Two Enron Execs Charged in Broadband Fraud
Federal authorities arrested and charged two Enron Corp. executives on Wednesday with fraud for allegedly creating $111 million in bogus earnings from a ballyhooed Internet video-on-demand venture that was a failure from its inception. Separately, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission charged Enron and a former employee for allegedly trying to... Read on »
AOL Allowing Users to Block Pop-Up Ads
Once derided for flurries of pop-up advertisements, America Online says it will soon offer its customers the ability to banish the litter of unsolicited windows that appear atop and underneath its Web pages. AOL Web Pop-Up Controls was to be available to customers Wednesday for download, and will appear in... Read on »
Rules for 8th Annual Apple Design Awards announced
The contest rules for the 8th Annual Apple Design Awards are now available. The awards, which focus exclusively on Mac OS X (news - web sites), are designed to recognize outstanding product innovation and user experience. Seven Apple Design Award winners and seven runners-up will be announced in these categories:... Read on »
Apple updates Java to v1.4.1
Apple has updated its implementation of Java for Mac OS X, now available for download through the Software Update system preference. "Apple... Read on »
AT&T Wireless to Trade Licenses
REDMOND, Wash. - AT&T Wireless has agreed to pay $30.75 million in cash and assign some of its wireless licenses to Chicago-based... Read on »
Sun Fires Latest Round in Java War
Sun Microsystems faces "irreparable harm" if an injunction ordering Microsoft to include Sun's Java Runtime Environment with its products is overturned, Sun said in a legal brief filed Friday. The brief is the latest action in a private antitrust lawsuit filed by Sun against Microsoft in March 2002 regarding the... Read on »
Afghanistan to Launch Internet Domain
KABUL, Afghanistan - "Planting its flag in cyberspace," Afghanistan will officially activate its .af Internet domain name on Monday for Afghan e-mail addresses and Web sites, officials and the United Nations said. The effort, a joint collaboration between the U.N. Development Program and the Afghan Ministry of Communications, marks a... Read on »
Photography Industry Sees Printing Growth
With feverish demand for digital cameras fueling growth in the photography industry, manufacturers hope to persuade consumers that printing pictures is just as important as snapping them. Printing of digital photos, whether done at home or at a local drugstore, greases the industry's revenue machine, according to players attending the... Read on »
Could Linux run your power plant?
Verano, a company that sells software for controlling everything from power plants to factories, is embracing Linux, along with security features that the U.S. National Security Agency added to the operating system. Verano currently sells software based on Windows and on versions of Unix, but believes customers are now moving... Read on »
Growth Is In The Chips
After two dismal years, chipmakers finally have some reasons for optimism. Why are things looking up? Start with pent-up enterprise demand. According to one estimate, more than 180 million corporate PCs are at least four years old. Corporate spending certainly helped Intel, which showed strong fourth-quarter revenue growth after a... Read on »
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