George A. Chidi Jr

Nortel Networks Corp. Tuesday unveiled new telecommunications technology, based on Alteon WebSystems Inc. switches, designed to give Internet content providers the ability to provide new services.

Struggling language recognition software maker Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products NV (L&H) won a two-month extension from a Belgian court to better prepare for a special shareholders meeting.

Lucent Technologies Inc. is looking for hope on the horizon by giving ISPs (Internet service providers) tools to deliver value-added services like Web filtering and virtual private networking to their customers.

California's electricity crisis might be a pain in the neck for most Silicon Valley companies, but it is a bit of fortuitous timing for low-power microchip maker Transmeta Corp.

IBM Corp. will release a new digital rights management technology Monday, helping music publishers to prevent unauthorized music copying, said a company spokesman.

Network administrators can try to compensate for about a million things going wrong during a Web-cast presentation, but when Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. in California turns off the power in the auditorium, there's only so much to be done except groan, maybe chuckle a little and wait.

Web portal Yahoo Inc. announced on Monday the launch of a business-to-business information and services site initially covering software, hardware and electronics, a week after forecasts of stale advertising revenue growth prompted the company to look for cash coming in from other sources.

Semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. announced Monday that it is working with Swedish computer system simulation developer Virtutech AB to create software development tools for its "Hammer" 64-bit processor.