As the government's review of the proposed merger between Sprint Corp. and WorldCom Inc. has taken a decidedly unfavorable turn, Sprint Chairman William T. Esrey said yesterday that he is no longer as optimistic as he once was that the $120 billion deal will be approved.
By a huge majority, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that will allow many electronic signatures to have the same legal standing as paper signatures.
Before its next line of high-performance IA-64 processors has even hit the streets, Intel has partnered with Hewlett-Packard to create a free Linux developer's kit to encourage Linux developers to start writing applications for the new generation of chips.
IBM Corp., delving further into the Linux realm, today announced that it will sell some of its popular ThinkPad laptop computers preloaded with the operating system for the first time. "Customers are demanding Linux, and rather than making them wipe off the (standard Windows 98 or 2000) operating system, we're just selling models preloaded with Linux," said spokesman Scott Handy.
France-based telecommunications vendor Alcatel SA on Wednesday announced that it has filed three patent infringement lawsuits against networking giant Cisco Systems, two in the US and the other in the Netherlands.
Unix users of Network Associates' Gauntlet firewall software are being advised to install a patch to protect their networks from possible attacks.
AXA Financial, a New York-based insurance and financial services firm that manages almost $500 billion in assets, last week said it has signed a 10-year outsourcing and technology services deal valued at about $400 million with IBM's professional services unit.
When eCandy.com Inc. went online last November, its goal was to do more than merely satisfy the occasional sweet tooth.