The Internet

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The Internet of the new millennium will be a faster, wider reaching medium of information access and connectivity. This is due to the implementation of technologies like DSL and cable Internet access, new markup language specifications like XHTML and SMIL, and worldwide access to domain name registration and encryption technology. DSL and cable Internet access allow users to send and receive way more information than was feasible using traditional modem technology. XHTML and SMIL will work together to give web designers more control over the presentation of their web pages and making them compatible with XML, which is gaining wide acceptance in the business sector. The dissolution of Network Solutions' monopoly on domain name registration will encourage competition and allow businesses greater access to 'dot-com' names.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Product standards, safety, & recalls, Modems, 301-1200 bps, Data Encryption Software Pkgs, Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing, Services, Digital Subscriber Line, XML (Document markup language), DSL, Cable modem, XML, Programming language, Encryption, Internet security, TCP/IP, Privacy issue, DSL (Digital subscriber line), XML (Extensible markup language), Cable modems, Programming languages, Data encryption, TCP/IP (Network protocols), Privacy, Encryption software

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Computing

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The era of the personal computer may be drawing to a close thanks to the Internet. The advent of wireless technologies such as the Bluetooth standard have brought about the development of application-specific 'Internet information appliances.' These small consumer electronic devices are portable and can be used for anything from web browsing and email to online price comparisons using UPC scans. They allow users full mobility - a demand unrealistic for the traditional PC. Cellular and infrared technology allow internet appliances to communicate and exchange data over wireless LANs. Companies like Microsoft have refocused their efforts on products that support these devices and the ever-present server computers that form the corpus of the Internet. Software technology and information storage technology will become vitally important as consumers discover the convenience of distributed computing.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Product development, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Household audio and video equipment, Consumer Electronics, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Computer industry, Microcomputers, Network computers, Network computer, Information appliances, Consumer electronics industry, Wireless network, Laser and infrared communication, Wireless LANs, Laser communications systems

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The new software paladins

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Application service providers (ASP) are bringing fundamental change to the corporate software industry. ASPs enable corporate customers to outsource information technology (IT) services, using Web and Internet technologies. Services range from upgrading software applications and ensuring that applications interoperate to installing and customizing new applications. Industry observers say the way organizations obtain and use all types of software is being transformed.

Computer Software, Market information - general, Analysis, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Application service provider, Application service providers

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