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Article | 7/09/2000 Study: Bluetooth nodes to top 1.4B in 2005
The steady growth of devices communicating via Bluetooth wireless technology will see 1.4 billion nodes in use by 2005, compared to just 56 million no...
Article | 7/09/2000 CoShopper promises cheaper prices for online buyers
A site designed to aggregate consumers in order to leverage group buying power has opened shop in Australia.
Article | 7/09/2000 Foldable, flexible notebook screens on the way
Researchers at Philips Electronics have developed a new display technology using plastic polymer semiconductors instead of silicon, which could open t...
Article | 7/09/2000 Corel details layoffs and restructuring
Corel said it will eliminate 139 positions at its engineering operation in Dublin, Ireland as part of a $US40 million cost-saving measure.
Article | 7/09/2000 Judge: MP3.Com 'willfully violated' copyright
A US federal judge ruled Wednesday that MP3.com willfully violated the copyright of the Universal Music Group. "There is no doubt in the court's mind ...
Article | 7/09/2000 Has DVD case made a t-shirt illegal?
The maxim that no good deed goes unpunished must seem charged with prescient wisdom to Steve Blood [cq], the founder of Copyleft.net.
Article | 7/09/2000 Yahoo cuts music broadcast deal
Yahoo said Wednesday it has cut a deal with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that sets terms and conditions for music performances...
Article | 6/09/2000 Intel: We'll Grab 40 Percent of Big Server Market
Servers powered by Intel's 64-bit Itanium chip will take 40 percent of the market for high-end multiprocessor servers within two years, according to C...
Article | 6/09/2000 Nokia gateway combines DSL, wireless LAN
Nokia on Tuesday unveiled an integrated network gateway that combines SDSL (Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) and wireless LAN technology in one pr...
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...

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