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FBI Net Spying Draws Fire

A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Web-based surveillance program, which the agency says is designed specifically to be used in criminal investigations, is drawing withering fire from critics who say it is compromising the privacy of law-abiding Internet users ...

Report: Year’s Hack Attacks To Cost $1.6 Trillion

A new study covering 30 countries and nearly 5,000 Information Technology (IT) professionals shows that hacker attacks will cost the world economy a whopping $1.6 trillion (US$) this year ...

UK Net Use Leads Europe

More than 10 million people in the UK now have access to the Internet -- more than in any other country in Europe, but still far less than in North America, according to a new survey ...

Wireless Wonders Are Passing Fads

Although I may be a lone voice in the wireless wilderness, I still believe the personal computer is not only alive, but healthy as a horse ...

Consumers To Serve on Domain Name Board

The Center for Democracy and Technology, Common Cause, and the American Library Association have launched a campaign to raise public interest in an election designed to ensure that individual Web users are not overwhelmed by government and corporate interests when it comes to governance of the Internet ...

Networking Firms Ally To Spike Internet Speed

The Internet will become a faster, more powerful force in e-commerce as a result of an alliance between Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) and Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR), according to industry observers ...

Oracle Reveals Role as Microsoft Snoop

Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq NM: ORCL) admitted Tuesday to hiring a detective firm to investigate groups that came out in public support of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq NM: MSFT) during its antitrust battle with the U.S. government ...

Software Pirates Fined by Watchdog Group

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced Monday that it has reached settlements totaling $2.4 million (US$) in fines from 20 companies found guilty of software piracy ...

Liberty, UnitedGlobal in $3.48B Broadband Deal

Liberty Media Group (NYSE: LMGA), the cable television arm of AT&T, announced Monday that it will combine broadband assets with UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (Nasdaq: UCOMA) to create the world's largest cable television company outside the United States ...

Draw Declared in AT&T Broadband Case

In what is being described as a victory by both AT&T and open access advocates, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the city of Portland, Oregon has no authority to force AT&T to open its broadband infrastructure to competitors because the operation comes under the purview of federal regulators ...

Draw Declared in AT&T Broadband Case

In what is being described as a victory by both AT&T and open access advocates, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the city of Portland, Oregon has no authority to force AT&T to open its broadband infrastructure to competitors because the operation comes under the purview of federal regulators ...

Draw Declared in AT&T Broadband Case

In what is being described as a victory by both AT&T and open access advocates, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the city of Portland, Oregon has no authority to force AT&T to open its broadband infrastructure to competitors because the operation comes under the purview of federal regulators ...

Intel Unveils First Internet Appliance

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq NM: INTC), half of the so-called "Wintel duopoly" that rules the global personal computer market, inched a step closer to making personal computers obsolete by introducung its first Internet appliance Thursday ...

Judge Sends Microsoft Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

In another defeat for Microsoft, the federal judge who found the software giant in violation of federal antitrust laws and ordered a breakup of the company has sent its appeal directly to the U.S. Supreme Court ...

EU To Block WorldCom/Sprint Merger

The $129 billion (US$) merger of WorldCom, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: WCOM) and Sprint Corp. (NYSE: FON) -- which would form one of the largest corporate unions in history -- will be blocked by European antitrust authorities, according to a published report ...

UN Urged To Close Global Digital Divide

A panel of Information Technology (IT) experts commissioned by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported Monday that urgent action is needed to slow the "digital divide" that is separating rich countries from poorer nations ...

Online Ad Revenues Set To Soar Globally

A report released Monday projects that online global advertising will swell from $4.3 billion (US$) last year to $28 billion by 2005, but that many companies are unprepared to take advantage of the surge ...

Despite Woes, Gates Still World’s Richest

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates lost $40 billion (US$) on paper in less than a year, but he is still the world's richest person, according to Forbes magazine's 14th annual list, released Friday. With a reported net worth of $60 billion, Gates tops the "richest" list for the sixth year in a row ...

U.S. House Passes E-SIGN Act

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that would make most electronic signatures over the Internet as legal and binding as written signatures on paper ...

Microsoft Files Appeal After Delay Tactic Fails

Just hours after being rebuffed in its motion to stay the harsh remedies ordered last week by a federal judge, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday appealed the landmark decision to split the software giant into two competing companies ...

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