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INTERNET WORLD '99Press ClipsSome 1,400 members of the business and trade press covered Spring INTERNET WORLD 99 and the conference curriculum developed by IN3's Jack Powers. TTalk WeekenderOn April 10, the Saturday before the show, Ken Rutkowski and Andy Abramson produced a live three-hour program of interviews and call-ins with some of the top INTERNET WORLD speakers on topics like Internet law, electronic commerce, media convergence and globalization. Intel highlights Web opportunities, challenges at Internet WorldSm@rt Reseller's Ben Elgin covered the opening keynote by Intel's Senior Vice President Sean Maloney in which he described the computational challenges of widespread electronic commerce and the unbiquitous Internet, Keynote WebcastHear Intel's Sean Maloney, Cisco's John Chambers, Lucent's Rich McGinn, RealNetwork's Rob Glaser and Worldcom's John Sidgmore. Internet World offers Web medleyChrista Degnan reported on applications servers, XML and distance learning announcements. Net companies backing broadbandMatt Broersma described the emerging technologies that are enabling media convergence and listed some key products. The wireless Web rebellionBob Sullivan reported the Internet Appliance Showcase audience's strong reactions to the details of Palm Computing's Palm VII wireless Internet connectivity: $9.95 per month for the first 50K sent or received, 30 cents per K afterward. Bob wrote "even the wonkiest of crowds became rebellious." The buzz? 'Price boosting,' streaming mediaBob also wrote about the many streaming audio and video developments at the show and described Jack Powers' suspicions about e-commerce sites that boost prices when they sense that a customers will pay more. Other Spring INTERNET WORLD coverageMSNBC carried a dozen other features about the Los Angeles event. Copyright 1999 by the International Informatics Institute, Inc.
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