eWEEK EDITORS

With little left to lose, investors aggressively bought Internet consulting stocks last week, boosting prices of many just before their Q4 earnings release. As a result, our index surged 18.3 percent, its largest weekly gain. “Investors have to put their money somewhere, and theres a lot less downside risk in this sector now compared to […]

Keeping DSL flowing With the expected ratification of the G.shdsl standard by the International Telecommunications Union comes a tide of new bridges and routers designed to improve the speed, reach and performance of DSL access multiplexers. High-performance wares Celsian Technologies Inc., of Tustin, Calif., a digital subscriber line customer premises equipment maker, next month will […]

The old saying, “he who has the most toys wins,” is certainly not true among Internet retailers struggling to make a profit in a difficult market. The saying on the Internet is: The online toy store that attracts the most customers and delivers packages profitability wins. So far, few Web-based toy retailers have been able […]

GM Adds Voice to OnStar General motors has taken another step in bringing the Internet into the automobile. OnStar, a GM subsidiary, is licensing speech recognition technology from Nuance, which develops voice interface software, to give drivers hands-free access to Internet- based information such as e-mail, news and weather. Nuances technology will be integrated into […]

This month, SoundScan released year-end figures showing album sales increased 4 percent in 2000 from the previous year, to an all-time high of 785.1 million units. It was the best year in the industrys history. Free-music lovers uttered cries of disbelief. They cited this as evidence that the recording industry was horribly, possibly immorally, misguided […]

Someday, walking into a store or fast-food spot may be like stepping into an invisible Web of networks, each communicating with a number of devices for a variety of purposes. In addition to the much-hyped existing wireless networks, companies today are building and testing mobile-commerce services that may help solve tough problems with user identification […]

Bill Maggs, Palms chief technology officer, unexpectedly resigned last week — less than a year after he joined the company — leaving the handheld computer maker at a critical point in its development life cycle. In an interview, Maggs declined to discuss specifically what he will do next, but said it will be oriented toward […]

Patching up its broadband access portfolio, Cisco Systems will unveil an integrated access device today that offers small and midsized businesses a myriad of choices in selecting the voice and data services they receive from their providers. This is Ciscos first integrated access device (IAD) built from scratch and designed with advanced services in mind. […]

Slip your favorite CD into your computer. If your CD software works like most, it will almost instantly display the title and artist of the CD, along with the names of each of the tracks. Most people dont even think about how this happens, and those who do assume that the computer is just reading […]

Real Secure RealNetworks last week acquired Aegisoft, a developer of secure digital media software technologies, in a stock deal worth about $12 million. RealNetworks says Aegisofts Rockville, Md.-based management and technical team will join RealNetworks in Seattle. EMusic Makes Staff Cuts EMusic.com, one of the first companies to sell downloadable digital music, laid off 66 […]