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  • Search upstarts storm Google's gates

    As speculation of a Google public offering hits a fever pitch, would-be rivals are combing over the company's business and technology for signs of weakness that could cut short its reign as the king of Web search.

  • IM buddy making more powerful friends

    Real-time stock quotes may soon be available on request through popular Internet chat programs under a deal this week that offers the latest sign of instant messaging's growing maturity.

  • Amazon brings back the e-wallet

    A little-noticed detail of Amazon.com's recent deal with Target may revive an e-commerce feature once given up for dead: the online wallet.

  • .Net Alerts service revs up

    The .NET Alerts service will notify subscribers of everything from updated sports scores to the shipping status of goods they've bought online. EBay is among the first sites to sign up.

  • Olympic online efforts fall flat

    As the torch heads closer to Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, organisers and broadcasters once again fear they will be burned by the Net. By all accounts, nothing has changed since the Sydney Games.

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  • Windows Live rooted in MSN's past

    Microsoft's new batch of services borrows heavily from current or proposed products. Is Windows Live just another name for MSN?

  • Is it kill or cure for Oracle's database buy?

    Purchase of a company with close ties to open-source rival MySQL has people wondering about the database giant's motives.

  • Google files for unusual US$2.7b IPO

    Internet search leader Google filed to go public on Friday, seeking to raise US$2.7 billion in an unusual auction-style offering that will give the founders rare control over the company.

  • Portal software: why it's hot

    Corporate spending on software may be down, but portal software appears to be bucking the trend, allowing companies to streamline business systems access.

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