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The web hosting story unfolding in Europe is remarkably different from the tale told in the U.S. Instead of spending billions on the construction of data centers around the world, as AT&T, Sprint and WorldCom, have done, and instead of following the spendthrift path cut by international carriers — like Cable & Wireless — British […]

Many proud souls fill their contact databases with the addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of every friend, family member and business associate with whom they come in contact. But by the time they reach contact utopia, chances are that half the information has become outdated. Marching in to solve this problem is Ants.com, a […]

Still Surfing the Friendly E-Skies … Despite the recent economic slowdown, the U.S. online travel booking industry will continue to draw more and more customers, according to a report from Jupiter Media Metrix Inc., based in New York. According to the report, 29 percent of U.S. online consumers now use the Internet to purchase travel, […]

The regional Bells, which once accused upstart competitors of “cherry picking” the best customers, can now recapture the premium business while dictating prices for DSL service, which delivers high-speed services over traditional copper phone lines. Theyre not stopping at the boundaries of their regulated service areas. New York-based Verizon Communications is targeting high-density residential buildings […]

Deal Brewed Compaq Computer announced a five-year, $100 million deal to equip Starbucks coffee shops with wireless Internet access. Compaq will supply iPaq handheld computers and other equipment to provide high-speed wireless Internet access while patrons sip their mochas. Soaring Sales Microsofts online travel service, Expedia, recorded its first quarterly operating profit, and says the […]

Several dozen students at Seton Hall University in New Jersey recently staged a noisy protest, a 1960s style affair complete with marching, picketing and yelling. Nevertheless, the late, famed defense lawyer William Kunstler probably turned over in his grave. Back in the day, college protesters vented anger about the Vietnam War, womens rights or racial […]

While hope for telecom competition dwindles with each failing local or data upstart, the wireless segment has maintained a decent track record, given the number of operators in each market. Most DSL companies are on the skids. There are few full-strength competitive local providers, and shrinking revenue streams have long-distance companies looking for profit elsewhere. […]

A high-stakes battle over a key technology for managing the distribution of digital content has been launched, and the first volley is InterTrust Technologies lawsuit against Microsoft for patent infringement. InterTrust, founded in 1990, holds extensive patents in digital rights management, a technology that enables companies to encrypt documents or media files and attach rules […]

Ericsson, Nokia and Motorolas Wireless Village project may demystify wireless instant messaging between all devices and over all networks. But developers already working on wireless text and multimedia messaging technology are baffled that they werent asked to participate at the outset and worry that the handset makers may be duplicating their work. The Wireless Village […]

Have Some Web With Your Coffee Coffee drinkers at starbucks stores across the continent will soon be able to surf the Net while sipping java. In a five-year, $100 million deal announced last week, Compaq will supply Starbucks with iPaq Pocket PCs and other wireless devices to enable customers in its North American stores to […]

Wireless local area networks have been slow to mature, but 2001 could see the cutting of strings that bind employees to their cubicle caves, freeing them to move around the office untethered. Last year was huge for wireless LAN equipment, and this year worldwide shipments will increase more than 73 percent, according to a report […]

When it comes to promoting optical networking technology, companies — and the writers who report on them — just cant resist tossing in references to the speed of light. Do a quick Google search on “optical networks” and “speed of light” and up pop a bunch of press releases and news articles loaded with phrases […]