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comScore Media Metrix reports that the total amount of time spent by Americans on the Internet grew by 3 percent in September, although the month of September is one day, or 3 percent, shorter than August. This increase in time spent online was driven almost entirely by the university population returning to campus and their […]

New York-based designer apparel and home furnishings retailer Bluefly has banked another $2 million investment from the venture capital arm of billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros. The latest investment by Soros Private Equity Partners comes on the heels of a takeover deal in October 2000 that led to Soros taking a majority stake in […]

The average Internet activity — both at work and at home — in September 2003 for surfers in the U.S., UK, and Australia, as reported by Nielsen//NetRatings Inc.. Average Web Usage, U.S., September 2003   Home Work Number of Sessions/Visits Per Month 31 68 Number of Domains Visited Per Month 53 98 Time Spent Per […]

Enterprise Storage Snapshots offers a weekly wrap-up of what’s going on in the storage industry. Storage news highlights for the third week of October include: StoneFly Networks debuts its new Storage Concentrator i3000 appliance, HDS and Cisco team on enterprise storage, Agere releases a new SerDes core that offers the flexibility to design chips for […]

In a twisted turn of unintended consequences, the enormous success of the Internet as a distribution vehicle for pornography has created competitive pressures among smut purveyors to provide more depictions than ever of children engaging in violent and deviate sexual conduct. John G. Malcolm, deputy assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division of the Justice […]

The Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the Dept. of Defense has awarded a $30 million contract to SRA International to provide independent software testing and other technical services to support command and control programs for the AMC. AMC uses command and control systems to provide global planning, scheduling, execution management, and monitoring of AMC forces […]

WiMax, or 802.16a, has been touted for its potential to make broadband wireless more affordable and easier to deploy, but so far there are no products available using the standard. Behind the scenes, though, there has been a flurry of recent activity focused on bringing the technology to market. For its part, Calgary, Alberta-based Wi-LAN […]

When Microsoft officially launches Exchange Server 2003 on October 21, Apptix will be ready with its private-label version aimed at service providers. Actually, Sterling, Va.-based Apptix has been ready for a while and since July has been testing, at Microsoft’s request, a trial version of the hosted service. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Hosting […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) has extended am existing contract with Raytheon to provide high performance computing (HPC) capabilities. The three-year extension is potentially worth $32 million. Under the terms of the deal, Raytheon will continue to deliver and support the integrated HPC system consisting of a large-scale […]

Paragon Data Systems of Cleveland, Ohio, says it has created a 217,800 square foot hotspot next to the city hall at Strawbridge Plaza — they say it’s now the largest in the downtown area. The hotspot is free to the public. The company used its own bi-directional AireBoost product with an antenna and a single […]

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A recent study from AMI-Partners reveals that U.S. small businesses added 382,000 new employees and spent $86 billion on IT products and services over the past 12 months. Overall, U.S. small businesses expanded their workforce by more than five percent. Spending on IT products and services grew by 11 percent. Hotspots of IT spending activities […]