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Cingular Wireless, a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth, has inked an agreement to acquire AT&T Wireless. Under terms of the agreement, which was approved by the boards of directors at both companies, shareholders of AT&T Wireless will receive $15 per common share, which trans...

Cingular Wireless, a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth, has inked an agreement to acquire AT&T Wireless. Under terms of the agreement, which was approved by the boards of directors at both companies, shareholders of AT&T Wireless will receive $15 per common share, which trans...

Adding another feature to its on-demand computing initiative, IBM has released a set of tools that it says will help developers build computer applications and systems that can identify and fix their own problems before they cause havoc. "Obviously, the upside is very appealing: The more networks an...

Although companies are tightening the security of Windows-based servers, they face some unknown risks when corporate data takes to the streets on mobile devices such as PDAs, notebook computers and USB memory drives. Many are finding that sound policy is their greatest weapon against data loss. "A p...

Judging by its strategy, firewall vendor NetScreen is committed to a holistic view of enterprise security, leading the charge to integrate and deepen the firewall beyond its original parameters. The company's recently released Deep Inspection Firewall, for example, is designed to prevent application...

Only a few years ago, a digital music aficionado's music-player choices consisted mainly of 128-MB flash devices that held only a handful of songs. Now, 40-GB devices double as portable hard drives and hold up to 10,000 songs. Not surprisingly, this move toward more technological power has been embr...

In response to Microsoft's latest vulnerability announcement, a group of security analysts at Gartner has released a research note that advises enterprises against using Windows Server 2003 in mission-critical applications exposed to the Internet before the second quarter of 2004. The note also reco...

Intel has won an appeal of a 2002 patent infringement award based on the technology that powers its Itanium chip line, overturning the earlier decision and possibly saving the company more than $100 million. The U.S. Court of Appeals set aside the October 10, 2002, ruling that found Intel had violat...

A new variant of the Doomjuice worm has been reported by antivirus research firm F-Secure. The worm, dubbed Doomjuice.B, targets Microsoft's Web site with a distributed denial-of-service attack, much like its predecessor, Doomjuice.A. However, the B worm has a twist that makes it more effective. "It...

Cable giant Comcast has announced that, despite being rebuffed by Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner, it will move ahead with a $54 billion bid to acquire Disney. In a public letter addressed to Eisner, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts wrote: "It is unfortunate that you are not willing to ... enter into discus...

In what could be the beginning of the end of the Oracle-PeopleSoft takeover saga, staff attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice have recommended blocking the deal because it raises antitrust concerns. The DoJ informed both companies late Tuesday of the recommendation, which will be used by the a...

When the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers opened its doors five years ago and started talking to high-tech professionals to gauge their interest in joining a union, many treated it as a joke. Now, with offshore outsourcing taking off and repercussions from years of layoffs hitting home, no ...

High-speed Internet access provider Covad has announced it will roll out Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to its business and consumer customers. The company noted that, following market trials planned for mid-2004, the rollout will start by the fourth quarter in most of its Metropolitan...

PeopleSoft's board of directors has rejected Oracle's latest takeover bid, saying the sweetened $9.4 billion deal still undervalues the software firm. The directors said they arrived at the decision that the offer is "inadequate from a financial point of view" after consulting with financial adviser...

Computer security experts thought the impact of MyDoom would fade on February 12th, as the program reportedly was designed to terminate itself on that date. Instead, MyDoom's creators are suspected of masterminding a new malware attack that started Monday. The new worm, Doomjuice, landed on every co...