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Article | 18/04/2001 Device synchronisation gets simpler
An impressive list of major vendors is lining up behind a new synchronisation specification that could make it much easier to share contacts, calendar...
Article | 18/04/2001 Microsoft security flaw can lead to DoS
Microsoft has admitted that a flaw in its Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 1.0 can lead to a Denial of Service attack (DoS), taking Web...
Article | 18/04/2001 Specialist: IE, Windows can mask dangerous files
Microsoft's Windows Explorer and Web browser Internet Explorer (IE) can be tricked into masking dangerous files as innocent ones, a security specialis...
Article | 18/04/2001 Intel debuts fast DSP chip architecture
Chip giant Intel debuted its Micro Signal Architecture (MSA) in Tokyo Tuesday, marking the first step towards its new chipset for mobile devices, whic...
Article | 18/04/2001 MS, HP team to help new businesses
Microsoft Tuesday extended its relationship with Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new business accelerator, making a number of its servers available to start-ups...
Article | 18/04/2001 Vodafone announces location-based services, Google deal
Standing on the corner of Main Street and looking for a restaurant? On the bus and desperate to find out about practically anything? If you've got a m...
Article | 17/04/2001 Encryption to facilitate execution broadcast
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided to broadcast the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, but not without the assistance of e...
Article | 17/04/2001 Iomega settles lawsuit with rebate offer
Iomega settled a class action suit last Wednesday by offering users complaining of defects in the company's flagship Zip disk drive product a rebate g...
Article | 17/04/2001 IBM drops price, boosts quality of flat-panels
Flat-panel monitor prices are falling as quality improves, and the latest to join that trend is IBM, which is introducing this week four flat-panel di...
Article | 17/04/2001 Runners cross the finish wire(less) in Boston Marathon
Terry Bowen started running at noon in Hopkinton ... and about four and a half minutes later, the clock caught up to him. Bowen's official time of 3:2...
Article | 17/04/2001 Fujitsu offers new pen-tablet PC
A new version of Fujitsu PC's pen-tablet PC, which can be converted for desktop use and is aimed at people whose jobs frequently take them away from t...
Article | 17/04/2001 Adobe puts PDF support on Palms
You no longer need to lug around a laptop to view Adobe Acrobat files on the go: Adobe Systems is offering a free beta of a PDF viewer for Palm handhe...
Article | 12/04/2001 SME apathy blamed for portal closure
Auckland-based online shopping mall ArmadilloNet is to close its virtual doors, blaming its small business members for not changing or updating their ...
Article | 12/04/2001 Will Linux take off in Australian enterprises?
Amost half of Australia's enterprises have taken an active interest in Linux, with the Internet driving its take up, according to an IDC survey.
Article | 12/04/2001 Palm cuts prices
A month after introducing new handhelds with expansion slots, Palm told analysts Wednesday that it would cut prices on some older models.
Article | 12/04/2001 Net telephone company looks to p-to-p to avoid tolls
Tired of paying for phone calls? Convinced that PC-to-PC or PC-to-phone connections are too noisy, echo-filled and unreliable? Want to jump on the pee...
Article | 12/04/2001 Yahoo announces Q1 income decline, staff cutbacks
After twice lowering the bar on its first-quarter earnings and revenue targets, Yahoo finally hit its mark, posting slightly more than break-even resu...
Article | 12/04/2001 Judge critical of Napster, but injunction is unchanged
Napster and music labels represented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) squared off again Tuesday in a San Francisco court to deb...
Article | 12/04/2001 EUV unveils prototype chip technology
The EUV Industry Consortium unveiled a prototype machine Wednesday which by 2006 could make chips smaller and nearly 10 times faster than they are tod...
Article | 12/04/2001 Anti-hacker weapons debut at security confab
With the recent spate of viruses, hack attacks, and identity theft, cryptography and security has moved beyond the venue of mathematicians and technol...

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