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EarthLink, MindSpring Join AOL On Messaging
TechWeb - America Online on Friday said it reached deals with rival U.S. Internet services EarthLink Net and MindSpring Enterprises to offer instant messaging services, as AOL sought allies in its battle to keep the lead in online messaging.
Consumers to benefit from new set-top standards
NEWS.COM - A new breed of cable TV set-top boxes that will allow consumers to receive interactive services moved a step closer to reality today. CableLabs, the industry's research group, issued a final set of hardware specifications for the next generation of advanced set-top boxes.
Linux Undergoes E-Commerce Test
TechWeb - Linux suppliers are pitching their bundles as a low-cost way to set up online businesses,playing to IT's need to demonstrate a return on e-commerce investments.
Know Your Enemy -- Or Not
Wired - Rivalworks.com lets gamers create a comprehensive profile highlighting their interests and skills, so other players can know how proficient they are. At the same time, it also protects users' privacy, so the information can't be mined and the players aren't spammed or harassed.
The problem with proprietary products
MSNBC - It sounds so simple: You want to distribute a word-processing document to a group of people for review. But life gets complex as your cursor hovers over Save. What format should you save it in?
Linux 'Appliance' Serves Music Samples at Stores
Computerworld - Wherehouse Entertainment Inc. uses Linux to serve shoppers any song available on any CD.
Net sales snag brick-and-mortar business
NEWS.COM - E-commerce's success is largely coming at the expense of offline sales, according to a new report, giving brick-and-mortar merchants further reason to go online.
Your Home Could Use ImproveNet
PC World - Want to remodel your kitchen or master suite? ImproveNet offers expert help.
Java Application Builds Vertical E-Markets
TechWeb - BusinessBots has developed an application that can build electronic marketplaces for 18 specific vertical industries including telecommunications, health care, and chemicals.
Motorola to climb aboard Linux bandwagon
PC WEEK - Excited about Linux's prospects, Motorola Computer Group next week will announce a major partnership with Caldera Inc.'s two major divisions.
Messages worth millions
MSNBC - The trenches have been dug. America Online, its engineers erecting a Maginot Line around its instant messaging empire, has sworn to defend its users. While Microsoft, all due irony aside, is screaming for open standards...
PC-TEL announces new LinModem
LinuxWorld - PC-TEL announces the immediate availability of its new
software modem for Linux. Will the mass market bite?
Sun claims major chip breakthrough
ZDNet - Sun says its MAJC's radical new architecture will rock the chip industry.
Sun Micro’s Java makes headway
MSNBC - Java, often dismissed as too unwieldy to displace traditional programming languages, is fast emerging as a key tool for building new software applications that streamline business management and power Internet commerce.
Smarter Java development
JavaWorld - A quick and simple scheme to speed the development of
large-scale Java applications involves the use
of interfaces.
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