Michael Singer

Webcasting provider Loudeye Corp. Thursday said it has bought certain assets from privately-held, Digital Media Broadcast (formerly EncodeThis!). The deal gives Seattle-based Loudeye a larger footprint in Los Angeles, where it says it can better serve one of the largest media services markets in the world. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Digital […]

Four companies deeply steeped in the Web Services game Wednesday announced a new XML-based specification they say will help everyone get along better. The new Web Service Choreography Interface (WSCI) was co-authored and/or supported by BEA Systems , Intalio, SAP AG , and Sun Microsystems . The specification is available royalty free for download from […]

Liberty Media Corporation said Monday that it would acquire all of the outstanding stock of Wink Communications, Inc. in a deal estimated at $100 million. Alameda, Calif.-based Wink is a mass-market interactive television (iTV) player offers viewers an interactive way to access program-related information (such as weather, sports updates, trivia and play-along games) request product […]

Cisco Systems Monday padded its metropolitan-area optical networks offerings with the announcement of two new products. The San Jose, Calif.-based networking equipment giant said its Cisco ONS 15530 DWDM and ONS 15454 SDH Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) are designed to help consolidate multiple information streams over the same wavelength. Cisco said the products should help […]

Intel Monday began shipping five new processors for mobile devices including the world’s first microprocessor designed to operate at 2 gigahertz (GHz) — or two billion cycles per second. Made for business and consumer laptops, the processors are expected to compete with Transmeta’s Crusoe chips and the Athlon 4 and Duron mobile chips made by […]

Preparing for the day that the company becomes two, Palm Monday announced its new board of directors for its PalmSource subsidiary. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based handheld computer maker said chairman and CEO Eric Benhamou will serve as chairman of the board of PalmSource. Benhamou is joined on the board by PalmSource president and CEO David […]

As a variant of the “infinite amount of monkeys” theory, Grid Computing will not eventually help produce the complete works of William Shakespeare, but it might just solve some of the world’s problems. Once a tool of the government, university and medical communities, mainstream companies have climbed onboard to make money off of distributed computing. […]

Financial software maker Intuit Inc. said Thursday that it will sell off its Quicken Loans business for an undisclosed amount of cash, a note and multi-year licensing fees. Known for its offline software like Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company said the online mortgage site will become a wholly owned subsidiary based […]

Capitalizing on the upsurge of interest in cable modems, two tech heavyweights say they’ve got the goods when it comes to the latest Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS ) standard. Motorola, Inc.’s broadband division and Juniper Networks, Inc. Thursday rolled out a batch of products that have been certified DOCSIS 1.1 compatible. The […]

Domain registrar VeriSign Wednesday entered a legal agreement that prohibits it from sending controversial domain name expiration notices to customers. Mountain View, Calif.-based VeriSign and Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Go Daddy Software signed the order that forces VeriSign to not only stop sending the solicitations to Go Daddy’s customers, but also to the customers of all other […]

Question and answer search engine Ask Jeeves Wednesday continued its internal and external makeover. The Emeryville, Calif.-based company’s search engine division began offering two new paid inclusion services dubbed “Index Express” and “Site Submit.” The company said both services are designed for large content providers that need frequent URL updates. Other recent changes include a […]

As the new Hewlett-Packard continues to weed out its low-revenue strategies, one item with a big bull’s-eye painted on it is raising some eyebrows: it’s middleware line. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker told analysts earlier this month that it is looking to “retire” some of its products, ones that serve as the […]