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Satellite on broadband comeback
Insight US satellite companies like Hughes and WildBlue are prepping high-speed data services for rural markets in US. Will they get burned a second time?
AOL blocks AT&T WorldNet instant messages
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The week in review: Dawn of the "PC-plus" era?
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Excite@Home creates tracking stock
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Tandy looks to blend old world with new
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AT&T interactive TV plans haven't yet turned on
News Nearly a year after Microsoft invested US$5 billion in AT&T to gain access to its cable network, the duo has little more than fuzzy reception to show for it.
The week in review: Waiting for Y2K
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Blackout shows Net's fragility
News A dispute between major Internet backbone companies has selectively shut down e-mail and Web sites for many online.
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Napster model could make ISPs subsidize record labels
News At the core of Napster's proposed subscription model is an idea so simple the record companies should fall all over themselves adopting it: Make other people pay for millions of dollars in costs the labels pick up today.
Free wireless Net access for the masses
News Community groups are extending Net access through the 802.11b wireless standard, generating a phenomenon reminiscent of the Napster craze.
Cable companies cracking down on Wi-Fi
News Customers who allow open access to their high-speed connections face being unplugged.
Rolling Stone reviews, news find second home
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Financial leaders renew cautions on Net stocks
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Home networking gets a jump start from new tech
News Thomson Multimedia, which builds consumer electronics products under the RCA brand name, will sell networking kits next month that let people connect PCs using existing power outlets in the home.
The man behind Sony's reinvention
News Sony president Fujio Nishida has the unenviable task of trying to remake one of the most recognizable consumer-electronics brand names into a broadband networking company.
