US government approves dotcom contract
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And lays groundwork for almighty Net row The United States government has approved a revised contract for ownership of the dotcom registry, solving one of the biggest problems at the heart of the internet, but also lighting the fuse on an almighty international argument over Net control.â¦
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EU diplomats approve a deal allowing the Swift bank transfer firm to continue sharing data with the US.
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U.S. antitrust regulators approved Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., clearing the way for a formidable combination in the burgeoning online advertising sector.
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The U.S. government on Thursday picked AT&T , Level 3 , Qwest , Verizon  and Sprint Nextel  for a contract worth up to $20 billion over 10 years to improve its telecommunications services.
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The US government announced Thursday that it has awarded an $877.5 million contract to a private company to manufacture and deliver 75 million doses of a new vaccine for inhalation anthrax.
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WASHINGTON -- New rules approved this week by the Federal Communications Commission are aimed at making high-speed Internet available to more Americans.
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A team led by the military contractor ITT Corporation has won a government contract worth up to $1.8 billion to build the first portion of a new satellite-based air traffic control system.
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A trans-Atlantic bid from US firm Lockheed Martin wins the contract to supply President Bush's helicopters.
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The major government contractor has begun moving its network to the next-gen Internet Protocol.
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Lockheed Martin Corp. won a contract potentially worth $3 billion to provide managed network services to the U.S. Postal Service.
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US regulators will let utility companies send high-speed Internet signals through electrical outlets to residential and business clients.
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Legislation to temporarily ban taxing Internet access is poised for approval this week after the US Senate approved the legislation and worked out wording acceptable to Congress.
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Britain's BAE Systems said it had agreed to buy DigitalNet Holdings Inc, a provider of computer networks for the US government, for 600 million dollars (489 million euros) in cash.
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The federal government is expected this week to award a contract worth more than $1 billion to build the key components of its next-generation air traffic control system -- a high-tech network that officials say will alleviate chronic flight delays.
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Legislation to free hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies for school Internet connections that had been frozen by a change in accounting rules won final approval on Wednesday from the U.S. Congress.
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The local arm of defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. won a $45-million contract with the US government to complete a prototype designed to protect commercial airplanes from ground-based shoulder-fired missiles.
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Lockheed Martin Corp., the top US defense contractor, won a US Navy contract worth as much as $3.3 billion to develop and build a group of satellites to provide communications for ground troops.