Jim Wagner

Overturning a lower court decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Texas ruled Friday afternoon that digital subscriber line (DSL) provider Covad Communications has the right to file an antitrust suit against incumbent telephone company BellSouth. The District Court of Northern Georgia earlier threw out Covad’s case, agreeing with BellSouth’s contention that Covad couldn’t file […]

Verizon Wireless and America Online penned a deal Friday to get consumers more involved in next-generation digital wireless phone services. While Verizon Wireless touted the gains in its content arena with the pact, the real news is the benefit AOL gets — getting the biggest digital wireless phone carrier in the nation to incorporate its […]

A Utah law firm filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the state’s estimated 1.4 million Internet users Thursday, claiming Sprint Corp. has conducted an illegal spam campaign since early May. According to Sprint spokesperson Lisa Brady, the company “doesn’t comment on pending litigation.” The case, filed Thursday at the Third District Court of […]

Palm, Inc. announced Thursday a free download of its updated desktop software application. Version 4.1 for Windows features a distinctly XP feel, featuring a new business expense tracker and memo editing utility, which ports to a desktop’s Excel spreadsheet, though there is no word yet when the software will be available to Mac users (version […]

When you think Corel, you think of its famous visual software — CorelDraw, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Corel’s HoTMetaL PRO — but after Wednesday, the company might just be as well-known in the office suite application arena with the launch of a new licensing program tailored-made to strike at the heart of Microsoft Corp. and its […]

Corporate America is spending more on IT equipment and services for the first time since late 2000, indicating an end to the recession that has cast a shadow over the entire tech landscape, according to a new report. The report, released by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Wednesday, doesn’t give the whole picture in […]

Microsoft officials announced Tuesday the availability of its latest version of Windows CE .NET, featuring a host of new enhancements for the operating system powering handheld and “smart” devices. The Redmond, Wash., software giant has been lambasted in the past by developers for keeping Windows source code under wraps, but has shown evidence of loosening […]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has until Friday to cough up documents its been holding from one of its own directors, according to a summary judgment by the L.A. Superior Court Monday evening. The ruling is vindication for Karl Auerbach, who has spent more than a year trying to gain access […]

Microsoft Corp. executives sent an internal e-mail to 50,000 employees Thursday evening, reminding them that file swapping on company property is prohibited. According to officials at the Redmond, Wash.-based giant, the policy had nothing to do with the non-stop pressure exerted by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) or the recent bill introduced to […]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published a revised schedule for the migration of .org to its new owner Thursday evening, a delay that poses problems with the registry’s current and succeeding operators. According to one of the bidders vying for ownership of the popular domain extension, a lengthy delay in the […]

For an as-yet-unannounced monthly fee, MSN users in the U.K. can make PC-to-PC phone calls, it was announced Thursday. British Telecommunications (BT), the incumbent telephone company in the country, using Cisco Systems public switched telephone network (PSTN) gateways, will deliver a service called PC 2 UK in the near future. The service is available only […]

The number of broadband Internet subscribers has jumped to 12.8 million users, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) biannual review released Tuesday, with cable still maintaining a healthy lead over digital subscriber line (DSL) — for now. The report, culled from information provided by incumbent Internet service providers (ISPs) to the agency’s wireline competition […]