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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The government is reportedly working to create an aggressive and comprehensive Internet eavesdropping capability that could fundamentally alter the landscape of privacy – and cost businesses a bundle. Businesses could be required to install expensive government snooping software in their corporate networks, and communications companies may have to do the same. For […]

Those looking for high drama on Broadway will find it later this week at whats sure to be a cleverly staged production put on by Microsoft at a theater in New York. It stars Windows XP, the controversial new operating system thats been touted by its admirers as the savior of the personal computer industry […]

As British Telecom and AT&T were unwinding their Concert joint venture, Qwest Communications International announced two major European deals expected to hasten its plan to become a major pan-European service provider. Qwest will boost its stake in KPNQwest to 47.5 percent and KPNQwest will buy the backbone assets of troubled Global TeleSystems in a preplanned […]

SGI has launched a graphics-oriented server that extends its Origin family of servers toward a more departmental or workgroup type of user, at a lower, entry-level price of $24,000. SGI, formerly known as Silicon Graphics Inc., is a dominant supplier of servers for high-end, mechanical design, video streaming and satellite data collection purposes. The new […]

Sprint said on Wednesday, Oct. 17, that it would stop adding customers to its fixed broadband wireless network. The Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service industry leader had already halted its build-out of new markets while it examines second-generation gear. The announcement could hurt an already struggling market. “It has an affect on the financial environment in […]

The chief of IBMs database division will announce on Tuesday new product bundles and consulting services around its Informix Dynamic Server. The announcement, which will take place at the companys Informix Users Conference in Las Vegas, will go a long way in reinforcing IBMs commitment to maintaining the Informix Server which IBM acquired with its […]

Intel Corp. is phasing out its Connected Products Division – which comprised MP3 players, digital cameras and PC-enhanced toys — due to poor earnings, the company confirmed. “It simply was not meeting expected revenue targets, so we decided to get out of that business,” said Intel spokeswoman Linda Bonniksen at the companys headquarters in Santa […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A last-minute rush to ram through legislation extending a national moratorium against cyberspace taxes failed in the Senate, opening the doors for states to impose taxes on online access. A three-year moratorium on Internet taxes, passed by Congress in 1998, expires on Sunday. The House of Representatives passed a two-year extension of […]

IBMs hardware business may be hurting, but the technology giant keeps rolling out new and improved products. Today, the company announced upgrades to its zSeries 900 mainframe computer that will increase processing speeds, provide better security and allow better use of Linux. The rollout comes just two weeks after IBM released its p690 eServer based […]

A countdown clock on the Microsoft Corp. campus has been ticking off—to the second–the amount of time remaining until Windows XP is officially released. That clock stops ticking this week, but, based on discussions with members of the eWEEK Corporate Partner advisory board, many IT organizations do not share Microsofts feelings of anticipation. eWEEKs Peter […]