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TravelCenters of America (TA) is bringing Wi-Fi hotspots to all of its locations this year. The network, installed by V-Link Solutions with backhaul from AT&T , is already live in 40 locations and will be in all 125 by July 3. Users can supposedly get access from the restaurant or just sitting out in the […]

By Craig McGuire Comcast will offer Voice over IP telephone service to its customers in 2005 after testing in U.S. markets this year, Comcast spokesman Robert Smith said. According to Smith, the cable operator has been maneuvering to debut a phone service based on VoIP using a cable modem over high-speed data lines. Comcast has […]

By Ron Miller SBC’s networks continue to run at a 99.9 percent reliability rate even though 100,000 unionized SBC employees in 13 states went on a 4-day strike at midnight Thursday, the company said. SBC spokesperson Selim Bingol said the company implemented its strike plan when workers walked off the job. “We’ve had a contingency […]

According to Frommer’s, budget hotel chain Microtel — the under 50 bucks a night chain — is bringing full 802.11b access to all its rooms in 266 motels around the country. And it’s free. They even offer free long distance calls. They expect to have the free Wi-Fi live in all locations by the end […]

By: Janis Mara and Ron Miller Utah retailer Overstock.com filed a lawsuit in Utah under that state’s new anti-spyware statute, though the law is temporarily blocked by a court order. Overstock sued its competitor, Massachusetts-based SmartBargains.com, in Third District Court in Salt Lake City for allegedly serving pop-up ads over Overstock.com’s site in violation of […]

By Ron Miller Terra Lycos jumped ahead of rivals this week with a new e-mail service in Europe boasting 1GB of storage. But unlike Google’s soon-to-be-released Gmail, Terra Lycos will charge approximately $6.17 per month for the service. This news comes against a complex backdrop in which Lycos seeks to transform itself from search engine […]

More than 65 individuals face child pornography distribution charges after a six-month investigation of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, according to federal officials. Speaking at a news conference Friday afternoon, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said the P2P probe, which began late last year, resulted in the identification of “thousands” of suspect computers used to access child […]

With the global securities industry now emerging from a three-plus year slump, ’04 IT budgets are again on the rise. New research finds that while the double-digit IT spending increases — characteristic of the 1990s — are a thing of the past, firms are now ready to invest in technology at a controlled and measured […]

The man in charge of Intel’s Itanium and Xeon product lines has cashed in his chips for the opportunity to lead Cadence Design Systems . Both companies said Mike Fister has been named as CEO of the San Jose, Calif.-based electronic design firm. “Mike has made significant contributions throughout his career at Intel and we […]

By Ron Miller Sony Corporation , Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) and IBM are taking their relationship with advanced “Cell” chip technology to a new level. The companies are now producing a prototype digital-content entertainment development workstation that will speed even more convergence in computing devices. The desktop, based on the Cell chip, is slated […]

The Security Space Web Server Survey is a survey of Web server software usage on the Internet broken down by 86 domains. Security Space estimates that even though there are almost 20 million Web sites, nearly 90 percent are “orphans” to which no other sites link. Security Space’s Web server survey counts only those servers […]

By Ron Miller InQuira, developer of automated self-service applications for Web-based sales and service, announced this week the release of InQuira 6.5, the latest version of its software. New features in the latest release include improved multi-lingual support, Siebel 7 Integration Adapter, a new “dictionary builder”, and automated e-mail response functionality. In addition, InQuira also […]