XO COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE

Dec 28, 2002 | broadband, business

XO Communications may yet survive. It is on schedule to emerge from bankruptcy proceedings as a going concern, with a manageable debt load and Carl Icahn holding more than 80% of the stock. Here’s an article with more details.

XMAS BLUES

Dec 6, 2002 | business

Interesting wrapup from a newsletter sent by Windows & .NET Magazine. ”There are signs of recovery in the tech sector. Technology research firm IDC reports that 2003 worldwide PC shipments will jump by more than 8 percent to 136 million units; portable computers...

COREL DEATHWATCH CONTINUES

Nov 6, 2002 | business

Canadian news is reporting that Corel is laying off 22% of its remaining workforce in another last-ditch effort to stay alive. That leaves Corel with a grand total of 769 employees worldwide. Corel has zero momentum in any market. Attorneys, if you’re clinging to...

MICROSOFT DECISION LEAKED EARLY

Nov 4, 2002 | business, law, Microsoft

An interesting technical sidelight on Judge Kollar-Kotelly’s approval of the Microsoft-DOJ settlement. The release of her decision was carefully scheduled for 4:30pm US Eastern time, after the markets had closed. The folks running the Court’s web site apparently...

TELCOS PLAY BOTH SIDES

Oct 30, 2002 | business

CNN has an interesting article about games played by the telcos. Verizon and SBC and the rest sell your phone numbers to telemarketers, along with the heavy-duty equipment that makes the intrusive telemarketing calls. Then they sell programs to consumers to block...

TELEDESIC KILLS GLOBAL SATELLITE PLAN

Oct 2, 2002 | broadband, business

Teledesic was the brainchild of Bill Gates and Craig McCaw, set up a few years ago to launch a constellation of low-earth orbiting satellites and provide global high-speed Internet service. An ambitious plan, but during the late ‘90s ambitious broadband plans looked...