Ben Charny

Network operator Cogent said Friday that rival Level 3 “has taken the necessary actions” to once again carry its customers Internet traffic, a sign that days old service disruptions for a significant number of Internet users are over, for now. As been reported, Level 3 Communications, a major Internet network operator, has since Wednesday refused […]

Search king Google on Friday unveiled Google Reader, its entrance into the news feed reading business. Google Reader, like other news feed readers before it, displays updates from a variety of Internet-based subscription sources, and shows the results on one Web page. It eliminates the need to continually visit each individual Web site for updates. […]

Some consumers feeling the impact of a spat between two major Internet network operators are asking for government intervention, but so far theres no substantive move by lawmakers or utility regulators to step into the fray. As significant numbers of businesses and consumers found out in the last few days, Level 3 Communications, a major […]

An Internet security specialist says a new threat forces computers to install faked Google software, which then goes phishing. Phishing is where e-mails, IM (instant messages) or Web sites parody a legitimate company, and try to get users to provide personal information or financial account numbers and passwords. The latest cases involve bogus Google software […]

AOL this week began selling TotalTalk, which is part of a recent wave of renewed interest in Internet telephony from AOL and its major competitors, Microsoft and Yahoo. TotalTalk is a revamped version of a VOIP (voice over IP) service America Online Inc. first introduced five years ago. It features three calling plans for a […]

Search giant Google appears to be aggressively moving to include more classifieds listings in search results, a market analyst said Wednesday. In the past few months, Googles been courting major providers of classified advertisements, including online listings of employment opportunities, and may have already signed deals with some of them, according to Classified Intelligence, an […]

Search giant Google has merged two of its Web destinations, Google Maps and Google Local, a sign online mapping features are of growing importance to the search industry. Google Local searches based on a type of goods or service and a location. Google Maps provides maps, driving directions and elements of Google Local information. The […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Analysts watching search giant Googles every move came away unimpressed from the announcement of Googles new partnership with Sun Microsystems. Many came to a Google Inc./Sun Microsystems Inc. news conference here expecting to hear Google declare war against nemesis Microsoft Corp. by releasing a computer operating system of its own. Instead, analysts said […]

Speculation is mounting ahead of Tuesdays upcoming announcement of a new relationship between Sun Microsystems and Google, but the most attention is going to the possibility of a software-related deal. Some commentators approached by eWEEK said they would not be surprised if the search giant formalizes its plan to take aim at Microsoft Corp. and […]

In a potential blow to Microsoft, Netscapes Internet browser will be included inside every new Hewlett-Packard and Compaq computer sold starting early next year, Netscape said Monday. The arrangement allows for those buying new Hewlett-Packard Co. or Compaq consumer personal computers to choose Netscape as their default Web browser and to start the Web browser […]