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January 28, 2005
Sun offers access to OpenSolaris patents
Sun Microsystems will release to the open source community, more than 1,600 patents related to the Sun OpenSolaris operating system. The company said the move is designed to facilitate innovation and help users get new open source products and technologies to market faster, by removing the need to obtain patent licenses from Sun.

January 24, 2005
Verizon risks lawsuit over email blocking
According to a report by the Register, a Philadelphia-based law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Verizon, on behalf of a DSL subscriber and is inviting other Verizon customers to join a class action lawsuit.

January 19, 2005
New York ISP suffers domain hijacking
Panix.com, a New York Internet service provider said it was working around the clock to recover its domain name, e-mail services and DNS (domain name services) after suffering a domain hijacking.

January 18, 2005
Telx and HKCOLO in strategic partnership
Network providers Telx and HKCOLO have entered into a partnership. Telx's New York facilities, carrying over 180 network providers, and HKCOLO's Hong Kong facilities, serving over 160 network carriers, are teaming up in the interest of strengthening trans-Pacific and global communications networks.

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January 11, 2005
Datapipe most reliable data center
Of the top data centers monitored by Netcraft over the second half of 2004, only one hosting company amassed over a day’s downtime during the period, while at the other end of the spectrum, 17 providers went through the entire six months with no outages at all.

January 7, 2005
Ten Worldcom directors agree on settlement
Ten former directors of Web hosting provider Worldcom have agreed to pay a total of $54 million to settle parts of the Worldcom class-action lawsuit that stems from the company's accounting scandal, widely reputed to be the largest in history, according to various reports.

January 5, 2005
Spam King ordered to stop by the FTC
Under an agreement with the FTC (Federal Trade Commission), an individual known as Spam King has been ordered to stop infecting computers with unwanted advertising programs until a federal lawsuit against him is resolved.