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Coinstar Inc. [NASDAQ:CSTR] wants to buy back the outstanding shares of its marketing services company Meals.com subsidiary so it can sell the product lines and get out of the business [...]

A number of leading companies in the digital subscriber line (DSL) industry say they are 'cooperating' in order to establish standards for Channelized Voice over DSL (CVoDSL). CVoDSL technology incorporates [...]

In this week's Telecom Week in Review: Lawmaker Wants Baby Bell Fines On Dereg Bill; France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom Start Sprint Selloff; Laws, Safety Prompt 123% Hike In Cell Phone [...]

Newsbytes PM E-Letter - Here are the highlights of our news wire today: * AT&T Outlines Preliminary Breakup Plan * Inside Traders Made $4 Million In CompUSA Acquisition - SEC [...]

Newsbytes AM E-Letter - Here are the highlights of our news wire this morning: * C&W Snaps Up Digital Island For $340 Million * Hotmail Tops 100 Million Users * [...]

SBC Communications [NYSE:SBC] has announced the next stage of its Project Pronto broadband initiative, intended to bring direct fiber connections to smaller business and residential customers. The company says it [...]

In this week's roundup of Internet news: Bills To Extend Net-Tax Moratorium Debut In Congress; April's Dot-Com Job Cuts Set New Record - Survey; Ask Jeeves Loses 40c/Share In Q1; [...]

In this week's Telecom Week in Review: AT&T Buys Assets Of Bankrupt Northpoint; CeBIT Show Opens - All Eyes On Bluetooth; House Passes Telecom Regulatory Relief Bill; Lawmaker Wants FCC [...]

Investors holding shares of Internet directory Yahoo Inc. [NASDAQ:YAHOO] are nervously awaiting a late- afternoon announcement from the company, preceded by a halt in trading of the company's stock on [...]

Ads belonging to Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] and Amazon.com [NASDAQ:AMZN] were removed from a Web site backed indirectly by the Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah. Reuters reported that the ads were on a [...]

Alwaysi.com is planning to offer a film subscription service, delivering short and feature-length movies via its Web site. The Wall Street Journal reported that the subscription service will offer access [...]

Luxury goods retailer Ashford.com Inc. [NASDAQ:ASFD] has renewed marketing terms with Amazon.com Inc., [NASDAQ:AMZN] but in a way that the company hopes will acquire more customers while at the same [...]

America Online's [NYSE:AOL] CompuServe subsidiary has introduced the newest version of its CompuServe 2000 online service, upgrading such features as e-mail and instant messaging, and providing better tools for online [...]

Intel Corp. [NASDAQ:INTC] is planning to introduce an MP3 personal music player called the Pocket Concert at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show next week. The Associated Press reports that [...]

Speech and language technology company Lernout & Hauspie [NASDAQ:LHSP] has filed a Chapter 11 petition for reorganization protection under the US bankruptcy code and a request for a 'concordaat' reorganization [...]

After week's of speculation in the industry, AT&T [NYSE:T] and NTT's DoCoMo have teamed up on the development of high-speed, multimedia wireless services. As part of the deal, the Japanese [...]

After weeks of speculation in the industry, AT&T [NYSE:T] and NTT DoCoMo have teamed up to develop high-speed, multimedia wireless services based on DoCoMo's i-mode platform. As part of the [...]

AT&T has appointed David Dorman, currently CEO of its British Telecom joint venture, president of the company. Dorman, 46, will continue to oversee the company's interests in Concert, but in [...]

Continuing the current workforce-cutting trend among technology, and especially Internet-oriented, companies, HomeCom Communications Inc. is planning to lose 28 percent of its workforce, some 18 jobs. Reuters reported that the [...]

AT&T Wireless Corp. [NYSE:T] is set to sell a stake to Japan's Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.'s NTT DoCoMo, to the tune of $10 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported [...]

