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- IT labor crunch easing
- Continental
Drift
- Coming Soon: Web Sites
That Think
- Delays On Mobile
Services In US
- Industry Analyst
Bullish On The Future For Technology
- IDC
Forecasts Worldwide DRAM Market Will Shrink to $24 Billion in 2001
- IDC
Believes Worldwide Mobile Middleware Revenue Will Erupt to Nearly $1.5 Billion
in 2005
- Industry heavyweights
plot future of wireless
- U.S.
wireless industry eyeing Japan's I-Mode success
- Analyst
Sees First Sales Decline For PC Industry
- Wireless
Internet Hits Airports
- Evolution
of Home Automation into Smart Home Networks Propels Equipment Sales to $1.7 billion
- Online
Grocery Buying Slowly Catching On
- Up
To A 3rd In US Will File Taxes Online In 2001
- Slowdown
in Broadband Modem Market Reflects Widespread Economic Downturn
- Most
Internet Users Wary Of E-Commerce
- Startups
are flocking to storage
- B-To-B
Market Boom Predicted
- Lowest
Income Is Fastest-Growing Group Online
- Tickets
To Go
- Americans Blame Greed
and Clueless Executives for the Dot-com Meltdown
- PC-Based
Internet To Be Eclipsed In Europe By ITV By 2005
- Net
Gambling Sites Double In Past Year
IT
labor crunch easing Employers in certain metropolitan regions report that
they are having an easier time finding qualified IT workers, according to a Federal
Reserve report issued this week. Continental
Drift Undersea fiber emerges as the new Gulf Stream of global voice and
data traffic, though satellites will remain aloft Coming
Soon: Web Sites That Think Artificial intelligence technologies promise
Web sites that react to your input. Delays
On Mobile Services In US Ninety-six million US consumers will use mobile
devices to access the Internet by 2005, up from 4.1 million in 2000 Industry
Analyst Bullish On The Future For Technology With dot-coms seeming to
fold every day, and even old guard companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Compaq
Computer warning of a tough road ahead, these seem like dire times. But the IT
industry has seen it all before with the creation of each new era of computing
and has lived to tell the tale IDC
Forecasts Worldwide DRAM Market Will Shrink to $24 Billion in 2001 The
DRAM market will decline sharply this year. According to IDC, total DRAM revenue
will reach $23.8 billion in 2001, a revenue decrease of 18% and severe 46% price
erosion compared with 2000. IDC
Believes Worldwide Mobile Middleware Revenue Will Erupt to Nearly $1.5 Billion
in 2005 The worldwide mobile middleware market is ready to erupt. According
to IDC, revenue in this industry will explode at a compound annual growth rate
of 61%, from $137 million in 2000 to nearly $1.5 billion in 2005. Industry
heavyweights plot future of wireless The marathon keynote session that
kicked off the CTIA Wireless show here was filled with industry superstars, several
of whom made a point of disagreeing with the idea of a wireless Internet separate
from the wired Internet. U.S.
wireless industry eyeing Japan's I-Mode success Wireless Internet use
in the U.S. hasn't met analyst projections, prompting industry officials to look
at the wildly successful I-Mode wireless Internet service in Japan. Analyst
Sees First Sales Decline For PC Industry Add this to the pile of bad news
emerging from the high-tech sector: For the first time in its history, the PC
industry will experience negative year-over-year sales growth in 2001,
Wireless
Internet Hits Airports Many airports do have Internet kiosks, but sensing
a further opportunity, some airlines and airports have begun forming partnerships
with service providers to bring wireless local area networks to parts of their
terminals. Evolution
of Home Automation into Smart Home Networks Propels Equipment Sales to $1.7 billion
The traditional home automation market is beginning to change, as new applications
are developed for smart devices Online
Grocery Buying Slowly Catching On Most consumers have never purchased
groceries over the Internet, but the convenience of the Web offers merchants an
opportunity to reach more customers Up
To A 3rd In US Will File Taxes Online In 2001 More people as many as a
third of Americans will file taxes online this year. Slowdown
in Broadband Modem Market Reflects Widespread Economic Downturn A Q4 2000
decrease in revenue and unit shipments in the broadband modem market is indicative
of broad economic slowdown Most
Internet Users Wary Of E-Commerce Bob Myman has stopped buying things
over the Internet. Startups
are flocking to storage The unsexy storage industry -- once the place
where only the most conservative IT managers would venture -- is witnessing an
unprecedented level of entrepreneurial interest. B-To-B
Market Boom Predicted The worldwide business-to-business Internet commerce
market will boom to $8.5 trillion in 2005 despite economic slowdowns, according
to a Gartner report. Lowest
Income Is Fastest-Growing Group Online The population of Internet users
earning less than $25,000 a year grew by 46% in the past 12 months, increasing
at a faster clip than any other income group Tickets
To Go Electronic delivery will place tickets in the Palm of your hand.
Americans
Blame Greed and Clueless Executives for the Dot-com Meltdown As the fortunes
of Internet companies have fallen in recent months, Americans who have followed
these developments believe that the difficulties of dot-coms are attributable
to overeager investors looking for quick profits and poor business plans by dot-com
entrepreneurs. PC-Based
Internet To Be Eclipsed In Europe By ITV By 2005 Growing Consumer Demand
in Europe, Coupled With Fast Growth Of Digital TV, Will Create TV-Based "Internet
For The Masses." $17 Billion Expected in European T-Commerce By 2006 Net
Gambling Sites Double In Past Year Number of online casino and gambling
Web sites has doubled up in the past year with players betting on future potential,
according to a new report. Back
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