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Article | 20/07/2001 Win2K sales carry Microsoft through tough quarter
Continued growth in sales of the Windows 2000 operating system carried Microsoft through the dismal economic quarter, meeting Wall Street expectations...
Article | 20/07/2001 With new IIS worm, security practices questioned
A new Internet worm has been spotted that attacks Microsoft Corp. Internet Information Server (IIS) systems that are vulnerable to a month-old securit...
Article | 20/07/2001 Hacker had no access to accounts: CBA
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia today moved to reassure its customers that no hacker had accessed their accounts.
Article | 19/07/2001 Russian arrested for alleged DMCA violations
Turns out the Def Con hacker convention wasn't all fun and games; it also produced one high-profile arrest. Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian programmer at t...
Article | 19/07/2001 Hotmail's new look a no show
An upgrade meant to be a surprise to users of Microsoft Corp.'s free e-mail service Hotmail surprisingly didn't happen Wednesday. A company spokesman ...
Article | 19/07/2001 Dell cuts consumer PC warranties worldwide
In a move intended to lower its prices, Dell Computer Corp. has decided to reduce the warranties on its consumer and small business PCs from three yea...
Article | 19/07/2001 Intel to speed up shift to Pentium 4
Intel Corp. today reported a 94 percent year-to-year drop in second-quarter net income and said it's planning "a major acceleration" of the ongoing tr...
Article | 19/07/2001 Microsoft throws Java out of Windows XP
Microsoft Corp. will not include its JVM (Java Virtual Machine) in Windows XP or subsequent operating systems as part of a phaseout of the JVM followi...
Article | 19/07/2001 Jobs debuts faster Macs, previews OS X upgrade
Apple Computer Inc. kicked off this week's Macworld show here with upgrades to its iMac and Power Mac G4 product lines, and a pledge that Mac OS X ver...
Article | 19/07/2001 Napster inches toward subscription service
Two and a half weeks into Napster Inc.'s offline slumber, the embattled song-swapping service showed a small sign of life Wednesday when it announced ...
Article | 19/07/2001 Borland unveils new Web-based development tool
Borland Software Corp. today announced that it's gearing up for the release of a new collaborative, Web-based software tool.
Article | 18/07/2001 B2B e-marketplaces mature as shakeout looms
The global B2B e-marketplace shakeout is findally abating after a shaky 12 months which has seen operators in Australia fall like dominoes.
Article | 18/07/2001 Telstra's ADSL complaints affect ISPs
The threat of a class action against Telstra from Sydney-based lawyer Michael King on behalf some 300 dissatisfied ADSL customers has far-reaching imp...
Article | 18/07/2001 Afghanistan bans the Internet
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia has banned the Internet to prevent un-Islamic influences until the country builds its own telephone network.
Article | 18/07/2001 Intel's Q2 income plunges 76 percent
Intel Corp. on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income that was down 76 percent from a year ago, as the company continues to grapple with slowing P...
Article | 18/07/2001 Caching works for the British Open
When you log on to the British Open Web site this week to catch the latest changes to the leaderboard or view live video of Tiger Woods detailing his ...
Article | 18/07/2001 Compaq offers 'on demand' computing services
Compaq Computer Corp. announced a change in its sales strategy Tuesday, pushing services to large corporate customers in a move to emphasize that it d...
Article | 18/07/2001 Group slams search engines for sneaking in ads
Claiming that Internet search engines are increasingly slipping ads into what are supposed to be objective query results, watchdog group Commercial Al...
Article | 18/07/2001 ICANN lays down law
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) reasserted its authority over the management and creation of new domain names in its n...
Article | 18/07/2001 Samsung, AOL to build new set-top boxes
AOL Time Warner and electronics manufacturer Samsung Electronics agreed Tuesday to jointly develop and market the media company's next-generation set-...

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