Thor Olavsrud

In a bid to push forward its .NET initiative, Microsoft Corp. Monday rolled out two new versions of its Visual Studio.NET rapid application development tool. The Visual Studio.NET RAD is geared to the creation of Web applications and XML Web services, key ingredients in Microsoft’s plan to transform itself from a creator and vendor of […]

San Mateo, Calif.-based UltraDNS Friday called in new executive management and laid-off 42 employees in a drive to move the balance sheet into cash-flow positive territory by November. On the advice of departing Chief Executive Officer Steven Kalman, the company brought in Ben Petro, formerly the company’s chief marketing officer, to fill the top executive […]

Parlez-vous français? Lucent Technologies may soon if French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel has its way. According to a report by The New York Times, Alcatel has been conducting high-level talks with Lucent for more than a month as it probes the possibility of acquiring the company. Now, according to executives close to the discussions quoted […]

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) has been busy working the diplomatic channels to create alliances that ensure its PlayStation 2 game console is armed to the teeth with competitive might when Microsoft Corp. upsets the industry’s balance of power with the introduction of its Xbox console. SCEI started the deal-making at the E3 Game Expo […]

Microsoft Corp. may be planning to reveal more details about the Xbox game console at the E3 Game Expo in Los Angeles Wednesday, but that console isn’t expected to hit the market until around Christmas-time. Meanwhile, the PlayStation2 console from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) remains the undisputed king of the hill. Sony moved to […]

Microsoft Corp. is expected to reveal more information — including an availability date and pricing — about its upcoming Xbox game console at the E3 Game Expo in Los Angeles Wednesday. Watchers of the software behemoth are awaiting information with bated breath. The Xbox is one of the company’s first forays into hardware, and it […]

Cisco Systems Inc., looking to keep its spot as king of the hill in networking, Monday unveiled a router solution designed with the proliferation of new types of Internet devices and the growth of “always on” Internet access in mind. Cisco will begin incorporating Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in its Cisco IOS Software by […]

Technology bellwethers like Microsoft Corp. and AOL Time Warner have long predicted a future in which shrink-wrapped applications and entertainment is history and Internet delivery is the name of the game. It’s the idea propelling Microsoft’s development of the .Net initiative and it was the driving force behind America Online’s merger with Time Warner. But […]

As the Department of Commerce Monday prepares to rule on a deal between the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and VeriSign which would allow that company to hold onto both its registrar and registry businesses, reports of a high-profile foul-up related to the company’s Network Solutions Inc. registrar business have surfaced on […]

A collaboration between UN/CEFACT, a worldwide policy and technical development body of the United Nations, and OASIS, an international, not-for-profit standards consortium, bore fruit Friday as the two groups united behind the ebXML specification. OASIS sponsors include some of the biggest technology bellwethers around, including Adobe Systems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, AOL Time Warner, Sun […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) is set to make a decision Monday that is likely to completely alter the shape of the domain name industry: it will rule on the legitimacy of a deal struck between the domain name system (DNS) governing body, the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and Mountain […]

After reporting the first quarterly loss in its history and seeing its stock price dip six percent Wednesday, Cisco Systems returned Thursday with upbeat news that it has expanded its technology and marketing relationships with Internet and media giant AOL Time Warner. Meanwhile, AOL Time Warner, the world’s largest ISP more than three times over […]