Monthly Archives: February 2001
The Routers Edge
Ever so carefully, cable operators are letting data trickle through their pipelines to rival Internet service providers in the first trials of "open access."...
Make Sure You Lock The Door
Flaws found in software used to identify servers on the Internet can leave an enterprises domain servers open to a range of hacker attacks,...
Billy Tauzin
Want a law passed in Washington? If you cant please the chairman of the appropriate committee, well, to paraphrase New Yorkers: Fuhgeddaboutit.Thats what makes...
Intellectual Property Dilemma
Geneva — Everyone agrees that intellectual property protection must be brought up to Internet speed, but in two days of meetings here last week,...
Disneys Go.com Site Goes No More
January was not kind to online news sites and portals, beginning and ending with layoffs and closures.The latest casualty was The Walt Disney Co.s...
Fast Facts Infrastructure: February 5, 2001
RefocusingWilliams Communications, hoping to focus its attention on its 33,000-mile fiber-optic network, will sell its enterprise services business unit, Williams Communications Solutions, to Platinum...
Lucky Few Still Get Bucks
The wacky days of unlimited dot-com financing are over, but some Internet retailers and start-ups are — surprise — still attracting investors.Take the case...
Fast Facts Section B: February 5, 2001
CarOrder RemodelsOnline car seller CarOrder is taking a radical step to revive its flagging fortunes. The Austin, Texas, company has purchased two auto dealerships...
Privacy Advocates Not Suite on Nortel
Analysts saluted, but privacy advocates squawked when Nortel Networks introduced a suite of smart switches last week designed to tap into users Web surfing...
Small Hosters Reach For Managed Holy Grail
Now that Web hosting has landed among the most strategic business units at giants such as WorldCom, the best minds in the companies are...