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Article | 2/07/2001 Sony cuts price on PlayStation 2
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) on Friday reduced the price in Japan for the PlayStation2 (PS2) to 35,000 yen ($500), the company said.
Article | 2/07/2001 TECHXNY - Extras! extras! (for PDAs)
Turn your PDA into a car navigation device, or a hiking companion. Use it to type documents, or browse entire Web pages on its tiny screen. And keep i...
Article | 2/07/2001 Dell asks customers, AMD or Intel?
Dell is the only major PC vendor in the US that offers only Intel processors to its customers, but a survey posted recently on the company's Web site ...
Article | 29/06/2001 Microsoft faces new antitrust trial
A federal appeals court has shoved the antitrust case against Microsoft into reverse, ruling a new trial judge must take over the case in which US Dis...
Article | 29/06/2001 Gates pleased with court ruling
Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates, hailing a US appeals court ruling to overturn a lower court order to break the company in ...
Article | 29/06/2001 TECHXNY - PocketColor 200 prints digital photos on the fly
You love your digital camera, but you hate waiting until you get back to your PC to print out your pictures. SiPix can speed that process with a new p...
Article | 29/06/2001 TECHXNY - Compaq unveils IPaq music centre for home
If you need evidence that the much-predicted convergence of computers and consumer electronics may finally be upon us, consider this: PC heavyweights ...
Article | 29/06/2001 TECHXNY - Web service zeros in on PC problems
Flustered by a PC problem? Point your browser to Distinctive Technologies' PC Pinpoint Web site to try an automated service designed to diagnose and f...
Article | 29/06/2001 Microsoft caves to criticism, drops Smart Tags
Microsoft has decided to drop the controversial Smart Tags feature from its forthcoming Windows XP release. The feature will not appear in the final v...
Article | 28/06/2001 TECHXNY - Compaq unveils PCs that accept credit cards
Your local supermarket probably lets you pay for purchases by swiping your credit card through a reader. Why not give home PCs the same capability? Th...
Article | 28/06/2001 TECHXNY - Portable charger fuels PDAs on the run
Anyone who relies on a rechargeable-battery-powered personal digital assistant knows the frustration of watching it drain when no AC outlet is near to...
Article | 28/06/2001 TECHXNY - Compaq previews new Evo laptop
Combining an upcoming low-power Intel chip with its newly re-designed Evo line of computers, Compaq on Wednesday announced plans to begin shipping an ...
Article | 28/06/2001 Domains .biz, .info go live
Two new top-level Internet domains (TLDs) -- .biz and .info -- went live Wednesday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) sa...
Article | 28/06/2001 TECHXNY - Logitech unveils secure keyboards, mice
Talk about mousing around: Logitech has debuted four new computer mice and two wireless keyboards at PC Expo (part of TECHXNY) here this week. The inp...
Article | 28/06/2001 Microsoft shares code for .Net tools
Microsoft said Wednesday it will release the source code for its set of tools that will allow customers to build Web services and other applications b...
Article | 27/06/2001 Yahoo to add video to instant messaging
Yahoo is set to announce that it is adding video to its instant messenger (IM) service so that users will be able to see other IM users by means of We...
Article | 27/06/2001 TECHXNY - Handheld devices clamour for attention
Expanding the capabilities of handheld computers and enriching the handheld computer experience took front stage for vendors like Palm, Handspring, an...
Article | 27/06/2001 TECHXNY - Intel unveils wireless gateway for SOHO market
Intel on Tuesday at PC Expo extended its reach in the small office/home office (SOHO) networking segment by announcing the Intel Wireless Gateway, a w...
Article | 27/06/2001 Napster signs deal with European indie labels
Music file-swapping company Napster has closed a deal giving it access to hundreds of thousands of song titles belonging to European independent recor...
Article | 27/06/2001 TECHXNY - Power line network standard debuts
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is releasing its first home-networking specification here Tuesday at the TechXNY computer show. The launch is nearly t...

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