Michael Singer

As the Republic of Hungary works to establish itself in a post-cold-war era, some Western high tech companies are looking to help develop the local IT community. Tempe, Ariz.-based Avnet Computer’s Marketing, Hall-Mark Division Friday says it signed a distribution deal with Santa Clara, Calif.-based iPlanet, the Internet collaboration platform from Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) […]

Executives with online Asian entertainment product retailer, YesAsia, say two major announcements have them quite pleased this week. The San Francisco-based company, which sells music, video, karaoke, games, comic books, magazines, electronics, toys and gifts, Thursday signed a commercial and marketing agreement with the Asian region of EMI Music. The deal with EMI gives YesAsia […]

AudioBase, which specializes in streaming audio Tuesday unleashed AB3, its new of a free MP3 streaming applet targeted at the Web developer community. The free download, available at Sausalito, Calif.-based company’s developer portal, provides demos using AB3, user forums, support information, and an easy to use online code generation application built to ease the integration […]

Managed hosting provider Exodus Communications (Nasdaq: EXDS) Tuesday says it likes working with Commtouch (Nasdaq: CTCH ) so much it has decided to extend its working relationship with the e-mail and messaging company. The two companies have worked in the past on hosting services and Web-based administration. As part of the new relationship, Santa Clara, […]

Discount clothing retailer Ross Stores (Nasdaq: ROST) says it went shopping around for its own Internet-based solution to keep its shelves stocked and its employees connected. Winds up the Newark, Calif.-based didn’t have to look more than 20 miles to the East to find Pleasanton, Calif.-based PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) and its PeopleSoft 8. The discount […]

E-business software company, Verity (Nasdaq: VRTY) Monday launched K2 Enterprise, a new search engine for corporate intranets and portals so that employees don’t spend their time searching internal information all day. The new engine has a three-tier foundation that focuses on what the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company calls “Social Networks.” This is a personalization function that […]

Web hosting and services provider Verado (Nasdaq: VRDO) says it is selling its FirstWorld Internet Services’ digital subscriber line (DSL) customer base to EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK)and Covad (OTC BB: COVD) for an undisclosed amount of cash. The deal affects Verado’s FirstWorld Internet Services customers located primarily in the western United States. The company says it […]

A painting depicting missing Washington intern Chandra Levy and Calif. Congressman Gary Condit was removed from eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) Monday after complaints from the congressman’s office. The work entitled “Social, Artistic and Political Commentary #9” was posted on the San Jose, Calif.-based online auction site last Friday by Overland Park, Kansas-based artist Terry Aley – […]

Members of the California ISP Association (CISPA) say they are fed up with some of the practices by one of the state’s largest Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) providers. A complaint filed Thursday claims Pacific Bell and its parent company SBC‘s (NYSE: SBC) Advanced Solutions (SBC-ASI) are abusing their control over telecommunications infrastructure to discriminate against […]

Netopia (Nasdaq: NTPA) Wednesday says it is expanding its Web platform with eCare. The Alameda, Calif.-based broadband gateway and Web platforms provider says the new application allows for live, online customer support over any type of Internet connection. “Internet-enabled, real-time communication is the most effective component of any company’s eCRM initiative,” says Netopia Jeff Porter […]

Much like the Internet, the human genome (building blocks of our genetic material) is extremely complex. Affymetrix (Nasdaq: AFFX) Wednesday launched a Website it hopes will make both a little more manageable. The NetAffx site is Affymetrix’ first Internet resource dedicated to helping scientists access information about genetic experiments and research quickly. The data is […]

McAfee.com (Nasdaq: MCAF) Tuesday says it is partnering with Sourcenext, a major Japanese computer software developer and publisher, to sell its anti-virus, firewall, privacy and PC utilities applications in more than 200 retail outlets in the Japanese market. Under the agreement, Sourcenext will be delivering Japanese language versions of McAfee.com’s VirusScan Online, Personal Firewall and […]