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walktalker · 29-11-01, 08:32 PM

Finding a backup to Excite@Home
The possibility that Excite@Home could block service Friday has forced cable companies to scramble to come up with alternative plans for their high-speed Internet access customers. Excite@Home, which filed for bankruptcy last month, said earlier this week that it could shut off its service to cable companies as early as Friday. Sources say Friday's potential end game was forced by creditors who are trying to get AT&T to raise its $307 million bid for Excite@Home. These bondholders fall later in the creditor food chain and are trying to salvage the best return they can, sources say.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02

The Net finds a friend in classifieds
Web publishers intent on reviving the comatose online advertising market with bigger and noisier ads might take a lesson from the quiet and unobtrusive world of classified listings. People are increasingly logging on to the Internet instead of circling newspaper ads in their hunt for jobs, cars or even a date, turning the classified industry into a potentially lucrative online business for newspaper publishers, technology providers and Internet companies.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02

Soldiers in war zone to get video e-mail
Family and friends of U.S. troops serving in and around Afghanistan will be able to share video e-mail messages in time for the holidays. With technology and equipment provided by Compaq Computer, Sorenson Media and Digital Island, the Department of Defense next week will begin allowing Americans to record and send video messages via the Internet to U.S. troops, under its "Give Thanks America" campaign.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02

Secret of Ginger to be revealed?
More details on Ginger, the alleged scooter at the center of controversy and wild speculation for close to a year, may emerge next week amid a flurry of patent applications from its inventor. "Good Morning America" anchor Diane Sawyer said earlier this week that the show will reveal what Ginger -- also known as IT -- is next week on the show. Judging from Sawyer's comments, Ginger watchers expect the segment to air Monday. ABC, the network that hosts the show, is running a guess-the-identity-of-Ginger contest.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02

Nintendo: GameCube's outselling rivals
Nintendo has announced that more than half-million GameCube consoles were sold through to consumers in its first week of availability. The company claims those sales numbers make the GameCube the fastest-selling console in history -- the PlayStation 2 sold its initial shipment of 500,000 units in less than a week, but Sony did not ship additional units for several weeks after launch. In terms of software sales, Luigi's Mansion became the fastest selling launch game, even surpassing the stellar sales of Nintendo's own Super Mario 64, according to Nintendo.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02

Dutch court cracks down on Kazaa

A Dutch court on Thursday ordered file-swapping software maker Kazaa to prevent people using its product from engaging in copyright infringement or face thousands of dollars in fines. The order takes effect in 14 days and imposes a fine around $45,000 (100,000 guilders) a day. "We don't know how the judge wants us to stop copyright infringement," Kazaa attorney Christiaan Alberdinck Thijm told CNET News.com's affiliate in the Netherlands on Thursday. "We feel as if the judge didn't put much time and effort into this part of the verdict."
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=mn_hd

Dell entices China with cheap computers
Dell Computer, known for selling computers directly to consumers, has adapted that approach in China -- one of the few healthy markets in an otherwise ailing PC industry. In July, Dell introduced its SmartPC model, which retails for $579 (4,792 yuan), said William Amelio, Dell's president for the Asia-Pacific region including Japan. Round Rock, Texas-based Dell recently surpassed IBM as the biggest foreign PC seller in China. Dell's third-quarter market share in China was 4.9 percent. That compares with 3.1 percent in the same quarter a year earlier, according to market researcher IDC.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200...html?tag=mn_hd

Hitachi cuts memory chipmaking jobs
Hitachi, Japan's largest electronics maker, on Thursday announced further job and output cuts at a memory chip venture in Singapore, pressured by a persistent high-tech slump and intense global competition. Hitachi, which is also Japan's third-biggest chipmaker, said it would lay off 430 of 980 employees at the venture by the end of this month, following closely on the heels of last month's cut of 300 jobs. Hitachi also said it would further reduce the operating rate at the plant, which makes dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips used in PCs, to 30 percent of capacity from 60 percent.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200...html?tag=cd_mh

Compaq inks deal with American Express
Compaq Computer has landed a five-year, multimillion-dollar contract with American Express, the latest large deal for the company since the proposed merger with Hewlett-Packard was announced in September. Under the deal, Compaq will install a 25,000-seat "thin client" system worldwide that will be used by American Express customer service representatives. Exact financial terms were not disclosed. Thin clients are terminals that offload most computing functions to a central server.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200...html?tag=cd_mh

Internet shopping: Safer than you think
Internet shopping is safer than you think, the British government said in a campaign launched Thursday to reassure consumers that they can buy holiday presents online as safely as they can in a store. "The campaign aims to raise awareness about e-shopping and demonstrate that it is safe as long as shoppers follow basic, common-sense guidelines," the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. The DTI said a survey it commissioned showed more people shop online in Britain than in any other European country, with about 12 million people having done so in the past year.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200...html?tag=cd_mh

VoiceStream eyes national-security waiver
VoiceStream Wireless has asked U.S. regulators for a waiver of certain federal rules so it can immediately offer priority access to its network for emergency and national-security personnel. When the United States came under attack on Sept. 11, mobile telephone networks were jammed and few calls could get through, prompting government officials to seek faster deployment of priority access to the airwaves in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Salt Lake City, the site of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200...html?tag=cd_mh

