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Article | 30/09/2002 IEEE weighs WLAN enhancements
An alphabet soup of new specifications is in the works in the IEEE 802.11 Working Group, the body in charge of the popular set of wireless LAN standar...
Article | 28/09/2002 Storm Music Studio 2.0 released
French software publisher Arturia SA Friday announced the release of Storm Music Studio 2.0, following its public introduction at Apple Expo in Paris ...
Article | 27/09/2002 P-to-P could mean trouble
Antivirus firm Central Command on Wednesday released the findings of its annual survey, which showed peer-to-peer file-sharing sites are becoming viru...
Article | 27/09/2002 FIFA plans 'lite' IT strategy for German World Cup
If there's one thing Germany doesn't lack, it's advanced communications infrastructure. So why is FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Associat...
Article | 27/09/2002 Toshiba shrinks Bluetooth SD card
Toshiba has announced a new version of its Bluetooth SDIO (Secure Digital I/O) card for portable digital consumer equipment such as PDAs (personal dig...
Article | 27/09/2002 Matsushita, Toshiba to merge CRT operations
Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) and Toshiba plan to merge their cathode ray tube (CRT) operations, the companies said Thursday. Matsushita separ...
Article | 27/09/2002 Sanyo's HD-Burn doubles CD recording capacity
Sanyo Electric has introduced a CD drive which can read and write twice the normal amount of data onto a conventional CD-R disc, the company announced...
Article | 26/09/2002 Toshiba teams with Nokia and Telstra on GPRS
Toshiba's latest mobile computing initiative is a joint project resulting in the release of Australia's first GPRS-enabled laptop PC.
Article | 26/09/2002 Microsoft builds Xmas Xbox momentum
The Xbox has moved into Harvey Norman stores in time for Christmas, bringing Microsoft's retail outlets for the console up to around 800 stores Austra...
Article | 26/09/2002 Apple opens code for OS, Rendezvous
Apple Computer Wednesday released the code for its networking protocol, Rendezvous, which enables computers to recognize such things as printers and c...
Article | 26/09/2002 Microsoft updates IE 5.1, 5.2 for security issues
Microsoft has updated Internet Explorer to version 5.1.6 and 5.2.2, for Mac OS 8.1/9 and Mac OS X respectively. The new builds of Internet Explorer fi...
Article | 26/09/2002 Mitsubishi plans to scale back its DRAM business
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is looking for ways to scale back its DRAM (dynamic RAM) business and is considering an alliance with other companies, both ...
Article | 26/09/2002 Google search leads to Gates of 'hell'
Could Bill Gates really be the devil?
Article | 26/09/2002 Mozilla team releases Phoenix browser
The Mozilla development project, mozilla.org, on Monday released Phoenix 0.1, a speedier version of its open source Web browser.
Article | 26/09/2002 Linux OS billed as secure and user friendly ships
Guardian Digital Inc. has released a Linux operating system for businesses that it claims is easier to use and more secure than other competing produc...
Article | 25/09/2002 Creative unleashes Audigy 2 and an iPodalike
When Creative Labs Inc. launched the Audigy sound card towards the end of last year it raised the bar for PC audio. With the announcement Tuesday of i...
Article | 25/09/2002 Microsoft confirms Rare acquisition
Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed that it has acquired U.K. video game developer Rare Ltd., which produces such titles as "GoldenEye 007" and "Donkey Kon...
Article | 25/09/2002 AMD upgrades mobile processor line
Advanced Micro Devices added two processors to its roster Tuesday, introducing the Mobile AMD Athlon XP 1900+ and 2000+, it said in a release.
Article | 25/09/2002 Netscape hops onboard Lindows
Lindows.com Inc. said Tuesday that it reached a deal with AOL Time Warner Inc. (AOLTW) to include the company's Netscape branded mail, browser and ins...
Article | 25/09/2002 BlackBerry drops into Australia
National carrier Telstra has begun offering a commercial wireless e-mail service based on the Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) BlackBerry device.

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