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After vanquishing most of their competitors, the coast is clear for regional Bells to raise rates for broadband services over Digital Subscriber Lines. SBC Communications is first out of the chute, quietly boosting standard residential Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) packages that sold for $40 per month last fall to $50. Market experts predicted others will […]

T1 as a digital subscriber line replacement? For those familiar with business-class DSL services this may seem like a one-step-forward, two-steps-back philosophy. But its happening. Even though DSL was promoted as a replacement service that was cheaper and more efficient than leasing a T1 line that moves traffic at 1.5 megabits per second, the technological […]

Almost below the radar, gaming and lotto sites have become among the most popular destinations on the Web. Such sites let players play free games with the chance to win millions of dollars in cash and prizes, and the companies that run them say their games are nothing more than harmless entertainment. However, experts say […]

Microsoft Case Goes to Audio Those interested in the ongoing battle between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice can get an earful later this month. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is overseeing the antitrust case, said it will provide live audio of the oral arguments in Microsofts […]

The audio/video field is creeping closer to the computer domain, and CTOs and IS directors soon may find themselves responsible for both. Trust me—it recently happened to yours truly. During the last few years, our AV department went along its merry way, installing TVs and cameras and maintaining videoconferencing links that traverse two counties over […]

The fate of a far-flung network of government efforts to protect cyberspace is uncertain, with the leadership of the FBIs cybersecurity office vacant and the shutdown of a primary government cybervigilance office imminent. The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO) is mandated to close this year and many in industry are looking to the Bush administration […]

Like many other e-business sectors, application server vendors are experiencing a shakeout that, insiders predict, will leave only a few major companies standing. The rest are likely to be either bought, refocused or pushed into niche markets. The shakeout is a good-news, bad-news story for IT. While users may have fewer choices, the consolidation should […]

Take That! Digex shareholders must be pleased with their WorldCom settlement. WorldCom agreed to pay $165 million in cash, acquiesced to fund $900 million in Digexs expansion and committed to sell $500 million worth of the companys services. The suit was filed last year after WorldCom backed out of a deal to purchase Digex for […]

More Secret Than It Procket Networks, a Silicon Valley start-up that continues to keep its research and development hand close to its vest, has lured away yet another of its competitors executives. Randall Kruep, formerly senior vice president of worldwide customer operations at Redback Networks, has been named president and chief executive. Prockets management team […]

Despite all of the attention given to the economic slowdown, the overall U.S. economy remains fundamentally sound. Its just running a bit slower than it has been in recent years, which should give us all time to take a breather and get our businesses in order. The big question thats floating around these days is […]

NFR Security Inc.s updated NID software and Network Flight Recorder Intrusion Detection Appliance caught virtually all the attacks eWeek Labs threw at it, proving to be a great combo for IT managers who need to know when their network is under attack. Although using the appliance requires a minor workaround in a switched network environment, […]

First, I have a word for all the readers who responded to my “Hang Up and Drive” column by arguing that its unfair to ban driving under the influence of phones while ignoring other distractions, such as smoking, eating, singing, radio tuning, applying makeup, shaving, etc. Unfortunately, management says I cant use that word here. […]