Monthly Archives: July 2001
Investors Raise Heat on CA
A group of investors led by entrepreneur Sam Wyly last week continued its aggressive takeover bid for Computer Associates International Inc., including taking out...
Fast Facts Infrastructure:July 2, 2001
Path to ProfitsTroubled DSL provider Covad Communications says it will pull the plug on its BlueStar Communications Group. By shutting down the high-speed Internet...
Latest Netscape Supports LDAP
For the most part, the improvements Netscape has made in the beta of Version 6.1 of its namesake Web browser are aimed at everyday...
Hackers May Profit From Spam
Several small internet service providers have been shocked to see some of their most unlikely users turn into spammers. But it turns out the...
China Deals Bolster Troubled Telecom Vendors
Communists brandishing cold hard yuan might just lift North Americas largest telecom equipment vendors out of their deep malaise.Its the year of the bull...
Fast Breaks Newsfront: July 2, 2001
Try AgainSBC Communications Pacific Bell unit has refiled its application to offer long-distance service in the California market. Competitors said alternative carriers have managed...
XFree86 Pairs Well With KDE
Last month saw the release of XFree86 4.1.0, the open-source X Window System that drives the GUIs for operating systems such as Linux and...
LTSP Brings Linux to X Window Desktops
Providing an economical migration path to back-end, server-based computing and centralized administration, Linux Terminal Server Project 2.08 is a stable open-source offering that converts...
Small Change
Today, services and content are usually offered for free on the wireless Web in the U.S., mostly because the suppliers and the operators havent...
Microsoft Yanks Smart Tags From XP
Web content creators and site operators, upset over a controversial feature in Microsofts upcoming Windows XP operating system, won a temporary reprieve last week...