Archive for August, 2003

Sobig.F to TimeWarner Telecom - You are Next

Om Malik, Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 8:08 PM PT Comments (0)

Infoworld reports that a new variant of the Sobig.F virus has mutated and will likely go after Time Warner Telecom. Now this is a new twist on a problem which does not seem to go away.
bq. Romanian researchers claim to have discovered a variant of the Sobig.F virus that looks to mail and domain name [...]

Intel and KT Corp. (South Korea) in WiMax project

Om Malik, Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 8:08 PM PT Comments (0)

South Korea’s KT Corp. and Intel have agreed to cooperate in wireless telecommunications, digital home networking and broadband convergence network… [Muniwireless]

Nortel still under pressure

Om Malik, Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 8:08 PM PT Comments (0)

By now you would have thought that Nortel Networks would be out of its misery. Not so, and even mostly biased Canadian institutions are not too thrilled about the future of Nortel Networks.
bq. The massive downsizing completed by Nortel Networks Corp. last year has eased concerns about its cash resources but the outlook for future [...]

MCI’s growing woes as more states go after it

Om Malik, Friday, August 29, 2003 at 7:08 AM PT Comments (0)

Quickly following in the foot steps of Oklahoma, three other states are contemplating criminal charges against MCI WorldCom. The Wall Street Journal reports that West Virginia is likely file civil charges accusing MCI of defrauding the state of tax revenue, while Oregon has filed a civil suit against MCI and its investment bankers. Alabama [...]

Ackerman ready to sleep with the enemy

Om Malik, Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at 6:08 AM PT Comments (0)

bq. “The technology cycle is now so much shorter than the regulatory cycle that
the regulations are never going to catch up to this technology now.” Duane Ackerman of BellSouth in an interview with New York Post
In an amazingly candid interview with Ben Silverman, editor of DotcomScoop and a long time friend of ours, Ackerman discusses [...]

Smoke this you dummy

Om Malik, Monday, August 25, 2003 at 5:08 PM PT Comments (0)

Seven rules of Smoking Etiquette

Apple goes Bollywood

Om Malik, Monday, August 25, 2003 at 7:08 AM PT Comments (0)

What happens when minimalist Steve Jobs meets over the top Bollywood? Magic baby Magic. Apple is pushing its G5 “faster computer in the world” hype on the hypemeisters in Bombay.
bq. “India is a huge untapped market for Apple and apart from traditional industries such as designing and animation we are also looking to Bollywood as [...]

FCC accused of killing trees

Om Malik, Saturday, August 23, 2003 at 1:08 PM PT Comments (0)

Light Reading has an interesting round-up of news surrounding the Federal Communication Commission’s Triennal Review. At 576 pages, this is one monster, and would be one sad-way to spend the weekend, LR suggests. We agree.
bq. FCC took six months to put it all together… so you’ll have to give us at least 12 hours to [...]

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