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Article | 25/09/2000 IBM spared from embarassing mishaps at halfway point
IBM's dearest wish is for its swansong Olympic Games here in Sydney to go smoothly. Big Blue's previous Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996 turned sour...
Article | 22/09/2000 Dell shows off new chassis for desktop, mobile PCs
After 18 months in the making, Dell on Thursday offered the first preview of its SD (small desktop) chassis in the form of the company's new OptiPlex ...
Article | 22/09/2000 Study: businesses not tapping full Net potential
A new study of more than 1000 businesses in the US and Europe concludes that companies are not tapping the full potential of the Internet marketplace.
Article | 22/09/2000 AMD, Via ready mobile chips for low-cost notebooks
Advanced Micro Devices and Via Technologies are putting the final touches to mobile versions of processors for use in notebook PCs, company officials ...
Article | 22/09/2000 Teen trader ordered to pay up
At the age of 14, Jonathan G. Lebed was making thousands of dollars trading stocks online. By 15, Lebed had become the first minor ever charged by the...
Article | 22/09/2000 Iomega ships digital music player
Iomega is hoping its next big hit will be on your hip. The storage maven is entering the crowded field of portable digital music players with the rele...
Article | 22/09/2000 Intel Issues Q3 Earnings Warning
All is not quiet on the European front. Intel said Thursday that the company should post lower than expected third-quarter earnings mainly due to weak...
Article | 22/09/2000 Online tourist strategy gets Olympic kick
The Australian Tourist Commission's decision to build a mirror website of its travel site, www.australia.com, in anticipation of an increase in hits d...
Article | 22/09/2000 Thorpedo, you've got mail . . . loads of it
As expected, Australian athletes are being inundated with electronic fan mail from different fan sites, including IBM's FanMail site, http://www.ibm.c...
Article | 21/09/2000 Windows Me demands app upgrades
Microsoft's Windows Millennium Edition has been available barely a week, although its code was frozen in June -- and the incompatibilities are still s...
Article | 21/09/2000 Time Warner, EMI make concessions to EU
In the continuing effort to salvage its merger deal, EMI and Time Warner have submitted a written plan for concessions that they hope will allow the E...
Article | 21/09/2000 Balance personalisation, privacy on Web sites
Promoters of techniques for personalising content on e-commerce Web sites say those are a valuable marketing tool. But privacy advocates caution that ...
Article | 21/09/2000 S3 spin-off develops net appliance
What would happen if you left your PC and your cordless phone on a desk overnight, and they managed to breed? The result would probably resemble a dev...
Article | 21/09/2000 Despite optimism, SDMI wavers
After two years of proposals, meetings and controversy, the Secure Digital Music Initiative -- SDMI -- may soon become a major player in the Internet ...
Article | 21/09/2000 Intel unveils wireless architecture
Intel on Wednesday introduced the Personal Internet Client Architecture, a set of components and software aimed at accelerating the development of nex...
Article | 21/09/2000 Surf and be happy
Wait, don't touch that browser! People who use the Web at work are more productive, do better work, and feel happier and less stressed.
Article | 21/09/2000 Get back to work! (If you want a car)
As Australia's population of 19 million becomes engrossed in the atmosphere and excitement of the Olympic Games it is easy for thoughts to stray from ...
Article | 21/09/2000 Software lights the way for torch relay
Antony Burnett had a simple task. Design a route for the Olympic torch that would cover over 27,000 kilometres in 100 days and come within an hour's d...
Article | 21/09/2000 You're virtually there
People unable to get to Sydney for the Olympic Games will be able to enjoy virtual tours of Games sites and interactively view 180-degree images of Sy...
Article | 20/09/2000 DivX: from the underground to the living room
The din following the decision in the August DVD decryption case has largely drowned out notice of one technology that was a linchpin of the Motion Pi...

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