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Acer seizes opening with Gateway
News The Taiwanese PC maker has been growing fast, but with Gateway, it will pass Lenovo as the world's third-largest PC company.
Tags: Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets
Quake will cause Taiwan chipmaker to lose $88 million
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Tough sell for wireless data services
News A cell phone industry trade show will highlight new applications, but standards problems could muddle carriers' push to sell wireless data services to consumers.
IBM unveils Power5-based supercomputing server
News Each skinny server houses eight processors. Plug a few together, and voila! A high-performance machine.
Tags: Supercomputing
Linksys to buy consumer electronics start-up
News Cisco division will pay US$61 million for maker of DVD players that can be connected to the Net, as it expands its reach into the networked home.
Tags: DVD, Networking, Acquisitions
Venture capital helps construction industry build online presence
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New crop of services firms vying for the spotlight
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ACLU fights for free expression on the Net
News The state of New Mexico is in federal court defending its law that prohibits exposing minors to "harmful" material via the Net, in the first of several online content regulation cases coming under fire around the country this fall.
Thomson to go public, expects $2.9 billion
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Microsoft's virus antidote: Ban attachments
News Responding to the rash of e-mail viruses that started with Melissa and I Love You, Microsoft is clamping down on the types of file attachments that will work with the newest version of its Outlook e-mail software.
Microsoft's virus antidote: Ban attachments
News Responding to the rash of email viruses that started with Melissa, the company is clamping down on the types of file attachments that will work with Outlook 2002 email.
Cisco heads home with Linksys buy
News Networking giant Cisco Systems on Wednesday said it would buy Linksys, a manufacturer of networking gear for consumers, in a stock deal valued at US$500 million.
New crop of services firms vies for the spotlight
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Is a wired work force worth it?
News Although PCs in workers' homes were once seen as an important tool for employee communication, some companies believe that a wired work force results in few tangible benefits.
