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Article | 2/11/2001 Intel to throttle Pentium 4 to 3GHz next year
Chip giant Intel will take its flagship Pentium 4 desktop processors to speeds reaching 3GHz by the end of next year, a company spokesperson said Wedn...
Article | 2/11/2001 Pirated XP sneaks onto shelves in Asia
Pirated copies of Windows XP have found their way into the Hong Kong market. The two-disked "released to manufacturer" version of the software lined t...
Article | 2/11/2001 Via ships integrated DDR chip set for P4
Via Technologies on Thursday launched its ProSavageDDR P4M266 integrated chip set for use with Intel Corp.'s Pentium 4 processor.
Article | 1/11/2001 Swann recalls notebook modems
Connectivity components manufacturer Swann Communications has issued a recall on some of its 56K v90 PCMCIA notebook modems following the discovery of...
Article | 1/11/2001 Nimda variant makes headway, author sends message
The variant of the Nimda worm discovered Tuesday had spread across much of the globe by midday Eastern time Wednesday and the worm's author is also sp...
Article | 1/11/2001 Clever fake of WTO Web site harvests e-mail addresses
Search engines are directing visitors to a subtle parody of the Web site of the World Trade Organization (WTO) instead of the real thing -- and the WT...
Article | 1/11/2001 Universal DRM may block PCs from playing CDs
In an effort to protect its copyright material for digital distribution, Universal Music Group Inc. is preparing to incorporate technology that may ke...
Article | 1/11/2001 Matsushita reports a large H1 loss
Matsushita Electric Industrial made a large net loss for the first half of fiscal year 2001, the company reported Tuesday. It also predicted that the ...
Article | 31/10/2001 Creditors keep E-Store afloat
The creditors of IT e-tailer E-Store have voted to keep the company afloat under a deed of company arrangement.
Article | 31/10/2001 New Nimda variants hits 'Net, users urged to patch
A new variant of the Nimda worm has appeared on the Internet, though exactly how it is different or whether it will be more or less serious than the o...
Article | 31/10/2001 AOL enjoined for nabbing MP3 technology
A U.S. federal judge has enjoined America Online Inc. (AOL) from distributing its AOL 6.0 client amid allegations that the company nabbed PlayMedia Sy...
Article | 31/10/2001 Adobe prints over the Internet with PDFTransit
Sending jobs to print shops over the Internet could get easier and more reliable, thanks to a new software development kit announced by graphic design...
Article | 31/10/2001 Closure of Napster halves file sharing in Europe
Enthusiasm for file sharing over the Internet seems to have waned since the closure of the Napster Inc. music-sharing service in July, with a 50 perce...
Article | 31/10/2001 AMD follows Intel with price cuts
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) cut wholesale prices on some of its Athlon and Duron processors Monday, following rival Intel's price cuts over the weeke...
Article | 30/10/2001 Intel cuts prices on top Pentium 4s, some Pentium IIIs
Intel cut the prices of its three fastest Pentium 4 processors and of some of its 0.13-micron Pentium III Processor-M chips over the weekend. The cuts...
Article | 30/10/2001 Printer companies make their plays in October
There is a time and a season for printer announcements and that time is now, according to analyst firm International Data Corp. A high-speed output of...
Article | 30/10/2001 Microsoft shows off Tablet PC and SDK
Microsoft gave users a glimpse at what it believes will be the next major advance in portable computing at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC...
Article | 30/10/2001 Samsung gets lower chip costs with 300-mm wafers
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory-chip maker, has begun producing 300-mm (12-inch) wafers at its fab in Hwasung-gun, South Korea. The wa...
Article | 30/10/2001 Dell breaks tradition and offers a $599 pre-built PC
In a departure from its build-to-order PC model, Dell Computer has begun selling a US$599 pre-built PC, the SmartStep 100D, on its U.S. Web site. The ...
Article | 30/10/2001 Laws and auDA bog down
Efforts to streamline and turbo-charge the rules governing Australia's .au Internet domain space are nearing the finishing post.

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