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A number of schools have piloted programs trying to bring every student a laptop. With the price of a fully loaded laptop generally exceeding $2,000, Ballard High is trying something else this semester. Students in a number of test classes will be provided with Handspring Visor Deluxe handheld computers and educational software to use at […]

internet.com Wednesday joined with Dice.com to roll out Career Channel, a vertical content network focused on employment opportunities for Internet and IT professionals. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The alliance with Dice.com is a result of internet.com’s purchase of 14 Web site and 18 e-mail newsletters from EarthWeb last December. The launch […]

Sun said Wednesday that it has shipped its Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) Connected Device Configuration (CDC) and Foundation profile for Linux. The company said it is aiming the addition to J2ME at devices such as set-top boxes and Net appliances in the home as well as in-car applications and traditional embedded industrial applications. […]

Over the course of the next few days, Sega has given the public appearance of seriously mulling over its options, although in reality, the company has been weighing its options long before the events of the past weeks. Sega, it appears, is officially considering shedding its money-draining console making business and instead concentrating on developing […]

[January 31] A report from IDC Market Research Sdn Bhd shows that more than one million Malaysians will do their banking from home within four years. The U.S.-based research house expects local users of online banking will reach 1.1 million by 2004 with the total number of online banking accounts reaching 1.6 million, or 23 […]

By the germany.internet.com News Staff [Berlin, GERMANY] Internetshop, a Jena-based software provider, saw its losses more than double in the past year. The company reported Wednesday in Frankfurt on Main that their net loss was 39.3 million euro (76.9 million German marks). This is a deficit increase of over 113 percent compared with 1999, when […]

After trying market conditions forced a revision of financial guidance for F5 Networks last December, the company announced that they would have to take immediate measures, including layoffs, to put them back on track. After completing those adjustments, the company says it is aiming to break even in Q3 of the current fiscal year and […]

“The name is silicon, blue-silicon.” How’d you like to hear the smooth, suave voice of James Bond every time you check your voicemail? Roger Moore, former James Bond actor Wednesday signed an agreement with San Jose-based blue-silicon for its Extended Enterprise Messaging system. Moore, will be the voice that guides blue-silicon business users through their […]

Unplugged Games, a wireless games outfit founded by some early players in the Alley Internet scene, today announced a deal to distribute its WordTrader! product to Sprint PCS wireless customers. The Sprint PCS deal comes just weeks after Unplugged Games announced a similar transaction to offer its games to Verizon Wireless users. Unplugged Games, which […]

Wireless Knowledge announced Monday its new Anystyle software for automatically synchronizing enterprise data on wireless devices. The company said in a statement that the product is aimed at extending the capabilities of its Workstyle Server product, which provides mobile access to corporate e-mail, calendar and contact information. The Anystyle software extends that functionality to to […]

As InfoSpace announced record fourth quarter revenues of $66.1 million, the company revealed its desire to move away from the direct consumer market. InfoSpace earned a pro forma net profit of $12.6 million, or $0.04 per diluted share compared to a pro forma net loss of $7.8 million, or a loss of $0.03 per basic […]

While everyone is used to free e-mail from the likes of Hotmail and Yahoo, one Portland-based company is taking the same advertising-based revenue model to the mail system. Zairmail, Inc., in an attempt to facilitate convergence between the Internet and postal mail, allows you to write your letter at their website, at which point, the […]