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Microsoft Office XP: The User Takes Command

Microsoft hits the mark with Office XP, a substantial improvement to Office 2000.

Yipes Partners With Universities for Light-Speed Access to Internet2

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 5, 2001 — Yipes Communications, Inc., the defining provider of scalable bandwidth on demand, today announced that its optical IP networks have been selected by major centers of higher education to link regional institutions with the Internet2 core network infrastructure. Yipes’ regional networks will facilitate light-speed access to these Internet2 sites by […]

As Wireless Tracking Is Born, Does Privacy Die?

Wireless systems capable of tracking vehicles and people all over the planet are leaving businesses aglow with new possibilities, and some privacy advocates deeply concerned.

Loral Cyberstar To Provide Satellite-Based Internet Connectivity To RACSA Of Costa Rica

ROCKVILLE, MD–February 27, 2001–Loral CyberStar, a division of Loral Space & Communications (NYSE:LOR), announced today that it will be providing WorldCast Premier, its high-bandwidth, satellite-based Internet backbone service, to RACSA, Costa Ricas primary voice and data carrier. WorldCast Premier is CyberStar’s premium Internet access service designed to cost-effectively distribute Internet content quickly and efficiently anywhere […]

The National Tele-Immersion Initiative

The National Tele-Immersion Initiative is working to bring together geographically distant participants in a realistic, tele-immersive recreation of their real environments and unify it with representations of 3D simulated, virtual objects that remote participants might use in their collaboration

New Iomega Quiksync™ 3 Software Provides Automatic On-The-Fly Backup To Virtually Any Drive

ROY, Utah – Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM), a global leader in data management solutions, today announced Iomega QuikSyncTM 3, the latest and most powerful version of the company’s automatic backup software and the first version to work with storage drives not manufactured by Iomega. QuikSyncTM 3 software protects users from data loss caused by disasters such […]

PolyVision Unveils Webster Products: a Complete Line of Technology Products for the Education and Corporate Markets

ATLANTA, Georgia–PolyVision Corporation (AMEX: PLI – news), an international manufacturer of innovative visual communication products, recently debuted Webster, their new line of interactive technology products. The introduction took place at the NSSEA School Equipment Trade Show in Dallas, TX. The new Webster™ line offers an extensive suite of visual technology products, delivering a myriad of […]

Domain-name registration gets 64 more languages

Three months after VeriSign Global Registry Services (GRS) began registering Web site addresses in four languages other than English as part of a test process, the company has added 64 new site registration languages to directly bring the Internet to a larger number of native speakers around the globe.

VTEL Responds to its Customers with Release of Galaxy Version 2.02

AUSTIN, Texas – After months of interviews with end users, purchase decision makers and resellers, VTEL® Corporation (Nasdaq: VTEL) improved several features of its leading videoconferencing system, Galaxy™, and is giving the resulting software upgrade, Version 2.02, to existing Galaxy customers free of charge. Aside from several performance improvements, enhancements in Galaxy 2.02 include: More […]

Adobe® Announces After Effects® 5.0

Adobe® After Effects® 5.0 software continues to set motion graphics and visual effects standards for professional cross-media delivery using a toolset that lets you explore unlimited creative possibilities with precise control.