Latest standards and regulations news.
ICANN seeks views on VeriSign’s Site Finder, 10/01/03
VeriSign’s Site Finder has come under further scrutiny from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. A committee of the Internet governing body is investigating whether the service hurts the Internet’s stability.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1001icannseeks.html
Microsoft declines comment on reports of EU hearing, 09/30/03
Tuesday declined to comment on reports that it is planning to request a hearing in its ongoing antitrust lawsuit in the European Union.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0930microdecli.html
UnitedLinux quietly marches on, 09/29/03
The UnitedLinux consortium – unveiled with much fanfare last year as a unified effort to create a standard Linux distribution – has been awfully quiet of late in an industry segment that has been anything but quiet.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0929unitedlinux.html
DSL Forum targets business services, 09/29/03
Quality of service, bandwidth on demand and flexibility are not terms that generally are considered synonymous with DSL service, but they might be in the near future.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0929dslforum.html
Debate highlights VoIP hopes and fears, 09/29/03
As vendors at last week’s Voice on the Net conference pushed new applications for making IP telephony ubiquitous and more multimedia-friendly, attendees cautioned that plenty of basic issues still need to be resolved.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0929von.html
SIP-enabled products grab spotlight, 09/29/03
Session Initiation Protocol was on the minds of vendors introducing products at last week’s Voice on the Net conference in Boston.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0929vonside.html
Calif. anti-spam law called excessive, 09/29/03
While California’s tough new anti-spam law aims to stomp out unwanted commercial e-mail, the legislation enacted last week could also hamstring legitimate businesses looking to communicate with customers.
