Thor Olavsrud

With the Sunrise Period for trademark and service mark holders to register their marks in the new .INFO domain slated to end on Monday, Aug. 27, Afilias Thursday claimed that registrations to date mark .INFO as the first “truly global” domain. Afilias is a consortium of registrars selected by the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names […]

Hoping to eliminate human misunderstanding in communication, OASIS, the XML interoperability consortium, Tuesday announced it has formed a committee to promote a specification for conveying human characteristics through XML. The OASIS HumanMarkup Technical Committee (TC) will work to develop Human Markup Language (HumanML), a schema for embedding contextual human characteristics — cultural, social, kinesic (body […]

Struggling CLEC Covad Communications Group Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month, Monday said it is making progress in streamlining operating costs, though it expects “little to no growth in revenue in the third quarter.” The company released its second quarter 2001 results Monday, reporting revenue of $87.1 million for the […]

Excite@Home Corp.’s situation appears to have gone from bad to worse as investors reacted to the company’s 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday — a filing which admitted that the company has “substantial doubt” as to its ability to continue as a going concern. “Our stockholders have approved a reverse stock […]

Caldera International Inc., appearing to make headway in its strategy to bring Linux to the enterprise, Monday announced the formation of a new business line and a deal to implement its UnixWare 7 with Linux Kernel Personality (LKP) technology for Canada’s largest network of retail pharmacies. The company is merging its four international services practices […]

A guy could get used to working out of Starbucks, and I don’t mean slinging java. This week I had the opportunity to test (read play with) Richardson, Texas-based MobileStar Network Corp.’s wireless broadband Internet service, which, without trying to come off as too much of a drooling fan boy, tastes like freedom (which in […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Friday denied a request by Microsoft Corp. to delay turning the ongoing antitrust case against the company back over to the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. On Aug. 8, Microsoft asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of the appeals […]

Sprint Corp. and EarthLink Inc. , which at one time seemed destined to merge, moved a step closer to dissolving their financial relationship Friday when they announced that Sprint would publicly offer 16 million shares of EarthLink common stock at $12.50 per share. The relationship between the two companies began in February 1998, when Sprint […]

Egghead.com Inc. Wednesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced an agreement to sell assets to Fry’s Electronics under the bankruptcy proceeding. Egghead said it will continue to operate its business under the supervision of the Bankruptcy Court, pending close of the sale. Fry’s, a privately-held chain of electronics superstores based in San Jose, […]

San Diego-based Gateway Inc. Wednesday allied with Comcast Cable Communications Inc. in an effort to accelerate growth of the cable company’s Comcast@Home cable broadband offering. “Our broadband initiatives and alliance with an industry leader like Comcast play a central role in fulfilling our vision to become the leading provider of integrated technology solutions,” said Mike […]

Pure-play ISPs are going to have an uphill battle competing with incumbent telecommunications and cable providers in the residential broadband market, but many of them have an ace up their sleeves, according to a new report published by The Yankee Group Tuesday. “For the past year and a half, the major consumer ISPs have been […]

A group of privacy and consumer organizations plans to file an amended complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding concerns they have that Microsoft Corp.’s collection of personal information from users of its services constitutes “unfair and deceptive trade practice.” The group, which is more than a dozen organizations strong and includes the Electronic […]