Friday | 9 January, 2009

Stories by: Aaron Pressman

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    No green light for tying apps into Windows XP 05/07/2001 08:00:00

    When four state attorneys general who led the legal fight against Microsoft Corp. gathered last week to talk to reporters, there was at least one message that they wanted heard loud and clear in Redmond, Washington: We're watching you.
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    FTC Approves AOL-Time Warner Merger 15/12/2000 12:01:01

    The Federal Trade Commission approved America Online Inc.'s merger with Time (TWX) Warner Inc. on Thursday, after the companies agreed to concessions designed to protect competition in the small but growing markets for high-speed Internet service and interactive television.
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    ICANN: 7 Out of 44 Ain't Bad 20/11/2000 12:01:01

    The shortage of desirable dot-com domain names may soon come to an end, thanks to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN's) selection Thursday of seven new top-level domains that allow individuals and businesses to create new online addresses.
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    Two Outspoken Critics Elected to ICANN Board 12/10/2000 12:01:01

    The next directors' meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - the organization that oversees the Net's domain-name system - promises to be a rowdy affair. In a global online vote that ended last night, two of the most radical candidates were elected to its board.
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    FCC Tactically Delays Broadband Probe 16/09/2000 12:01:01

    Sometimes the best move in Washington is to take one step back to go two steps forward.
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    Opponents Gang Up On AOL, Time Warner 31/07/2000 12:01:01

    The Federal Communications Commission held an unusual public hearing Thursday to consider the proposed merger of America Online Inc. (AOL) and Time Warner Inc. (TWX) , giving opponents of the deal a chance to make their case in public while executives of the two companies played defense.
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    NBC Piles On Against AOL Merger 27/07/2000 12:01:01

    The battle of the network giants escalated today as television and Internet powerhouse NBC threw its support behind efforts by Walt Disney Co. and others to bury the America Online Inc. -Time Warner Inc. merger under a pile of regulatory mandates.
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    Senate Group All Hung Up on Foreign Telcos 21/07/2000 12:01:01

    In a secretive move to prevent foreign telecom carriers from acquiring their U.S. competitors, the Senate Appropriations Committee amended a budget bill earlier this week that would block the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from approving such mergers.
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    ICANN Election Rules Set 17/07/2000 12:01:01

    YOKOHAMA, JAPAN (07/17/2000) - Setting up a unique exercise in international cyber-democracy, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Sunday put the finishing touches on rules allowing for the direct election of five members to its board of directors by tens of thousands of Internet users around the world.
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    New Top-Level Domains in Sight 17/07/2000 12:01:01

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) agreed Sunday to move forward with a plan to add a few new top-level Internet domains by early next year, while sidestepping a nasty controversy that erupted over a plan to shrink the group's board of directors.
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    Online Exchanges Examine Options 17/07/2000 12:01:01

    When leading steel companies set out in 1996 to create an industrywide online exchange, one of their first moves was to engage antitrust counsel to advise on the plan.
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