Cisco makes wireless play with ExiO acquisition
Cisco Systems on Thursday made its 22nd acquisition this year, purchasing privately-held ExiO Communications for about $US155 million in stock, according to a joint statement from the companies.
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SAN Management Dominates Show Floor
As SANs (storage area networks) grow, managing them becomes difficult. A number of new hardware and software products announced at Comdex are focused on managing SANs.
COMDEX : SAN management dominates floor show
As storage area networks (SANs) grow, managing them becomes difficult. A number of new hardware and software products announced at Comdex are focused on managing SANs.
Sun unveils resource site
Sun Microsystems has unveiled Dot-Com Builder, a resource Web site designed to harness and distribute Web-programming knowledge from leading developers on the Web. The site will aim to be a resource for Web developers who create applications using Java, extensible mark-up language (XML), and other server-side scripting languages.
Sun launches site for Web developers
Sun Microsystems has unveiled Dot-Com Builder, a resource Web site designed to harness and distribute Web-programming knowledge from leading developers on the Web. The site will aim to be a resource for Web developers who create applications using Java, extensible markup language (XML), and other server-side scripting languages.
Napster's Home-User Base Increases 500 Percent
BOSTON (10/05/2000) - Napster Inc., the controversial Web site for swapping music files, has another "record" to its credit: its file-sharing software is the fastest-growing software application ever among U.S. home users, according to a study released by Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. on Thursday.
Your Palm is ringing
Palm and RealVision Technology has announced a telephony attachment device for the Palm V handheld device, enabling the PDA (personal digital assistant) to function like a cell phone. The device, as yet unnamed, will snap on to the PDA and will include a headset to enable users to listen to and hold phone conversations.
McAfee ships cookie-cleaning software
Ever wondered why certain Web sites recognise your identity as soon you visit them? It's thanks to a 'cookie', a small file containing personal information inserted on your machine by a Web site. Some cookies have the potential to be pretty dangerous, violating user privacy by extracting more sensitive information from your machine than you might like.
AOL Unveils Netbusiness
BOSTON (09/13/2000) - America Online Inc. Wednesday unveiled Netscape Netbusiness, an online business resource Web site targeted at small business owners. Available via the Workplace channel on the AOL network, Netscape Communications Corp.'s Netcenter and a range of AOL's brands including CompuServe and ICQ, AOL is touting the Netbusiness service as a virtual "home" for small businesses.
AOL Acquires DHTML Specialist IAmaze
America Online Inc. (AOL) announced Tuesday that it has acquired iAmaze Inc., a developer of DHTML (Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language) products and services, for an undisclosed sum.
AOL Acquires Voice Portal Quack.com
BOSTON (09/01/2000) - America Online Inc. (AOL) Thursday announced the acquisition of voice portal Quack.com Inc. for an undisclosed amount. AOL plans to use Quack.com's voice recognition services to offer its Web content via telephone, said a company statement.
Site Unveils Hindi Music Downloads
BOSTON (08/31/2000) - The Indian music industry is set to be hit by the Internet revolution with this week's launch of a pay-per-download music service by Venus Tapes & Records Ltd.
HP Rolls Out New Heavy-Duty Printers
Hewlett-Packard Co. Tuesday announced three new series of large-format printers, the DesignJet 5000, 500 and 800 printers. The company made the announcement at the Seybold publishing conference being held this week in San Francisco.
Intuit Announces Quicken for Mac 2001
BOSTON (08/23/2000) - Intuit Inc. promised to ease the 'taxing' process of managing personal finances for Macintosh users with Wednesday's announcement of Quicken 2001 Deluxe for the Macintosh.
Intel Invests in Server Communication Technology
BOSTON (08/22/2000) - Intel Capital, a division of Intel Corp. Tuesday made an
undisclosed investment in Banderacom, a developer of InfiniBand-based
semiconductors as part of the company's first round of financing. The news
comes on the same day that Intel announced its first three InfiniBand-based
products.