The Tokyo offices of Yahoo Japan Corp. have been searched by police investigating the sale of child pornography via the Internet portal's auction Web site. Reuters reports that the search [...]

The California Public Utilities Commission has rejected a proposal by telephone company SBC Communications and its Pacific Bell subsidiary to treat Internet access calls as not local in nature. Reuters [...]

Microsoft Corp. [NASDAQ:MSFT] is reportedly considering a $1 billion stake in News Corp.'s newly formed Sky Global Networks Inc. The Wall Street Journal said that Sky Global, which consolidates all [...]

The Federal Communications Commission is initiating new access rules that only allow a company's outside lawyers to view confidential documents filed in connection with the America Online Inc. [NYSE:AOL] and [...]

In the ongoing soap opera surrounding the proposed merger between America Online Inc. [NYSE:AOL] and Time Warner Inc. [NYSE:TWX], Walt Disney Co. is now complaining that the two are attempting [...]

AT&T's [NYSE:T] board is expected to discuss Monday a proposed plan that would see the telecommunications giant break up into four smaller standalone units. The Wall Street Journal said that [...]

As further indication of the hard times enveloping many dot-com companies, a new study from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., says that layoffs in the industry have increased [...]

In this week's roundup of Internet news: Fed Web Site Tries To Post Campus Crime Stats; Australian Pleads Guilty Over Stock Spam Incident; IBM, RealNetworks Strike E-Biz Streaming-Media Deal; MP3.com [...]

AT&T Corp.'s [NYSE:T] board of directors will meet on Monday to discuss the spin-off of its consumer long distance telephone service operations. The Wall Street Journal said that the company's [...]

Both the US branch of Amnesty International and the Anti-Defamation League have turned to the Web to get their respective messages out - one in its fight against the torture [...]

Yahoo Inc. [NASDAQ:YHOO] plans to release its third quarter earnings today, under increased scrutiny and growing concern that dot-com ad revenue may be on the decline. The Internet blue chip [...]

Yahoo Inc. [NASDAQ:YHOO] is hoping to both increase its revenues and expand its user base with a number of free voice-based services, courtesy of a new deal with Net2Phone Inc. [...]

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has warned that any link between a merged America Online Inc. [NYSE:AOL] and Time Warner Inc. [NYSE:TWX], and telecom giant AT&T [NYSE:T] could [...]

The National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council, a scientific advisory panel to Congress, has suggested implementing a voucher program to help needy families connect to the Internet, in addition [...]

The all-encompassing Internet coverage ban of the just concluded Sydney Olympic Summer games has angered many major media Web sites, which are now demanding greater freedom with regard to the [...]

In this week's roundup of Internet news: 'LoveBug' Worm Variant Arouses FBI Scrutiny; Healtheon/WebMD Layoff Numbers Not Known; E-tailing Revenue Growth Weakens In July - Survey; Domain Arbitrator Blows Away [...]

In this week's roundup of Internet news: Studios Struggle To Embrace The Net - Panel; Clinton Manually Signs E-SIGN Into Law; America Online Taking Over Digital City In Pact With [...]

In this week's Telecom Week in Review: AOL, Time Warner Shareholders OK Merger; ATT Agrees To Freeze ExciteAtHome Control Plans; Telephone Subscribership At Highest Rate Ever; Baby Bells, Competitors Fuel [...]

In this week's roundup of Internet news: EU Ambassador Defends Net Sales Tax Proposal; MP3.com Settles With 2 Music Groups; Rep. Bliley Readies E-SIGN Bill For Vote; Bidder's Edge Searches [...]

Asante Intros NetConnect-Remote Access Server 01/05/94 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JAN 5 (NB) -- As more computer users become mobile, companies are continually seeking new ways to connect them [...]

Apple Offers New Networking Products 01/05/94 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JAN 5 (NB) -- Apple Computer Inc., has introduced the Ethernet LC Twisted Pair network interface card. At the [...]