Monthly Archives: March 2001
All in the Family
When nine U.S. lawmakers from Washington State approached Michael Powell last month, they brought a foreboding message: If the Federal Communications Commission rejects the...
More Secure E-Mail
Qualcomm, maker of the Eudora e-mail program, announced it will add seamless privacy capabilities to the worlds most popular retail e-mail client.The addition of...
Fast Breaks Newsfront: March 26, 2001
IPO DiscontentIt may be spring, but the cold, hard winter of IPO discontent continues unabated. Last week, Lucent Technologies optical components spin-off Agere Systems...
Fast Facts Infrastructure: March 26, 2001
New LeaderBetsy J. Bernard has been named president and CEO of AT&Ts consumer services unit. Bernard will take over the telecom giants huge —...
Check for Loose Connections
Every day, the news gets gloomier. It started last year with the carriers. Then came layoffs from the telecom equipment manufacturers like Lucent Technologies...
Looser Reins
Changes at the Federal Communications Commission may be a harbinger of other Bush administration policies, with looser regulatory reins that may mean fewer telecom...
IBM Hammers Out AIX, Linux Clusters
IT managers awaiting the release of eServer clusters for Unix and Linux said IBM has given them two good reasons to try the offerings:...
Take a Swing at Linux for Small Business
With most business-grade Linux distributions, you already have every software package a small business could ever use. Putting them all together, though, could be...
SuSE 7.1 Professional Still in Minor Leagues
SuSE Linux 7.1 professional, the first product eWeek Labs has seen thats built around the new Linux 2.4 kernel, is easy to install and...
Bad Economys Good for Open Source
Now that the economy has encouraged computer technologists to re-enter reality, its time to take a look at how open source will weather the...