MOVERS & SHAKERS News

Subject: Apr2001 ECMgt.com: A New Internet-Enabled World
ECMgt.com brought to you by ECnow.com
Your Link to Worldwide E-Commerce Developments
April 1, 2001 *4,100 subscribers* Volume 3, Issue 4
ECMgt.com Online: http://ECMgt.com
View this Issue Online:
http://ecmgt.com/Apr2001
Print this Issue:
http://ecmgt.com/Apr2001/full.issue.for.printing.htm

 

 

  • Lessons Learned From Loudcloud
  • Critics Slam VeriSign's Dot-Org Plan
  • CyberInsurance?
  • Domain Name Registration Gets 64 More Languages
  • Proxim files lawsuits to protect patents
  • Quake Rattles IT at Seattle-Area Firms
  • Touched by an Angel
  • U.S. Makes Web Stock Scammer Pay
  • DVD Code Crack Stirs New Copyright Battle
  • Wall Street firms embrace WorldStreet's p-to-p offerings
  • Micron Electronics to exit PC business
  • Insurance carriers move to crumple paper processes
  • Venture Capitalists Lose As Their Companies Sink
  • CompuServe Accused Of Denying Rebates
  • AOL Denounces Lawsuits
  • IBM, Toshiba, Sony Team Up To Develop Supercomputer On A Chip
  • Visteon, L&H propose technology sale to settle legal dispute
  • MSN In Global Cold War Against AOL
  • Via once again on collision course with Intel
  • Getting to Know You
  • HIPAA privacy rules under fire in Washington
  • Netmorf Turns Into a Memory
  • AOL Anti-Spam Effort Loses E-mail

Lessons Learned From Loudcloud
Loudcloud, the Net services startup co-founded by Marc Andreessen, makes a lackluster debut on Nasdaq. But hey, at least they made it out.

Critics Slam VeriSign's Dot-Org Plan
Internet domain name registrars are criticizing industry leader VeriSign's moves to release its monopoly hold on top level domain (TLD) names such as dot-net and dot-org, arguing that the powerful player is using its position to quash competition for the profitable dot-com TLD.

CyberInsurance ?
At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year, hackers with a political ax to grind broke into a forum database.

Domain Name Registration Gets 64 More Languages
Three months after VeriSign Global Registry Services (GRS) began registering Web site addresses in four languages other than English as part of a test process, the company has added 64 new site registration languages to bring the Internet to a larger number of non-English speakers around the globe.

Proxim files lawsuits to protect patents
Suits allege that six companies infringed on patents for direct-sequence wireless local area networking technology

Quake Rattles IT at Seattle-Area Firms
IT systems at Seattle-based corporations received their first real-world disaster recovery tests in the wake of Wednesday's 6.8-magnitude earthquake, which knocked out phone systems and power to thousands of businesses and residents.

Touched by an Angel
With venture capital scarce and restrictive of a companyís options, many find angel investors a tempting alternative

U.S. Makes Web Stock Scammer Pay
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled its lawsuit with Web stock picker "Tokyo Joe," who made more than US$1 million selling stock picks on his Web site.

DVD Code Crack Stirs New Copyright Battle
As Hollywood movie studios scramble to shelter DVD copyrights, a new program that breaks DVD code is fueling a battle between proponents of free speech protection and those who want to bolster copyright protection.

Wall Street firms embrace WorldStreet's p-to-p offerings
Taking Advantage of the financial services industry's eagerness to adopt early on peer-to-peer technologies, WorldStreet next week will roll out what it believes to be the first p-to-p network for the financial services market.

Micron Electronics to exit PC business
Micron Electronics said it is exiting the PC business and merging with Web hosting company Interland in a $130 million stock deal that will transform the company into a hosting firm.

Insurance carriers move to crumple paper processes
Two insurance industry projects involving powerhouses such as St. Paul Cos., AIG and The Hartford promise to automate paper-based processes in a bid to save the companies both money and time.

Venture Capitalists Lose As Their Companies Sink
Young firms cautious but optimistic despite string of failures

CompuServe Accused Of Denying Rebates
The state attorney general's office filed suit against CompuServe, claiming the Internet service provider failed to deliver promised rebates

AOL Denounces Lawsuits
The media powerhouse says the lawsuits--typically filed by companies or executives against people who have posted unflattering messages in internet chat rooms--threaten both free speech and the growth of the Internet.

IBM, Toshiba, Sony Team Up To Develop Supercomputer On A Chip
Tech heavyweights IBM, Toshiba, and Sony Computer Entertainment are joining forces to develop computer chips that they say will bring supercomputing power to consumer devices.

Visteon, L&H propose technology sale to settle legal dispute
Struggling software vendor Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products said it has agreed to sell some of its technology to Visteon, the world's second-largest automotive supplier, in order to settle a lawsuit over a failed joint venture deal.

MSN In Global Cold War Against AOL
With the Hailstorm initiative, Microsoft is not only swiping at its old foes, Sun Microsystems and Oracle, but at Internet aggregation king AOL Time Warner, as well.

Via once again on collision course with Intel
Via Technologies Inc., the Taiwan-based chip maker that has become a thorn in the side of Intel Corp. in recent years over its disputed use of licensed technology, is set once again to take a poke at the chip giant.

Getting to Know You
Your computer has all the RAM and megahertz it will ever need. What doesn't it have? Sensitivity. But soon PCs will be aware of your every mood.

HIPAA privacy rules under fire in Washington
The sweeping set of medical data privacy rules that were announced late last year by the Clinton administration were criticized today by Republican lawmakers and health care industry groups

Netmorf Turns Into a Memory
Netmorf, a company that allowed users to access corporate databases and the Internet from any device, went out of business. What does this mean for companies of its kind?

AOL Anti-Spam Effort Loses E-mail
Hundreds of thousands of e-mails sent by EarthLink Inc. customers to America Online accounts were rejected and lost over a period spanning at least 10 days,

Back to the main ECMgt.com Page (http://ECMgt.com)
Back to this issue: (
http://ECMgt.com/Apr2001)


 

 

 

 

 

Home | Express Your View | eZine Signup | About ECMgt.com 
E-Commerce Resources | E-Commerce Examples | Internet Marketing

 

 

 

 

ECMgt.com is produced by ECnow.com (http://ecnow.com)
Copyright © 1999-2009 by ECnow.com, Inc., All rights reserved
21265 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 205
Cupertino, CA 95014, 408-257-3000 (Tel), 603-843-0769 (eFax)
E-mail: General (
VMS3.Executive.Producer@ecnow.com)
Webmaster (
webmaster@ecnow.com)