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Report: U.S. Ripe for Hack Attacks

"Federal computer systems are riddled with weaknesses that continue to put critical operations and assets at risk," GAO director of civil agencies information systems Joel C. Willemssen said Monday in testimony before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform.

CBS, Microsoft Ink Interactive TV Pact

"We're pushing the envelope for television enhancements," said Joe Poletto, vice president of the Network Media Group at WebTV Networks. "This is particularly important to us because it includes a variety of television genres, which will broaden the appeal of interactive television." ...

Shades of Gray: Privacy and Online Marketing

Selling raw production materials online to a corporate procurement manager and blue jeans to Joe Smith from Montana are not the same. Different types of online customers, depending on their circumstances and goals, will be comfortable sharing different levels of information. ...

The Politics of the New Economy

Gore and Bush are easy. So is Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Dick Cheney. (Think Genghis Khan logging on to America Online.) But Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman is trickier. Lieberman is tough to label, at least from a high-tech perspective. He is...

High-Tech Leaders Favor Net Security Czar

Forty-six percent of poll respondents chose Republicans George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as the best candidates to lead the New Economy. Democrats Al Gore and Joe Lieberman carried the support of only 28 percent, just ahead of None-of-the-Above at 26 percent. Sixty percent of t...

Arbitrator Splits Andersen Firms

"This is a total win for Andersen Consulting," said Joe Forehand, global managing partner and CEO of Andersen Consulting. "We won. It's over. We have defeated Arthur Andersen's preposterous claim that we owe them $14.5 billion. We owe them nothing beyond our contractual transfer payments, which end today." ...

Back to the Internet’s Future

After all, when Joe Visitor visits an online book retailer, the page says, "We have book recommendations for you," but Joe no longer cares about those books. Joe has different hobbies and interests now, and an electronic agent will never be able to figure out what Joe wants unless he is able to speak with a live human being.

Galli Leaves Amazon for VerticalNet Post

In a brief press release, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said, "We'd like to thank Joe for his hard work and accomplishments over the last year. I believe he is making the right decision for him and his family circumstances. We all wish him the very best." ...

White House Seeks To Curb Net Spying

"It's time to update and harmonize our existing laws to give all forms of technology the same legislative protections as our telephone conversations," White House Chief of Staff Joe Podesta told the National Press Club. ...

Spies, Spies and More Spies

Average Joe, Too But high-tech titans and government agencies are not the only ones involved in the new wave of spying activities. Early this year, controversial Internet ad company DoubleClick roped millions of regular people into its web through its infamous practice of usi...

White House, Industry Giants Back Net Privacy Project

The White House and the U.S Department of Commerce will be among the first sites to demonstrate the new technology. According to Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, "the White House is pleased to advance these goals by supporting an initiative that harnesses technology to protect privacy on the Internet." ...

EU To Block WorldCom/Sprint Merger

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has called the proposed merger an intolerable obstacle to competition and a review by a senior investigator resulted in a recommendation last month to DOJ antitrust chief Joel Klein that the deal be blocked. FCC chairman William Kennard criticized the merger the day it was announced.

San Jose Gears Up for LinuxWorld Event

Michael Dell, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Dell Computer Corporation, will deliver the opening keynote address, and Ransom Love, President and CEO of Caldera Systems, and Joel Birnbaum, Chief Scientist of Hewlett-Packard will deliver later keynote speeches. ...

Closing Time for ToyTime.com

That the toy segment would be hit hard and early during the much-predicted e-commerce shakeout is not a surprise. In a widely cited report predicting that more than half of all online retailers would fail by the end of 2001, Forrester Research analyst Joe Sawyer targeted the toy industry -- and ToyTime in particular -- as likely epicenters.

HP Wins Amazon’s IT Business

"We went through an exhaustive process and selected HP as our primary IT infrastructure partner because we believe in their superior technology and support," said Joe Galli, president and COO of Amazon.com. ...

AT&T/MediaOne Merger Clears DOJ Hurdle

"The merger as proposed would have had an anti-competitive impact on the emerging broadband market," assistant attorney general Joel Klein of the DOJ's antitrust division said late Thursday. "American consumers will be the ultimate beneficiaries." The approval comes a year af...

Aetna Accelerates Net Insurance Trend

Additionally, industry leaders have expressed serious resistance to moving insurance sales online. Earlier this year, Joe Annotti, assistant vice president of public affairs for the Association of Independent Insurers said, "This is not like buying books from Amazon.com. It's a much more complicated process." ...

AT&T/MediaOne Merger Clears DOJ Hurdle

"The merger as proposed would have had an anti-competitive impact on the emerging broadband market," assistant attorney general Joel Klein of the DOJ's antitrust division said late Thursday. "American consumers will be the ultimate beneficiaries." The approval comes a year af...

AT&T/MediaOne Merger Clears DOJ Hurdle

"The merger as proposed would have had an anti-competitive impact on the emerging broadband market," assistant attorney general Joel Klein of the DOJ's antitrust division said late Thursday. "American consumers will be the ultimate beneficiaries." The approval comes a year af...

U.S. Launches Probe into Airline Supersite

"ASTA is elated that Justice is recognizing that there is a serious threat to consumer welfare in the creation of a Web site jointly owned by the major U.S. carriers," ASTA President Joe Galloway said. "The airline participants, which carry as much as 80 percent of all domestic passengers, cannot be allowed to form joint venture after joint venture unfettered by the antitrust laws that are the basis of a free and open marketplace in this country." ...

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