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What if everyone who already owned a car suddenly stopped buying new ones? Thats almost the situation facing the PC industry, which has been belching such a miasma of bad news that even Microsofts launch of Windows XP next month is not expected to help clear the air. “Windows XP is going to be a […]

Look which company is back on top in optical transport sales: the much-maligned, nearly written-off Lucent Technologies. Lucent began gobbling market share in the second quarter, DellOro Group says, moving into first place in optical transport gear sales and doubling its share of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) gear. Credit a slimmed-down customer list and […]

Billy Tauzin, R-LA., was pleased as punch to finally win the Chairmanship of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce earlier this year. While the world lay at his feet, with both houses of Congress firmly in Republican control, it was time to return some big favors to the powerful corporate interests that helped get […]

Being a federal judge can be so depressing. Dressed in black, assaulted by endless hours of arcane testimony, watching overpaid attorneys strut and spit all day long in your courtroom. The beleaguered jurist could use someone to talk to. Why not author Ken Auletta or a reporter or two from The New York Times? Unwind […]

Choosing a poster boy for web excess is tough, given the stiff competition, but George Shaheen brings outsize credentials to the contest. He left a big job as president of the company formerly known as Andersen Consulting to run one of the richest and most arrogant Internet startups: Webvan Group. The magnitude of the task […]

The big raz. You know how to do it: Just pucker up — insert tongue — and blow. Forthwith and without further ado we present the Second Annual Interactive Week Raspberry Awards, a recognition — indeed, a celebration — of hubris, greed, ineptitude and general cluelessness. We congratulate the following winners, each of whom should […]

The pressure on Microsoft is mounting, with the European Commission charging the company may be illegally tying its media player to its operating system and a U.S. judge putting the remedy phase of the companys antitrust trial in high gear. The EC sent the company a Statement of Objections this week that questions the way […]

Henry Blodget and Mary MeekerSaw their stock picks getting weaker,Kept their mouths shut til the bustThus losing not just cash but trust —Trust that Wall Streets bluest chipsCould be steadfast and call the dips,Not only tout the short-term wins,So money might keep flowing in.Looking back and taking stock,Their early wisdom was a crock.The picks that […]

Head of BBC Technologys Digital Media Solutions group Age: 45 Born: Cleveland Education: San Francisco Art Institute Car: Infiniti I30 Stress reliever: Painting, enjoying fine art and good wine, cinema, golfing and playing with his kids When the British Broadcasting Corp. needed a manager to run its newly created BBC Technology subsidiary, it took a […]

There were a lot of questions posed about the market dominance of a combined AOL and Time Warner when their engagement was first announced in January 2000. They got hitched 12 months later, after winning U.S. and European regulatory approval. Then consumers got the bill: a $1.95 increase in AOLs monthly access fee. The unilateral […]