Mark Berniker

NEW YORK — Michael Capellas, the chief executive of telecommunications company MCI (formerly WorldCom), said convergence of voice and data networks is the key to making both applications and enterprise networks more intelligent. “Our goal is to merge voice and data into IP,” Capellas said during a keynote address at the start of the CeBIT […]

United Airlines is upgrading its e-mail and Internet services on some domestic flights, helping the carrier to stake a claim as the first U.S. airline to offer two-way e-mail services in-flight. The Chicago-based airline is planning to offer two-way e-mail capability through Verizon Airfone’s “JetConnect” in-air service. The upgraded capability, which debuts later this year, […]

SAP AG has decided it is better to work with eBay for its front end, rather than try to build B2B marketplaces on its own. As eBay looks to cultivate its software trading mechanism for major business-to-business transactions, SAP wants to create a location where its nearly 20,000 customers can get rid of excess inventories […]

Nokia has begun commercial deliveries of what it is calling the first dual-mode mobile phone, which will work with both GSM-based and WCDMA-based (wideband CDMA) networks. The shipment is yet another step forward along the evolution to true 3G wireless networks cabable of transmitting large video, data and image files across a variety of air […]

eBay has moved to take full ownership of Chinese e-commerce company EachNet for $150 million in cash. EachNet, based in Delaware, caters to online Chinese shoppers with a wide variety of goods, similar to some of eBay’s offerings. The purchase is expected to help eBay increase its position with fast-growing online auction markets in China. […]

Texas Instruments warned late Tuesday that sales and earnings would be hurt in the current quarter and its outlook for the near future is weak. TI is the leading maker of chips for cell phones and said its sales have slumped in Asia, partly because of the recent outbreak of SARS. TI follows both Motorola […]

Two reports about bankrupt telecommunications company WorldCom, now called MCI, are pointing accusing fingers at company executives for “serious mismanagement,” including fraudulent practices, and a lack of oversight by its board of directors that led to the financial collapse of the telecom giant. The reports’ scathing critiques of the company’s top officers, especially former CEO […]

Microsoft Corp. is making another run at interactive television, this time in a new software platform that it said would enable cable companies to develop digital TV programming and services. As part of the National Cable Television Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, the software giant unveiled its Microsoft TV Foundation Edition, the name of the […]

The hurricane season is about to get in full swing, and the National Weather Service says it’s in better position to predict the potentially disastrous weather patterns as a result of bringing online a new supercomputer from IBM . The new incredibly fast supercomputer begins its work today and is capable of as much as […]

Coming this fall to a watch near you, perhaps on you: Microsoft’s new wireless information and messaging service that will run on evolving smart watch devices. The software company’s MSN Direct division said the MSN Direct service, which costs $9.95 a month, is geared to deliver customized information to a new category of watches. The […]

In a sign of consolidation among makers of handheld computer devices, Palm said it would buy its rival Handspring , a company launched by creators of the first Palm device. The stock swap deal, valued at an estimated $169 million, comes as Palm faces competition from a growing number of handheld device makers, and as […]

In a major boost for Marc Andreesen’s data center automation software company, Opsware has struck a deal with Hewlett-Packard to integrate its software with HP’s Utility Data Center information technology management software. HP’s Utility Data Center combines hardware and software enabling customers to deploy a variety of different computing resources and to automate a variety […]