Gretchen Hyman

Oracle Corporation was crowned this week by International Data Corporation (IDC) as the reigning king in the global geospatial database management market. IDC’s report “Spatial Information Management: Competitive Analysis, 2002,” predicts that the geospatial database market is on the cusp of an explosion and that within the next few years, basic spatial information management (SIM) […]

TiVo Inc. the maker of that mystical digital video recorder (DVR) that many of the world’s biggest television fans just can’t live without, made a major play for the home networking space Tuesday with the launch of its Home Media Option. The new service can adapt to any home networking set-up, including wired or 802.11b […]

Among many new product announcements expected this week at the Association of Information and Image Management Conference in New York from today until April 9, Sony Electronics unveiled a new internal blue laser optical data storage disc drive and disc media that enable the recording of 23.3GB of data per disc and a transfer rate […]

LOS ANGELES — Game Market Watch Conference concluded its two day gathering Tuesday with a flashy demonstration of new gaming content from Microsoft Game Studios and a lukewarm forecast for console game growth from Jupitermedia analysts. Having evolved from best selling parlor games like Solitaire and PC simulator games, Shane Kim, COO for Microsoft Game […]

LOS ANGELES — Panelists, keynote speakers, and Jupitermedia moderators mulled over many aspects of the online gaming industry Tuesday at Game Market Watch Conference. There was no question among those in attendance that within the rapidly expanding arena of the gaming industry there is both room to grow and a great deal of money to […]

In a move to counter application server momentum news from rival BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp. Monday unveiled a new Java-oriented version of its application server and a “switch-n-save” program to lure customers from BEA into its fold. Oracle’s new “switch-n-save” program is considered by many industry watchers to be a serious low-belt blow to […]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Game developers and game industry executives looking for answers to their own piece of the gaming puzzle are expected to turn out in droves Tuesday for Jupitermedia Corporation’s inaugural Game Market Watch Conference at The Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City. The two-day business event, which is sponsored by the parent company of […]

SR Telecom, a Canada-based wireless telecommunications company plowed forward this week with plans to acquire and merge with Netro Corp. , a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of fixed broadband wireless systems. SR Telecom, which trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SRX, sells and installs point-to-multipoint fixed wireless access systems for worldwide telephone […]

In the biggest push to date to improve the efficiency of the world’s classrooms, Hewlett-Packard was awarded a $100 million contract Wednesday by the Northern Ireland government to launch and maintain the technology aspect of Classroom 2000 (C2K), a massive education improvement undertaking to bring information technology to all the schools in Northern Ireland. C2K […]

One American high-tech company is simply not enough for Italy’s Acquirente Unico (AU). The Rome-based governmental organization announced Tuesday that it has purchased a complete set of products and services from Hewlett-Packard , Oracle Corp. , and Intel to support its mission as part of the deregulation process of the Italian electricity market. After purchasing […]

As buyer and seller haggle over the asking price, San Francisco-based Vector Capital may have a runaway bride on its hands, according to a statement released Monday by both companies. Vector Capital and its affiliate Vector CC Holdings, LLC, have been in forward motion in recent months to acquire Corel Corporation , a content provider […]

As many computer users grumble over the obsolete nature of their equipment and the question of what to do with all that hardware waste, Dell Computer made moves this week to expand its recycling program and make it all that much easier for consumers to rid themselves of useless equipment. Assuming you have the time […]