Three veteran class-action lawyers plan to file a lawsuit today in California against Microsoft in what could be the first in a flurry of such actions now that a federal judge has decided that the software maker is a monopoly, according to a report in the New York Times.
DXStorm and Planet Group are offering e-commerce sites an integrated software package that can handle onsite orders in multiple currencies and languages.
Nortel Networks is investing another $US400 million in fibre optical networking, with plans to expand existing facilities in the UK and Northern Ireland and to build a new facility in Ottawa, Ontario.
ICO Global Communications said its board has approved a bail-out plan under which international investors will provide as much as $US1.2 billion to help the financially troubled mobile communications company out of bankruptcy.
A group of academics and IT companies is forming a nonprofit internet think tank that will conduct research and offer education on a host of 'Net-related subjects.
Microsoft has bought Entropic, which makes speech recognition software and toolkits, for an undisclosed sum.
Microsoft intends to begin integrating Entropic technology into its existing products, Microsoft said in a written statement, which also underscored the importance of the deal for bringing speech recognition to Windows platforms.
Cisco Systems and 10 other vendors have formed a group to push for open standards for broadband wireless internet services.
Cisco and ten other vendors have formed a group to push for open standards for broadband wireless internet services.
PSINet has bought its first Australian Internet service provider.
"Click" war may have erupted as Amazon.com filed a lawsuit alleging top rival barnesandnoble.com copied a patented online ordering feature that stores billing and shipping information so that customers can avoid multiple mouse clicking.
More than a third of US residents in a recent poll say they plan to store food and water to hedge against any trouble that might come from Y2K problems.
More than a third of US residents in a recent poll say that they plan to store food and water to hedge against any trouble that might come from the year 2000 computer problem. A quarter intend to avoid flying and nearly that many will withdraw extra cash from the bank. But they really aren't worried.
Computer Associates International (CA) yesterday announced software and service support for the IBM OS/390 operating system and the new S/390 Multiprise 2000 server platform, including a cooperative distribution and licensing effort aimed at helping companies doing business over the Internet.
A limited year 2000 interoperability test of international gateways used by global and local exchange telecommunications carriers involved in routing calls from one country to another found no problems related to the date rollover.
Intel is expanding its empire again, this time with the acquisition of DSP Communications, which makes digital cellular communications products that Intel believes will play a key role in high-speed internet connectivity.