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3Com said it plans to spin off its Palm Computing Division, maker of the PalmPilot family of handheld PCs, in an initial public offering,...

Apple debuted its new G4 series several months earlier than anticipated and touted its new Macs as 100% to 200% faster than the fastest...

Mountain View, Calif. – Handspring announced today it will ship cellular phone modules for Palm OS devices by the end of the year. Called...

Palm Computing yesterday announced the nationwide rollout of the Palm VII, the company’s first wireless organizer which has been sold exclusively in the New...

Sales of 3Com’s new Palm VII, the company’s first wireless organizer, are doing so well in the New York test market that retailers around...

3Com Corporation and Sun Microsystems announced June 15 that Java technology will be integrated with future PalmPilot devices to allow e-commerce and other new...

3Com’s Palm Computing and Nokia announced they will jointly develop a new class of products that combine a cellular phone with a handheld organizer...

Hewlett-Packard debuted its most extensive lineup to date in printers and imaging with some of the fastest printers and aggressive multifunction products (MFPs) in...

Yahoo! and Palm today announced an agreement to bundle Yahoo! with Palm III, Palm V and Palm VII handheld PCs. Starting later this year,...

3Com said it will enter the Internet Appliance market “as a major area of focus,” this summer, according to a spokesman, who countered reports...

After a breathless year of consolidation and net-to-zero sales, kids’ software vendors are regrouping with a sharpened focus on branding and marketing. The flurry...

Delphi, which claims to have won $2.9 billion in orders for its car multimedia products, announced that it will be working with Ericsson Mobile...

Palm Computing debuted the first color screen version of its handheld devices today, called the Palm IIIc, and unveiled its first keyboard add-on as...

General Motors’ OnStar announced it will team up with Bell Atlantic Mobile, GTE Wireless and other cellular carriers to offer re-packaged nationwide cellular service...

The 24 satellites which make up the global positioning system (GPS) network are scheduled to reset Saturday, August 21, causing possible glitches for owners...

For the first time a handheld computer will be able to access an America Online (AOL) e-mail address, due to an agreement between 3Com...

Epson introduced two inkjet printers last week that focus on delivering improved print speed and enhanced color performance. The Epson Stylus 760 is faster...

New York, NY — Continuing its push to go wireless, Palm Inc. announced a Mobile Internet Kit that will allow almost all current and...

CHATSWORTH, Calif.-Clifford Electronics announced yesterday that it is selling all assets to Directed Electronics Inc. (DEI) for a price to be announced later, and...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Palm Computing has announced it will acquire AnyDay.com for $80 million in cash and stock, marking Palm’s first acquisition as...

CLIFTON, NJ — Michael O’Neal has been named president/CEO of Gemini Industries. He replaces John Barrett, who is leaving the company. O’Neal, who had...

CORTLAND, N.Y. — Smith Corona Corp. will not be heading south after all. The old-line typewriter company, which had filed for bankruptcy in May...

PARIS — In order to help expand its new media services initiatives, Thomson Multimedia today confirmed that the French government will reduce the 51.7...

CHICAGO — Montgomery Ward has been given $100 million by parent GE Capital. Wards, which is wholly owned by GE Capital, will use the...

CORTLAND, N.Y. — One-time typewriter king Smith Corona Corp. today filed Chapter 11 for the second time in five years, signing an asset purchase...

Newton, Iowa — Citing critical disruptions of major appliances in the retail marketplace, Maytag Corp. said it expects second-half financial results to be lower...

TOKYO — Spearheaded by “significant increases” in such product categories as notebook PCs, color TVs, video and digital cameras and DVD players worldwide —...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Sales in the Personal Communications Segment at Motorola Inc. — namely wireless phones, which accounted for nearly one-third of the company’s...

MINNEAPOLIS — Net earnings at Best Buy during the second fiscal quarter were one for the record book. The chain reported a 32 percent...

LONGMONT, Colo. — Case Logic, one of the leading storage accessories manufacturers, has been sold by its Dutch parent, Hagemeyer N.V., to KRG Capital...

STAMFORD, Conn. — Aggressive cost-cutting measures along with effective technology deployment have helped Warrantech Corp. reduce its net loss in its fiscal fourth quarter...

OSAKA, Japan — Although global sales of DVD players continued to surge, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. reported an 8 percent drop in sales...

El Segundo, Calif. — Hughes Electronics Corp., which provides digital TV entertainment through DirecTV satellite-broadcast unit, said sales for the third quarter ended Sept....

MINNEAPOLIS — Net earnings at Best Buy during the second fiscal quarter were one for the record book. The chain reported a 32 percent...

Looking to remain a proactive leader in the accessories marketplace by introducing cutting-edge product technology, both for home entertainment and the home office, Thomson...

WAYNE, N.J. — Akira Ochida, president of JVC Americas Corp., retired today. He has been succeeded by Katsuhiko Hattori, former vice president of JVC...

New York – Targus Group International Inc., parent company of storage products maker Targus Inc. has acquired Roundhouse Inc., the Rancho Dominguez, Calif.-based supplier...

Benton Harbor, Mich. – Circuit City’s decision to abandon the major appliance category has come back to haunt one of the leading U.S. major...