Jim Wagner

Despite vocal criticism and numerous delays, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Monday re-affirmed its nomination of the Internet Society (ISOC) for management of the .org registry. The final report now goes to the ICANN board of directors, who will sign off on the decision or select another of its choosing Oct. […]

A security site that is well-known in the hacker community on Friday exposed a critical error that opened the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) Web site to attacks. The major security breach occurred after the RIAA’s web administrators failed to secure a portion of the site to remote access, opening the door to anyone […]

How do you find fiber in a major city where it’s all been taken? In the case of IDT , you find it in the oddest places, namely bankruptcy court. The Newark, N.J. carrier bought the indefeasible rights of use (IRU) contract Friday from Star Telecommunications, a competitor fallen on hard times and selling its […]

While some fixed wireless ISP purists sneer at the idea of deploying and maintaining Wi-Fi in the community, making a profit on the endeavor isn’t strictly the end goal of a successful ISP business. Case in point, First Step Internet, an ISP based in Moscow, Idaho, which has taken a winding road to its destination […]

Microsoft came to the home of the Internet in a big way Thursday, holding an opening ceremony for its new $25 million telecommunications facility and donating $61,000 in grants to Reston Interfaith. Reston, Va. is considered by many the birthplace of the Internet, the site where the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA) Net found […]

Windows CE .Net will run on Motorola’s upcoming line of 32-bit PDAs, Microsoft officials said Wednesday. The news comes on the heels of news by its archrival Palm , which Tuesday released a Web browser for Palm OS 5 handheld devices. Both companies, Palm and Microsoft, are expected to hit off an intense marketing campaign […]

IBM will release new software in its Web services suite of applications early next year to address the problem of data security, officials announced Wednesday. The Tivoli Access Manager is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2003, in what officials said would “provide integrity and confidentiality in Web services applications.” Tivoli’s upcoming version […]

The Commerce Department is getting ready to officially bless the “contract” extension of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), with the announcement expected as early as this afternoon. Nancy Victory, an assistant secretary at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), told reporters at a conference call Friday the Department of Commerce […]

EarthLink , perhaps a bit worried about recent troubles at telecom giant WorldCom, signed a deal with another wholesale dial-up Internet provider, officials announced Monday. StarNet, one of a few remaining pure-play wholesale dial-up providers in the nation today, is opening up its 2,900 POPs throughout the U.S. and Canada to the Internet service provider’s […]

Microsoft Monday released the latest iteration of its .Net software running on compact devices, improving SQL Server and running a second round of beta testing on Visual Studio and .Net Compact Framework. The Redmond, Wash., software giant has been making a big push to bring its vision of Web services to PDAs and other handheld […]

In an industry where announcements are generally made through canned new releases and press conferences, Yahoo! and SBC launched its co-branded service Thursday to a flurry of ad banners. It’s a novel approach that underscores both company’s reliance on Yahoo!’s dominating Web presence to bring in new dial-up Internet subscribers. Both dial-up and digital subscriber […]

According to reports, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is apparently getting ready to release wireless carriers from $15.85 billion in spectrum obligations. Wireless carriers would not comment at press time, but it’s certain some would take the FCC up on its offer to back out of spectrum once owned by NextWave and Urban Comm-North Carolina, […]