Stories by Rebecca Sykes

Study: Net Sales Take Bigger Bite Out of Taxes

Thanks to U.S. laws governing the taxation of purchases, in 1999 U.S. states lost US$525 million in taxes from retail sales over the Internet, according to a new study by market researcher Forrester Research Inc.

ADC to Buy PairGain for US$1.6 Billion

Networking vendor ADC Telecommunications Inc. today said it will buy digital subscriber line systems maker PairGain Technologies Inc. for US$1.6 billion.

HP Launches New ePC Line

Hewlett-Packard Co. today introduced the HP e-Vectra, the first contender in its new line of dictionary-sized, US$550-range desktop computers.

FBI to Investigate Web Attacks

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will formally investigate this week's attack of a half-dozen prominent Web sites, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said at a press conference today.

ITXC Adds Web Phone Calls to Its Service

Telephone service wholesaler ITXC Corp. today announced webtalkNow, a way for portals, Internet service providers and others to offer Web-to-phone telephone service to their customers without operating their own telephony networks.

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