Erin Joyce

America Online’s latest battle in the spam wars has sparked criticism from online groups who say its policy of blocking e-mail from dynamically-assigned IP addresses is creating too much collateral damage with legitimate e-mail relay users. Online discussion sites such as slashdot.org have been piling up postings lately over AOL’s recent move to block residential […]

Hewlett-Packard has beat out its IT services rivals to win a major outsourcing contract with consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble worth $3 billion over the life of the 10-year managed services pact. The P&G contract news came on the heels of an IT services contract that Swedish mobile device maker Ericsson awarded HP. Although […]

Sun Microsystems made strides this week with its Linux strategy, releasing updated Sun ONE compiler code for both its low-end SPARC and Intel’s x86 platforms, and adopting common Linux distributions instead of pushing its own version. But analysts also say the tech giant’s overall Linux approach is still tentative and confusing in places, and needs […]

Grassroots organizing, politics and sites that help Web loggers be better bloggers are among the nominees for the 7th Annual Webby Awards, dubbed the “Oscars of the Web.” Along with the usual popular nominees, such as ESPN.com in sports, eBay in services and Amazon.com in commerce, a crop of newcomers made the list for the […]

Network and IT security consultancy International Network Services (INS) has acquired New York-based Predictive Systems in a cash transaction valued at about $19.2 million. The transaction, announced today, leaves Predictive as a wholly owned subsidiary of INS. It also reflects the difficult market conditions for providers of network-security consulting services in the midst of a […]

Online trading and banking concern E*Trade is shaking up the ranks of its board of directors with the appointment of four new members, the departure of two standing members, and the creation of a compensation committee to oversee executive pay packages. The changes have been promised by the company’s new CEO Mitchell Caplan, who vowed […]

Cable giant and broadband provider Comcast is getting into the bundled services game by rolling out built-in personal firewall software for its high-speed data customers. In an alliance with security software maker Network Associates , the number one cable provider has begun offering advanced personal firewall services through Network Associates’ McAfee anti-virus and security division. […]

Computer services company EDS is muscling in on the burgeoning market for digital asset management with a suite of new consulting services for media and entertainment companies. The Solutions Consulting division of the Plano, Texas, company has unveiled a new range of Digital Asset Management consulting services, which it said could help clients produce a […]

Low-cost ISP NetZero has joined its competitor Earthlink in rolling out a new, broadband-like dial-up service the promises a faster surfing experience. But unlike Earthlink’s $28.95 per month price for a faster dial-up service that it unveiled last week, NetZero’s HiSpeed service costs $14.95 for the same claim of a surfing experience up to five […]

The Open eBook Forum, a group of publishers, software makers and interest groups, has advanced a new XML specification for promoting interoperability among a variety of eBook formats and readers. Called the Open eBook Publication Structure (OeBPS), the latest version (1.2) can directly accommodate in-house XML vocabularies with little or no modification, the group said. […]

Call it an embedded cross-promotional content deal between Infinity Broadcasting’s old-style radio and IP-based radio within ISP America Online . AOL and Infinity, the radio station holding company, said Tuesday they would team up in a unique cross-marketing campaign to share and broadcast each other’s content across their respective networks. The arrangement is part of […]

America Online has launched new services for broadband subscribers, including exclusive multi-media content, bundled software such as firewall security and increasingly integrated messaging applications. The new campaign is part of the embattled ISP’s plan to attract subscribers to its AOL for Broadband services at a time when U.S. households are increasingly signing up for high-speed […]