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• High-speed Net use growing at faster rate in rural areas
  Monday 27 February 2006 – 07:28
  High-speed Internet service is still just a dream for many Americans who live in rural areas and find themselves beyond the reach of DSL or cable broadband lines.
• Wireless network use grows, 6.1 percent penetration in UK
  Thursday 11 May 2006 – 12:31
  One in five broadband users in the US and Europe is hooked up to a wireless network in their home, prompting analysts Strategy Analytics to suggest that Wi-Fi is emerging as a "mass market phenomenon"
• More than one billion PCs in use by end of next year: report
  Wednesday 13 June 2007 – 12:07
  Growing demand for computing solutions in emerging markets will drive the unit count of PCs beyond the one billion mark in 2008, Forrester Research believes
• NEC to Use USB On-The-Go in Phones
  Thursday 22 January 2004 – 12:06
  TransDimension Corp.
• A Smartphone That's Easy To Use
  Monday 22 September 2003 – 03:25
  Smartphones require a lot of compromises.
• Matsushita to use Samsung 32" LCD TV panels
  Wednesday 29 January 2003 – 06:53
  Based on cost considerations, Matsushita Electric Industrial will use Samsung Electronics-produced 32" LCD TV panels, instead of relying on its subsidiary Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology (TMDisplay), according to the Japan's Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.
• PlayStation 3 will use Blu-Ray discs - confirmed
  Wednesday 22 September 2004 – 03:44
  Sony Computer Entertainment has officially confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will use the Blu-Ray disc technology, an evolution of the DVD format which provides six times more storage space than conventional DVD discs.
• Intel's Prescott to use NX security technology
  Friday 14 May 2004 – 09:51
  Following AMD, Intel will include "no execute" (NX) security technology in its Prescott microprocessors later this year. The company hopes that NX will significantly decrease the threats of worms and viruses to PCs.
• One in six use wireless internet, survey finds
  Wednesday 14 April 2004 – 04:29
  One in six U.S.
• Disney to use Microsoft's DRM technology
  Monday 9 February 2004 – 04:21
  Microsoft will provide Disney its Windows Media DRM technology for the distribution of TV shows and videos.
• Sony to use PlayStation 2 chip in flat-panel TVs
  Wednesday 11 August 2004 – 03:43
  Sony plans to install its high-performance Playstation 2 game console chips in flat-panel TVs due for release this fall, in an apparent effort to catch up with Sharp and other firms in the flat-panel TV market, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, citing unidentified company sources.
• Lindows can use its trademark - for now
  Wednesday 11 February 2004 – 04:53
  The US District Court in Seattle has ruled in favour of Lindows.com on key legal issues in the company's dispute with Microsoft.
• Microsoft: Don't use leaked MSN Messenger 6 beta
  Monday 16 June 2003 – 11:09
  If you've come across leaked versions of MSN Messenger 6 beta, Microsoft is urging people not to download it because the software is not ready for consumer use.
• Search engines dominating use of the Internet
  Tuesday 22 November 2005 – 01:04
  Search engines are dominating our use of the Internet, according to research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
• Travelers against voice use on planes, data ok
  Monday 20 June 2005 – 10:43
  As the debate over in-flight wireless voice use continues, a recent worldwide survey from IDC Insight and SMS.ac found that only 11 percent of 50,000 respondents said they are in favor of cell-phone use for voice calls on planes, but 64 percent of respondents approved of in-flight mobile-phone use for activities other than voice calls.