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SBC Communications said today it will take over its former parent company, AT&T, in a stock-and-cash deal worth around US$16 billion, a blockbuster takeover that marks just the latest major shift in a rapidly evolving industry Over the weekend, the boards of both companies approved a deal in which AT&T shareholders will receive stock worth $18.41 p...
Ninety-one percent of American consumers will walk out of a store and shop elsewhere if they cannot find the particular gift they want, according to a recent Sun Microsystems survey on consumer shopping patterns Adults who shop online are equally unforgiving of online retailers that do not have the product they want when they want it: Only 4 percen...
Last week we talked about a number of platform companies that could drive the future of the personal computer. This week we look at PC hardware, and we will talk a bit about some of the unusual products that are already on the market Most are built by small companies focused on unique segments, but each, in its own way, is looking towards the futur...
Six months ago, enterprise IT managers had few, if any, choices for anti-spyware products that were not free or consumer grade offerings. Today, the enterprise landscape is drawing considerable attention from Internet security firms and software makers looking to tap into the anti-spyware marketplace Webroot Software is one of the first software se...
In the never-ending march of new search engine features, Yahoo Local this week added a "send to phone" option to itssearch results Now customers who have mobile phone service from Cingular/AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint or Nextel will be able to send text messages with the address and phone number of, for instance, a restaurant directly from thei...
A "bot" -- a piece of malicious software that can spread and function much like a computer virus orworm -- is seizing on vulnerable MySQL database software running on Windows systems to spread and scan for newvictims While the MySQL Bot, also known as the Spool CLC, is mitigated by the limited number of Windows machinesrunning MySQL, it managed to ...
Google's latest release is a tool not for search engine users, but for thecompanies that advertise on the site. The API (application developmentinterface), made available yesterday in beta, should give its partners moreprecise ways to manage their online advertising campaigns, Google said The API is linked to the AdWords program, which allows adver...
Casting some doubt on a theory that its best growth days are behind it, Microsoft posted record revenue for its second quarter, saying sales were strong across its various businesses and predicting that trend will continue Microsoft said earnings for the quarter more than doubled to US$3.46 billion as revenue rose 7 percent over last year levels to...
As part of a shift toward more popular community features, America Online will stop providing direct access to Usenet newsgroups in February Usenet is a worldwide bulletin board system that can be accessed through the Internet or through online services. The Usenet contains more than 14,000 forums, called newsgroups, that cover just about every ima...
The e-mail mistake. Anybody using a computer has been there and done that. You add your name to a business message and click the Send button. The message leaves your screen just as your eye catches a glimpse of an error It used to be too late; that message was gone for good -- the Uh-Oh e-mail! No matter how much you cursed or cried about it, the r...
Too many companies seem to believe that the right technology is the key to e-commerce success But the firms that really make e-commerce pay off don't simply hand over their e-commerce destinies to consultants, system integrators or vendors....
William Safire bid farewell to his column at the New York Times this week, but not because he's retiring. Instead, this Pulitzer Prize-winning, former presidential speech writer is moving on to lead an organization concerned with what some call transhumanism Transhumanism is the advocacy of using life-enhancing technology to improve the human cond...
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) this week released what it described as three key recommendations, or pre-standard specifications, that will address performance and reliability issues for Web services, the joining of software applications inside and among different organizations' IT architectures While there has been a rush to roll in-house app...
Mobile phone handset sales surged in 2004, rising 32 percent over the previous year amid enhanced worldwide demand, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics The market research firm said 200 million cell phones were sold in the fourth quarter alone, bringing the total for the year to 684 million. Fueled by holiday sales of cheaper phones, ...
A week after Cisco posted a notice on its Web site warning users that routers connected to its IP telephony gear could be vulnerable to denial of dervice (DoS) attacks, the company has issued a patch to solve a DoS vulnerability that could be exploited to crash a company's phone network Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) software is vulnerab...
In a potential blockbuster trade that could re-unite two telecommunication giants separated by regulators, SBC Communications is reportedly in talks with AT&T about a merger that could be worth at least US$16 billion If the deal comes to pass -- and various reports say it is as likely to fall through as it is to be consummated -- SBC would be acqui...
In a potential blockbuster trade that could re-unite two telecommunication giants separated by regulators, SBC Communications is reportedly in talks with AT&T about a merger that could be worth at least US$16 billion If the deal comes to pass -- and various reports say it is as likely to fall through as it is to be consummated -- SBC would be acqui...
In a potential blockbuster trade that could re-unite two telecommunication giants separated by regulators, SBC Communications is reportedly in talks with AT&T about a merger that could be worth at least US$16 billion If the deal comes to pass -- and various reports say it is as likely to fall through as it is to be consummated -- SBC would be acqui...
In a move to compete in the growing market for local search services, Amazon.com today launched "A9.com Yellow Pages," a new local business search directory complete with photos and user reviews. Analysts said if the concept takes off, it could expand the world of e-commerce Amazon's "Block View" technology aims to bring Yellow Pages to life by sho...
Microsoft has taken another step to clamp down on pirated software, announcing yesterday that it will require participation in its Windows Genuine Advantage program to get updates and downloads from its Web site The software giant did not go so far as to cut off users from its automatic updates, which means that even people using pirated versions c...
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