Tech leaders ponder intersection of nanotech and biotech
News Formation of the coalition was one of four initiatives the Joint Venture began in 2001, following the meltdown of the dot.com industry. The Technology Convergence Consortium is designed to connect entrepreneurs with resources, bring San Francisco...
[May 7, 2004, 9:00]
BEA and Veritas ally to exploit utility model
News The partnership will help BEA and Veritas compete against initiatives from larger technology providers, executives said. IBM, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard all have utility computing initiatives designed to make data centre operations more...
[April 13, 2004, 11:30]
Microsoft catches them young
News We are now working closely with the Singapore government on initiatives for some primary schools," said Andy Zupsic, managing director of Microsoft Singapore, in an interview with CNET Asia. Without disclosing project specifics, he said the...
[February 27, 2003, 8:45]
Record labels targeted in Napster suit
News The court spotlight is the latest and most public official scrutiny to be turned on the record companies' joint ventures, which are serving as the first broad initiatives to make major label music widely available online.
[October 11, 2001, 12:01]
Film studios create new standards body
News The studios said they aim to improve the digital movie experience through various initiatives, including adopting open technical standards that would help make competing digital formats compatible and interoperable.
[April 3, 2002, 15:32]
Mobile phones on a mission to the moon
News The UK recently published its Civil Space Strategy: 2008-2012 and beyond, and set out a vision, including: establishing an international space facility at Harwell, Oxfordshire, focusing on climate change, robotic space exploration and applications...
[February 20, 2008, 9:16]
Bluetooth: Symbian to squash Windows CE?
News Till suggested Microsoft could try to stall as it weighs-up the various wireless initiatives but "when it sees a host of mobile devices it wants to partner with supporting the technology, it will be forced to join Bluetooth.
[April 16, 1999, 12:08]
Mobile operators want to get machines talking
News There are major European initiatives calling for less congestion of roads and automatic tolling will play its part in traffic reduction. DaimlerChrysler and Debis, a joint venture between the car manufacturer and Deutsche Telekom, use a GSM...
[November 12, 2002, 14:24]
Microsoft adds dealmaker to top management team
News Emerson, 38, has provided advice on a string of high-profile transactions, including SBC Communications' wireless joint venture with BellSouth, its acquisition of Sterling Commerce, and many of MCI's strategic initiatives including its announced...
[December 1, 2000, 13:03]
Movielink: Bring on the experts
News Meanwhile, the life expectancy of online entertainment ventures dwindled with the dot-com bust, when several major initiatives including Digital Entertainment Network, Pseudo.com and AOL Time Warner's Entertaindom went belly up.
[July 11, 2002, 8:29]
Microsoft on Trial: After tech hearings, now what?
News The same industry leaders who spoke there this week need to do the right thing among their peers" by supporting strong consumer privacy initiatives, said Russell Bodoff, chief operating officer at BBB Online, the Internet arm of the Better...
[June 18, 1999, 11:15]
Opera: Single-minded about widget development
News There are already quite a few initiatives, and there is a risk of fragmentation, and obviously our goal is always to try to make things migrate.to a single standard. There is a significant risk of the fragmentation of technology.
[May 21, 2009, 17:19]
Mobile Payment: Potential and reality for Nigeria
Blog The recent re-awakening of initiatives in the mobile and financial industry on mobile banking and payment services is causing a stream of field trials and potential new revenue streams and customers for the financial services sector.
[January 15, 2009, 7:36]
Price Waterhouse to buy stake in Origin
News During the past months, the two organizations worked together on a variety of client and joint venture initiatives. Price Waterhouse is to buy an undisclosed stake in Philips Electronics' $1.5 billion global consulting and technology subsidiary...
[October 10, 1997, 14:26]
RealNetworks makes streamed music pirate-proof
News The potential for these initiatives are enormous," said RealNetworks president and chief operating officer Larry Jacobson in a statement. Copyright technology that will allow Internet retailers to track the sale and distribution of music and movies...
[June 20, 2001, 14:38]
North Yorkshire gets broadband boost
News As well as being unique in the UK, the NYnet offering is seen as one of the most ground-breaking technology-based initiatives in Europe and is being watched with interest. NYnet, a joint venture between the council and the regional development...
[February 21, 2008, 9:09]
IBM's PC sale will see fireworks
Leader Having let the genie out of the bottle, IBM then spent years trying -- unsuccessfully -- to stuff it back in, with doomed initiatives such as MCA and OS/2. It is the first time we have seen this happen on this scale in the technology industry.
[December 8, 2004, 12:15]
UK signs up to international anti-spam agreement
News Most of the spam coming into Australia comes from overseas so tackling the problem has to be through a global, multi-pronged approach blending regulation, self-regulation and industry initiatives, technical solutions, and user awareness," he said.
[July 5, 2004, 10:40]
€9bn boost for European ICT research
News Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) will see a pooling of resources between national governments, the EU and industry to pursue common research objectives. For example, the EC is keen to see money spent on technology that could contribute to the...
[November 24, 2006, 15:36]
Billions poured into nanotech
News This is why many firms committing resources in hopes of harnessing nanotech have partnered with university laboratories through joint ventures and funding initiatives. Spending on research and development in nanotechnology is expected to surpass...
[June 26, 2003, 7:33]
