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Article | 10/07/2001 Mixed news from economic downturn
While one in two business owners saw a bright future for e-commerce in July 2000, that optimism has declined noticeably as the IT industry and other e...
Article | 10/07/2001 HotShed eyes dstore
dstore, that famed failed online etailer has reappeared in the headlines again after an offer was put forward Monday by Brisbane-based technology comp...
Article | 10/07/2001 LG looks you in the eye
Electronics manufacturer LG has incorporated biometric technology, which recognises unique human traits such as fingerprints and voice patterns, into ...
Article | 10/07/2001 MSN Messenger is back up for most users
After seven days of interrupted service, Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Messenger chat service is back online for most of its customers who lost access to the ...
Article | 10/07/2001 Free software advocates support options to .Net
The Free Software Foundation announced Monday it will support two new free software alternatives to Microsoft Corp.'s .Net platform, called the Mono a...
Article | 10/07/2001 Is Napster dead or just napping?
Napster -- merely asleep, or dead?
Article | 10/07/2001 Samsung, Hitachi announce new flash memories
Two of the industry's leading suppliers of flash memory chips, Samsung Electronics and Hitachi, are rising to the challenge of fitting more memory int...
Article | 9/07/2001 Anti-child porn virus on the loose
A new strain of Windows virus tries to weed out perverts by identifying all files on PCs that may contain child pornography, then notifies the British...
Article | 9/07/2001 Cybercrime skyrockets, say security reports
Cybercops say computer crime incidents more than doubled last year, creating a virtual crime wave across computer systems all over the world.
Article | 9/07/2001 Microsoft issues spam patch for Windows 2000
Microsoft issued a security bulletin late Thursday warning of a hole in the Windows 2000 operating system that allows intruders to relay spam e-mail f...
Article | 9/07/2001 Casio's wrist watch camera gets colourful
James Bond would appreciate this when he sends secret mission images taken by his wristwatch camera to M's personal computer. The images, which used t...
Article | 9/07/2001 Linux, Java proponents embrace .NET
Two small development shops are looking to help companies use .NET Web services with Linux and Java.
Article | 9/07/2001 Progress cited in MPEG-4 Visual Standard patent talks
The 19 companies that currently stake claims to essential MPEG-4 Visual Standard patents are edging closer to creating a joint patent license that wil...
Article | 6/07/2001 AMD sees Q2 income fall well below forecasts
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced Thursday that revenue and earnings for its second fiscal quarter were lower than previous estimates, blaming we...
Article | 6/07/2001 Flashy family of Verto graphics cards debuts
US gamers looking for some extra flash after Independence Day fireworks have faded can light up their PCs with a new line of Verto graphics accelerato...
Article | 6/07/2001 Sega to market special-edition Dreamcast
Sega is breathing life into its Dreamcast games console one last time and has announced plans to put on sale a special edition of the device in Septem...
Article | 6/07/2001 Sony courts beginners with new digital camera
Sony is targeting its latest Cybershot digital still camera, the DSC-P20, at young users who will always carry it around for taking casual snapshots. ...
Article | 6/07/2001 Launceston scores free broadband access
As mainland broadband users contend with hiccups in Telstra's services, their Tasmanian counterparts are scoring free ADSL access as part of the Launc...
Article | 6/07/2001 MSN Messenger falters for more than 10 million users
Microsoft said Thursday that a hardware failure had crippled parts of its instant messaging service, cutting off all or part of the service to nearly ...
Article | 6/07/2001 Intel unveils Itanium pricing
Intel Thursday revealed the prices for its Itanium 64-bit processor, which comes in four models, featuring two different clock speeds and two Level 2 ...

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