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Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure

December 18, 2007 8:51 AM PST

Is the United States foolishly ignoring a question that will impact its future? For UCSD's Michael Kleeman, it's time to stop debating the obvious.

EarthLink's Wi-Fi dreams may be fading

August 28, 2007 6:03 PM PDT

Layoffs signal a major setback in the company's effort to break free of its dying dial-up business and become an Internet player.

When Web 2.0 meets information infrastructure

July 17, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

EMC executive Mark Lewis says the advent of Web 2.0 has flipped the information delivery model upside down.

Bringing public Wi-Fi to small-town America

June 6, 2007 5:47 AM PDT

Companies don't seem interested in building public broadband infrastructure for small cities, so municipalities will have to get creative.

Motorola to buy video-encoding company

May 18, 2007 7:02 AM PDT

Modulus Video will complement recent acquisitions of video, networking firms, Motorola says.

Ozzie's quiet revolution at Microsoft

May 1, 2007 10:09 AM PDT

Chief software architect Ray Ozzie says nearly everything Microsoft does will include an online services component.
Silverlight in action

SWsoft adds cheaper intro to virtualization

April 23, 2007 5:53 AM PDT

Company hopes to find new customers with a $1,198 starter edition that limits customers to fewer virtualized environments.

Amazon chief: Web Services ready for takeoff

April 17, 2007 6:12 AM PDT

Launched five years ago, Web Services business "is an investment," says CEO Jeff Bezos.
Video: Bezos kicks off Web 2.0 Expo

Software AG gobbles up WebMethods

April 5, 2007 10:35 PM PDT

Consolidation in enterprise software continues as two more infrastructure providers combine.

Nokia Siemens Network struggles out the gate

April 2, 2007 9:56 AM PDT

Joint venture between Nokia and Siemens gets off the ground--but it's already warning profits won't grow much in 2007.

Skype to connect buyers with sellers

March 15, 2007 9:28 AM PDT

VoIP company takes page from parent eBay, offering a business-rating directory and a service linking advice givers and seekers.

Hewlett-Packard and SAP to expand partnership

January 29, 2007 10:50 AM PST

HP to offer new services for SOA and NetWeaver, as well as new technology coming from a previous lab agreement with SAP.

'The world needs only five computers'

December 8, 2006 4:23 AM PST

newsmaker Greg Papadopoulos, Sun's chief technology officer, foresees large-scale consolidation in computing services.

On Web standards, Libertarian candidates win

October 26, 2006 2:13 PM PDT

In News.com survey of which 2006 campaign sites followed standards most closely, Libertarians topped the charts.

The next information revolution

October 19, 2006 6:54 AM PDT

perspective Open Group CEO Allen Brown says the big change is not in computer hardware, semiconductors or software.

Cisco spends millions on becoming household name

October 6, 2006 6:29 AM PDT

Net gear provider to spend $100 million on drumming its name into the heads of consumers--not its usual audience.

Berners-Lee: Semantic Web's success lies in cooperation

September 19, 2006 1:42 PM PDT

Net pioneer says the power of the Semantic Web comes from not one data source, but the combination of many.

BEA redesigns for SOAs

September 19, 2006 3:18 PM PDT

Company's infrastructure software will be optimized to promote services-oriented architectures.

Will Vista stall Net traffic?

September 6, 2006 2:19 PM PDT

Expert predicts Vista could overflow the Net's infrastructure, causing "rolling blackouts." Some call the forecast "FUD."

Chambers emphasizes Cisco's changing role

June 21, 2006 5:18 AM PDT

Cisco is becoming more than an infrastructure provider as it continues to expand into new technology markets.