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mci.com logoMCI Emerges From Bankruptcy - 📅 - Telecommunications carrier MCI (mci.com), formerly Worldcom, formally emerged from bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, nearly two years after it filed for bankruptcy amid the largest accounting scandal in history.



MCI said it is emerging from bankruptcy with strong holdings, a sound financial position and broad customer base.

"MCI's turnaround is a tribute to the human spirit and the amazing will of our 50,000 dedicated employees," says Michael D. Capellas, president ...
Positive Releases H-Sphere VPS 1.2 - 📅 - Hosting automation software developer Positive Software (http://www.psoft.net) announced last week that it has released H-Sphere virtual private server (VPS) 1.2.



The company said the new version is a major improvement in stability and performance. It includes bug fixes, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 support, improved memory tracking, a virtual network device driver, VPS templates and VPS script updating.

H-Sphere VPS integrates virtualization with the H-Sphere hosting control ...
RealNetworks Bundles Google Toolbar - 📅 - RealNetworks (http://www.realnetworks.com), a developer of digital media services and software, announced on Tuesday that the Google (http://www.google.com) Toolbar is being offered with Real Player 10. Real Player 10 is a free media player that allows users to play content in all the major Internet media formats: Real Video, Real Audio, AAC, Windows Media, QuickTime, MPEG 4 and MP3. The Google Toolbar is a free Web browser tool that gives users the ability to search Google from any Web page and block pop-up ...
Sex.com Settles VeriSign Lawsuit - 📅 - Adult Internet company Sex.com announced on Tuesday that it had reached a final settlement in its six-year legal action against VeriSign for the alleged mishandling of the Sex.com domain by VeriSign's Network Solutions brand.



Sex.com did not specify the terms of the settlement in its announcement.

According to Sex.com, the companies settled the suit after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held VeriSign responsible for mishandling the extremely valuable domain name, a ...
Primus Acquires Magma for $16 Million - 📅 - Primus Telecommunications Group (http://www.primustel.com), announced on Monday that its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary Primus Telecommunications Canada (http://www.primustel.ca), has acquired Magma Communications (http://www.magma.ca).
Magma is a provider of Internet solutions to the Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa markets. Its services include Web hosting, colocation, managed services and Internet access.



Primus will acquire 100 percent of the issued stock of Magma for approximately $16 million ...
modwest.comModwest Hosts SANS Security Seminar - 📅 - Web hosting provider Modwest (modwest.com 👉 Total Reviews: 2
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) said last Friday that it will host a SANS weekly security seminar at its headquarters in Missoula, Montana beginning April 27, 2004 and running through July 6, 2004. The course, entitled "SANS Security Essentials," covers network security, incident handling, cryptography and other security fundamentals.



"SANS Security Essentials is still far and away the best, most current and comprehensive curriculum of its kind," says Jonathan ...
Mafia Scam Estimated at $750 Million - 📅 - Reports say that federal authorities now believe the Gambino crime family generated an estimated $750 million in revenue from its online adult businesses, a number that is much larger than a previous estimate of $230 million.



The news follows reports last month that US prosecutors had made several indictments against Lexitrans Inc. and other shell companies based in Overland Park, Kansas, believed to be linked to the Gambino crime family. These companies allegedly ran adult ...
Tax Sites Perform Well, Keynote Says - 📅 - A study conducted by Keynote Systems (http://www.keynote.com), a provider of Web performance management and measurement services, showed that online tax sites delivered good overall performance in the last four days leading up to the deadline of April 15.



The study measured the speed and reliability of accessing the home page or tax center section of tax information and preparation Web sites in 25 US cities. Tax sites measured by Keynote include 1040.com, Amazon.com's tax center, Ernst ...
InQuent Releases Provisioning Software - 📅 - Inquent Technologies (http://www.inquent.com), a provider of private-label Web hosting solutions, announced on Monday that it had released IQOS, a three-tier provisioning and hosting management software for service providers. IQOS, which runs on InQuent's blade servers, features an XML API that allows carriers and service providers to integrate shared Web hosting with their existing products and systems. The solution also offers flexibility for customers to create their own product packages and includes ...
Juniper Completes Buy, Shuffles Board - 📅 - Juniper Networks (http://www.juniper.net) announced last Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Netscreen Technologies, in a deal agreed to in February. As a result, the trading of Netscreen common stock will be suspended.



The company also announced on Monday that under the terms of the transaction, reported to be worth $4 billion, former Netscreen chairman Frank Marshall has been appointed as a member of the Juniper Networks board of directors, replacing Vinod Kholsa.
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