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Cingular To Buy AT&T Wireless for $41 Billion

Cingular Wireless, a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth, has inked an agreement to acquire AT&T Wireless ...

Cingular To Buy AT&T Wireless for $41 Billion

Cingular Wireless, a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth, has inked an agreement to acquire AT&T Wireless ...

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The UpShot for Siebel

As interest in hosted CRM grows stronger, Siebel is moving to establish a foothold in this market. The company achieved a significant victory last fallwhen it acquired CRM vendor UpShot. The deal was sweet for both companies, executives and analysts noted, because it gave UpShot stability and visibility while allowing Siebel to become a major player in the hosted arena...

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The Future of Digital Music Players

Although technology moves at a fast clip, the leaps and bounds in theevolution of digital music players to date have been especially speedy ...

Doomjuice.B Variant Builds on MyDoom Mayhem

A new variant of the Doomjuice worm has been reported by antivirus research firm F-Secure. The worm, dubbed Doomjuice.B, attacks Microsoft's Web site, much like its predecessor, Doomjuice.A ...

Time for a High-Tech Union?

When the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech) opened itsdoors five years ago and started talking to high-tech professionals to gaugetheir interest in joining a union, many treated it as a joke. Now, with offshoreoutsourcing taking off and repercussions from years of layoffs hitting home, noone is laughing anymore ...

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Hosted CRM Success Stories

As businesses have focused more on efficiency and cost savings -- and less onbig-budget purchases -- as cornerstones of IT strategy, they have begun considering on-demand CRM services far more seriously than ever before. Hosted CRM, after all, usually costs far less than traditional on-premise software and is much easier to deploy ...

SCO Adds Copyright Claim to IBM Lawsuit

The SCO Group has broadened its lawsuit against IBM by adding a copyright infringement claim to the case ...

IBM Lightens Up with New ThinkPad for Enterprise

Next week, IBM will release its lightest ultraportable notebook yet, the ThinkPad X40, and the company has high hopes that it will become the notebook of choice for the corporate market ...

Microsoft Unhurt by MyDoom Attack

A variant of the MyDoom worm sparked a data flood at Microsoft's main Web site Tuesday but had little effect ...

MyDoom Hits SCO Hard, Prompts Preemptive Shutdown

The MyDoom virus has shut down the SCO Group's Web site in an attack that began Saturday night. In a preemptive move, the company removed its site IP address from the Internet's domain name system (DNS) at approximately 1 a.m. Eastern time, according to Web performance tracking firm Keynote Systems. SCO now is directing customers and others to a new site, www.thescogroup.com, that will be used until February 12th...

LOOKING FORWARD

Online Retailers Get Head Start for 2004 Holidays

Now that e-tailers have a few strong holiday seasons behind them, many have learned it is never too early to start planning for next year ...

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RealNetworks VP Sean Ryan on Storming the Castle

The future of the digital music industry is of vital import to a company like RealNetworks, which provides the RealPlayer platform for delivering digital media across a multitude of devices. RealNetworks also delivers subscription music through its digital jukebox, Rhapsody, and has just opened a download store ...

Microsoft Delays Lawsuit-Related Changes

Microsoft has announced it will hold off on implementing modifications to the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer as a result of an ongoing patent lawsuit ...

New IE Flaw Piles on Pressure for Microsoft Patch

A new vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser that could deceive Web users into downloading malicious files has been reported. The hole was identified in version 6 of IE, but previous releases also could be affected ...

U.S. Government Plans Cyberalert System

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is set to unveil a cyberalert system that could include a way for businesses and individuals to report security issues and Internet threats ...

New Worm Spreads, Threatens SCO

A malicious program spread quickly over the Internet Monday, slowing down network traffic and potentially leaving electronic back doors open on individual computers ...

E-Business Legal Dilemmas Loom in 2004

As the new year swings into high gear, e-business seems to be better positioned than it has been for years, with a rosy economic outlook ahead and a strong holiday season just past. Of course, 2004 will bring challenges too, including legal issues that will have to be addressed or at least closely watched ...

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Apple Director Chris Bell on Why iTunes Rocks

Digital music has been around for years, but the legitimate online musicindustry did not attract a critical mass of consumers until Apple's iTunes Music Store launched. In fact, expectations were so low that Apple wooed record labels to license their music to iTunes by promising there would be more than 1 million downloads within the first six months. The company reached that mark by the end of the first week.

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The Death of Micropayments?

A few years ago, micropayments seemed like yet another brilliant idea in the midst of the Internet revolution. To download content, consumers could pay in small increments, ranging from just under a dollar to fractions of a penny. Some industry watchers thought micropayments would replace Internet access charges or take the place of subscription fees...

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