@Home Buys Developer of Set-Top Software

@Home Network, the dominant provider of high-speed cable Internet services, said it has acquired Full Force Systems Inc., a developer of interactive TV set-top box software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Redwood City-based @Home said the acquisition gives it a portfolio of cable set-top box and video-on-demand intellectual property and a skilled engineering team in the field of interactive television software development. In addition, San Jose-based Full Force owns a complementary data broadcast product called Local.TV that @Home plans to integrate into its advanced digital set-top product offerings. @Home stock fell $1.63 to close at $57.88 on Nasdaq.