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Big Power in a Small Package

As west coast utilities struggle to keep up with fast-growing demand for electricity, a Milpitas, Calif., start-up claims that a transceiver chip technology breakthrough...

WhISPers: January 15, 2001

Making TracksThe Ear hears that longtime hosting chief Mitch Ferro has left WorldCom to pursue other goals, following his predecessor Paul Hoffman out the...

eFiles: January 15, 2001

E-calls common within 5 yearsBy 2006, nearly one-quarter of all Internet users will regularly make VOIP phone calls from their PCs, according to a...

GE, Elcom Partner On Procurement

Elcom Inc. and GE Capital Financial Inc. have developed a credit card-like e-procurement product that enables companies to integrate the processing of large purchases...

eBay To Buy South Korea Auction Site

Online auctioneer eBay Inc. last week announced that it will acquire a majority stake in South Koreas largest auction Web site for about $120...

Sonys Un-PC

Like so many miniature Frankenstein monsters, Internet appliances in various permutations have swarmed into the market with promises of quick and simple access. But...

Engine Surfs Travel Sites For Consumers

As if the travel industrys margins werent thin enough, new technology from SideStep Inc. allows consumers to more precisely pinpoint the lowest airline fares,...

New devices to come with CE

At the recent consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft Corp. demonstrated computing devices based on embedded Windows CE, including new products from Hitachi...

Netstradamus

Tis the season for prognostication, so here are my predictions for the true first year of the millennium. Feel free to steal my prescience...

The Myth of the New Economy

In the current regrouping phase of the Internet economy, a successful relationship between service companies and their clients will take the form of "three...