PeopleSoft's Board Rejects Oracle's Latest Bid [June 20, 2003] The enterprise applications maker says Oracle's takeover bid will tie the company up in anti-trust issues and damage its business.Special Report: Oracle's Hostile Bid
[more Enterprise]
Best Buy or Biggest Scam? [June 19, 2003] UPDATE: The electronics retailer is the latest victim of a scam plaguing e-commerce sites. [more Ecommerce]
Senate Panel Overwhelmingly Passes Anti-Spam Bill [June 19, 2003] Calling for up to a year in prison and maximum fines of $1 million for spammers, Burns-Wyden measure goes to full Senate for consideration. [more from dc.internet.com]
NASD Ups Instant Messaging Ante [June 19, 2003] With so much IM traffic getting passed around Wall Street, the securities regulator says members need to improve IM record keeping in the same way they archive e-mail. IM Order Could Boost Storage Firms
[more Finance]
Gateway Enters PDA Arena [June 19, 2003]
The first Gateway-branded PDA will begin shipping its '100X' in mid- to late July with an Intel 400MHz XScale processor running Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Software for Pocket PCs.
[more from siliconvalley.internet.com]
CIOs Still Concerned by Wireless Standards, Security [June 19, 2003]
A panel at CeBIT America says, with the millions of dollars they're investing in mobile technologies, availability and integration with multiple platforms are still hot topics.
[more from www.atnewyork.com]
Openwave Closes the Door on 12% of Staff [June 19, 2003]
About 180 people who were working on a development and porting project are let go as part of a company restructuring.
[more Wireless]
U.N. Becomes Latest Wi-Fi 'Hotspot' [June 19, 2003] On June 26, the Wireless Internet Institute think tank will host a one-day conference on 802.11 networking at the United Nations. The topic: world-wide trends in Wi-Fi regulation.
[more Wireless]
Lucent Tallies $100M Services Pact [June 19, 2003] Continuing its services strategy, the telecom gear maker lands a five-year contract to manage Telecom New Zealand's 3G network. [more from boston.internet.com]
HP, NetLedger in New Pay-as-you-go Alliance [June 19, 2003]
Computer systems vendor extends its selling channels for the SMB with a mix of integrated hardware and soup-to-nuts management apps.
[more Infrastructure]
USAi Continues to Evolve [June 19, 2003] Barry Diller's Internet pure-play sheds last remaining remnants of its
traditional media roots. [more Ecommerce]
Engage Files for Bankruptcy, Inks Asset-Sale Deal [June 19, 2003] The proposed $2 million deal comes as Engage files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Engage Insolvent, Seeks Chapter 11 Protection
[more Advertising]
Senate Committee Approves Nanotech R&D; Bill [June 19, 2003] Legislation already passed by House would support programs at NASA, EPA, Commerce, Energy and National Science Foundation. [more from dc.internet.com]
Lightbridge Restructures, COO to Leave [June 19, 2003] The e-commerce security software maker will lay off 70 people and close its Irvine, Calif., facility in a restructuring that also claims its president/COO. [more Wireless]
Businesses Benefit From Host of Options [June 19, 2003] Qwest is the latest to launch a promotion to scoop up Web hosting customers from Sprint, Level 3 and others who are phasing out the service. [more Enterprise]
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