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  • Sun Grid to launch in US this week

    Sun Microsystems plans to open its much-delayed public Sun Grid this week or next, letting people use PayPal to buy processing cycles, company president Jonathan Schwartz said.

  • Defense bill could stifle computer trade

    In a move that has re-energised the debate over export controls on high-performance computers, the latest version of a US defense-spending bill would require companies to seek licenses to export even underpowered desktop computers.

  • US$30 billion US homeland security market opens up -- a little

    Despite announcing yesterday that the US$30 billion US homeland security sector is open to Australian technology suppliers, the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) has admitted that suppliers face regulatory restrictions and stiff competition with companies from up to 60 other countries on the US government tender list.

  • China, US resolve chip tax issues

    China has agreed to phase out an oft-criticised tax that US companies complained discriminated against foreign semiconductor makers, the latest step in improving relations.

  • India now more important than US for Nokia

    India is now more important to Nokia than the US in terms of sales, the head of the world's largest mobile manufacturer has revealed.

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  • China, US resolve chip tax issues

    China has agreed to phase out an oft-criticised tax that US companies complained discriminated against foreign semiconductor makers, the latest step in improving relations.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

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