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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.

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