NEW YORK-Vivendi Universal has worldwide ambitions, particularly in the area of wireless technology and interactive television, and equally important, it possesses a balance sheet to support its plans, said Jean Marie Messier, chairman and chief executive officer."We believe we are the world's first global...
SHANGHAI, China—Hewlett-Packard Company and Microsoft have announced plans to expand their software business in China and have decided to hire more staff for that purpose.HP said it will hire 1,500 more workers, while Microsoft plans to hire 300 more.
ATLANTA—Wireless platform provider Air2Web announced it will launch its Mobile Email Platform, which will provide wireless access to Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange applications, in November.The platform, which supports all digital wireless devices, offers access to e-mail, calendars, contact data and attachments, and securely...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless introduced its Mobile Web Plus service, a wireless e-mail and Internet access service for use on the Kyocera QCP6035 smartphone.The service provides access to up to six e-mail accounts; attachment previews supporting Microsoft Word and Excel, Corel, WordPerfect and PDF files;...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—A broad spectrum of technology companies, including Cisco Systems Inc., Comverse Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Philips Speech Processing and SpeechWorks International Inc., have agreed to form a forum to develop a platform-free standard for multi-modal and telephony-enabled access to information, applications...
LONDON—Although European awareness of application service providers (ASPs) is growing, enterprises still seem cautious to implement the services, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan survey.Of the companies surveyed, 74 percent are accurately aware of ASPs as the entity that "manages and delivers application...
LONDON—Although European awareness of application service providers is growing, enterprises still seem cautious to implement the services, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan survey.Of the companies surveyed, 74 percent were accurately aware of ASPs as the entity that "manages and delivers application capabilities...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having been formed with much fanfare in September 1999, the joint venture between Ericsson and Microsoft to co-develop mobile Internet software appears to have been less than a success. The venture, which never released any significant applications, will now be absorbed into...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Stockholm-based Columbitech began a full-scale commercial launch 28 September in Europe of its wireless virtual private network (VPN) product, which allows mobile device users to access their corporate databases quickly and securely and also permits them to roam between wireless Internet Protocol (IP)...
NEW YORK—Stockholm-based Columbitech began a full-scale commercial launch Sept. 28 in Europe of its wireless virtual private network product, which allows mobile device users to access their corporate databases quickly and securely and also permits them to roam between wireless Internet Protocol networks.The company,...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Microsoft Corp. announced it plans to expand its Passport authentication service, which allows users to have a single user name or password to access any Web site, to other enterprises and network operators.The company said that by doing so it hopes to...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless software developer Veratium Software Ltd. has launched its Motivus Enterprise Server 2.3, which it said enables users to wirelessly access files and folders residing on desktop computers or corporate networks.This version of the Motivus server includes Microsoft Project files, Microsoft Access...
LONDON-U.K. mobile-phone maker Sendo announced it will use PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company's new Z100 GPRS smart phone. The Z100 is Sendo's first data phone and is based on Microsoft Corp.'s smart-phone operating...
LONDON—U.K. mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo announced it will use PacketVideo's mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company's new Z100 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) smart phone. Users can access media applications including video messaging, interactive games, and news and...
SEATTLE-Terabeam was chosen by Microsoft Corp. to connect the company to the Internet for its annual employee meeting, which took place at Safeco Field in Seattle in late August.Terabeam directs an invisible beam of light through the air to provide high bandwidth connectivity without...
SAN DIEGO—Microsoft Corp. released details of its forthcoming Pocket PC operating system upgrade—which the company is marketing squarely at the business market—a move that ratchets up the OS battle with personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc.Microsoft made its announcement during the DEMOmobile 2001 conference...
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported a deal with My Docs Online, a provider of remote file access and wireless messaging solutions, allowing Nextel subscribers to store, access, view, e-mail, print and fax files and documents from Internet-ready phones.The service supports text from Microsoft Word,...
LONDON—Mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo selected PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as an application for its Z100 GPRS Smartphone, enabling users to access media applications including video messaging, interactive games, and news and sports highlights.The tri-band Sendo phone operates on GSM 900, 1800 and 1900...
LONDON—U.K. mobile-phone maker Sendo today announced it will use PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company's new Z100 GPRS smart phone.The Z100 is Sendo's first data phone and is based on Microsoft Corp.'s smart phone operating...
WASHINGTON—The penalty phase of the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case could extend beyond the Oct. 25 scheduled release date of Microsoft's Windows XP.In her first order since being assigned the case, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly asked the government and Microsoft to seek agreement on...
So Paulo, Brazil-Telesp Celular announced that as soon as October it will begin commercially operating a network based on the CDMA 1x technology. The operator, controlled by Portugal Telecom and Spain's Telefonica, provides wireless service to 4.5 million customers in So Paulo, by far...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. made its biggest move yet to bolster its operating system business, this time doling out $11 million for Internet software company Be Inc.Palm is buying the intellectual property and technology assets of Be, which include its BeIA and BeOS operating...
In the short lifespan of the still nascent wireless Internet, the owners of the operating systems have already learned that best is not always enough. Palm, Windows CE and Symbian are the three OSs trying to slug it out with marketing strategies, technical appeals...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Wireless messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. today released its second quarter earnings, showing revenues and one-way paging subscriber losses in line with the company's revised expectations.The company also reported a staggering second quarter loss of $1.1 billion, $976 million of which is a...