Airlines nix plans to fund Internet service
Boeing said the top three U.S. airlines canceled plans to invest in its high-speed airborne Internet service, Connexion, though they will continue to help shape the product. In June, Boeing announced that American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines would help fund Connexion's development, but the airlines have pulled out following the Sept. 11 hijack attacks. "The three airlines understand the value of in-flight connectivity but they need to focus near-term on their core businesses, in light of recent events," Connexion spokesman Fernando Vivanco said.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200...html?tag=cd_mh

DoubleClick brings ads to interactive TV
DoubleClick on Thursday said it plans to work with Liberate Technologies to deliver advertising for interactive TV, marking the online advertising company's first major effort in the emerging arena. Through the initiative, DoubleClick hopes to let advertisers and network operators deliver highly targeted ads for interactive TV using the standards-based Liberate software. Interactive TV, which aims to combine the best features of the Internet with television and largely relies on the prevalence of high-speed access, has been seen as an emerging area for some time. However, major inroads in terms of adoption and ability to make money from it have yet to be seen.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=cd_mh

BMI gets rights for radio Web streaming
Music performance rights group Broadcast Music Inc. has outlined a temporary license arrangement for radio stations to stream programming over the Internet. The agreement Wednesday highlights the success of music rights holders in extending their licensing requirements to the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) have won key legal battles against online music services such as Napster and MP3.com, victories that have established licensing agreements for online distribution.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=cd_mh

Study: Internet use steals TV time
Internet use in the United States continues to climb, new research finds, and it's taking time away from another classic American pastime: watching television. A new study conducted by the UCLA Center for Communication Policy found that 72.3 percent of Americans have Internet access, up from 66.9 percent in 2000, and that on average, Internet users spend 9.8 hours a week online. That number is up slightly from 2000, the first year the UCLA study was conducted.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=cd_mh

Xbox sales target set for Europe
Microsoft hopes to sell 1.5 million Xbox game consoles in Europe during the first three months after its launch there, the company said Thursday. The Xbox, which is competing against Nintendo's GameCube and Sony's PlayStation 2, is set to be introduced in Europe on March 14. "We are capable of building 1.5 million units for the launch, and we'd be very, very happy to sell all of those,'' said Sandy Duncan, Microsoft's vice president for Xbox in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200...html?tag=cd_mh

