Little kids click on banner ads twice as much

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

In June 2000
kids 11-years-old and younger clicked on 0.87 percent of banner ads that popped up on their computer
screens. That figure is nearly double the 0.45 percent average click rate for all U.S. Internet users.

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Linux

Big tech companies will ‘have’ to go open source USED TUES, GG

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

In this Wired.com report, we learn that Forrester Research forecasts all traditional software vendors will need to change their
proprietary business models to open-source ones, or drastically lower the price of enterprise application
licenses.

Intel introduces dual-purpose digital camera

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Intel Pocket PC Camera, which begins selling Tuesday, allows consumers to take
Internet-ready photos and record short video clips at or away from the personal computer –
even set up a “spy cam” to and e-mail them automatically to a given address. From the Associated Press.

Web phones destined to take over the world

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

According to Fairfax IT, research company Jupiter Communications forecasts that at the end of 2004, approximately 95 million cellular handsets will be capable
of accessing interactive services, or seven times the projected number of personal digital assistants
(PDAs), in the US.

Computerized clothing is literally ‘wearable technology’

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The BBC News reports that clothes equipped with fully integrated
computer networks have been designed and
developed in a joint venture between clothing
company Levi’s and electronics company
Philips, following three years of intensive
research.

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Unix

IBM rules when it come to quantum computing

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

According to a Reuters report, IBM has developed the worldâ€™s most advanced quantum computer, a device based on the mysterious quantum physics properties of atoms that allow them to work together as a computerâ€™s processor and memory.

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Linux

“Get on with it,” says DOJ of Microsoft’s appeal

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Justice Department was quoted by the Associate Press as saying that delay of the court’s hearing the new case â€œcould irreparably harm
competition in a vital and rapidly evolving sector of the national economy.â€

Desperate couple names new baby after website

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The California couple won $5,000 for naming their baby Iuma, after the Internet Underground Music Archive. The original IUMA plans to award prizes to at least ten babies given the unusual moniker, says ABCNews.com.

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Management

Review: Palm system in a watch

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Satyajit Basu of EdgeReview writes, “The
next time someone takes out their Palm handheld, you
can impress them by matching everything they doâ€¦on
your watch.”

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Unix

Stolen laptop sparks anti-theft technology

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August 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Wharton School of Business financed this angry young man when he wanted to develop a computer security business. They even bought him a new laptop. From IDG.net.

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Linux