Thor Olavsrud

With Microsoft Corp.’s Pocket PC handheld operating system gaining ground on PalmOS in both Europe and the U.S., the Redmond, Wash.-based software titan Thursday confirmed rumors that it will unleash the latest version, Pocket PC 2002, on Oct. 4, 2001, with simultaneous events in San Francisco and London. Earlier this month, Gartner Dataquest released a […]

The World Wide Web Consortium (WC3) Wednesday served up its latest standard protocol recommendation, a protocol which it says will benefit all industries concerned with rich graphics delivery, from advertising to electronic commerce, process control, mapping, financial services and education. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.0 is an effort to make it possible to create Web […]

While Compaq Computer Corp. is in the process of being acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co. , it is not sitting on its laurels when it comes to its server line. Just two days after news that the two PC makers plan to merge rocked the sector, Compaq Wednesday unveiled a deal with Mitel Networks geared at […]

Both Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. slid slightly in mid-day trading Tuesday as the market took stock of the companies’ plans to merge. But while HP found its stock down 12.5 percent at noon and Compaq stock was down 2.4 percent, Dell Computer Corp. surged ahead 6.8 percent. Analysts appear to be cautious about […]

Nokia Mobile Phones Tuesday said its GPRS release plan is on schedule and that it plans to release GPRS-enabled units of the Nokia 8310 in September. “Our 3G product programs are proceeding very well,” said Matti Alahuhta, president of Nokia Mobile Phones. “A couple of weeks ago we completed the world’s first 3GPP Release 99 […]

Excite@Home Friday confirmed that cable providers Cox and Comcast have issued official notification that they will terminate their distribution agreements with the cable broadband provider on June 4, 2002. “This June 4 date has always been the end of the contract date,” said @Home spokesperson Stephanie Xavier. “This is just formal notification from Cox and […]

After only two months, Sony Electronics Thursday bagged its e Villa Network Entertainment Center, a net appliance that Sony had banked would succeed where competitors like 3Com’s Audrey failed. “We are withdrawing the e Villa Network Entertainment Center from retailers who agreed to market the product in the U.S.,” said Sony spokesman John Dolak. “We […]

As Microsoft Corp. prepares to once again face off with the U.S. Department of Justice in circuit court, the European Commission Thursday stepped up its own proceedings against the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant. In a Statement of Objections released in Brussels Thursday, the European Union’s competition watchdog said it has “informed Microsoft Corp. that it […]

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, who has taken charge of the government’s antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., Wednesday ordered the parties present their remedy arguments by Sept. 14. She has scheduled a meeting on the case’s status for Sept. 21. Judge Kollar-Kotelly took over the case following […]

Confirming rumors first floated in April, Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. and Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson Tuesday sealed a pact to merge their worldwide mobile phone businesses in an effort to unseat reigning mobile monarch Nokia and take on Motorola. The two companies plan to establish the joint venture, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, on […]

Palm Inc., which has been struggling with a decline in the handheld market and fierce competition from Compaq’s iPAQ Pocket PC line, moved a step closer to reshaping its Platform Solutions Group into an independent subsidiary Monday. Palm tapped David C. Nagel, chief technology officer of AT&T Corp. and president of AT&T Labs, to serve […]

Apparently the dead are fed up with the government’s antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times Thursday morning, letters purportedly written by at least two dead people have made their way onto the desk of Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. The letters asked Shurtleff to go easy on […]