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Palm takes browsing into its own hands

Palm Wednesday unveiled a branded Web browser that it says is optimized for handheld devices, using compression technology that downloads text rapidly, and is customized to display Web pages on small screens. Read the full Article http://idg.net/ic_829720_1794_9-10000.html

IDC says PC sales on the rebound

faster than previous estimates of 1.8 percent growth, market researcher IDC said Wednesday. Read the full Article http://idg.net/ic_829686_1794_9-10000.html

HP merger captures ‘yes’ vote

Although Compaq CEO Michael Capellas had previously said he believed Putnam–Compaq’s largest investor–would support the merger, the fund company had declined to comment on its plans until now. Putnam holds 68.9 million shares of Compaq. Read the full Article http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-859519.html

New Orleans Public School System Turns to Cox Business Services for Gigabit Ethernet Network Solution

Cox to interconnect 146 school sites with a bundle of voice, video and data through a GIG-E (Gigabit Ethernet) Wide Area Network (WAN). Read the Full Article http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/category/industryarticle.asp?feed=BW&Date=20020311&ID=1479196

Macromedia Announces Flash MX

Powerful video, multimedia and application development features allow the creation of rich user interfaces, online advertising, eLearning courses and enterprise application front-ends. Deploy consistently to over 414 million Internet users across all major platforms and devices with the leading rich client, Macromedia Flash Player. Access Macromedia’s Announcement http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/ <

Planet Internet

So when Smarr takes the reins of a new $400 million institute and starts talking about intelligent highways and digital genomics, people listen. Read the Full Article http://www.techreview.com/articles/qa0302.asp <

New HP DVD+RWs address compatibility

DVD+RW is one of several formats competing to be the standard for rewritable and recordable DVD drives and media. The others include DVD+R, DVD-R (DVD-recordable), DVD-RW (DVD-rewritable) and DVD-RAM. Read the Full Article http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-857429.html

Scanners: Canon and HP scan off

Two leading scanner vendors have just released new consumer models at the same price point. Canon’s CanoScan D1250U2F and Hewlett-Packard’s ScanJet 5400c both cost less than $200 and offer great simplicity and careful design, but that’s where the similarities end. Read the Reviews http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2853582,00.html

CollegisEduprise Brings Learning Technology Solutions to Colorado Community Colleges Online

Maitland, Fla. and Denver, Co. – March 11, 2002 – In a Rocky Mountain region valued for independence and self-reliance, a consortium of community colleges has enlisted an outside partner to deliver the promise of superior overall value and support for technology investments in higher education. CollegisEduprise, the leading provider of comprehensive business, technology and […]

Users brace for HP/Compaq union

As shareholders prepare to vote next week on what would be the largest merger in computer industry history, corporate users remain uncertain about the prospects for maintaining full protection of their technology investments. Read the Full Article http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO68964,00.html