Europe’s four little MP3s

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Standard looks at four businessmen that have trademarked country domains that begin with MP3, and that have now formed an alliance.

B-to-B: Evolution, not revolution

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Standard observes that online marketplaces are getting squeezed from all sides, now some are transforming themselves into application service providers.

Web traffic servers fail

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

According to the Wall Street Journal, four of the 13 computers that manage global Internet traffic partially failed for a brief period Wednesday night due to a technical glitch.

IMUnified takes AIM at open messaging

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Instant messaging group IMUnified plans to allow customers to chat real-time with subscribers in other systems using techniques that rival America Online has also employed, according to Reuters.

Internet Update

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

This is a roundup of new and updated resources and services on
the global Internet, from Newsbytes.

UPshot.com’s take on OracleSalesOnline

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Keith Raffel, UpShot.com’s founder and CEO, spoke out today on the pending announcement of Oracle’s “free” sales automation offering, reported by Business Wire.

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Open Source

CMGI confident AltaVista will float

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Speaking to The Register, Sam Sethi, European Marketing Director for
CMGI, said: “We’re still planning to IPO either later this year or in the first quarter 2001 – depending on market conditions.”

Linux project serves as IBM recruiting tool

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The EE Times surmises that IBM’s Linux wristwatch project has served as an effort to recruit hands for the company’s open-software thrust.

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Linux

ID-PRO AG embarks on capital increase

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

By announcing a new capital increase ID-PRO AG, one of Europe’s leading GNU/LINUX service providers, is signaling the next phase in its expansion strategy, reports NewsAlert.

Conectiva’s update to xchat

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux Weekly News is offering an update to the IRC client xchat.