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Dell kicked off its 2003 Dell Total Business Tour, a 38-city tour across the country designed to help small and medium sized businesses get up close and personal with new technologies. Dell provided on-the-ground technology expertise for small and medium businesses starting in Houston this week. Dallas and Fort Worth are next in line as […]

Regarding DMCA vs. Spam by Bob Liu While much hoopla is made about Virginia’s anti-spam law and statistics are bantered about regarding the inordinate amount of fraudulent spam, we should not loose sight of the real problem in spam. That problem is the unauthorized use of a person’s property. Storage space provided by an Internet […]

In the intensifying race for broadband subscribers, telecoms should focus on sustainable service levels, according to new study by Point Topic. “A high data rate is of no value for many applications unless it is continuous,” analysts at the London telecom research firm said. “It must not come and go while the user is trying […]

Online/offline youth marketer Alloy is contining its acquisitive ways with a $15.6 million cash purchase of Off Campus Marketing, a direct marketing firm owned by youth-focused company Student Advantage. The New York-based Alloy, which in the past few years has acquired high school and college marketer 360 Youth, BMX biking site Dan’s Competition and college […]

Level 3 has won a multi-year, multi-million-dollar deal to supply dark fiber for Internet2, a network connecting universities and research labs throughout the United States. Specific terms of the pact were not disclosed. Internet2 will enable testing of applications, including uncompressed high-definition video, remote control of scientific instruments such as mountaintop telescopes and electron microscopes, […]

Interland , a Web hosting provider that targets small and medium businesses, today announced an agreement to integrate its Web site creation and hosting services with PayPal’s electronic transaction platform to create E-Store Builder, an online storefront building tool. E-Store Builder is part of Interland’s Business Solutions service, which is designed to provide the tools […]

The owners the America Plaza office building in San Diego believe they’re the first to offer free wireless Internet access to tenants, guests and visitors. “We have moved from the concept of ‘Hot Spot’ to ‘Hot Building,’” Matt Spathas, of SENTRE Partners said. “Our tenants thought free Wi-Fi was cool in the public places, but […]

Content delivery network Speedera said it is using Microsoft’s Window Media 9 Series on Windows Server 2003 to handle large volumes of streaming media traffic for the National Hockey League’s Web site. Financial terms between the Santa Clara, Calif., and Redmond, Wash., firms were not disclosed. Privately held Speedera firm competes against Akamai Technologies, Cable […]

Looking to promote its spam-killing software, interMute is giving away its porn-blocking modules as part of an effort to promote a “family-friendly” Internet. The Braintree, Mass.-based interMute said customers that sign up for a 30-day trial of its SpamSubtract Pro software could continue using the porn-blocking aspects of the package, even if they don’t buy […]

Segue Software said CEO Stephen B. Butler has resigned to take a job with a private company in the electronic design automation market. He was with the company more than five years. General Counsel Samuel J. Gallo and CFO Douglas Zaccaro will handle the CEO duties until a replacement is found. Lexington, Mass.-based Segue has […]

Kintera Inc., an ASP that focuses on the nonprofit sector, today announced that it has acquired Donation Depot, a Tacoma, Wash. ASP that specializes in helping organization such as United Way agencies and higher education institutions manage donations. “Now that we are equipped with the combination of Donation Depot and Kintera suite of online tools, […]

For the second time, McData has raised its first-quarter financial estimates on strong demand for its storage area networking components. The Broomfield, Colo., firm expects revenue of $102 million to $103 milion for the three-month period, compared to earlier projections of $92 million to $97 million. Earnings will be “at least” 5 cents per share […]