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Article | 1/06/2001 OSDL to open first Asian Linux lab
Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), a nonprofit organisation that provides facilities for testing and development of high-performance Linux applicatio...
Article | 1/06/2001 MediaBay hits Napster with copyright complaint
Embattled song-swapping service Napster was swatted with yet another copyright infringement complaint Thursday, this time by old-time radio show and n...
Article | 1/06/2001 Startup to unveil spherical 3-D monitor
US startup Actuality Systems is set to unveil its 20-inch spherical display monitor at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference in San Jos...
Article | 1/06/2001 Microsoft piles on glitz for Office XP launch
Microsoft showered chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates with the full executive-as-rock-star treatment in New York on Thursday, where Gate...
Article | 31/05/2001 Intel cuts prices on Celeron, PIII
Continuing its aggressive pricing strategy, Intel has quietly cut prices on its entire family of desktop Celeron processors, as well as on some of its...
Article | 31/05/2001 Office XP launch will lack fanfare, analysts say
The latest buzz surrounding Microsoft's planned debut of Office XP this week has had little to do with new features in the desktop software suite. Ins...
Article | 31/05/2001 Stallman: Why free software is better for businesses
For want of a functional printer driver, Richard Stallman created a philosophy.
Article | 31/05/2001 SMS story gets soapy
SMS soaps, which have attracted around 1500 users in Germany in their first weeks, look set to hit the UK.
Article | 31/05/2001 Adobe releases Acrobat reader for Palm OS
Adobe has made the final version of its Acrobat Reader software for the Palm OS handheld platform available for download from its Web site, the softwa...
Article | 31/05/2001 E-mail virus hoax makes users do the dirty work
In the latest perverse trickery pulled off by someone taking pleasure in computer users' pain, a fake virus warning is circulating by e-mail asking pe...
Article | 30/05/2001 Echelon exists
A preliminary report by the European Parliament has confirmed the existence of a global surveillance network known as Echelon. The report urges e-mail...
Article | 30/05/2001 Toshiba debuts 4-megapixel digital camera
Toshiba is pushing the boundaries of consumer digital still cameras with the announcement this week of a new 4-megapixel class camera.
Article | 30/05/2001 Australia a hotbed of spreading viruses
The Asia-Pacific region is emerging as a hot bed for the spread of computer viruses with McAfee.com's emergency response teams compiling local data to...
Article | 30/05/2001 SuSE enhances multimedia, security of Linux OS
Linux vendor SuSE Linux on Tuesday announced it would release an upgrade to the SuSE Linux 7.1 operating system. SuSE Linux 7.2 will be available dire...
Article | 30/05/2001 Study: Chip market off 13.5 per cent in 2001
The world's semiconductor market will decline 13.5 per cent in 2001 with the Americas and the Asia/Pacific chip markets being hit the hardest, a new s...
Article | 30/05/2001 Intel aims high with Itanium server chip
Intel pulled back the curtain Tuesday on its long-awaited Itanium processor, promising a new wave of competition in the server and workstation markets...
Article | 29/05/2001 Australian group proposes online privacy initiative
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has announced its privacy initiative, aimed at assisting the information communications and tec...
Article | 29/05/2001 Microsoft releases Outlook 2002
Microsoft has announced the release of a brand-new version of its email and organisational tool, Outlook.
Article | 29/05/2001 Chat at your own risk
Instant messaging may be a handy for a virtual chat, but experts on the technology warn that it's also a privacy and security risk, vulnerable to eave...
Article | 29/05/2001 Sharp to unveil Linux PDA next week
Sharp will unveil its long-awaited Linux-based PDA (personal digital assistant) at the JavaOne conference beginning in San Francisco on June 4, accord...

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