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NEW YORK (AP) -- Comcast Corp. on Tuesday acknowledged "delaying" some subscriber Internet traffic, but said any roadblocks it puts up are temporary and intended to improve surfing for other users. The statement was a response to an Associated Press report last week that detailed how the nation's largest cable company was interfering with file sharing by some of its Internet subscribers. The AP also found that Comcast's computers masqueraded as those of its users to interrupt file-sharing connections. Internet watchdog groups denounced Comcast's actions, calling it an example of the kind of abuse that could be curbed with so-called...

IBM has just given Microsoft another 125 million reasons to worry about the future of its one of its two biggest money spinners, Microsoft Office. Big Blue has announced that the next version of its Groupware suite Lotus Notes will include the three main applications of the MS Office suite, a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation program. What's more, IBM has stated that not only will the office productivity applications be compatible with Microsoft Office as well as the ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF), but the existing 125 million Lotus Notes users will be able to upgrade...

Laura L. Callahan was very proud of her Ph.D. When she received it a few years ago, she promptly rewrote her official biography to highlight the academic accomplishment, referring to it not once or twice but nine times in a single-page summary of her career. And she never let her employees at the Labor Department, where she served as deputy chief information officer, forget it, even demanding that they call her “Doctor.” Callahan’s management style had always been heavy-handed. Once, while working in a previous supervisory role at the Clinton White House, she reportedly warned computer workers to keep quiet...