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Top five takeovers that shook the tech world
News Other notable deals worthy of mention include networking and communications equipment-maker Lucent's acquisition of Ascend for $20bn in 1999 and Comcast's purchase of AT&T for a whopping $67bn in 2001. [04 Feb 2008]
Fresh calls for ISP data retention laws
News Companies involved have included AOL, Comcast, Google, Microsoft, Verizon Communications and trade associations. US attorney general Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday stepped up his efforts to lobby for federal laws requiring ISPs to keep track of what... [20 Sep 2006]
US heading for online data retention law?
News Gonzales and FBI director Robert Mueller privately met with representatives of AOL, Comcast, Google, Microsoft and Verizon last week and said that ISP - and perhaps search engines - must retain data for two years to help with anti-terrorism... [31 May 2006]
Vonage shares off to a shaky start
News Cable providers such as Comcast and Time Warner have seen tremendous growth in their customer base as they bundle their voice service with high-speed web access and TV service - so-called triple-play. [25 May 2006]
AOL co-founder steps down as ISP plans comeback
News Google and Comcast are in serious talks to buy a minority stake in the division, according to sources familiar with the matter. AOL co-founder Steve Case stepped down from Time Warner's board of directors as the internet division tries to make a... [01 Nov 2005]
Yahoo! enters the AOL fray
News The word comes on the heels of rumours that first Microsoft, then a Google-Comcast partnership, were in discussions with AOL. has reportedly left the sidelines and entered the struggle with rivals Google and Microsoft for a piece of AOL. [17 Oct 2005]
Alliance plans to stem tide of spam
News AOL, BT, Comcast, EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo! The effort is the latest from the Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ATSA), a group formed in April 2003 by the four major ISPs - AOL, EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo! [23 Jun 2004]
Bystanders caught in spam crossfire
News Earlier in the year, AOL implemented similar blocking tactics against Road Runner and Comcast subscribers suspected of running their own mail servers. That means Road Runner will block emails originating from people who have their own email servers... [22 Aug 2003]
AOL spam-buster targets Comcast
News AOL has been blocking emails from top US ISP Comcast and is desperately working to find a fix for its spam-busting system. Large Internet service providers such as Comcast must register their e-mail server configurations to communicate with AOL. [10 Jun 2003]
Gates: Now he's after your TV
News Gates gave his remarks at a show panel on Monday morning, along with executives from several other cable and internet companies including Viacom, AOL Time Warner and Comcast. At a US television industry trade show, Bill Gates outlined his company's... [10 Jun 2003]
AOL hopes to secure a seat on the broadbandwagon
News The leading high-speed service in the US, Comcast, boasts nearly six times that number, with 3.7 million subscribers. AOL hopes the launch of a new product aimed at users who want broadband services will help it retain its 34 million dial-up... [31 Mar 2003]
AT&T's Comcast deal may include $12bn debt swap
News Comcast's stuttering deal to buy AT&T Broadband took another step forward yesterday with news that the two companies may exchange as much as $11.8bn of debt in meeting the financial obligations of the deal. [13 Aug 2002]
Cable firm spies on surfers
News US cable giant Comcast has admitted to spying on its customers and keeping records of every web page they visit. According to US newswires, Comcast claimed it will not share or sell the information to third parties and claimed its actions were... [13 Feb 2002]
Markets poised for AOL profit warning
News At the end of last year AOL lost a bidding war with Comcast for AT&T's broadband division, leaving it with just half the subscribers of the new cable giant. Speculation is mounting that AOL Time Warner will unleash a profit warning on Monday at... [04 Jan 2002]
Comcast seals $72m AT&T deal
News The deal marks the end of a prolonged courtship, during which Comcast increased its bid several times, creating a cable giant with a subscriber base of 22.3 million - far in excess of AOL Time Warner's 12.7 million. [20 Dec 2001]
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