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Wireless Internet service providers have seen better days. One of the pioneers, Omnisky Corp., announced Friday that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a plan that includes selling its assets and its subscriber base of 32,000 to Earthlink Inc. The Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of California must approve the deal first. If […]

Microsoft Corp. is moving its top Internet and wireless executive to its server software group, leaving the mobility group directly in the hands of CEO Steve Ballmer. Bob Muglia, who had been group vice president in charge of Internet ventures including .Net, will become senior vice president for the server division, said officials at the […]

Though long touted as a replacement to cable, Bluetooth is now being sold to the enterprise as an adjunct to 802.11b WLANs as well as wireless WANs. At the Bluetooth Developers Conference in San Francisco next week, Bandspeed Inc. and Open Interface North America Inc. will unveil a jointly developed chip set that enables Bluetooth […]

Nokia Corp. is backing a number of efforts in support of the Symbian operating system, part of the phone makers push for mass adoption of the operating system in the industry. The Espoo, Finland, wireless equipment manufacturer last week kicked off the Nokia Mobile Challenge, a series of contests to encourage developers to build applications […]

iAnywhere Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. on Monday announced the latest version of its SQL Anywhere data management software. Sequel Anywhere Studio 8.0 bests its predecessors with new synchronization features, improved security, and developer support, said officials at the Emeryville, Calif., company. The softwares new priority synchronization feature enables users to synchronize different […]

Many of Palm Inc.s problems have come from promising hardware before it is ready. But some of Palms software partners say that the company also has a problem of not doing a good job selling available products. Palm partner DataViz Inc. recently alerted Palm to a Microsoft Corp. print advertisement, which says, “For example, only […]

Palm Inc. on Wednesday announced that it is laying off 250 employees, the latest in a series of cutbacks for the handheld computer and operating system company. Layoffs will come from information technology, finance and human resources according to officials at the Santa Clara, Calif., company. The cutbacks follow the ousting of CEO Carl Yankowski […]

Wireless Web software maker Openwave Systems Inc. on Thursday confirmed that the company will lay off at least 300 workers this week. The total number of employees will go from “2,300 to less than 2,000 by the end of the year,” according to company spokeswoman Michele Landry. She declined to say where those cuts would […]

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced the availability of Windows XP Embedded, a scaled-down version of the Windows XP operating system that runs on devices ranging from gaming systems to automated teller machines. The Redmond, Wash., software company is offering a free evaluation kit and a 90-day promotional price of $995 for the XP Embedded tool […]

Owing to the downfall of the dot-com economy and the companys own tough economic situation, Palm Inc. is getting rid of the MyPalm Web portal that enables customers to store their personal data on the Web. Beginning January 10, Palm will no longer offer the My Palm portal services, which include Date Book and Address […]