Laura Rohde

The GSM Association, a representative body of mobile telephone network operators announced Wednesday a new wireless industry standard, the Mobile Services Initiative (M-Services), in an attempt to avoid past industry mistakes concerning the mobile Internet, most notably WAP (Wireless Application Protocol).

AltaVista Co. announced two new enterprise search tools on Tuesday, designed to allow businesses to quickly search for information through their entire network, including e-mail accounts and personal computers.

In the wake of its failed merger plans with Alcatel SA, Lucent Technologies Inc. is looking for ways to raise more capital, which will include eliminating 5,000 jobs, according to a report Wednesday in The Financial Times newspaper.

Talks between Microsoft Corp. and AOL Time Warner Inc., concerning the inclusion of AOL's software in the soon-to-be-released Windows XP operating system, on Monday appeared to still be alive, though just barely.

In its latest round of global layoffs, Motorola Inc. announced Wednesday it will cut 600 jobs in its mobile phone plant in northern M

Songbird, a free software utility designed to help artists search the song database of beleaguered file-swapping service Napster Inc. to pinpoint whether their copyright songs are available for downloading, was made available to the public Wednesday.

The date has been eagerly anticipated and Microsoft Corp. finally made it official on Wednesday: the software giant plans to release Windows XP worldwide on Thursday, Oct. 25.

AOL Time Warner Inc. and U.K. cable company NTL Group Ltd. are discussing possible joint activities in Europe, NTL said Monday.