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In the News
March 2, 2004
  Broadband powerline service gains backers
  Chinese Opera belts out brand
  DoubleClick buys marketing software maker
  Gateway to cut more jobs
  HP drives home Ford printing deal
  IBM pulls out all the partner stops

Broadband powerline service gains backers
One of the largest Midwestern power companies announces a joint venture to provide Internet access directly to consumers through power sockets in their homes.
Tue Mar 02 08:30:00 PST 2004 | Read Full Story

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Chinese Opera belts out brand
Norway's Opera Software sets its sights on the Asian cell phone market with two Opera-branded handsets--departing the backstage role browser providers typically play with cell phones.
Tue Mar 02 11:03:00 PST 2004 | Read Full Story

DoubleClick buys marketing software maker
The online ad specialist hopes SmartPath, with its product designed to help companies with their media campaigns, will give it a stronger foothold in software sales.
Tue Mar 02 11:15:00 PST 2004 | Read Full Story

Gateway to cut more jobs
Another 1,000 or so positions will be eliminated, going by remarks from a Gateway exec. But the layoffs aren't related to its buy of eMachines, the PC maker says--though it's tight-lipped on that deal right now.
Tue Mar 02 10:59:00 PST 2004 | Read Full Story

HP drives home Ford printing deal
Confirming earlier reports, Hewlett-Packard announces that it will replace Xerox as Ford Motor's printing and imaging services provider.
Tue Mar 02 08:03:00 PST 2004 | Read Full Story

IBM pulls out all the partner stops
The company is courting application providers with industry expertise in an effort to drive sales of new software. Can it take market share away from Microsoft?
Tue Mar 02 09:35:00 PST 2004 | Read Full Story

Perspectives
Through the security looking glass
Yes, there's glitz and glamour, but industry watcher Tim Clark says cybersecurity experts are still arguing about many of the same things they did five years ago.
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