eWEEK EDITORS

Americans are in a big hurry to win. Need proof? U.S. sales of “instant- win” lottery tickets reached $15.6 billion in 2000, according to La Fleurs Magazine, a lottery industry trade publication. Its only natural, then, that marketers would find a way to give people that same rush of instant gratification on the Internet, a […]

Getting complaints from customers that their servers are slow? Maybe its because everyones using bandwidth to cruise the Web. A new survey on Internet usage at work by online career site vault.com shows surprising agreement between employers and workers that non-work-related surfing is rampant. For example, employers see 25 percent of workers surfing for fun […]

Management consultancy A.T. Kearney Inc. and e-marketplace infrastructure provider i2Technologies Inc. last week announced a combined service and product offering called 2Source. The package will provide e-sourcing, category management services, auction capabilities, supply market solutions and request-for- proposal products via the i2 TradeMatrix Network. As part of the agreement, A.T. Kearneys parent company, Electronic Data […]

In many ways, Computer Sciences Corp. is one of the driving forces of IT consulting—its hit some roadblocks but still has plenty of gas in the tank. The 42-year-old company, which underwent a strong growth spurt in the past four years, has weathered plenty of storms. But like its competitors, both larger and smaller, it […]

The broadband build-out stopped short of Bayside business Park in Fremont, Calif. Pacific Bells central office is too far away to provide DSL. The cable modem network bypassed this industrial neighborhood. Baysides tenants—R&D operations, semiconductor fabricators, software developers. e-commerce startups and other small tech firms—were starved for bandwidth. “They basically had two choices: ISDN at […]

High expectations for online news operations are, well, yesterdays news for many big media companies. The New York Times Co., Industry Standard and News Corp. are among the latest to announce cost-cutting moves, due largely to the softening advertising market and decreased expectations for audience growth. New York Times Digital, the Internet unit of The […]

Mega-bell SBC Communications cant ignore price controls when its subsidiary sells Digital Subscriber Line service to other providers, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 9. The decision may make it easier for upstart carriers to compete. The appellant in the case was the Association of Communications Enterprises (ASCENT), a trade group that represents telecommunications […]

If youre wondering what the well-dressed host will be wearing this year, look for managed services, bigger infrastructures and wireless offerings to be all the rage. Top-tier hosting players like Digex Inc., Exodus Communications Inc. and Intira Corp. all have full agendas for 2001, as they and others seek differentiation and a break with their […]

Think the Internet was a pretty cool idea? Theres a new product allegedly coming out that one journalist predicts will “change the world.” And hes not just blowing smoke: Amazon.coms Jeff Bezos and Apples Steve Jobs both have seen the prototype and reportedly are very impressed. Online magazine Inside.com reports that “IT”—code-named “Ginger”—is an invention […]

As west coast utilities struggle to keep up with fast-growing demand for electricity, a Milpitas, Calif., start-up claims that a transceiver chip technology breakthrough may cut the power needed to run high-speed network equipment by two-thirds. The leaner chips manufactured by BitBlitz Communications could slash the amount of energy consumed by Internet traffic and save […]