Erin Joyce

Financial data and news provider Reuters is offering a free streaming video product featuring front-line footage of the looming war in Iraq. The service is called Reuters Raw Video: Conflict in Iraq, and is available via the Reuters Web site http://www.reuters.com. The news and financial data provider said the service includes natural-sound war-related footage ranging […]

Number four telecommunications company Sprint has named Gary D. Forsee as its chief executive officer, ending at least for now a legal tussle that broke out over the former BellSouth executive’s decision to join a competitor. But the 52-year-old Forsee joins the company with some restrictions imposed on his activities after an arbitrator was called […]

IBM Wednesday said it was teaming with British Telecom on a development platform that will help BT roll out, provision and host specialized applications for small and medium business (SMB) clients in the UK. The pilot program, reflective of the trend of offering specialized applications “on demand,” will pick up where IBM and BT left […]

As Wi-Fi and 802.11 wireless networking grows in popularity among enterprise networks, Sprint PCS jumped into the market Monday with new 3G high-speed data services for business customers and unveiled new enterprise-focused devices running Microsoft’s Windows Pocket PC operating system for smart phones. During the CTIA Wireless trade show in New Orleans, the number four […]

NEW YORK — a, b, a/b, or g? Anyone attending Intel’s new Centrino Wi-Fi-enabled chipset launch Wednesday could not avoid the alphabet soup-like discussions about the different 802.11 wireless LAN networking specifications. At the same time, the chip maker found itself answering critics who questioned why the company sent Centrino into the marketplace wedded to […]

NEW YORK — After years of working with code-named chipsets and bundling the processors on a new platform, Intel Corp. Wednesday officially took the wraps of its latest Centrino technology. The chipset allows for wireless Internet access on laptop PCs. Throughout a day-long launch event in Manhattan, the world’s largest maker of microprocessors is showcasing […]

As Intel readies a splashy launch of its Wi-Fi embedded chipset Centrino Wednesday, Borders Books and the Hilton Hotel are jumping on the promotional bandwagon of companies offering wireless Internet access to help market the Centrino technology. The announcements follow reports that McDonald’s fast food restaurants will also be unveiling wireless hotspots at select restaurants […]

America Online has released a preview of AOL Communicator, the ISP’s latest e-mail client with new features designed to appeal to “power” users, or the more advanced users of the service. The preview version is available for download only to AOL subscribers. New features include an advanced instant messaging client with special symbols that let […]

AOL Time Warner , looking for ways to pay down about $26 billion in debt, is in talks to sell off its CD and DVD manufacturing business from its music division in order to raise cash, according to published reports. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times reported Friday that the media conglomerate is […]

Cable providers are making headway with video on demand systems, especially with IP gateways and extra bandwidth built into their closed networks, according to research and industry experts. They also note that many hurdles remain for what is still a nascent service across the television viewing world. For one, experts gathered at a video on […]

Richard Parsons, the chief executive of AOL Time Warner, said he “likes the odds” of America Online’s plans to become a broadband player, saying the ISP division has the “best shot” at exploring and developing new services for high-speed Internet subscribers. Speaking at a Bear Stearns investment conference in Florida, Parsons also said the cable […]

A move by cable/technology holding company Liberty Media to potentially sell off its stake in shopping channel QVC — which is majority-owned by cable giant Comcast — has fueled speculation that Liberty may be looking to finance a bid to buy satellite broadcaster DirecTV. But could John Malone, the deal-making chief of cable/technology holding company […]