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VeriSign in fight with Net regulator
FIRM CONTENDS ICANN HAS OVERSTEPPED AUTHORITY
VeriSign, which runs the master directories for ``.com'' and ``.net'' addresses, is locked in a legal battle with the group that oversees the Internet addressing system.

  

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Last update: Sunday, Apr 11, 2004

»Growing the world's most controversial grass - 01:39 PM PDT
»U.S. music sales continue to rise despite piracy - 01:36 PM PDT
»Three more states seek to join Oracle antitrust case - 11:01 AM PDT
»Copyright ruling favors site that aggregates yacht sale listings - 11:00 AM PDT
»Pay falls 18 percent for Network Associates CEO - 09:32 AM PDT

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IN DEPTH  

Genetically modified rice crop blocked
The state's top agriculture official Friday blocked a proposal to plant the nation's first commercial crop of a grain genetically modified to produce a medicine.

Infosys forms firm to promote offshoring
NEW SUBSIDIARY BASED IN FREMONT
India's second-largest software company, Infosys Technologies, announced Thursday that it is expanding operations in Fremont with a new management-consulting subsidiary to advise technology companies on shipping software-development work offshore.

Poll: Valley residents more optimistic
IMPROVED ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CITED
Silicon Valley residents are becoming more optimistic about the local economy and their own financial situations, according to a poll being released today.

Engineers' eBay auction yields encouraging response
The San Francisco engineers who auctioned themselves on eBay after their jobs were offshored seem to have scored big. The engineers listed themselves on eBay on March 25 as a dream team because their jobs at a high-profile division of Autodesk were offshored to Canada. Gus Grubba, the leader of the team, said they were overwhelmed by the interest they received.

Japanese regulators raid Intel offices
The world's largest computer chip maker, Intel, said Japanese officials raided three of its offices in the Tokyo area and searched its files Thursday in an investigation of whether Intel misused its dominant market power against competitors.

Yahoo profit buoyed by ads
SALES ALSO SOAR; 2-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT ANNOUNCED
You could almost hear Yahoo CEO Terry Semel yodeling through the halls of his Sunnyvale Internet company Wednesday. That's because Yahoo barreled through analysts' predictions, reporting that it more than doubled its first-quarter profits, largely through a big boost in advertising revenue.

Valley execs offer real-world advice
STANFORD STUDENTS ATTEND CONFERENCE
Students in Stanford University's Graduate School of Business gathered Wednesday for some top-level advice before they plunge into the tech economy.


COLUMNISTS  

Radio tags may give consumers more power
Ken Sakamura pulls out what looks like a handheld digital organizer and holds it next to a small bottle of single-malt whiskey. Affixed to the bottle is a tiny radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag containing an identification number for the whiskey.

From finding sushi in Sunnyvale to a certain spider hole in Iraq
Liken it to a flying carpet -- one that will take you anywhere in the world. Three-year-old Mountain View start-up Keyhole has mapped the entire Earth with 3-D interactive maps based on state-of-the-art satellite imagery and lets you fly wherever you want.

Idea for Noyce stamp waits in postal line
Some people get their ideas in the shower. Others in traffic. And Craig Addison, well, it's in the post office. ``Every so often, you sort of line up at the post office and you're sort of looking around while you're waiting in line, and the stamps with the people on them and all the pretty pictures and then somehow, it just clicked.''

Cisco learns a tough lesson in the VC game
Some companies are learning tough lessons about how they should perhaps leave the venture game to the real VCs. Exhibit One: Cisco Systems, of San Jose.


PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY  

  Reaching out with VoIP
INTERNET PHONE SERVICE IS STARTING TO CONNECT
When was the last time you ooohhed and aaahed at your telephone? Probably never, right? Because let's face it, the traditional home phone may be amazingly reliable, but its coolness factor is almost zero. This might be the year that changes.


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