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Article | 21/11/2001 Broadcom sues Intel over graphics patents
Broadband chip maker Broadcom Corp. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Intel...
Article | 21/11/2001 MSN lights up Olympic Web site
Microsoft and a group of industry partners flipped the switch Monday on the official Web sites of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, the same day that org...
Article | 21/11/2001 The winding road ahead for home networking
A myriad of home networking tools were available for the choosing at Comdex in Las Vegas last week, but wider use of those products will only come abo...
Article | 20/11/2001 Reality strikes as Web services settle in for long haul
While it's virtually unanimous that Web services will be an important factor going forward, some of the hype is beginning to die down as reality kicks...
Article | 20/11/2001 Mac OS X sprouts new software
Software vendors are taking a big bite of Apple Computer Inc.'s latest operating system, including its foe-turned-friend Microsoft Corp., which made a...
Article | 20/11/2001 E-cheques in the system
An online payment system based on the premise of electronic cheques is looking to breathe some life back into the local e-commerce market.
Article | 20/11/2001 Ready, set, go-anywhere shopping
The Commonwealth Bank has launched what it claims is the world's smallest, fully-integrated mobile Eftpos terminal.
Article | 20/11/2001 Nokia offers multimedia phones, Bluetooth devices
Mobile phone giant Nokia took the wraps off three new mobile phones, including one outfitted for multimedia communication, as well as three Bluetooth ...
Article | 20/11/2001 Industry group agrees on XML model
With so many versions of XML being promoted, it's no surprise that a standard for the standard was announced on Monday.
Article | 20/11/2001 IBM adds oomph to Windows, Linux servers
IBM last week unveiled servers that will let Windows and Linux shops exploit the kinds of fault-tolerance and scalability features more commonly found...
Article | 20/11/2001 In a first, Vatican delivers papal text by Net
Pope John Paul II is preparing to publish an official document over Internet for the first time, underlining the Catholic Church's commitment to moder...
Article | 20/11/2001 Sony adds color to its newest Clie PDA
Sony is adding color to its newest Clie PDA (personal digital assistant), at least in Japan anyway.
Article | 20/11/2001 Fujitsu ships high-speed flash memory
Fujitsu last week started shipping samples of its new 128M-bit flash memory chips, which are targeted at makers of car navigation systems, printers an...
Article | 20/11/2001 Mini PCI card combines support for Bluetooth, 802.11b
Taiwan-based Wistron NeWeb has developed a Mini PCI Type IIIa module for notebook PCs that combines support for two wireless networking standards: 802...
Article | 20/11/2001 Speed just isn't what it used to be
These days, higher processor speeds alone aren't enough to justify the purchase of a new PC.
Article | 19/11/2001 Nintendo launches Gamecube console in US
Hot on the heels of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox console, which was launched last Thursday, Nintendo Co. Ltd. released its new Gamecube console in the U.S. ...
Article | 19/11/2001 Apple and Lucasfilms post third Star Wars trailer
Apple Computer Inc. and Lucasfilms Ltd. have released their third trailer for the epic film series, Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones. The new...
Article | 19/11/2001 Update: Yahoo details layoffs, restructuring plan
Troubled Web portal Yahoo will cut 400 jobs as part of a restructuring plan meant to diversify the company away from its dependence on advertising rev...
Article | 19/11/2001 New sensor chip 'sniffs' dangerous gases
Scientists at three European universities have developed a chip that can "sniff" dangerous gases, paving the way for wallet-card-sized sensing devices...
Article | 16/11/2001 AMD's Duron catches Celeron at 1.2GHz
Days after catching up to rival Intel Corp.'s fastest mobile processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has begun shipping a 1.2GHz version of its ...

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