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29-11-01, 08:32 PM	#1
walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	The Newspaper Shop -- Thursday edition Finding a backup to Excite@Home The possibility that Excite@Home could block service Friday has forced cable companies to scramble to come up with alternative plans for their high-speed Internet access customers. Excite@Home, which filed for bankruptcy last month, said earlier this week that it could shut off its service to cable companies as early as Friday. Sources say Friday's potential end game was forced by creditors who are trying to get AT&T to raise its $307 million bid for Excite@Home. These bondholders fall later in the creditor food chain and are trying to salvage the best return they can, sources say. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02 The Net finds a friend in classifieds Web publishers intent on reviving the comatose online advertising market with bigger and noisier ads might take a lesson from the quiet and unobtrusive world of classified listings. People are increasingly logging on to the Internet instead of circling newspaper ads in their hunt for jobs, cars or even a date, turning the classified industry into a potentially lucrative online business for newspaper publishers, technology providers and Internet companies. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02 Soldiers in war zone to get video e-mail Family and friends of U.S. troops serving in and around Afghanistan will be able to share video e-mail messages in time for the holidays. With technology and equipment provided by Compaq Computer, Sorenson Media and Digital Island, the Department of Defense next week will begin allowing Americans to record and send video messages via the Internet to U.S. troops, under its "Give Thanks America" campaign. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02 Secret of Ginger to be revealed? More details on Ginger, the alleged scooter at the center of controversy and wild speculation for close to a year, may emerge next week amid a flurry of patent applications from its inventor. "Good Morning America" anchor Diane Sawyer said earlier this week that the show will reveal what Ginger -- also known as IT -- is next week on the show. Judging from Sawyer's comments, Ginger watchers expect the segment to air Monday. ABC, the network that hosts the show, is running a guess-the-identity-of-Ginger contest. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02 Nintendo: GameCube's outselling rivals Nintendo has announced that more than half-million GameCube consoles were sold through to consumers in its first week of availability. The company claims those sales numbers make the GameCube the fastest-selling console in history -- the PlayStation 2 sold its initial shipment of 500,000 units in less than a week, but Sony did not ship additional units for several weeks after launch. In terms of software sales, Luigi's Mansion became the fastest selling launch game, even surpassing the stellar sales of Nintendo's own Super Mario 64, according to Nintendo. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp02 Dutch court cracks down on Kazaa A Dutch court on Thursday ordered file-swapping software maker Kazaa to prevent people using its product from engaging in copyright infringement or face thousands of dollars in fines. The order takes effect in 14 days and imposes a fine around $45,000 (100,000 guilders) a day. "We don't know how the judge wants us to stop copyright infringement," Kazaa attorney Christiaan Alberdinck Thijm told CNET News.com's affiliate in the Netherlands on Thursday. "We feel as if the judge didn't put much time and effort into this part of the verdict." http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=mn_hd Dell entices China with cheap computers Dell Computer, known for selling computers directly to consumers, has adapted that approach in China -- one of the few healthy markets in an otherwise ailing PC industry. In July, Dell introduced its SmartPC model, which retails for $579 (4,792 yuan), said William Amelio, Dell's president for the Asia-Pacific region including Japan. Round Rock, Texas-based Dell recently surpassed IBM as the biggest foreign PC seller in China. Dell's third-quarter market share in China was 4.9 percent. That compares with 3.1 percent in the same quarter a year earlier, according to market researcher IDC. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200...html?tag=mn_hd Hitachi cuts memory chipmaking jobs Hitachi, Japan's largest electronics maker, on Thursday announced further job and output cuts at a memory chip venture in Singapore, pressured by a persistent high-tech slump and intense global competition. Hitachi, which is also Japan's third-biggest chipmaker, said it would lay off 430 of 980 employees at the venture by the end of this month, following closely on the heels of last month's cut of 300 jobs. Hitachi also said it would further reduce the operating rate at the plant, which makes dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips used in PCs, to 30 percent of capacity from 60 percent. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200...html?tag=cd_mh Compaq inks deal with American Express Compaq Computer has landed a five-year, multimillion-dollar contract with American Express, the latest large deal for the company since the proposed merger with Hewlett-Packard was announced in September. Under the deal, Compaq will install a 25,000-seat "thin client" system worldwide that will be used by American Express customer service representatives. Exact financial terms were not disclosed. Thin clients are terminals that offload most computing functions to a central server. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200...html?tag=cd_mh Internet shopping: Safer than you think Internet shopping is safer than you think, the British government said in a campaign launched Thursday to reassure consumers that they can buy holiday presents online as safely as they can in a store. "The campaign aims to raise awareness about e-shopping and demonstrate that it is safe as long as shoppers follow basic, common-sense guidelines," the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. The DTI said a survey it commissioned showed more people shop online in Britain than in any other European country, with about 12 million people having done so in the past year. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200...html?tag=cd_mh VoiceStream eyes national-security waiver VoiceStream Wireless has asked U.S. regulators for a waiver of certain federal rules so it can immediately offer priority access to its network for emergency and national-security personnel. When the United States came under attack on Sept. 11, mobile telephone networks were jammed and few calls could get through, prompting government officials to seek faster deployment of priority access to the airwaves in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Salt Lake City, the site of the 2002 Winter Olympics. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200...html?tag=cd_mh Airlines nix plans to fund Internet service Boeing said the top three U.S. airlines canceled plans to invest in its high-speed airborne Internet service, Connexion, though they will continue to help shape the product. In June, Boeing announced that American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines would help fund Connexion's development, but the airlines have pulled out following the Sept. 11 hijack attacks. "The three airlines understand the value of in-flight connectivity but they need to focus near-term on their core businesses, in light of recent events," Connexion spokesman Fernando Vivanco said. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200...html?tag=cd_mh DoubleClick brings ads to interactive TV DoubleClick on Thursday said it plans to work with Liberate Technologies to deliver advertising for interactive TV, marking the online advertising company's first major effort in the emerging arena. Through the initiative, DoubleClick hopes to let advertisers and network operators deliver highly targeted ads for interactive TV using the standards-based Liberate software. Interactive TV, which aims to combine the best features of the Internet with television and largely relies on the prevalence of high-speed access, has been seen as an emerging area for some time. However, major inroads in terms of adoption and ability to make money from it have yet to be seen. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=cd_mh BMI gets rights for radio Web streaming Music performance rights group Broadcast Music Inc. has outlined a temporary license arrangement for radio stations to stream programming over the Internet. The agreement Wednesday highlights the success of music rights holders in extending their licensing requirements to the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) have won key legal battles against online music services such as Napster and MP3.com, victories that have established licensing agreements for online distribution. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=cd_mh Study: Internet use steals TV time Internet use in the United States continues to climb, new research finds, and it's taking time away from another classic American pastime: watching television. A new study conducted by the UCLA Center for Communication Policy found that 72.3 percent of Americans have Internet access, up from 66.9 percent in 2000, and that on average, Internet users spend 9.8 hours a week online. That number is up slightly from 2000, the first year the UCLA study was conducted. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=cd_mh Xbox sales target set for Europe Microsoft hopes to sell 1.5 million Xbox game consoles in Europe during the first three months after its launch there, the company said Thursday. The Xbox, which is competing against Nintendo's GameCube and Sony's PlayStation 2, is set to be introduced in Europe on March 14. "We are capable of building 1.5 million units for the launch, and we'd be very, very happy to sell all of those,'' said Sandy Duncan, Microsoft's vice president for Xbox in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200...html?tag=cd_mh More news later on __________________ This post was sponsored by Netcoco, who wants cookies, cookies, cookies and, you guessed it, more cookies