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Second generation DVD-R media hits the streets
The recordable optical media marketplace is getting larger fast. While a host of brand new formats, such as DVD+RW, are nearing launch existing formats are getting make-overs that allow more data to be stored on seemingly identical 12-centimeter optical discs.
Comdex 2000
Comdex 2000 computer industrys biggest trade show, and plenty of hot new technology was on display in Las Vegas this week.
Forget your password — fingerprint scans more and more common
(November 20, 2000 7:09 a.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) – City workers in Oceanside, Calif., were drowning in passwords. One password for e-mail, another to see water billing records or police reports, all on top of the codes and PIN numbers they had to keep straight off the job.
Competing Visions of the Next Computer
Is the pen mightier than the television? That may be the question for Microsoft and Sony, which are spinning competing visions of the tablet computer.
Understanding Comdex 2000
LAS VEGAS – Comdex is the trade show you love to hate, and upward of 200,000 visitors love to hate it.
Microsoft’s Tablet PC Gets It Right
LAS VEGAS – The annual Comdex trade show in Las Vegas is always the place to get a first look at new technology products hitting the market. But it was a gadget that won’t hit the market for at least two years that left the most lasting impression on show attendees: Microsoft’s (nasdaq: MSFT) Tablet […]
IBM launches trio of Pentium 4-based desktops
IBM WILL ANNOUNCE Tuesday its first three desktop PCs featuring Intel’s new Pentium 4 processor — a high-end consumer-oriented PC and two desktop machines aimed at businesses.
Language translation technology advances
TRANSPARENT LANGUAGE, A developer of language technology, believes that it is necessary to cross language barriers for the success of corporations looking to expand overseas.
Intel: Pentium 4 to unleash flurry of multimedia apps
LAS VEGAS — Intel Corp. is giving PC power users something new to feast on this Thanksgiving with the introduction Monday of the new Pentium 4, served up at speeds of 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz.