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BackWeb is banking that corporations will be receptive to revisiting push technology for B2B after retooling it to address the criticisms that had doused its popularity.
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Developers of three-dimensional rendering technology for the Web known as X3D are bracing for a standards war with Intel--a former backer of the project--just as their recently sundered collaboration bears fruit.
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The same forces that took on file-swapping companies Napster and MP3.com are quietly setting their sights on what some regard as the next digital copyright battle: selling ring tones for mobile phones.
While most analysts agree the AOL/Time Warner merger will speed up the arrival of broadband Internet access, consumer advocacy groups fear the deal will stifle competition and potentially limit free speech.
The RIAA's Hilary Rosen doesn't like to file lawsuits. The MPAA's Jack Valenti would be a file swapper, if it weren't for the film industry group he happens to lead.
It's the largest initial public offering a US-based Internet company has ever attempted, and it could have the heft to turn the Internet IPO market around and alert Wall Street to a new category of service provider.
Another tradition-bound industry is being swept up in the online exchange frenzy—this time it's the insurance business.
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