Previous DayComdex 2001: Buried treasure
News There are PC and DVD gems to be found at Comdex this year, including Sony Walkman Recorders
Data integration shake-out due, says Ascential
News Products that link corporate data sources are at a premium, but they will have to converge with real-time integration products
EU votes to restrict cookies
News Privacy advocates have won the first stage of a battle to restrict the use of cookies, but advertisers say it will have a damaging effect on industry
Comdex 2001: Chipmakers embrace HyperTransport standard
News More than a dozen companies have licensed the new standard for exchanging data between semiconductors
Comdex 2001: Borland offers a double shot of Java
News Borland is to release new Java application-server software and an update to its software programming tool for Java
Why a tablet PC is in your future
Comment Bill Gates used his keynote at Comdex Fall 2001 to highlight what he calls 'tablet computing' - and the mood might finally swing in favour of the technology if it's useable
Excite UK has 30 days to avoid closure
News Internet portal seeks a buyer after Excite@Home and BTopenworld decide to sell up
Comdex 2001: Skinny desktop models show off
News New space-saving desktops based on the Pentium 4 will be released by Compaq and Hewlett-Packard next year
Comdex 2001: Palm upgrades OS, delays Bluetooth
News Palm executives admit that the Bluetooth expansion card will not be released this year
Comdex 2001: Compaq, HP to build low-power Intel servers
News Intel takes on Transmeta with a new low-power Pentium chip and Compaq, HP and others sign up to release systems based on it
Thin terminals are back - with XP in them
News Thin clients with 128MB of RAM and embedded XP will pay for themselves in three months, says Windows terminal leader Wyse
Comdex 2001: IBM takes high road with Summit chipset
News IBM's latest family of servers is based on its Summit chipset technology and high-end Intel microprocessors
XP blacks out AMD power management
News Microsoft has quietly issued an upgrade for XP, fixing a problem that disables the power management on AMD's mobile processors
Top mobile execs to launch handset auction site
News Mobile phone operators will soon be able to balance their stock inventory by selling surplus devices to each other, and consumers will reap the benefits
Sites spotlight reports of copy-protected CDs
News UK and US sites are listing music CDs with the latest controversial copy-protection
Home networking? Keep it simple
News Demand for Internet access is driving home networking, and there are many opportunities for vendors and operators to win market share
Comdex 2001: Cisco wants wireless everywhere
News In his keynote speech, Cisco's John Chambers calls for the world to become one big wireless network
Comdex 2001: Ellison aims for Microsoft's email crown
News You can't trust Microsoft, says Oracle chief executive. During a press conference, he spells out a plan to swap Microsoft email systems to Oracle's 9i software
Comdex 2001: Sony weds wireless with AOL, Nokia
News Sony is to develop a broadband network, new forms of digital entertainment, consumer electronics devices and a new Internet browser
Comdex 2001: Microsoft preps messaging for business
News Microsoft is betting businesses are quickly developing a taste for instant messaging and digital media functions, long held as the domain of consumers
Comdex 2001: Nokia touts new phone standards group
News The alliance will back a variety of nascent standards that merge wireless communications with more Internet-like features
DVD drives Comdex announcements
News Hewlett-Packard, Sony and others go on the record with plans for DVD+RW and CD-RW drives
Comdex 2001: Intel funnels PC advances into motherboard
News Chipmakers are trumpeting design enhancements to be included in the chip giant's PC motherboard, code-named Hannacroix
Comdex 2001: NEC readies Pocket PC device
News The MobilePro P300 includes Intel's 206MHz StrongARM processor, 32MB of built-in memory and a 32MB secure digital memory card
Handspring poised to sell PDA-phone
News The wireless buzz at Comdex continues as Handspring makes a date for the US launch of its Treo phone-handheld combo. But how does the device compare with Handspring's earlier VisorPhone?
Five years ago: AMD K6 aims for the stars
News AMD believes the arrival of its K6 with MMX instructions will finally give it some real ammunition to take on Intel
SystemSuite 4.0
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