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The Wizard of .Us hummed along with a Muzak version of “Back in Black” as he luxuriated in his cold aerie waiting for the conference call to begin, the room lit by the cool glow of thousands of computer screens lining the walls, the ceiling, the floor. He grinned at the mirror on his desk. […]

DENVER – Nearly a year after stockholders of ICG Communications filed lawsuits alleging fraud and misconduct by corporate officials, a federal judge in Denver has yet to appoint a lead plaintiff to allow the $655 million securities complaint to go forward. Federal District Judge Daniel Sparr named the Retirement System of Alabama, the Chicago Police […]

The need for speed is driving business Internet subscribers to change providers. About 24 percent of respondents say they switched ISPs in the past year, compared with 23 percent in 2000 and 20 percent the year before. About 28 percent say they are extremely or somewhat likely to switch in the next year.Click For Chart […]

Application hostings time has not yet come, but this years Interactive Week survey results suggest that it may be just over the horizon. A small – but notable – 9 percent of the population surveyed is currently using software hosted by application service providers. Another 14 percent of respondents plan to use hosted application services, […]

WebGain and Flashline.com have integrated two of their products: Application Composer and Component Manager Enterprise Edition. WebGains Application Composer provides underlying connectivity for a variety of Java 2 Enterprise Edition components, such as Enterprise JavaBeans and Java Servlet Pages. The components are frequently built with WebGains integrated Java development tool, WebGain Studio, formerly Symantecs VisualCafe. […]

SevenSpace announced Thursday, Sept. 6, that it will acquire StrataSource in a stock-swap deal that marks the beginning of an anticipated string of merger and acquisition deals among managed service providers. Formed in 2000 and funded with $45 million in venture financing, SevenSpace aims to establish itself as a leading enterprise-services-oriented MSP. In this niche, […]

Auction giant eBay and information technology giant IBM, today announced a wide-ranging software, marketing and sales deal that could keep the two brands intertwined for years to come. The deal has three major components: EBay will use IBMs flagship software product, WebSphere, as the foundation for its new trading platform, called V3. The auction giant […]

Walt Disney and News Corp have formed a joint venture to deliver movies over the Web and via digital cable TV systems, according to published reports. Disney is the last major studio to jump into the Web distribution fray. Last month, — Sony, AOL Time Warner, Viacom, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Vivendi Universal joined forces to offer […]

Microsoft today officially launched Pocket PC 2002, the upgraded version of software used to run handheld computing devices such as the Compaq iPaq. Hewlett-Packard also introduced two new Jornada handhelds that will run Pocket PC 2002 and Symbol Technologies said its family of handhelds, too, will support the new version. Devices already equipped with flash […]

The Department of Justice has announced it will not seek a breakup of Microsoft as the two parties head into the final phase of the trial, but will ask for behavioral remedies. As well, the government informed Microsoft it would not pursue the claim that Microsoft illegally tied its Internet Explorer browser to its operating […]

Leading Linux distributor Red Hat announced Wednesday, Sept. 5, Embedded Linux Developer Suite. The product is aimed at developers working on applications for mobile and embedded system devices. The suite includes Red Hat Embedded Linux, a stripped-down version of the open source operating system that is able to prioritize instructions based on real-time requirements. “The […]

Compaq deal under gun Proxicom is telling Compaq to bulk up its offer to buy the Internet services company or take a hike. Late last month, Compaq made a bid to buy the troubled company for $266 million. However, last week, Proxicom notified Compaq that it had re-ceived a “superior proposal” from another company, Dimension […]