Gretchen Hyman

SONICblue , maker of a series of digital video recorders, was ordered this week by a federal magistrate in Los Angeles to reveal the individual viewing habits of its ReplayTV 4000 customers and pinpoint the frequency with which movie and television shows are recorded and electronically shared with other users. SONICblue’s ReplayTV 4000 has been […]

eBay and new partner Sales OnLine Direct think all those musty collectibles in your attic might be worth something. After all, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. After eBay’s earlier alliance with Eppraisers.com, a casualty of the dotcom bust last year, popular demand has urged the auction site to once again provide a reliable […]

As the debate over whether Wi-Fi ‘hotspots’ should remain accessible to wireless users for free grows bigger and more involved, apparently so do the actual access points themselves. Based on 802.11b technology, also known as Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity), these nodes or hot spots tap into unlicensed electromagnetic spectrum to provide wireless high-speed access in commercial […]

The hipster music industry crowd gathered in the late afternoon Wednesday at Streaming Media West to discuss the unresolved fate of the digital music industry. On hand for this lively debate was Sean Ryan, president and CEO of Listen.com and music subscription service Rhapsody; David Frerichs, founder and chief technology officer of IM Networks; Zack […]

LOS ANGELES—The Ninth Annual Internet World Spring kicked off Wednesday with keynote Jocelyn Attal, vice president of marketing for WebSphere, IBM’s Web services unit for deploying and integrating e-business applications. To a packed room, although downsized considerably from last year, Attal sketched out the basic concepts underlying Web services and what IBM has up its […]

Computer security solutions provider Network Associates, Inc. is taking its products from nationwide desktops and corporate networks to the White House. The maker of popular security software such as McAfee, VirusScan, WebShield, and Sniffer has been tapped by the U.S. Department of Defense as the network security product of choice. The Defense Information Systems Agency […]

LOS ANGELES–Sky Dayton, founder and chairman of Earthlink, eCompanies, and most recently Boingo Wireless, presented his latest Internet cash cow at iWireless World this week as example of the innovative direction the wireless industry can take when it isn’t stalled by competitive wireless carriers and conflicting technologies. After founding Earthlink in 1993, now the second-largest […]

LOS ANGELES– The general sentiment at iWireless World this week is that the wireless industry in the U.S., specifically the rollout of 3G mobile technology, is still uncertain. With last year’s hype factor predicting an imminent boom in 3G wireless capability, many are skeptical of when it will take hold and which companies and carriers […]

SAN DIEGO — Big Blue and industry players Sun and Oracle voiced the push for the industry-wide implementation of Web services this weekend at the Software Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) annual industry pow-wow. Taking the lead among topics like ePublishing profitability and information portal strategies, Web services, the latest buzzword for IT professionals, was widely […]

Napster said Thursday it has dwindled its ranks by 30 people from its current staff of 100. The one-time bad boy of Internet music is currently offline, but developing a legitimate, subscription-based model. The company is no stranger to streamlining operations. Early last month the Redwood City-based Internet song-swapping service trimmed staff by 10 percent […]

A recent study by retail market analyst NPDTechworld indicates that Palm OS applications take the cake when it comes to the amount and type of handheld software sold in the U.S. Palm OS-based applications accounted for more than 97 percent of all handheld software titles sold in 2001, naming PalmSource, Inc., a subsidiary of Palm, […]

As Napster continues to grapple with how to make the switchover from being a famously illegal music-swapping service to a more legitimate, subscription-based model, longtime financial supporter Bertelsmann, parent of worldwide music division BMG, is reportedly on the verge of making Napster an offer it can’t refuse. According to German newspaper Die Welt on Friday […]