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Healthcare must step up IT adoption
News Industry should pick up the pace and adopt the latest technologies to provide better quality patient care, industry experts say at inaugural Asia-Pacific event.
Tags: Web sites, Data Management, Databases
Top strategic technologies for 2005
News Ten years from now, computers will be invisible and disposable. Digital information and services will be delivered by trillions of RFID sensors to almost everything we touch-—kiosks, airplane seats, newspapers and a broad array of new devices. The privacy issue will prove to be the most daunting challenge in bringing about the fully connected world.
Tags: Digital media, Privacy, grid computing
EarthLink, MindSpring set breakup fee
News EarthLink Network and MindSpring Enterprises agreed to pay a US$70 million breakup fee if either company cancels their proposed merger, which will create the second-largest U.S. Internet access provider.
Microsoft cuts checks for e-wallet users
News The company says it will hand up to US$100 to people who use its e-wallet and identity software, just as an effort led by some of Microsoft's bitterest rivals gains momentum.
Write-offs point to content sector struggles
News After hyped mergers of Internet content and broadband access, the harsh lesson for Excite@Home and other companies is that running a Web portal is an incredibly expensive proposition if you're not No 1.
Write-offs point to content sector struggles
News After hyped mergers of Internet content and broadband access, the harsh lesson for Excite@Home and other companies is that running a Web portal is an incredibly expensive proposition if you're not No 1.
Yahoo to clip divisions, lay off 400
News update CEO Terry Semel cuts business units and jobs. Is this the shot in the arm that Yahoo needs?
EarthLink promises "anonymous" Web surfing
News EarthLink is mining privacy paranoia in a bid to sign up new subscribers, adding heat to marketing battles in the bitterly competitive Internet access business.
Japan may cut tax to promote high-speed Net access
News Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication plans to promote high-speed digital subscriber lines, or DSL, for Internet access by providing tax cuts.
Staples offering high-speed access to customers
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Staples offering high-speed online access
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EarthLink, MindSpring complete merger
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Excite@Home snags former AT&T executive
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AOL Europe to deliver Net content to cell phones
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India to liberalize long-distance telephone market
News India, the second-most populous country, will deregulate domestic long-distance telecommunications by Aug 15 and won't tax sales of computers and related equipment for three years, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said.
