Trellix, Lycos Team Up on Weightless Software
Software bloat got a kick in the shins at Demo 2000 here Tuesday when Trellix announced a deal with Lycos to distribute its online, clientless Web site building software, Trellix Web Express.
Stories by Ephraim Schwartz
PDAs Learn to Listen Up
AT THIS WEEK'S Demo 2000 conference, Lernout & Hauspie will take the concept of the handheld computer one step further by demonstrating a prototype voice-controlled PDA (personal digital assistant).
Web 'Bots' Enhance Self-serve Experience
WHETHER YOU want to optimize your investments in petrochemicals or save $1.50 on a best seller, you'll probably soon be doing it with a bot.
Agribusiness Provides Fertile Ground for DirectAg
ALTHOUGH THERE may be fewer than a quarter-million major producers (they used to be called farmers) in the United States, the agricultural business is a $65 billion market that is attracting Web start-ups such as DirectAg.
Utilities Build Fiber Links
CITING DISSATISFACTION with the pace of access to broadband services, utility companies as well as local municipalities are building out the fiber infrastructure themselves for their business and consumer customers and constituents.
WAP standard threatened by GeoWorks' patent claim
Just when everyone in the mobile industry thought it was safe to unite on a wireless standard -- the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) -- GeoWorks is claiming infringement on its intellectual property rights.
Consortium to Power Up Broadband
THE RACE to deliver broadband services directly into businesses and homes will heat up this summer when a new nationwide network created in secret by an alliance of utility companies and computer industry giants will offer voice, data, and television services.
Chemical Giants Go Online for More Customers
Seeking to broaden its market reach and drastically reduce distribution and procurement costs, the US$1.6 trillion oil, gas, and chemical industries are rapidly ramping up their online presence.
Broadband Services Unleashed
AT&T THIS YEAR plans to leverage its broadband-cable network to offer a plethora of voice and data services to corporate telecommuters.
Start-Ups to Put Tech-Support Services Up for Bid
A question made famous at the top of eBay's auction site -- "What are you looking for?" -- may soon become familiar to online users seeking technical support as well.
Jobs, Now Permanent CEO, Stresses 'Net
Other than citing solid systems sales figures for the fourth quarter of 1999, hardware got short shrift from Steve Jobs, Apple's now-permanent CEO, as he instead opened the Macworld Expo here today by detailing the company's new Internet focus.
Mergers, acquisitions make IT integration complex
The increasing frenzy to merge, acquire, and divest, fostered in part by the new Internet economy, is creating a major IT challenge. And, unfortunately, IT is often viewed as part of the problem rather than as a key component of the solution.
Speech-tech companies unfurl wares at Comdex
Speech technology may steal the show at Comdex this week, with products that should amaze the most high-tech weary of attendees.
PALMSOURCE: Palm to pursue enterprise strategy
The PalmSource99 conference opened here yesterday with Eric Benhamou, chairman and chief executive officer of 3Com, announcing what appears to be a shift in marketing strategy for its Palm Computing subsidiary. The company will now pursue enterprise customers more aggressively.
Sun to Pull the Curtain Back on Sun Ray
Sun Microsystems Inc. will announce tomorrow its Sun Ray 1 desktop appliance and supporting technology that could become a "green screen on steroids" for the next millennium.