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Cross-currents in a torrent of data
Broadband is one of the biggest contemporary buzzwords in the IT, media and telecommunications industries. The fashionable term for higher digital connection speeds conjures up images of huge pipes pumping out data fast enough to transform the use of the internet....more
Dominating the battlespace
ftit - defence 55 Why knowledge, more than ever, equals power
According to some enthusiasts in the military, advances in computers, communications, electronics and sensors promise nothing less than a lifting of the "fog of war"....more
Pockets of enthusiasm
ftit - europe 55 Infrastructure and politics hinder the region's online advance
The Czech branch of First Tuesday, the global internet club, looks little different from its counterparts around the world....more
Microsoft's new products
Software for serious users
Microsoft's much hyped internet initiative, .Net, has finally achieved some seriousness with the release of an "industrial strength" version of its Windows 2000 operating system....more
News in brief
Oracle's earnings are well ahead
Oracle's phenomenal recent performance shows little sign of faltering, to judge from its most recent financial results. The software giant reported net income up 111 per cent....more