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Article | 2/04/2001 HP warns some monitors can deliver electric shock
Hewlett-Packard has discovered a defect in some of its computer monitors that can deliver an electric shock to users, and is working to identify and r...
Article | 2/04/2001 Law firm drops Holocaust suit against IBM
A US law firm is dropping a class-action suit against IBM over its alleged business ties to the Nazi German regime during World War II. The action wil...
Article | 2/04/2001 IE flaw lets hackers take over user's PC
Microsoft late last week said it has discovered and created a patch for a new Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that could allow hackers to run a p...
Article | 2/04/2001 DoubleClick privacy suits dropped, confirms hack
Internet advertising giant DoubleClick had mixed news to report Friday. It said that privacy lawsuits filed against the company in the US had been dis...
Article | 30/03/2001 Microsoft kicks off Xbox online games plan
Microsoft is teaming up with NTT Communications, the Internet and long distance telecommunications arm of Japan's dominant telephone operator, to deve...
Article | 30/03/2001 Sony gets ready for the broadband era
Sony set out its plans for the coming financial year Thursday and stated an intention to move from being a consumer electronics maker to a "personal b...
Article | 30/03/2001 NOIE receives ultimatum from Christmas Island
Christmas Island is trying to break out of a bureaucratic nightmare that is saddling it with the nation's highest internet connection costs.
Article | 30/03/2001 Chipping away at the Bluetooth myth
Bluetooth garnered much attention at last week's CeBIT trade show, with laptops, mobile phones and all manner of other gadgets on display that made us...
Article | 30/03/2001 Analyst: SingTel/Optus stronger in Asia than Australia
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and its new $17.2 billion Australian acquisition, Cable & Wireless Optus (CWO), are well-positioned to succeed ...
Article | 30/03/2001 IDC: MP3 players to sell like hotcakes
Music fans will trade in their portable CD players for MP3- and other compression-technology players ... eventually, according to market research from...
Article | 29/03/2001 Cisco, Microsoft team on wireless security
A group of companies, including Microsoft and Cisco is announcing the implementation of a new security protocol for wireless networks.
Article | 29/03/2001 RIAA blasts Napster for violating court order
There is no subtlety, no mistaking the position taken by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in its latest legal brief: "Napster has ...
Article | 29/03/2001 DoCoMo to link I-mode with vending machines
NTT DoCoMo is taking its first step towards enabling users of the hit I-mode wireless Internet service to make purchases using their cellular telephon...
Article | 29/03/2001 Guninski finds another hole in MS Exchange security
Bulgarian bug hunter Georgi Guninski said in an advisory Wednesday that a security risk is created in interaction between Microsoft's Internet Explore...
Article | 29/03/2001 Intel, AMD take speed wars on the road
Little more than a year after Advanced Micro Devices trumped Intel in the race to a 1GHz processor, a new chip war appears to be brewing. This time, h...
Article | 29/03/2001 Microsoft releases new media players
Microsoft Wednesday released Windows Media Audio and Video 8, digital media players the company said provide near-DVD quality video reception in real ...
Article | 28/03/2001 Game over: Alston to prohibit online gambling
Gambling service providers will be prohibited from providing online and interactive gambling and wagering services to Australian residents after the i...
Article | 28/03/2001 Vendors like the taste of Tablet PC, sign on
Microsoft's Tablet PC concept could soon become a reality with the announcement that five major vendors and two processor companies have signed on to ...
Article | 28/03/2001 Dutch police fight mobile phone theft with SMS bombs
The Amsterdam police force announced Tuesday that it has found a new weapon against the rising theft of mobile telephones: text message bombs.
Article | 28/03/2001 Check Point signs partners for new security architecture
Check Point Software Technologies Tuesday announced new technology and partnerships designed to help businesses boost the performance of their virtual...

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