Jim Wagner

While not a win as large as previous announcements, Corel certainly scored Monday with a deal that puts its WordPerfect Productivity Pack on Gateway computers. The software alternate to the Microsoft-dominated application world is increasingly winning over PC manufacturers to put its Corel product line on machines instead of Microsoft Office applications. Corel has already […]

EarthLink , the third-largest premium-based Internet service provider (ISP) in the U.S., will announce the acquisition later this week of Volaris Online’s dial-up customer base. Officials confirmed Tuesday morning a deal that’s been rumored for days now, and is a significant subscriber boost to EarthLink’s existing 4.7 million subscribers. According to Carla Shaw, EarthLink spokesperson, […]

The Internet Society (ISOC) was named the winning bidder for the right to manage the .org registry Monday by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board of directors. The problem is, ISOC executives promised the public something a little different than what ICANN and its evaluation committee heard about when it picked the […]

Kmart on Friday filed a motion with its bankruptcy judge to sell the assets of its Internet service provider (ISP) arm and 165,000 customers to United Online for $8.4 million. Bluelight.com will not go away, at least in name, anyways. According to the bid offered by United Online, Kmart will still brand the Bluelight.com service […]

It seems like ancient history, but it was only a couple years ago when two browsers — Internet Explorer (IE) and Netscape Communicator — were evenly matched in the hearts and minds of Web surfers throughout the world. It’s a cautionary tale for Adobe today, which found out Microsoft has ideas of its own for […]

WorldCom officials said Wednesday they are offering flat rate local and long-distance pricing to companies that come aboard its WorldCom Connections offering. The service, which the bankrupt company hopes to make their flagship offering to the enterprise market, offers converged voice and data services over one network, which officials said would simplify the process of […]

Microsoft officials announced Tuesday the first phase of their Web services suite for the e-business, dubbed project Jupiter, scheduled for release late next year. Jupiter, according to one Microsoft official, was created to address the problems created by legacy and proprietary e-business applications found throughout the enterprise, which the official called “overly complex.” Instead, business […]

CHICAGO — Unlike the theme of the ’90s movie, “Field of Dreams,” getting hotspot technology out in the public is much more than a “build it and they will come” proposition. More accurately, they may come, but will they return? The hotel hosting the second annual Wireless Internet Service Provider Convention (WISPCON) here this week […]

CHICAGO — Wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) attending WISPCON here Monday found vendors offering equipment that goes beyond straight connectivity. Fixed wireless, the technology delivering Internet over the airwaves in the license-free Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum — primarily 900 MHz and 2.4 and 5.8 GHz — has enjoyed widespread popularity the past few years […]

Getting businesses today to spend money on new technology might not seem to be the wisest decision for an equipment vendor, but Alcatel officials are banking on the idea most are looking past short-term goals. The company is rolling out three IP telephony phones Monday to convince companies to switch from a private branch exchange […]

Match.com and EarthLink are getting together, with officials announcing a deal Thursday that puts the online dating service on the Internet service provider’s (ISPs) Web site and connecting singles around the world. The online dating service caters to 3.25 million singles who have left their profiles on the Web site and is found on many […]

U.S. corporations lost $59 billion in proprietary information and intellectual property during the past year, according to a report released by the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), PricewaterhouseCoopers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. But what the report’s authors and other security experts find most alarming (though not surprising) is the fact only a […]