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Widley revered as one of the internets founding fathers, Vinton Cerf has taken on a unique position that will enable him to play a significant role in its future growth and development. Cerf, a senior vice president at WorldCom, was chosen late last year to succeed Internet entrepreneur Esther Dyson as chairman of the Internet […]

Ever so carefully, cable operators are letting data trickle through their pipelines to rival Internet service providers in the first trials of “open access.” The early forays are designed to blaze a technical trail some operators once thought impassable. But no one in the industry doubts that once the obstacles are cleared, the trickle could […]

Flaws found in software used to identify servers on the Internet can leave an enterprises domain servers open to a range of hacker attacks, security experts say. If unchecked, the problem could raise serious vulnerability issues, thus leaving an enterprises domain name system (DNS) servers open to outages, denial-of-service (DOS) attacks, and other hacker mischief, […]

Want a law passed in Washington? If you cant please the chairman of the appropriate committee, well, to paraphrase New Yorkers: Fuhgeddaboutit. Thats what makes Louisiana Congressman W.J. “Billy” Tauzin a force in high technology. After 20 years on Capitol Hill, he is the new chairman of the House Commerce Committee, through which just about […]

Geneva — Everyone agrees that intellectual property protection must be brought up to Internet speed, but in two days of meetings here last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization was unable to gain ground on an international solution. Intellectual property protection has traditionally been a national issue. But which nations laws should apply when a […]

Refocusing Williams Communications, hoping to focus its attention on its 33,000-mile fiber-optic network, will sell its enterprise services business unit, Williams Communications Solutions, to Platinum Equity Holdings. “Our decision was prompted by a need to meet the growing demand for broadband network services,” says Williams Chief Executive Howard Janzen. Good News, Bad News Jupiter Research […]

The wacky days of unlimited dot-com financing are over, but some Internet retailers and start-ups are — surprise — still attracting investors. Take the case of BabyPressConference.com, an online hospital maternity service, which just landed $4.9 million in funding led by Primedia and Toys R Us. The Web site allows parents to introduce their newborns […]

CarOrder Remodels Online car seller CarOrder is taking a radical step to revive its flagging fortunes. The Austin, Texas, company has purchased two auto dealerships in California to use as inventory supply bases for its online operations. CarOrder was hit hard in the dot-com crash last year. It stopped taking orders in August and laid […]

Analysts saluted, but privacy advocates squawked when Nortel Networks introduced a suite of smart switches last week designed to tap into users Web surfing habits and learn things such as what banner ads would most likely seduce them. Executives for the giant Canadian equipment maker said the new suite will revolutionize the delivery of Internet […]

Now that Web hosting has landed among the most strategic business units at giants such as WorldCom, the best minds in the companies are looking for ways to squeeze every drop of revenue from the large server farms at the heart of this new industry. For the first time, the telecom spotlight is on dozens […]