Kicking off its boldest bid to capture the lead in digital entertainment beyond the PC, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox, its PC-based video game system slated to ship in the fall. The company was also expected to officially launch Ultimate TV, an interactive TV service available through DirecTV's satellite network that provides Internet access and is able to digitally record up to 35 hours of video programming. Rest in Peace Mercata, an online retailer that promised lower prices through group purchases, is now chilling at the dot-com morgue. The Bellevue, Wash., company said it was shutting down a day after it dropped plans for an initial public offering of stock. The Federal Communications Commission officially identified five spectrum bands for third-generation wireless services.
Difficult decisions lie ahead becausehe bands are currently in use.
Now it's up to the wireless industry, the FCC and the Department of Commerce to clear the spectrum or find a way to share it so that wireless operators can deliver high-speed multimedia services. However, George Samenuk said that he does not plan to change NAI's overall business strategy. Samenuk, a 22-year IBM veteran, has parachuted into the security software vendor at a time when its relations with customers, channel partners and shareholders are sorely stretched. Then subscribe to the IAW E-Mail Alert. Openwave Be a part of the communications revolution.