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* DC telecom exec indicted on tax charges * Update: Ebbers takes stand in fraud trial * Poll: U.S. has conservative tack on innovation * EU close to decision on antitrust ruling * 38 EU, Asian countries join to fight spam * Whatever happened to yesterday's hot technologies? * Product Guide: DENG 1.0

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DC TELECOM EXEC INDICTED ON TAX CHARGES

A Washington, D.C., telecommunications entrepreneur and investor, has been indicted on tax evasion and related charges after allegedly failing to pay more than $200 million in taxes owned to the U.S. and District of Columbia governments, three government agencies announced Monday. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BEA79C:353CA35

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UPDATE: EBBERS TAKES STAND IN FRAUD TRIAL

NEW YORK - Former WorldCom Chief Executive Officer Bernard Ebbers Monday took the stand in a packed New York courtroom to defend himself against charges of conspiracy and fraud in connection with $11 billion of accounting misstatements that led to the bankruptcy of the telecommunications giant he built. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BEA799:353CA35

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POLL: U.S. HAS CONSERVATIVE TACK ON INNOVATION

U.S. technology executives identify innovation as essential to improving their competitiveness, yet their approach to innovation is conservative, mainly focusing on existing products and services, according to a study published Thursday by consulting company A.T. Kearney Inc. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BEA79A:353CA35

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EU CLOSE TO DECISION ON ANTITRUST RULING

BRUSSELS -- The European Union's antitrust regulator said Friday it was close to deciding whether to accept terms Microsoft has offered for complying with an E.U. ruling to offer Windows without Media Player and licence its communications protocols for the network server market. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BEA798:353CA35

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38 EU, ASIAN COUNTRIES JOIN TO FIGHT SPAM

BRUSSELS -- Thirty-eight European Union (E.U.) and Asian countries have pledged to work together to combat spam, the European Commission announced Thursday. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BEA79B:353CA35

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YESTERDAY'S HOT TECHNOLOGIES?

Remember push technology? Or virtual reality for the Web? Or Microsoft Bob? Some ideas are probably better left consigned to history. And yet the roadside of the information superhighway is littered with ideas that sounded promising but never quite made it to revolution status before dropping off IT's radar. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BEA79D:353CA35

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PRODUCT GUIDE: DENG 1.0

DENG 1.0 is an admirable work in progress that's nevertheless quite usable: It handles the client-side rendering and calculating of an XForms application very well. In spite of the lack of complete XForms support, DENG is an easily installed XForms engine that runs just about anywhere and enables developers to use XForms in their Web applications now. It will also become part of UGO, a larger XML browser framework.

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