Thor Olavsrud

Macromedia Inc. Tuesday made a $360 million play for Allaire Corp., following a vision of uniting the Web design and Web development communities under one all-encompassing banner. The deal could tip the scales in the nascent battle over market share in the Web development space that some have seen fulminating between Macromedia and Adobe. Adobe […]

A group of 19 tech heavyweights seemed to put aside their differences Tuesday to form an initiative aimed at juicing up Internet security by sharing information about vulnerabilities in their software and hardware products with each other. Even arch-rivals like Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp., and Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks, agreed to sit at […]

Free ISP NetZero Friday brought suit against AT&T’s WorldNet service and its partner Predictive Networks, charging that the companies are infringing on its patent for an on-screen window displaying links and advertisements. The Westlake Village, Calif.-based ISP filed the suit in a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. NetZero was awarded a patent for its […]

AOL Time Warner Inc. Friday began officially trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the AOL ticker symbol following the Federal Communications Commission’s Thursday evening decision to conditionally approve the merger and create the largest media juggernaut in history. In a 3-2 vote, the FCC approved the $106.2 billion deal, though it placed restrictions […]

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Thursday set in motion a federal lawsuit against Jay Walker’s Walker Digital Corp., mere days after priceline.com, a company born of the Connecticut-based think tank, was victorious in its own legal battle against software juggernaut Microsoft Corp. The suit, filed in a U.S. District Court in Connecticut, seeks $1 million […]

Dell, which last year surpassed Apple Computer as the top dog in education sales, Thursday struck an alliance with America Online Inc. under which it will provide the free AOL@SCHOOL service preloaded on all computers it sells to K-12 schools in the U.S. Dell made the announcement at the Florida Educational Technology Conference. The deal […]

Juno Online Services Inc. Thursday inked a deal with Talk City Marketing Group, under which the provider of online marketing services will offer its interactive chat services on Juno. The chat service will be free and featured on JunoLand, the community section of Juno’s portal site. “Our goal is to create a rewarding online experience […]

Global Crossing Ltd. Wednesday cemented the sale of its GlobalCenter Web hosting subsidiary — first announced in September — to Exodus Communications, with the added sweetener that Exodus will pick up at least 50 percent of all its future network capacity needs from Global Crossing. The consummation of the deal comes a little more than […]

Virtual meeting services provider Evoke Communications Tuesday announced plans for a restructuring in the hopes of achieving cash flow profitability in first quarter 2002. The new business plan, which the company said is fully funded, focuses on Evoke’s core service offerings — Webconferencing and collaboration — while eliminating back-end service engines and slashing operating expenses […]

Motorola Tuesday forged an alliance with Borland under which the e-business implementation solutions provider will offer its JBuilder 4 Foundation development environment as part of the Motorola iDEN Subscriber Group’s developer’s toolkit. The two companies established the relationship as a prelude to the launch of Motorola’s Java 2 Platform Micro Edition (J2ME) technology-enabled multiple communication […]

Net services software maker Novell Inc. said Tuesday that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California awarded it more than $600,000 in the software piracy case it brought against Davis, Calif. resident Chris Bonner. Novell’s Anti-Piracy Group — which includes a dedicated Internet Piracy Unit — brought the suit against Bonner in […]

Troubled DSL provider Covad Communications, which Saturday announced that it would cut an additional 400 jobs — about 50 percent of its workforce — in an attempt to cut costs, Monday revealed that it ended its fourth quarter and calendar 2000 with 274,000 total lines in service. The company said the number exceeded its expectations […]