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1. MCCI showcases 270MB/s USB 3.0 system

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 22 September 2009

   MCCI and Symwave are showcasing the world's "highest performing" USB 3.0 system at IDF 2009. The next-generation platform - powered by MCCI's optimized host software and Symwave's SuperSpeed SATA controller ...

2. U.S. broadband: Desperate ideas of an industry that resists change

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Friday, 13 June 2008

   ... officials here were very well aware of the lack of broadband and had talked to SBC (the company that recently bought AT&T and renamed itself to AT&T) and AT&T (back then what Comcast is today) ...

3. HSBC bank server grows legs and walks off

   (Security/Security Features)

   Monday, 12 May 2008

     Why hack into a server when you can simply steal the damn thing.  This is exactly what happened to a Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) server containing 159,000 customer accounts, ...

4. AT&T buries Cingular

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 12 January 2007

   ... about six years ago as a joint-venture between SBC (which acquired AT&T and changed its name to AT&T in 2006) and ten other companies, including Southwestern Bell Wireless, Pacific Bell Wireless, ...

5. AT&T admits theft of DSL customers' data, offers to pay for credit monitoring

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 30 August 2006

   ... it states, to certain third parties, including credit bureaus, service partners, and law enforcement agencies. Both AT&T Corp. and SBC - the two companies that now comprise the current AT&T, Inc. ...

6. Microsoft's answer to the $100 laptop: Pay-as-you-go

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Monday, 22 May 2006

   ... Russia, Slovenia and Vietnam. Partners of the initiative include HSBC Bank Brazil, Infineon, Intel, Lenovo, Phoenix, Transmeta and interestingly also AMD, which also provides key technologies in the $100 ...

7. US House debates bill to allow nationally franchised ISPs, VoIP providers

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 30 March 2006

   ... services. Here is the extent of the change the Barton bill could catalyze: Presently, AT&T (formerly SBC) provides DSL coverage to many municipal areas, under its partnership with Yahoo. It must negotiate ...

8. Win introduces compact single-board computer for dual Opteron processors

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 01 March 2006

   Single-board computers (SBCs) are gaining popularity in the embedded computing segment as well as in industries that ask for unusual and compact PC form factors. North Andover, Mass.-based Win Enterprises ...

9. AT&T threatens lawsuits against MPEG-4 licensees, including Apple, DivX

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 10 February 2006

   AT&T, itself the product of a recent acquisition by SBC, sent warning letters to manufacturers and retailers last December, claiming their products violate the company's video compression patents, ...

10. SBC will become AT&T on Monday

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 18 November 2005

      Developing story MarketWatch is reporting this afternoon that, in the wake of California state regulators having been the last to approve the merger of communications giants SBC and AT&T, the ...

11. Sprint Nextel announces partnerships for wireless access over CATV

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 02 November 2005

    ... phone providers such as SBC have partnered with CATV companies, rather than compete with them, in order to offer what is called "triple play" service - telephone, cable television, and broadband Internet ...

12. FCC approves SBC/AT&T merger, Verizon's MCI acquisition

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 31 October 2005

      The Federal Communications Commission completed its review process on two major telecommunications mergers, and approved SBC's acquisition of AT&T as well as Verizon's purchase of MCI. Both ...

13. SBC to become 'AT&T, Inc.'

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 27 October 2005

      Apparently reversing a decision made by SBC Communications during its acquisition earlier this year, the company announced this morning that it will formally adopt the name "AT&T, Inc." before ...

14. First defensive move in SBC-AT&T marriage: Layoffs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 02 February 2005

      The merger between SBC and AT&T will result in about 12,800 layoffs , according to the companies. The merger between SBC and AT&T will result in about 12,800 layoffs , according to the companies. ...

15. SBC to offer wireless Internet access in 85 California state parks

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    Wednesday, 19 January 2005

      California State Parks and SBC Communications agreed to bring Wi-Fi-based Internet access to picnic tables in California. California State Parks and SBC Communications agreed to bring Wi-Fi-based ...

16. CES: SBC readies integrated entertainment

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Tuesday, 04 January 2005

      A joint venture between SBC Communications and set-top box vendor 2Wire this year will offer TV, video on demand, digital video recording, and Internet content over DSL and satellite service, the ...

17. Yahoo, SBC extend Internet pact

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 19 November 2004

      Yahoo and SBC Communications will collaborate to extend to cell phones and home entertainment devices some of the online services and content they currently provide to PC users. Yahoo and SBC ...

18. SBC, Microsoft in $400 million deal

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 17 November 2004

      SBC Communications Inc., the second-largest local phone company in the United States, said Wednesday it signed a 10-year, $400 million agreement with Microsoft Corp. SBC Communications Inc., the ...

19. ENUM technology to translate phone numbers into domain names

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    Friday, 29 October 2004

      AT&T, MCI, SBC Laboratories, Sprint, Verizon and GoDaddy.com on Friday announced to create a single company to promote the idea of ENUM technology in North America, including the US, Canada and ...

20. Cingular to buy AT&T Wireless for $41B

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 17 February 2004

    ... the nation's largest cell phone company. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications and BellSouth, said its winning bid was for $15 per share in cash, an amount that would value AT&T Wireless ...

21. Yahoo! and! SBC! cuddle! up!

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 06 June 2002

      Yahoo! Inc and SBC Communications have hopped into bed together to launch a co-branded dial-up Internet service. Yahoo! Inc and SBC Communications have hopped into bed together to launch a co-branded ...