Opinion

Alleged music pirate pleads guilty

* Man pleads guilty to uploading albums before their official release

Macromedia MX 2004 products ship

New Verizon business DSL service

Discreet announces Combustion 3

Real a Mad Hatter

Equal access to legal music?

Server management tools

* The growing role of server management tools

PR pro pulls files from thin air

* Whether vacationing in Europe or working from a client site, Jerry Swirling has easy access to his desktop

Options for monitoring your air space

* Glut of RF management causes head scratching

IBM-Boeing deal could renew interest in voice mgmt. outsourcing

* IBM wins $160 million deal to manage Boeing's voice net

ISPs win fresh funding

* Venture capital investments in ISPs rise, survey finds

City gets flexibility from Nortel call center product

* City of Coquitlam, British Columbia, chooses Nortel call center product

Flamenco manages Web service (Ole!)

* Web services management

Track customer data the open source way

* PHP Point of Sale for SMBs

Nortel snatches a billion from the air

NetFlash: Novell extends Linux ties

This is, surprise, a test!

* Breaking news from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, HP World * Links to upcoming trade shows * Links to free Network World Technology Tours

3Com to outsource manufacturing, cuts jobs

IBM racing ahead with component strategy

Sun to announce Orion pricing next week

Product Central

Fall show season begins in earnest

* Breaking news from Storage Decisions, OracleWorld, Novell Brainshare, Intel Developer Forum, SunNetwork * Links to upcoming trade shows * Links to free Network World Technology Tours

Vendor acquisitions are a good thing

* How vendors buying vendors can yield better management tools

Mailbag: Portability isn’t enough

* Your thoughts on wireless number portability

Great minds think alike?

* More ways to define identity

Patch mgmt. and updates

* The never-ending job of infrastructure maintenance

New source to buy music

H.264 more than a curiosity

Going to need a big hard drive

Reliable e-mail for Bulldogs

* How the University of Georgia upgraded its messaging system