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Article | 3/10/2000 No Ruling in Napster Case
A US federal appeals court on Monday heard arguments from both sides in the Napster copyright infringement case, but did not rule on the matter of an ...
Article | 3/10/2000 Corel and Microsoft Patch Differences
Struggling applications vendor Corel has secured $US135 million in funding from Microsoft, part of a strategic relationship that will see the companie...
Article | 29/09/2000 PlayStation2 -- Only Half the Fun
Just weeks away from its October 26 US launch, Sony's highly vaunted broadband-enabled PlayStation2 will be in even shorter supply than expected becau...
Article | 29/09/2000 Toshiba Debuts LCD for E-Books
Toshiba will soon begin selling a new low-temperature TFT (polysilicon thin-film transistor) LCD (liquid crystal display) designed for use with electr...
Article | 29/09/2000 Macromedia strikes back at Adobe lawsuit
A legal spat that flared up in August between Adobe Systems and Macromedia grew uglier Wednesday after Macromedia countersued Adobe with its own claim...
Article | 29/09/2000 Transmeta CEO's comments spark debate
In the wake of comments made Tuesday by Transmeta CEO Dave Ditzel that the ambitious microprocessor start-up is at least five years ahead of well-esta...
Article | 29/09/2000 Forget surfing, sniff the Net
The phrase "surfing the Net" managed to become a cliche in a short amount of time. France Télécom, however, now looks to let users sniff the Net, ushe...
Article | 29/09/2000 Intel delays Pentium 4
PC buyers eager to get a Pentium 4 system will have to wait: Intel has quietly delayed the chip's expected release date to deal with last-minute chip ...
Article | 29/09/2000 IBM bows out on a high note
A barefoot marathon runner and a 5cm-too-short gymnastics vault are not the sort of problems you'd expect the official Olympics technology provider, I...
Article | 29/09/2000 Games crunch time for airport systems
In preparation for record passenger numbers next week, Sydney Airport has temporarily shelved its new $43 million baggage system in favour of a less c...
Article | 28/09/2000 C&W Optus continues search for partners
Australia's second-largest telecommunications company Cable & Wireless Optus is still pursuing alliances and equity investment for its mobile business...
Article | 28/09/2000 Michael Dell: PC price cuts will continue
The PC industry appears to be shifting into a new cycle of rapid cost and price declines, Dell Computer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael D...
Article | 28/09/2000 New processors, servers to spur Sun's Net Effect
In the face of sharp criticism from competitors and some industry analysts, Sun Microsystems on Wednesday announced at its Net Effect event that the c...
Article | 28/09/2000 Motorola unveils Bluetooth phone
Bluetooth, a short-range wireless radio technology for connecting devices, inches closer to reality with Motorola's announcement of the Timeport 270, ...
Article | 28/09/2000 Pundit: Linux independence needs guarding
Although Linux is ever gaining more supporters, its status as a truly open-source operating system is not assured, industry pundit Nicholas Petreley s...
Article | 28/09/2000 Intel releases new chipset
Intel Wednesday released the first chipset based on its XScale microarchitecture designed to increase the processing power of Internet-based applicati...
Article | 28/09/2000 Copyright music bodies permit global Net licenses
The legal issues surrounding online music distribution may have taken a small step toward clarity Tuesday when a number of copyright organisations con...
Article | 28/09/2000 Olympic pirate sites caught in the act
Illegal internet streaming of Olympics coverage has not reached the high proportions expected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), with less ...
Article | 27/09/2000 Fujitsu readies Transmeta-based notebooks
Fujitsu this week became the latest Japanese computer manufacturer to announce plans to incorporate startup Transmeta's new Crusoe microprocessors in ...
Article | 27/09/2000 Motorola buys Lineo stake for embedded Linux
Motorola has bought an 8-per cent stake in embedded Linux operating system vendor Lineo for $US22.5 million, the companies announced this week.

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