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Article | 23/02/2001 Sun warns of security hole in Java
A security vulnerability has been discovered in components of Sun Microsystems' Java software, leaving some servers that run Java open to potential at...
Article | 22/02/2001 Napster offers $US1 billion to settle lawsuit
Napster, the controversial and popular Internet song-swapping service, outlined a proposal Tuesday that it hopes will end the ongoing litigation broug...
Article | 22/02/2001 Intel hit by slowdown in chip demand
Intel combating a slowdown in chip demand, confirmed Wednesday that it will institute measures to save hundreds of millions of dollars this year.
Article | 22/02/2001 Microsoft bundles server apps for small business
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the general availability of Small Business Server 2000, an integrated software suite for small businesses with 50 or ...
Article | 22/02/2001 Conference: 3G services will be an eye-opener
It was a cheap stunt, compared to the thousands of dollars some companies have spent on technology demonstrations in Cannes this week, but Jim Healy's...
Article | 22/02/2001 49 dot-coms become dot-bombs in January
Forty-nine dot-coms joined a growing list of dot-bombs in January and another 112 Internet companies were acquired at a cost of more than $US5 billion...
Article | 21/02/2001 IDC: Linux is Asia-Pacific's fastest growing server OS
Use of the Linux operating system for servers will grow by 57 per cent per year in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) to be worth $US470 millio...
Article | 21/02/2001 Hackers deemed terrorists under new UK law
Hackers now have a new tag in the UK: cyberterrorists. Under the Terrorism Act 2000, enacted into law beginning Monday, people who endanger lives thou...
Article | 21/02/2001 Registrars meet to discuss hijacking of domains
Pushing for uniformity in the handling of Internet domain name disputes, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on Tuesday kicked off a c...
Article | 21/02/2001 IBM releases combined digital notepad and notebook
IBM will officially launch worldwide today its highly publicised ThinkPad TransNote, a digital ink and notebook PC hybrid device.
Article | 21/02/2001 Compaq relaunches iPaq PC family
Compaq on Tuesday relaunched its entire iPaq desktop PC line, along the way providing seven new configurations.
Article | 20/02/2001 Toshiba, Infineon to link 3G video chips
Toshiba and Munich-based Infineon Technologies have begun working together on MPEG4 (Motion Picture Experts Group) video systems for third-generation ...
Article | 20/02/2001 World DRAM prices slide, further falls predicted
Spot prices for DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips on the world market fell sharply last week and look set to continue moving downward amid mar...
Article | 20/02/2001 Napster plug-in lets music play on
Napster fans worried their freewheeling days of digital downloads are numbered may find relief in an unauthorised Napster add-on that can link them to...
Article | 20/02/2001 Net music may abandon peer-to-peer, analyst says
Even if Napster survives its current legal battle, the peer-to-peer music service and its imitators aren't long for this world -- at least in their cu...
Article | 20/02/2001 Microsoft wins more souls for Stinger smart phones
Microsoft has signed agreements with Japan's Mitsubishi Electric and the UK's Sendo to manufacture mobile phone handsets using its Stinger operating s...
Article | 20/02/2001 Acer Labs licenses chip sets for Pentium 4
Intel has awarded Acer Laboratories, an affiliate of Taiwan's leading PC maker Acer, a license to make chip sets for PC systems powered by Intel's hig...
Article | 19/02/2001 Anti-piracy group targets the Ukraine
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) on Friday pointed to the Ukraine as a major violator of US software piracy policies in its ann...
Article | 19/02/2001 Casio to ship Crusoe-powered notebook
Casio Computer has announced details of its long-awaited Crusoe microprocessor-based notebook PC. The Cassiopeia Fiva, which was first previewed at th...
Article | 19/02/2001 Psion to supply NEC with Bluetooth kit
NEC is to include Psion's Bluetooth wireless networking equipment in its future PC products, the two companies have announced.

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