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Article | 21/08/2000 Napster continues fight against music labels
Napster has made its next move for survival in its battle with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The RIAA, representing several ma...
Article | 21/08/2000 Buddy, can you spare a palm?
Popular Palm handhelds and Compaq Computer iPaq Pocket PCs are hard to come by these days, and it may be the fault of those darn mobile phones.
Article | 21/08/2000 Can Compaq's iPaq thrive?
When Compaq Computer unveils a new line of consumer and business computing devices, you might assume that at least some would be PCs. But new PCs were...
Article | 21/08/2000 Wireless web market to grow
The size of the global market for small wireless internet devices will grow from $US10 billion today to $73 billion by 2005, according to a study cond...
Article | 21/08/2000 3Com serves Xircom with patent lawsuit
3Com said last week that it has served Xircom with a patent infringement lawsuit, accusing the rival networking vendor of illegally using patented 3Co...
Article | 21/08/2000 Imici newest instant messenger blocked by AOL
Add internet instant messaging service Imici to the list of companies America Online has tried to block from interoperating with its AOL Instant Messe...
Article | 21/08/2000 Passionate reactions to the DeCSS decision online
Online reaction has been voluminous and passionate since a federal court ruling Thursday that bars a hacker website from posting or linking De-Content...
Article | 21/08/2000 Transmeta unveils new chip, signs up Sony
It's been a big week for chip maker Transmeta. Wednesday saw the startup introduce a new model of its Crusoe chip, the TM5600, at the Hot Chips confer...
Article | 18/08/2000 Swiss Bank Hit by Love Bug Variant
The "Love Bug" worm has continued to mutate and infect its way through systems all over the world. This time, it's a Swiss bank, as Rick Perera report...
Article | 18/08/2000 Judge Rules Links Illegal, Code Not Free Speech
US District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down his verdict in the Motion Pictures Association of America lawsuit against 2600 Magazine. 2600's defen...
Article | 18/08/2000 Napster Fans Crack Website
"This isn't a security story. This is really a story about how the music industry is dealing with its former reluctance to work with the Internet," sa...
Article | 17/08/2000 ASIC issues warning to online brokers
Inadequate complaints-handling systems are the key problem preventing many local online stockbrokers from "clean bills of health", the Australian Secu...
Article | 17/08/2000 New South Wales Govt proposes ‘Anti-hacking' legislation.
The NSW State Attorney General, Bob Debus, has proposed amendments to the NSW Crimes Act which will see those found guilty of "interfering with electr...
Article | 17/08/2000 2600 Australia finds a hole in Woolies
The 'hacking group' 2600 Australia has in recent times set up a security and vulnerability advisory service via their Web site. Known as 'Wiretapped',...
Article | 17/08/2000 Tivoli ramps up IBM mega-solution for 2000 Games
IBM's information systems management subsidiary, Tivoli Systems, is betting the Sydney 2000 Games' e-business infrastructure is in safe hands, claimin...
Article | 16/08/2000 Cyber Extortionists Arrested in Bloomberg Case
A pair of Kazakh crackers were awaiting extradition to the U.S. today on charges they threatened financial and news impresario Michael Bloomberg with ...
Article | 16/08/2000 RealPlayer Takes Subscriptions
Despite the monthly bill, cable television offers better quality TV than what those old rabbit ears brought you. With its new subscription service, Re...
Article | 16/08/2000 NTT DoCoMo's I-mode Service Fails Again
NTT DoCoMo's "i-Mode" enlisted 10 million subscribers before the service had even completed its first year of operation. Now, problems are beginning t...
Article | 16/08/2000 Banned from the Olympics
The Olympics are almost upon unsuspecting Web and TV users in Australia, yet the furore over broadcasting rights for Internet channels has been a quie...
Article | 15/08/2000 Compaq re-aligns PC profile to be IT consulting giant
Compaq Computer will attempt to reposition its brand name from a PC powerhouse to an IT consulting specialist through a $338 million media campaign ai...

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