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A List To Delist
- HP pulls TV
ad after icy response
- Systems
glitch brings NYSE trading to a halt
- Hot
on the Scent of Information
- MP3.com
hit by Another Sour Legal Note
- Finger-pointing
after the implosion
- Proxim
to Defend Against Claims by Agere and Symbol
- Always
one eye on the hackers
- M-Commerce
Faces a Premium-Rate Threat
- Bush
taps Unisys VP for e-government post
- FCC
Chief Warns Cable Industry
- Apache
Software server compromised by break-in
- HP
Warns Of Widening Slowdown In IT Spending
- Windows
XP may steer users' Web choices
- Silenced
Professor Sues SDMI, RIAA
- New
Wireless Architecture Greatly Extends Coverage Area
- Nortel
warning highlights telecom woes
- ExciteAtHome
to make closures
- Microsoft
Not Interested in Owning Cable Company
- State
Energy Probes Look Into Traders' Tech Habits
- On
Wall Street, Jury Still Out On Intel
- Houston
Floods Teach IT Managers Readiness Lessons
From
A List To Delist
Nasdaq delistings are up sharply from a year ago, as
the dead dot-coms formally are interred. HP
pulls TV ad after icy response
Hewlett-Packard pulled a TV commercial
showing children coordinating a snowball attack on a streetcar using mobile phones
after allegations that it led to copycat attacks, Britain's TV watchdog.
Systems
glitch brings NYSE trading to a halt
The New York Stock Exchange stopped
all of its trading for more than an hour because of data connectivity problems
that continued to affect about 10% of the stocks listed by the exchange.
Hot
on the Scent of Information
Animals hunt for prey using, among other things,
scent. It turns out that humans searching for info on the Web use, among other
things, scent as well. MP3.com
hit by Another Sour Legal Note
A Newe York judge found MP3.com liable
for copyright infringement in a lawsuit brought by the music publishing division
of the Zomba Group of Companies. Finger-pointing
after the implosion
Who should shoulder most of the blame for the dot-com
debacle and the pain and suffering of individual investors? Proxim
to Defend Against Claims by Agere and Symbol
Proxim, Inc., the pioneer
in wireless broadband networking, announced its intention to vigorously defend
against recent patent infringement claims by Agere Systems, Inc. and Symbol Technologies,
Inc. Always
one eye on the hackers
Most of the companies gathered at tInternet Security
Conference 2001 had some permutation of the phrase, "we can help stop hackers!"
displayed prominently on their booths. M-Commerce
Faces a Premium-Rate Threat
The revelation by the Independent Committee
for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Service in the U.K. of a concerted
crackdown on premium-rate Short Message Service and Wireless Application Protocol
services. Bush
taps Unisys VP for e-government post
Mark Forman, A vice president for
e-business at Unisys, was named associate director for information technology
and e-government FCC
Chief Warns Cable Industry
The head of the Federal Communications Commission
is prodding cable companies to keep consumers at the forefront as they zoom into
the digital world with new TV, Internet and phone products. Apache
Software server compromised by break-in
The Apache Software Foundation,
the open-source software group that distributes the popular Apache Web server
software, is slamming crackers who broke into its public computer server recently.
HP
Warns Of Widening Slowdown In IT Spending
Hewlett-Packard, which already
expected a weak revenue showing in its current fiscal quarter, said it's becoming
even more cautious after last month's sales were soft in all parts of the world.
Windows
XP may steer users' Web choices
Microsoft is extending to Windows XP a
new technology that could give the company some control over consumers' access
to sites, content and services on the Web. Silenced
Professor Sues SDMI, RIAA
The Princeton professor whose digital-music-cracking
research was squashed by the Secure Digital Music Initiative organization last
April filed suit against the SDMI and a group that represents major record labels
in a New Jersey federal court. New
Wireless Architecture Greatly Extends Coverage Area
New architecture for
next-generation wireless systems for cellular phones proposed by SUNY Buffalo
researchers could provide an efficient and flexible way to extend cellular coverage.
Nortel
warning highlights telecom woes
Nortel Networks' profit warning Friday
may have just ushered in the new world order of slower growth for the telecommunications
sector. ExciteAtHome
to make closures
ExciteAtHome, a provider of high-speed Internet access,
announced it will close its media operations in France, Germany and Spain.
Microsoft
Not Interested in Owning Cable Company
Microsoft Corp. has no interest
in owning a cable company, although it continues to push its interactive television
software State
Energy Probes Look Into Traders' Tech Habits
State officials investigating
California's extraordinary energy prices are zeroing in on how energy traders
use the technology tools of their profession On
Wall Street, Jury Still Out On Intel
Intel's business-as-usual second-quarter
forecast was supposed to be a good thing, but it's too early to be so sure, analysts
say. Houston
Floods Teach IT Managers Readiness Lessons
With floods from Tropical Storm
Allison submerging parts of Texas, corporate IT departments in Houston scrambled
to restore computer systems and communications in affected parts of downtown.
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