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Microsoft bashers were out in full force this month, chastising the company for a new technology in the latest version of its operating system that they say infringes on free speech, intellectual property and the copyrights of Web content creators. Whats it about? Microsoft may add a feature to Windows XP (link to Microsoft Windows […]

Another big round of layoffs is expected at Level 3 Communications as early as today, because the network builder has failed so far to sign up enough major customers to fill $10 billion worth of newly constructed pipes. Level 3 is expected to lay off 20 percent of its work force, or 1,100 out of […]

Businesses are acquiring virtual private network technology at an accelerated pace, but the headaches involved are prompting a host of new companies to offer VPNs as a service. After three years of development, Imperito Networks is releasing its first product with a wide launch today, promising that by using its InstantVPN, businesses can deploy thousands […]

A former CEO of innovative internet service provider Concentric Network was among the first to implement virtual private networks in a carrier environment. Now, he sells a service that he says would solve the main problem preventing businesses from using this technology. That problem is not access to broadband. Nor is it a mistrust of […]

Amid a fragmenting interactive television market, Microsoft faces an uphill battle to regain the lead after watching a $5 billion bet on the nations largest cable operator go bad. Instead of setting the pace for the industry, Microsoft now finds itself competing with rising star Liberate Technologies and a rival coalition that is developing a […]

In the new economy, traditional businesses spun off their Internet divisions into separate companies with big dreams of dot-com riches. In these more sober economic times, many of those companies are bringing their Net offspring back to the nest — to the great displeasure of some investors. The latest to join the growing trend is […]

When a piece of e-mail whizzes across the internet, it doesnt travel in one piece; it is broken into a bunch of chunks called packets that navigate alone to the receiving computer and are reconstituted into a coherent message. This process is often delayed, however, because some of the packets get dropped along the way. […]

Despite a stumbling economy that has rippled through the high-tech industry, processor makers are churning out new designs they said they hope will help fuel a turnaround. At the Embedded Processor Forum here last week, 13 processor cores were unveiled, from new designs such as IBMs Gekko processor, which will power Nintendo Co. Ltd.s Gamecube […]

Security has traditionally been a very good business to be in. Whether youre a weapons producer supplying the military with tanks or a software company supplying an e-business with antivirus utilities, there is always money to be made in defense. And it promises to get even better for data security firms. A report released by […]

SECURITY The company that made its name by providing products that keep thieves from walking away with bicycles will roll out next month alarms and locks aimed at making sure laptop computers stay with their owners. Kryptonite Corp. is readying five security devices. The palm-size Mini Motion Sensor Alarm can be locked to a laptop […]

A U.S. Supreme Court decision last week limiting law enforcements use of technology to snoop inside peoples homes could have implications for police surveillance of cyberspace, and will likely fuel momentum in the courts and on Capitol Hill to establish more online privacy protections. In the case, Kyollo v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled […]

Chris Klaus is one of those people you love to hate. While still in college, he came up with the idea for a new kind of software that would probe computer networks for security holes. The resulting product, Internet Scanner, was the first widely available vulnerability assessment tool. In 1994, Klaus founded Internet Security Systems […]