Gene J. Koprowski

This week may well be the pivotal point in the emergence of instant messaging as a tool for the enterprise, as well as for consumers, according to experts. Instant messaging plans were unveiled this week by Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies S.A, joining the IM offerings of Yahoo Inc. and other leading […]

Google is poised to compete with Microsoft and produce an alternate computing platform for PC users, analysts contend. Google Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., on Monday launched a beta version of the forthcoming upgrade of its desktop search tool, and on Wednesday the company is expected to unveil a “communications tool” that is said to […]

A federal appeals court ruling in Boston last week on e-mail wiretapping is reverberating throughout the Internet community—and legal world—with a consensus emerging that there may be prosecutions in the future for what today is considered normal business practice by ISPs. The First Circuit Court of Appeals, voting 5-2, ruled that an e-mail service provider […]

Total Internet domain name registrations have notched an 8 percent increase since the first quarter of 2005 and a 28 percent increase since the second quarter of last year, with some of the fastest growth coming overseas, particularly in developing markets, according to a report to be released today Verisign Inc. The report, called the […]

Has the Federal Communications Commission radically enhanced the powers of law enforcement with its new regulation to allow for Internet wiretapping, as some civil libertarians have been suggesting? Maybe. The reaction in the legal community—and technology world—is decidedly mixed. One expert says the agency is merely changing its interpretation of existing wiretapping laws to include […]

Analysts and RFID industry executives sounded an upbeat note over a proposed patent licensing consortium announced on Tuesday. The plan seeks to bring some order to the rollouts of RFID (radio-frequency identification) implementations heading to market. Called the RFID Consortium, the patent licensing group is modeled on the non-profit association that helped market MPEG video […]

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin says that the agencys new rules on broadband Internet access create a “level playing field.” But critics—including leading investment bankers and Internet technology vendors—are alleging that the FCC is actually creating a new, unfair playing field, where cable and traditional telecom companies are favored over ISPs. “We have […]