additions. But it’s not like those tools will help Web user interfaces chew through complex applications anytime soon. For all the expectations we have about advanced […]

REDMOND, Wash. — New software modeling systems are breaking out of academia and making their way into Microsoft’s product pipeline, the company’s chairman said Thursday. “It’s modeling that’s going to greatly simplify application customization,” said Bill Gates, who is also Microsoft’s chief software architect. “It’s modeling that’s going to let navigation of business information be […]

REDMOND, Wash. — Analysts and reporters are descending on Microsoft’s campus for an all-day meeting to hear the world’s largest software company talk about it plans for growth. The gathering follows two weeks of blockbuster financial news from Redmond, such as the record-setting one-time dividend payout of $32 billion. (In all, the dividend payout plan, […]

NEW YORK — Incompatible media players are becoming a drag on adoption rates and growth curves, the chief strategy officer of RealNetworks warned the music and technology industry Tuesday. Speaking at the Jupiter Plug.IN Conference & Expo here, Richard Wolpert said the music industry still has to focus on making sharing music among a variety […]

UPDATED: Google’s much-anticipated IPO just got a little closer with an amended filing that prices the company’s shares between $108 and $135 each, with proceeds expected at around $1.66 billion from common stock. Google is offering 14.1 million Class A common stock, and the selling stockholders are offering about 10.5 million shares of Class A […]