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posted in April 2005

Still Tethered, Boston Schedules Wi-Fi Summit

4/28/2005
Boston is finally taking a long, hard look at bringing the wireless service across the city, and has scheduled a Wi-Fi Summit for May 19.
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Your Image Here: Personalized PC Postage Program Returns

4/27/2005
The U.S. Postal Service's immensely popular PC photo and imaging stamps program is being re-launched in test mode, and this time it hopes its vendors can stop people from abusing the service.
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Software Still King Of High Tech

4/26/2005
Two major studies examining different phenomena - venture capital and high-tech employment - reached similar conclusions that the software industry is booming, but communications and electronics manufacturing are in decline.
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Going, Going, Gone: Christie's Auctions Computer Artifacts

4/25/2005
A recent auction by Christie's New York established that there is not only a market for vintage computer artifacts, but that some items have significant value.
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Old Quicken Features Killed; Users Complain

4/21/2005
Intuit Inc. has officially begun dropping some online features of some of its older versions of Quicken, to a roar of complaints from users, although most appear to be signing up for new versions.
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Online Gaming Sites Close Books On Pope

4/20/2005
Amid furious online wagering, Internet gaming site Intrade.com crowed Wednesday that its customers had correctly picked Joseph Ratzinger as the cardinal who would emerge as the new Pope.
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Vonage And Skype Turn Up The Heat--On Each Other

4/18/2005
Vonage And Skype had been addressing different markets, but now each is finally beginning to move into the other's space.
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1Q PC Shipments Rose; Weak Dollar Credited

4/15/2005
PC shipments hit double-digit growth in the first quarter, slightly countering the spate of disappointing earnings from technology companies, IDC reported Friday.
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Tech Grads Face Strongest Job Market In Five Years

4/14/2005
This year's college graduates have reason to be optimistic about their employment prospects, a Michigan State University survey reports--if they have computer, engineering, or IT experience.
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Author Of Grosch's Law Going Strong At 87

4/12/2005
Before there was Moore's Law, there was Grosch's Law.
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E-Passport Program Rolls Out In Singapore

4/11/2005
Singapore's Immigration & Checkpoints Authority is moving ahead with its effort to use Gemplus International's smart-card technology in its pioneering biometric passport program.
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Senator Seeks To Quash Potential Internet Tax

4/11/2005
The federal excise tax on communications (FET), established in 1898 to fund the Spanish American War, is still on the books and looming as a tax on Internet access, but U.S. Senator George Allen (R-VA) introduced legislation Monday to ban the tax from being leveled on the Web.
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MIT, Laptop Maker Quanta Join in $20 Million Research Effort

4/8/2005
As the world's largest maker of laptops, Taiwan's Quanta Computer and MIT are teaming up to research some really big ideas.
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Aging Alpha Processor Gets Companion Product Boost

4/7/2005
With the days of the 64-bit Alpha processor seemingly numbered, Nemonix Engineering is stepping into the breach with a product that works alongside the aging CPUs.
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Online Gaming Sites May Have Inside Track On Next Pope

4/6/2005
Who will be the next Pope? Online gambling sites, taking bets on the next pontiff, may be the best predictors.
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Velocity Unveils PCs With Intel Dual-Core Pentium

4/5/2005
The first PCs based on Intel's highly anticipated dual-core Pentium processor have begun to hit the market. Velocity Micro unveiled its DCX line on Tuesday, equipped with Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 840 processor running at speeds of up to 4.0 GHz.
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Outsourcing: Back In The USSR

4/4/2005
Russia wants a bigger piece of the global outsourcing business, and it is launching a drive next week on its way to becoming what it calls "the next global leader in outsourcing."
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