The new millennium was the year Microsoft was ordered to bifurcate, dot-coms tanked on Wall Street, WorldCom's Bernie Ebbers saw his merger mania capped and Napster scared the recording industry nearly to death. 2000 was a cascading waterfall of events that ended any doubts about the Net's ability to change the way we think, learn, play and do business.
They had the Midas touch, but lost it. A confluence of factors-ranging from the dot-com fallout, investor scepticism, questionable investments and other factors-has knocked ICG from its throne. Can they reclaim the crown?
Fears of an economic crash appear to be unfounded. The market has slowed down, but the IT industry will still grow, just at a slower rate. The current climate is one of maturity and should be welcomed, not hyped to hysteria levels.
On the eve of Lotusphere, Lotus General Manager Al Zollar talks about TCO and value, peer-to-peer, authentication, and more in part two of an exclusive interview.
Hollywired takes a look at where the online film industry is now and where it's headed. Check out our interview with Angelina Jolie, the confessions of a would-be movie pirate, a look at online animation and our guide to film download sites.
As the two giants tussle for domination of online advertising dollars, it's increasingly clear that this tug-of-war is really a test of each company's corporate culture.
Planet CNET: Spooning at 40,000 feet
On this episode of Planet CNET, we learn about cameras for French espionage, a not-so-bright idea from the U.K… Watch it now
Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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Superguide: Printers -- all you need to know
Looking to buy a printer? Our superguide rates the latest printers and shines a light into the industry.
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Storage and server superguide
Over the last decade the art of maintaining the datacentre of a large organisation has evolved into an art form.
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