Matthew Hicks

SAN JOSE—Just as enterprises begin to standardize their employees use of instant messaging, major IM networks and software providers are working on the next step—better integration of messaging with enterprise applications and systems. Speaking on Wednesday at the Instant Messaging Planet Fall 2003 Conference and Expo here, Steve Boom, senior vice president for Yahoo Inc.s […]

Mozilla, the open source Web browser project recently freed from its corporate creator, wants to become more than a techies tool. It wants to become part of a regular users online surfing. Now known as the Mozilla Foundation after splitting from America Online Inc.s Netscape Communications subsidiary in July, the project is turning its focus […]

Oracle Corp. on Friday extended its bid a fifth time to buy enterprise software competitor PeopleSoft Corp.—this time until the end of the year. The latest extension of the hostile $7.3 billion bid lasts until midnight EST on Dec. 31, replacing a tender offer that was set to expire at midnight EDT on Oct. 17. […]

Macromedia Inc. this week took the plunge into Web conferencing with the introduction of real-time meeting software based on its Macromedia Flash technology. The San Francisco-based company on Wednesday launched Macromedia Breeze Live, which is available either as a stand-alone product or as a module of its Macromedia Breeze online presentation system. Macromedia joins an […]

Eolas Technologies Inc., fresh from a $521 million jury verdict against Microsoft Corp. in a closely watched Web browser patent infringement lawsuit, now is seeking an injunction to stop Microsoft from distributing its market-leading Internet Explorer browser. Eolas move, filed on this week in U.S. District Court in Chicago, follows Microsofts announcement on Monday that […]

The next major release of Mac OS X, called Panther, is now ready for prime time. Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday announced that Mac OS X 10.3, including the server-based version of the operating system, will be available starting at 8 p.m. Pacific time on Oct. 24. Mac OS X 10.3, including the server version, […]

LookSmart Ltd., dealt a blow earlier this week when Microsoft Corps MSN portal decided to drop its search listing, is pushing ahead with additional paid search services in a bid to build more advertisers and draw a larger base of Web sites that use its search listings. On Tuesday, the company officially launched a new […]

AOL announced on Tuesday an expanded multi-year agreement to use Googles search engine and its sponsored search links within its AOL Search, extending a partnership that began in May 2002. Terms of the agreement were not released, and AOL officials did not return calls seeking comment. In a release, officials said the agreement will allow […]

Microsoft Corp. late Monday announced a series of changes to Internet Explorer to address a recent jury verdict against it in a Web browser patent infringement lawsuit. New retail and OEM versions of Windows XP will have a modified version of Internet Explorer 6 in early 2004 but Microsoft has not yet determined whether it […]

LookSmart Ltd. on Monday said that its distribution and licensing deal with Microsoft Corp. for search listings will end in January after Microsoft decided not to renew the contract. LookSmart, of San Francisco, had been negotiating for the past couple months to renew the 5-year-old deal in which it provides paid-for-inclusion search results to Microsofts […]