VeriSign’s URL-redirection scheme has a lot of Internet users fuming, including our expert fumer and columnist Mark Gibbs. In the name of “useful navigation” VeriSign last week started redirecting mistyped URL requests to its own Web pages and search engine. Many see the company’s move as motivated simply by financial gain, since VeriSign’s Web pages are sponsored. In our coverage this week, see what problems the change has caused and what workarounds are already available.
VeriSign’s URL-redirection scheme has a lot of Internet users fuming, including our expert fumer and columnist Mark Gibbs. In the name of “useful navigation” VeriSign last week started redirecting mistyped URL requests to its own Web pages and search engine. Many see the company’s move as motivated simply by financial gain, since VeriSign’s Web pages are sponsored. In our coverage this week, see what problems the change has caused and what workarounds are already available.
Breaking News: ICANN asks VeriSign to suspend controversial service
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0922icannasks.html?net
VeriSign move ignites uproar
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0922verisign.html?net
Backspin: The ‘Net up for grabs
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0922backspin.html?net
Sun in search of a spark
Of server vendors, Sun may have been the hardest hit when the economy turned sour. Its strategy of targeting performance-craving users just hasn’t sat right with organizations which are increasingly concerned with costs. Now we’re seeing Sun shift.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0922sun.html?net
AirFlow simplifies WLAN deployment
AirFlow Networks last week launched wireless LAN switching products that are intended to simplify corporate WLAN deployments.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0922airflow.html?net
Global Crossing buyout gets U.S. go-ahead
The Committee for Foreign Investment in the U.S. has approved a buyout of bankrupt telecommunication company Global Crossing Holdings Ltd. by Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte. Ltd., Global Crossing said in a statement Friday.
