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Article | 14/09/2000 Study: 1.3B wireless data users by 2004
The number of subscribers to wireless data services will grow rapidly from 170 million worldwide in 2000 to more than 1.3 billion in 2004, according t...
Article | 14/09/2000 Jobs announces Mac OS X beta, new iBooks
As expected, Apple Computer Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs used his keynote address at Apple Expo yesterday to announce the availability of the pu...
Article | 14/09/2000 MP3.com CEO: Universal negotiations continue
MP3.com's head Michael Robertson said his company continues to negotiate with Universal Music Group after a federal judge last week said the Internet ...
Article | 14/09/2000 Microsoft buys MongoMusic
Microsoft has announced it will acquire Internet music company MongoMusic for its search-and-recommendation technology.
Article | 14/09/2000 Napster CEO addresses legal issues, future
Napster's copyright battle dominated discussion at the Internet Law and Policy Forum in the US this week, indicating that interest in the site's legal...
Article | 14/09/2000 Amazon downplays privacy concerns
Amazon.com's new privacy policy has some of its affiliates up in arms, with two severing ties to the e-commerce giant Wednesday.
Article | 13/09/2000 Computer-related crimes expected to plague Olympic Games
The Olympic Games provides an environment for crime to flourish especially in the areas of credit card fraud and counterfeit currency, the Australian ...
Article | 13/09/2000 Gates: .NET not a catch-Up strategy
In the latest era of the Internet, Microsoft is "sort of the Netscape and the Microsoft combined", the software giant's chairman Bill Gates told a med...
Article | 13/09/2000 Compaq sees need for new partners
Compaq Computer is looking for new types of companies to partner with, Peter Blackmore, Compaq's senior vice president and general manager sales and s...
Article | 13/09/2000 Java chip for handhelds unveiled
On Monday, Zucotto Systems formally announced its Java microprocessor, which is designed to supercharge Java applications on a range of handheld devic...
Article | 13/09/2000 Let the Games Be Online!
With a 15-hour time difference between Sydney and New York, the International Olympic Committee doesn't want its broadcast partners - who shelled out ...
Article | 13/09/2000 HP unveils 'Superdome' Unix servers
Hewlett-Packard unveiled the high-end HP 9000 Superdome Unix server on Tuesday, along with an overall strategy aimed at its large dot-com customers, s...
Article | 13/09/2000 Vendors jockey for wireless position
As vendors move to gain position in the emerging wireless market, several companies this week forged broad alliances to further the development of wir...
Article | 13/09/2000 Lost in the ozone: Epson photos fade
Contrary to ads promising fade-resistant, long-lasting photos, colour prints made with several Epson Stylus Photo ink jets turn orange in locations wi...
Article | 12/09/2000 Olympic Games light up Government-supported innovations
A NSW Government-led initiative, the Australian Technology Showcase (ATS), is giving NSW and Australian innovators the opportunity to promote new tech...
Article | 12/09/2000 HP negotiating $US18b PwC Consulting buyout
Hewlett-Packard and PricewaterhouseCoopers confirmed reports Monday that the computer and printer maker is discussing the purchase of the consulting a...
Article | 12/09/2000 Ericsson, Microsoft detail mobile JV plans
Ericsson and Microsoft announced on Monday the official launch of Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture, a joint company formed as part of a broader allia...
Article | 12/09/2000 E-Books go mainstream
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em -- the "dead tree" publishers who fear the competition of electronic books are now going wholeheartedly digital. A sel...
Article | 12/09/2000 A camera that does it all
Convergence takes on a new meaning with the Ricoh RDC-i700, a 3.34-megapixel digital camera that lets you e-mail, fax, and browse the Web.
Article | 12/09/2000 Dell, Toshiba sign components pact valued at $US5B
Toshiba America Electronics Components (TAEC) announced its parent company Toshiba has signed a deal to supply Dell Computer with components on a worl...

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