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• EBay, AutoTrader Co-Sign on Used-Car Site

  Auction site eBay has forged a partnership with AutoTrader.com to create a classified-ad Web site where individuals and car dealers list used cars for sale.

  Written by Jennifer Couzin • 08 March 00 12:01

• Compaq gives $5m to tech companies

  PC vendor Compaq has shot a $5 million injection into the arm of the Australian technology development industry.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 08 March 00 12:01

• Apple Concludes iMac Copycat Suits

  Apple Computer Inc. today announced that it has successfully concluded its lawsuits against Daewoo Telecom Ltd. and eMachines Inc. for allegedly copying the design of Apple's iMac.

  Written by Christine M. Campbell • 08 March 00 12:01

• Japan: Cellular to Outnumber Fixed Phones in March

  The number of mobile telephones is about to surpass the number of analog fixed line phones in Japan, according to data released late yesterday.

  Written by Martyn Williams • 08 March 00 12:01

• Daytrading Defined

  What is a daytrader? The term has been thrown around to the point where no one bothers to lay out its meaning.

  Written by Cory Johnson • 08 March 00 12:01

• DoubleClick Names Privacy Executives

  As part of its latest privacy initiative, DoubleClick Inc. today filled two high-ranking privacy positions.

  Written by Kathleen Ohlson • 08 March 00 12:01

• Bolt slams WAP infrastructure

  Wireless application protocol is ''the new world wide wait'', in the opinion of Intel's local general manager, David Bolt.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 08 March 00 12:01

• Who Wants to Manage a Fund?

  Steven Wallman wants to do to mutual fund managers what online trading did to stockbrokers: Push them to the sidelines. Wallman, a former commissioner for the Securities and Exchange Commission, has taken the wraps off FolioFn, the secret - and oddly named - financial-services startup he founded in 1998.

  Written by Megan Barnett • 08 March 00 12:01

• 3Com Exec Addresses Network Scalability Issues

  In a keynote address here at the Computer Telephony Expo, 3Com Corp. CTO and senior vice president John Hart identified a forthcoming network transformation driven by the far-reaching impact of the Web. As networks prepare for the convergence of voice, data, and video, Hart emphasized that scalability will be a crucial and determining factor.

  Written by Cathleen Moore • 08 March 00 12:01

• U.K. Police to Get $4B Digital Radio System

  Police officers across the U.K. are to be linked by a single nationwide wireless digital voice and data network, it was announced today. However, the U.K. government is not yet certain how it will fund the system, which is expected to cost 2.5 billion pounds (US$4 billion) over 19 years.

  Written by Laura Rohde • 08 March 00 12:01

• EU to Seek Spectrum Allocations at WRC2000

  Ensuring that third-generation mobile telecommunications services obtain adequate frequency spectrum allocations will be one of the European Union's main objectives during the upcoming World Radio Communications Conference (WRC2000), the European Commission said in a policy document issued today.

  Written by Elizabeth de Bony • 08 March 00 12:01

• Equant Rolls Voice, Data in One Global IP Network

  Network service provider Equant NV today rolled out what it claims is the world's first global integrated voice and data service over a managed Internet Protocol (IP) network.

  Written by James Niccolai • 08 March 00 12:01

• Microsoft Linux: Forecast or fantasy?

  The year is 2010 and when you boot up your PC, you're no longer greeted with a four-color Windows pane logo, but instead you see Tux, the fat black-and-white Linux penguin. Most of your applications are different from ten years ago, but one program from your Windows days now runs on your Linux box. It bears the telltale green, orange, yellow, and blue puzzle-piece logo: It's Microsoft Office.

  Written by Alexandra Krasne • 08 March 00 12:01

• Adacel to establish software engineering centre

  Melbourne software development company Adacel Technologies will spend $22 million over the next five years to establish a software engineering centre in Wodonga, Victoria.

  Written by Angelina Forsyth • 08 March 00 12:01

• Singapore Plans To Avert IT Skills Shortage

  The Singapore government yesterday announced a masterplan to ensure that the country has sufficient skilled workers to cope with an expected surge in demand for IT manpower caused by the rapid growth of electronic business worldwide.

  Written by David Legard • 07 March 00 12:01

• MusicMatch Updates Jukebox

  The MusicMatch Jukebox helps you organize your digital music collection and find out more about the music you like (or might).

  Written by Cameron Crouch • 07 March 00 12:01

• UPDATE: MS, News Corp.'s NDS in Digital TV JV

  Microsoft Corp. and News Corp. company NDS Group PLC have formed an alliance to develop software supporting digital television, hoping to accelerate adoption of digital TV by luring viewers with more features.

  Written by Laura Rohde and Margret Johnston • 07 March 00 12:01

• 'Identity Fraud' Law Reviewed

  Somehow, someone got credit-card numbers and the social security number of Maureen Mitchell's husband. She first learned about the problem when a bank called her to report unusual credit-card activity. But the problems didn't stop for the Madison, Ohio, family. A department store and car dealers were issuing credit to people claiming to be Mitchell's husband.

  Written by Patrick Thibodeau • 07 March 00 12:01

• Cisco, Devoteam work European ASP market together

  Cisco Systems has struck a deal with French consulting firm Devoteam to support its equipment in the European carrier and application service provider market.

  Written by Peter Sayer • 07 March 00 12:01

• Soon, Buy Movie Tickets Online

  As you drive to the theater to see that new flick, you can almost hear the Dolby SurroundSound booming in your ears and taste the buttered popcorn. But after you park and approach the ticket window, you see the detestable "Sold Out" sign at your movie of choice. And the next showing isn't for three hours. Can the Web help?

  Written by Alexandra Krasne • 07 March 00 12:01