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Article | 6/09/2000 Rough sailing for European flat-rate surfers
A wave of failures in Europe's fledgling flat-rate ISP market is just the beginning. Analysts expect a flood of mergers and bankruptcies in coming mon...
Article | 6/09/2000 Is Firewire the future of consumer electronics?
Hooking up today's typical home-theatre setup is, to many a consumer's chagrin, a job that apparently requires the skills of a rocket scientist, or at...
Article | 6/09/2000 Hardware, ready to wear
Today's computers can be desktops, laptops, or even palmtops. But are you ready for computer tank tops?
Article | 6/09/2000 Chip volumes hit record high
An insatiable demand for computers and other electronic devices boosted worldwide semiconductor sales to an all-time high of $US17.3 billion in July 2...
Article | 5/09/2000 Staff cuts and office closures as LibertyOne forecasts $60 million loss
LibertyOne's troubles continued this week, with the Internet company announcing it has laid off staff and plans to sell off many of its investments - ...
Article | 5/09/2000 VC, startups survey terrain after bubble bursts
There's still plenty of venture capital (VC) looking for opportunities in the New Economy -- but today's investors want profitability, not hype. That'...
Article | 5/09/2000 Report: Ministry to auction Chinese dot-coms
The China International Trade Promotion Committee later this month will auction off approximately 200 Chinese dot-com companies and their assets to fo...
Article | 5/09/2000 Is Eudora snooping on you?
Nobody likes a snoop. So when you find that one of your programs communicates with a server on the Internet without first notifying you, you might get...
Article | 5/09/2000 Alcatel, Fujitsu launch 3G joint venture
French electronics and telecommunications giant Alcatel and Japanese hardware company Fujitsu have finalised plans to form a joint venture to develop ...
Article | 4/09/2000 Broadcom, Rambus on the Receiving End of Lawsuits
Patent controversies swirled around the high-tech industry last week as Intel sued Broadcom and Hyundai Electronics and Micron Technology announced pl...
Article | 4/09/2000 NAB to run Peakhour-powered ASP
The National Australia Bank has signed a deal with ASP Peakhour to offer its SME customers a range of online services, and has also announced a $12 mi...
Article | 4/09/2000 China's software industry under threat from piracy
More than one in four software companies in China believes piracy is the biggest barrier to the development of China's software industry, according to...
Article | 4/09/2000 Judge awards Bristol $US1M in Microsoft suit
A US federal judge has ordered Microsoft to pay $US1 million in punitive damages to Bristol Technology, the company said in a statement Friday.
Article | 4/09/2000 Report: the Net goes international
North Americans continue to be the largest single block of the online population worldwide, but a report released Friday shows that growth in the numb...
Article | 4/09/2000 Acer Labs looks to China
Acer Laboratories (ALI) said this week that it plans to increase its current expansion into China in an attempt to dip into the mainland's software re...
Article | 1/09/2000 Battle of the robot champions
This month's Olympics are not the only sporting event currently on the minds of Australians. A significant sporting event is already taking place in M...
Article | 1/09/2000 Head of AMD's processor unit resigns
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced Wednesday the resignation of Larry Hollatz, group vice president in charge of AMD's PC processor business.
Article | 1/09/2000 Panel: the future is a wireless push
In the publishing industry, old-guard veterans and young entrepreneurs agree on at least one thing about the future of content delivery: no matter whe...
Article | 1/09/2000 US online sales hit $US5.5B in Q2
The US Census Bureau's most recent quarterly survey of online retail sales in the US showed a 5.3 per cent increase over the estimate for the previous...
Article | 1/09/2000 Site unveils Hindi music downloads
The Indian music industry is set to be hit by the Internet revolution with this week's launch of a pay-per-download music service by Venus Tapes & Rec...

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