Laura Rohde

Supporters of the Wireless Village initiative unveiled Version 1.0 of their specification for the interoperability of mobile instant messaging and presence services (IMPS) on Wednesday.

British Telecommunications PLC will outline its plans for "significant" price cuts on its wholesale broadband services within the next two weeks, BT's new chief executive officer Ben Verwaayen said Thursday.

With a court date set for next week in New York, British Telecommunications PLC will press ahead with its patent-infringement lawsuit against Prodigy Communications Corp., even if the lawsuit brings BT bad publicity, BT Chairman Christopher Bland said Thursday.

A lack of blade-server standards may retard market growth of the space-saving devices, according to a study released Tuesday by Gartner Inc.'s Dataquest Inc. division.

Software maker Adobe Systems Inc. has agreed to purchase Ottawa-based electronic-forms software and service provider Accelio Corp. in an all-stock deal valued at US$72 million, the companies announced Friday.

Internet auction site eBay Inc. has agreed to collaborate with the venerable yet troubled U.K. auction house Sotheby's Holding's Inc. in an attempt to put more expensive art offerings on eBay while driving more customers to Sotheby's Web site, the companies announced Thursday.

Although the worldwide server market saw continued growth in 2001, the annual growth rate in unit shipments for the year was at its lowest since 1996, according to preliminary statistics released Wednesday by Gartner Inc.'s Dataquest Inc. division.

IBM Corp., Motorola Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC are working together to develop device-management technology, in an effort to bring convenient phone-setup and maintenance services to users of GPRS and 3G handhelds, the companies announced Thursday.