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SBC Communications Inc. is developing a unified messaging service expressly for enterprise users, and it plans to deploy a consumer version of the system in January, a company executive revealed Monday while testifying in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust hearing. Although Microsoft tried to dismiss SBCs UMS plans, which require interoperability with the Windows operating system, […]

Delving deep into the realm of new and burgeoning technologies, the Microsoft Corp. antitrust remedy hearing today examined the software giants presence in the handheld operating system market and its potential for dominating it in the future. The nine states and District of Columbia that rejected the Department of Justices November settlement agreement with Microsoft […]

WASHINGTON – An attorney for Microsoft Corp. today attempted to show that testimony by a Novell Inc. executive in the case against the Redmond, Wash., software makers is biased and reflects Novells own business strategy rather than the matters of the anti-trust case. Novell Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Carl Ledbetter took the […]

Former Intel Corp. Vice President Steven McGeady once likened Microsoft Corp.s culture to cannibalism, reflecting his opinion that some of the software companys business practices are distasteful, McGeady testified in court Tuesday just before lunch. The testimony, in the tenth day of the case brought by nine states and the District of Columbia seeking remedies […]

The strategy that brought the bakery, the butcher shop and the vegetable market under the umbrella of the supermarket is hard at work in telecommunications. WorldCom Inc. this month unleashed an integrated online marketplace called D Street, where small businesses can order and manage their telecom services, from digital subscriber lines to local telephony to […]

Cogent Communications Group Inc., an optical ISP, this week expects to win court approval for its proposed acquisition of bankrupt PSINet Inc. The Washington-based ISP plans to use the assets gained in the deal to expand its reach throughout its 21-city coverage area and offer new business-focused hosting services, according to officials. The bankruptcy court […]

Red Hat Inc. Chief Technology Officer Michael Tiemann testified Monday that OEMs need more protections from retaliatory actions by Microsoft Corp. than offered in the proposed settlement with the Department of Justice. The testimony opened the third week of court action brought by nine states and the District of Columbia seeking to impose remedies against […]

In the third day of the remedy hearing pursued by nine states and the District of Columbia against Microsoft Corp. for its anti-competitive conduct, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly attempted to streamline some of the testimony and urged the parties to provide more substance in their responses. The judge made clear that she would not […]

In one of the most aggressive lobbying campaigns in recent Washington memory, the major local telephone companies succeeded late last month in securing a victory in the U.S. House of Representatives with the passage of the Internet Freedom and Deployment Act, known as the Tauzin-Dingell bill. The RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Companies)—Verizon Communications Inc., SBC […]

WASHINGTON–Legislation is in the works to expand protections for system operators that voluntarily disclose e-mail to the government without a court order. But while the measure is intended to encourage private-sector information-sharing for the war on terrorism, some network operators question its underlying logic. “We dont monitor e-mail. We dont filter e-mail. We only filter […]

Adding a new chapter to its story of escalating layoffs begun one year ago, 3Com Corp. this week let go approximately 350 employees, primarily from its Business Connectivity Co. 3Com is “simplifying the structure of its global connectivity unit,” said Robert Glazier, company spokesman. The elimination of the BCC workers will bring the companys global […]

Round one in the battle of the broadband titans goes to the Bell Operating Companies, whose mammoth lobbying effort over the past year secured them a victory on the House floor yesterday with the passage of the Internet Freedom and Deployment Act, also known as the Tauzin/Dingell bill. The opposing camp, led by long-distance carriers […]