Gretchen Hyman

Internet research firm Webmergers.com issued its first quarter report on Internet shutdowns this week and it appears that the bankruptcy rampage that brought down a significant percentage of the technology industry this time last year, fell sharply by two-thirds. San Francisco, Calif.-based Webmergers acquires its information by tracking published and personal sources on mergers, acquisitions, […]

On April Fools Day, anything is possible, particularly if you’re a vindictive prankster looking to unleash the next CodeRed or Nimba virus on legions of unsuspecting email recipients. McAfee Security, holder of 34 percent of the anti-virus industry’s market share, this week unleashed not the newest virus warning, but a new viral vulnerability assessment technology […]

As Napster continues to take it in the teeth from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the San Francisco 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling this week that will keep the popular file-swapping music service offline until it rids its service of all copyright-protected material. In what appears to be a […]

Amid the deluge of pre-Oscar debates, celebrity glitz, security anxieties, and red carpet fashion predictions, the Internet has served as the perfect vehicle for movie buffs to wield their influence and opinion at the numerous online polling sites, win prizes, and in some cases take home a little gold of their own. For anyone who […]

For many soon-to-be dispossessed Yahoo! Mail users who formerly enjoyed POP3 and email forwarding services for free, the choice is simple, either stay and pay, or move on. A notice from the Internet’s biggest commerce and entertainment portal was posted yesterday stating that effective April 24, free POP3 and Auto Mail Forwarding services for Yahoo! […]

Among the many movie studios and fan sites harnessing the power of the Internet to promote movie releases, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment (SPDE) stepped up to the plate today with a state-of-the-art streaming trailer for “Spider Man,” intended to wet the appetites of new and old fans of the web-slinging superhero’s leap to celluloid glory. […]

Turning the tables on the built-to-order business ideal that Gateway, Inc. pioneered in the 1980s, the company launched a marketing campaign today that will send PC buyers home with pre-built computers in hand, and will hopefully lure more foot traffic to its 275 Country Stores and boost the company’s mediocre PC sales. Calling it an […]

Entertainment and commerce portal Yahoo! Inc. announced plans today to open offices in Santa Monica, Calif. for closer proximity to the entertainment hub and promotional and content partners Sony Pictures and Walt Disney Co. The new office will house Yahoo!’s 150-member entertainment team of sales, production, business development, and marketing professionals that support Yahoo! Movies […]

Webmergers.com released its February Internet Mergers & Acquisitions report today confirming that while the tech industry is on the mend, M&A spending has declined and in some cases plateaued. Webmergers is a San Francisco, Calif.-based research and services firm for buyers and sellers of Internet technology properties that pinpoints emerging trends and focuses on who’s […]

Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment (SPDE) continued its foray into wireless content development today via the launch of a new Wireless Services group within its digital networks division. SPDE is a unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment that oversees all facets of the company’s digital production and maintains and develops Sony’s online content, games, and interactive television […]

Palm, Inc. released findings today indicating that handheld technology in K-12 classrooms can improve the learning process, classroom management, and inspire more collaborative learning activities. The study was based on 100 nationwide classrooms participating in the Palm Education Pioneer Program, which awarded $2.3 million in technology grants to 175 classrooms in the U.S. representing a […]

Networking maven Cisco Systems, Inc. enhanced its Virtual Private Network (VPN) portfolio today with the addition of the Unified VPN Suite based on Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN technologies for IP and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) backbone networks. MPLS is an initiative set forth by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that integrates Layer […]