Thor Olavsrud

Seattle-based RealNetworks Inc. has been working hard to take its media player beyond the PC, striking deals with companies like Sony to place the RealPlayer on the PlayStation 2 game console and eVilla Entertainment Center, and with Hewlett-Packard to create Linux-based entertainment products. RealNetworks took the strategy further on Tuesday when it rollout out mobile […]

BEA Systems Inc. Monday sealed what analysts are calling a “major” alliance with Intel Corp. to optimize its WebLogic application server for Intel’s Itanium Processor Family and IA-32 platforms. The companies said they will also pursue targeted marketing and sales activities with hardware manufacturers, independent software vendors and integrators. “In our view, the alliance reinforces […]

Microsoft Corp.’s decision not to bundle a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) with its upcoming Windows XP operating system has raised the ire of a number of Java developers and caused Sun Microsystems — the creator of Java — to cry foul. But Microsoft maintains that its hands were tied by the settlement earlier this year […]

Apple Computer Inc. has been making nips and tucks to its product line, but the revolutionary changes Mac aficionados were looking for didn’t materialize Wednesday at the MacWorld trade show in New York. “Apple’s new hardware introductions at yesterday’s MacWorld were largely an evolutionary approach, with increases in system specs for PowerMacs and iMacs but […]

In a move that has Java developers up in arms, Microsoft Corp. decided not to ship a Java Virtual Machine for the cross-platform Java language in the recent beta version — Release Candidate 1 (RC 1) — of its new Windows XP operating system. Nor will the final version of Windows XP, slated for release […]

Bipartisan legislation was introduced Tuesday that would permanently extend the moratorium on Internet access taxes and electronic commerce taxes. Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rick Boucher (D-VA) introduced a bill, dubbed the Internet Tax Fairness Act, that would put a permanent moratorium on those taxes and clarify the current nexus standard for business activity taxes. […]

AT&T Wireless Tuesday pushed ahead to set the tempo in the wireless industry’s race to deliver 3G services by rolling out 2.5G services for Seattle businesses. The newly independent wireless carrier said it will roll out its Global System for Mobile Communications/General Packet Radio Service (GSM/GPRS) network to about 40 percent of the market it […]

Despite the current sluggish market for PDAs, Toshiba Corp. Monday dipped its toes into that well becoming the second company in a week to enter the increasingly crowded space. Toshiba is looking to take share away from market-leader Palm Inc., and it has turned to Microsoft Corp. to provide its Windows CE operating system for […]

The trials are over but the real test for open access is about to begin as Atlanta-based EarthLink becomes the first independent ISP to roll out its high-speed Internet service on Time Warner Cable’s network. It also means that AOL Time Warner will likely be launching its own high speed cable service on EarthLink’s heels. […]

AOL Time Warner and the Netherlands’ Royal Philips Electronics extended their strategic alliance Thursday, in an effort to increase awareness of Philips’ brands in the U.S. while giving AOL greater access to Europe. The deal has AOL agreeing to create a number of e-commerce platforms aimed at marketing Philips’ products and services, and also has […]

In a sign that the ice may be thawing between Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Department of Justice, the Redmond, Wash., software giant on Wednesday said that as a result the recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, it will offer computer manufacturers more flexibility in how they configure […]

It’s been a tough year for data competitive local exchange carrier (DLEC) Covad Communications, but Chairman Chuck McMinn tried to paint an optimistic picture Wednesday as the company released operating statistics for second quarter 2001, which ended June 30. “We are taking measures to reduce the costs associated with our business, which includes disconnecting subscribers […]