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As lawmakers gear up to debate the notion of passing legislation to ensure so-called net neutrality, an alternative approach to create a two-tiered Internet -- something many Web companies say will put them at a disadvantage -- appears to be gaining momentum. The House of Representatives was expecte...

A Congressional committee has backed a plan that would bar major telcos and cable companies from charging Web services companies to accept their traffic, giving the so-called Net neutrality campaign a welcome boost. The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted 20-13 to recommend a ver...

Marketers will need to tweak their selling strategies if they want to collar new broadband customers, according to industry experts. Although broadband growth has been strong for the last three years -- nearly doubling from 23.7 million subscribers in 2003 to 40.9 million in 2005 -- the "big pitch" ...

An effort to get so-called net neutrality baked into telecommunications laws suffered a setback, with a key committee voting against language that would ensure that Web services firms would be able to access broadband networks to delivery video and other content. The Telecommunications and Internet ...

Wireless technology is everywhere. Consumers, professionals and businesses are finding they can no longer survive without having wireless access in some form or another -- whether through PDAs, mobile phones, BlackBerries or laptops. One industry that really stands out when it comes to getting real ...

You know that half the money you are spending on Internet advertising is wasted -- you just aren't sure which half. You've read about Web analytics and have played with the free tools that come from your Web hosting solution, but you realize you need more. The only problem is, there are more than 60...

The Web analytics market is heating up, as evidenced by at least two recent high-profile business deals in this area. Google entered the picture with a successful US$30 million bid for Urchin last spring, and NetIQ sold WebTrends to a group of company executives for more than $90 million. The name o...

Technology consultancy BearingPoint will launch a search solutions practice -- believed to be the first of its kind -- and will work with Google Enterprise to deliver search solutions that drill deeper into corporate data. Google has already trained about 100 consultants at MacLean, Va.-based Bearin...

If there's anything that can be called heresy in free-for-all cyberspace it's the notion that people should pay for e-mail, but that didn't stop a few heretics this week from offering monetized e-mail initiatives. Although Yahoo and AOL took the lion's share of the limelight with their "certified e-...

Firing what could become the opening salvo in a price war for high-speed Internet access, AT&T has launched an online-only offer that provides high-speed home Web access for US$12.99 per month. The price is available only to first-time broadband users who are also telephone subscribers. After a ...

Firing what could become the opening salvo in a price war for high-speed Internet access, AT&T has launched an online-only offer that provides high-speed home Web access for US$12.99 per month. The price is available only to first-time broadband users who are also telephone subscribers. After a ...

Firing what could become the opening salvo in a price war for high-speed Internet access, AT&T has launched an online-only offer that provides high-speed home Web access for US$12.99 per month. The price is available only to first-time broadband users who are also telephone subscribers. After a ...

Microsoft owns the majority of the collaborative platform software market, but that is not stopping it from trying to grab additional share away from its nearest rival, IBM. The software giant has announced the availability of a suite of new and updated tools to help IBM customers "analyze" whether...

Search leader Google has launched a mobile-friendly version of its popular Web-based e-mail service, Gmail, offering a streamlined interface meant to be more compatible with small screens. Anyone with a Gmail account and a Web-enabled phone can access Gmail remotely. Google said the service detects ...

The holidays are just around the corner, and this means a significant increase in sales for e-commerce businesses. The stakes this time of year are high -- online sales are forecasted to reach US$18 billion. That's over $8 million worth of transactions every hour in the fourth quarter. Is your onl...