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New Zealand

4  R&D grants sizzle
When you've nearly $12 million to give away it seems everyone's your friend - Technology New Zealand's grants programme is a hit...
IDG NZ

4  Hi-tech left out of Anderton's industry board
Industry New Zealand doesn't need anyone from the technology industry on its board...
Stuff

4  Tech revolution 'hurting farmers'
The so-called technological revolution is discriminating against rural New Zealand, says Federated Farmers chief executive Tony St Clair...
NZ Herald

Other

4  Laid-Off Dot-Commer? Let's Party
Startups that die are leaving plenty of once-starry-eyed employees dazed, confused ... and out of work. In Manhattan, the pink-slip party is becoming quite the trendy thing...
Wired

4  Study: Napster Use Isn't Stealing
Hey, RIAA, stay out of our downloads. That's the sentiment a new nonprofit study found among Americans. But the courts might have something else to say...
Wired

4  Intel cancels its Timna chip
Intel cancels the Timna processor, a long-delayed chip for the budget market--the latest surprise in a long, sour month for the semiconductor giant...
CNet

4  ICANN may consider domain name for children
San Diego father Page Howe is looking to build a children's playground on the Net by applying for a new Internet address system that ends with ".kids."...
CNet

4  Apple at the crossroads
Apple Computer, long an orphan in a world dominated by IBM-compatible personal computers, stands at a crossroads...
CNNfn

Australia

4  Heads roll in Telstra boardroom
THE crisis rocking Telstra hit the company's boardroom yesterday when three directors resigned...
Australian IT

4  LibertyOne axes auction site
The struggling online media company will shut down online auction site uBid by the end October...
Newswire

4  E-spending 'to take off'
The outlook for e-commerce in Australia is more bullish than forecast, according to new figures published last week by market researchers at IDC...
AFR

4  Telstra to feel wrath of angry workers
Telstra's IT systems may bear the brunt of industrial action next week if workers from its joint venture operation, IBM Global Services Australia decide to walk off the job over an enterprise agreement...
ZDNet

Other

4  E-Signatures Out Of The Gate
Electronic signatures carry full legal weight beginning Sunday, ushering in a new era for commerce over the Internet...
TechWeb

4  Barron's: Web Firms Still Burning Through Cash
A survey of Internet companies using data from Pegasus Research International found that 273 of the 339 firms surveyed burned more cash than they took in, spending $1.8 billion in the first three months of 2000, according to an article in Barron's October 2 issue...
Yahoo

4  Chinese Auction of Internet Companies Flops
China hosted its first auction of Internet companies on Friday night, but judging from the results -- and the comments of annoyed participants -- it may have been the last...
Yahoo

4  Citizens vote 'no' on Net elections
Most Americans would like access to more government services online, a new survey shows. But they draw the line at online elections...
ZDNet