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Article | 14/12/2000 Database comissioned to track music rights online
The International Music Joint Venture (IMJV) has asked French-Dutch IT services provider Atos Origin to build a database for music rights that can als...
Article | 14/12/2000 Ask Jeeves shows staff the door
It doesn't sound like the Christmas party at Web information access provider Ask Jeeves is going to be very merry. The company announced on Tuesday th...
Article | 14/12/2000 Next: smaller, faster, wireless streaming media
Admit it: You don't care what it takes to get your audio and video streamed to you. You just want to get it, and you want it to work. At the Streaming...
Article | 13/12/2000 Time to move on(line)
It's official. You can do anything on the internet. Even move house.
Article | 13/12/2000 Security crusader punches holes in firewalls
PC security gadfly Steve Gibson has released a simple Trojan horse program that masquerades as a "trusted" application and gains unrestricted access t...
Article | 13/12/2000 Samsung phone, Bluetooth in Palm's future
Samsung Electronics became Palm's latest customer Tuesday, announcing plans to deliver a smart mobile phone based on Palm's software that combines voi...
Article | 13/12/2000 Microsoft announces streaming beta, ISMA formed
Microsoft on Tuesday made a number of announcements regarding its streaming software, including the beta launch of Windows Media Audio and Video 8, as...
Article | 13/12/2000 The stories that made IT headlines in 2000
As the year draws to a close, PC World takes a look at some of the major technology news stories of 2000.
Article | 12/12/2000 Woolies invests In online grocer
Woolworths has acquired a 26 per cent stake in online grocery store GreenGrocer.com.au, the companies announced yesterday.
Article | 12/12/2000 Intel's tiny new transistors portend 10-GHz PCs
Want a computer that instantly translates a foreign language, or understands your gestures? It will take powerful transistors to build such a system, ...
Article | 12/12/2000 Adobe updates Premiere, pushing video to the web
Eyeing the increasingly mainstream use of desktop digital media, Adobe Systems unveiled a Premiere update today, tailored to meet the needs of ambitio...
Article | 12/12/2000 Pentium 4 will improve with age, analyst says
Intel's fastest Pentium 4 runs at 1.5 GHz, but the next-generation CPU is unlikely to show its performance potential until it hits the 2-GHz mark, say...
Article | 12/12/2000 Bookmarks in the Blink of an eye
Many of us haven't a clue what the URLs are to our favorite Web sites because we depend so heavily on our bookmarks or Favorites. Now a free service c...
Article | 12/12/2000 Toshiba offers MPEG-4 decoder
Toshiba America Electronic Components on Monday announced the availability of what it claims to be the first production silicon MPEG-4 decoder, which ...
Article | 11/12/2000 Moratorium's back, and IIA's not happy
Online gaming operators will be driven offshore following last week's passing of a 12-month moratorium on interactive gambling, the IIA has warned.
Article | 11/12/2000 Europe's cyber crime treaty criticised as vague
The chairman of the committee working on the Council of Europe's proposal for fighting cybercrime faced renewed questions and criticism of the draft t...
Article | 11/12/2000 Vanishing Playstation sites: the latest swindle?
A scam in the US and Canada to defraud shoppers looking to buy PlayStation2 has highlighted the need for consumers to tread carefully when shopping on...
Article | 11/12/2000 German village becomes model 'Internet community'
The inhabitants of the village of Oberhambach couldn't ask for a nicer Christmas present: almost all 279 of them are getting free computers and Intern...
Article | 11/12/2000 FTC, FBI sites leave opening for hacker access
A European information security specialist says that he discovered a potential security hazard in two US government Web sites that use Netscape Commun...
Article | 9/12/2000 Fierce competition at gaming finals
Over 350 computer gaming enthusiasts battled it out last weekend at the Queensland Gamers League Finals. Prizes on offer included cash, computer hardw...

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