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Cream Puff
You could call 3Coms Audrey an Internet pastry: Its a light, sweet and tasty snack, but essentially an unfulfilling experience.It has some fine qualities,...
Beam Me Outta Priceline, Scotty
The dot-com fire sale is hitting many former stars and their front men. Take Priceline.com, whose missteps and dot-com carnage bucketed its share price...
Authenticating Data in the Chad Universe
The nation is grappling with the failures of its current electoral system, and many people are seeking solutions to bring the election process into...
Fast Breaks Newsfront: January 8, 2001
Lets ShareThe Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a program called InfraGuard, which it hopes will "expand direct contacts with private-sector infrastructure owners and operators"...
Wireless Fix
When western multiplex and adaptive Broadband announced their intention to merge in November 2000, observers saw the move as the start of consolidation in...
Digital Island: Yet Another Castaway?
Like Tom Hanks character in the movie "Cast Away," many investors have left Digital Island for dead. Sure, sales are on the rise. But...
Gorilla Partnering
The pickings were big but scarce when IntelliNet Corp. opened its doors in 1998. The consulting and management services firm had big ambitions. But...
CA Gets the Last Laugh
Nearly four years after the fact, Computer Associates and the former Cheyenne Software finally are getting the last laugh on Network Associates.Software historians will...
Up in the Air
This year promises to be busy for wireless operators as they jockey for position in the global race to deploy new networks. In the...
3Com Spin-off Turns Rival
The latest episode in the 3Com and U.S. Robotics story might play out like something from a PBS television nature special: The offspring grows...