| iLink to deliver answers to military online communities |
 (Credit: DARPA)A Silicon Valley company has integrated iLink, a social network analytics technology, into three online military communities in hopes of improving the way users, ranging from Army wives to platoon leaders, share critical information across a wide variety of domains. iLink is a machine learning-based system that models ... |
| Vonage names new CEO |
Internet phone company Vonage is turning to a former Cingular Wireless to help guide it forward.  Marc Lefar, CEO of Vonage (Credit: Vonage)Vonage announced Wednesday that Marc Lefar, former chief marketing officer at Cingular, will become the Vonage's new CEO. Lefar, 44, will take over the top spot ... |
| T-Mobile 'Gekko' officially reveals itself as T-Mobile Sidekick |
It's so hard to keep a good secret these days. Just ask T-Mobile. Word of its new Sidekick model, code-named Gekko, got out months ago and was all but confirmed about a week ago when the ruthless blogosphere got hold of some internal T-Mobile documents about the upcoming model. ... |
| Alcatel-Lucent CEO, chairman stepping down |
Alcatel-Lucent's CEO and chairman are stepping aside as the company continues to face big losses and increased competition from Asian suppliers. The telecommunications equipment giant said Tuesday that CEO Patricia Russo and Chairman Serge Tchuruk will leave later this year. Russo will finish out the year as she helps ... |
| New York gets Fios TV |
New Yorkers will now officially be able to get Verizon's Fios TV service.  Verizon employees were at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan Monday to market the new Fios TV service. (Credit: Marguerite Reardon/CNET Networks)The phone company launched the new service Monday in what is the largest launch ... |
| New Yorkers to get Fios TV |
Verizon's Fios TV is coming to New York City starting Monday. The phone company sent a media advisory on Friday about the launch and will provide more details about the service during a Webcast press conference Monday morning. New York City granted Verizon its TV franchise back in May. ... |
| Vonage to get new CEO |
Internet phone company Vonage will name a new chief executive as early as next week, according to a story published in The Wall Street Journal Friday. The newspaper cited people familiar with the situation. The news comes as Vonage secures funding to buy back some of its debt. On Thursday ... |
| Inspiring computer professor Randy Pausch dies |
Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor who inspired millions through his 'last lecture', died at his home in Virginia on Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47.  (Credit: Randy Pausch)Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2006. And his popular 'last lecture' at ... |
| Ixia kicks off competitive upgrade program |
 Ixia kicked off its "Switch to Ixia campain" by offering trade-in equipment and competitive financing solutions. (Credit: Ixia)Ixia, a leading company in IP performance testing, announced a competitive upgrade program today as part of its 'Switch to Ixia' campaign. The program will last through the end of ... |
| Cuba and Venezuela to lay undersea Internet cable |
A new undersea fiber-optic cable being laid between Cuba and Venezuela will help provide high-speed Internet access to Cuban citizens by 2010. Earlier this week, Wikileaks published documents that were signed in 2006 by officials in Cuba and Venezuela describing plans for the new undersea cable that will connect the ... |