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The new Explorer 4000DVB digital set-top box was released Tuesday by Scientific-Atlanta. The device is designed to play voice, data and video in a unit designed for Europe and other markets using the PAL video standard. Scientific-Atlanta stated that the latest model supports worldwide standards such as DVB-C, PAL, DAVIC/DVB-RC, DOCSIS, and EuroDOCSIS, while providing […]

A snapshot of fourth quarter earnings from New York-based Mail.com : What they do: Mail.com sells messaging services to businesses internationally. Q4 Revenues: $17.7 million; Up 190 per cent from $6.1 million in 1999 Q4. Operating expenses: $95.8 million; Up 241 per cent from $28.1 million in 1999 Q4. Loss from operations: $78.1 million; Up […]

In Berlin, Wednesday, the Association of the Providers of Telecommunications and Value-Added Services (Verband der Anbieter von Telekommunikations- und Mehrwertdiensten, or VATM for short) presented its double report on “Market Leadership and Market Restriction on Telecommunications Markets”. The authors of the study, Professor Hermann-Josef Bunte of Hamburg and Professor Paul Welfens of Potsdam, have reached […]

[JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA] – Novell’s newly purchased R18m Rivonia office block is to serve both as a technological showcase and as exemplar of the companys renewed faith in the South African economy. “We believe the South African economy is set for strong growth and a sound investment in real estate will be the building block […]

By Matthew A. Peretz Senior Editor allNetDevices.com Update 2-21-01: BSQUARE Corporation will be teaming up with Microsoft to provide systems integration services for Microsoft’s “Stinger” smart phone. The Bellevue-based company will be offering Stinger phone manufacturers a complete line of engineering services, including project planning, systems integration, custom software development, testing services, and custom training. […]

Revolve Design this week launched its new in-vehicle mobile device solution. Dubbed RoadWriter, the unit consists of hardware configurations that mount Palm OS devices with a keyboard in various convenient locations in the vehicle. RoadWriter features include an integrated touch-type keyboard and two DB9 serial pass-through ports for external peripherals such as GPS or modems. […]

After adjusting Q4 revenues last week, Aptimus today announced that it will cease all activities associated with its consumer-direct web sites to focus on building its direct marketing network, The Aptimus Network. With this change, Aptimus will discontinue all activities related to its consumer-direct Web sites, including FreeShop.com, Desteo.com, and CatalogSite.com, and expects to transition […]

Merant has completed its $18 million acquisition of the Enterprise Division of NetObjects , an IBM affiliate. With the acquisition, Merant says it is the first company to offer scalable, enterprise-strength, software configuration and Web content management from a single source. The deal was originally announced in early January. IBM will be making a limited […]

Esavio, a managed services and application development company, will serve customers of the forthcoming NAP of the Americas under a strategic alliance announced today with the NAP’s owner, Terremark Worldwide, Inc., . Miami-based Terremark operates the NAP — a high-speed internet pipeline to be used by internet service providers and other technology companies in the […]

[20 February 2001] – With a billion dollar investment into Linux and leveraging across the board IBM is increasing its support for the open-source community. From Wall Street heavyweights to major ISPs, telecommunication firms and a host of varsities and e-businesses, IBM has turned a whole plethora of new economy players onto Linux. “Linux is […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] Infineon and Toshiba Corporation Tuesday in Tokyo that they want to work together to develop the interface compatibility between the dual-mode UMTS/GSM baseband IC M-GOLD from Infineon and the MPEG-4 single-chip codec TC35273XB (T3) from Toshiba. T The goal is the creation of an integrated solution which enables the transmission and (de)coding of […]

Voice-to-Enterprise (V2E) solutions provider Webversa is joining the ASP Accelerator Program from Intel Online Services, Inc. As part of the agreement, Intel Online Services will host the Webversa Voice application, while Webversa will join the Intel subsidiary in customer outreach programs. Webversa offers mobile users two-way access to enterprise information from any telephone, using voice […]