The Engineer
14 December 2001
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AT&T Broadband to merge with Comcast in $72 billion deal
20 Dec 2001
AT&T will spin off AT&T Broadband and simultaneously merge it with Comcast, forming a new company to be called AT&T Comcast Corporation.
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Ericsson ties up Compaq and makes move in India
20 Dec 2001
Ericsson is extending its current service agreement with Compaq - Compaq will provide service to more sites in Sweden, while Ericsson will sell hardware to Compaq.
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Smaller generators get a voice in the new electricity market
20 Dec 2001
Brian Wilson, Minister for Energy, today announced a new 'Consolidation Working Group' to consider how smaller generators can co-operate together better in order to compete in new electricity markets.
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AGCO acquires Cat tractor technology
19 Dec 2001
AGCO, a Georgia-based agricultural equipment manufacturer and distributor, is to acquire the design, assembly and marketing of the new MT Series of Caterpillar's Challenger farm tractors.
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Applying neural nets to computer animation
19 Dec 2001
NaturalMotion, a UK start-up, claims to be able to create more realistic and interactive character animations for games and films by employing neural network technology.
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Bookham goes for a slice of Marconi
19 Dec 2001
Bookham Technology has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of Marconi Optical Components in a deal worth approximately £19.7 million.
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Discharging costs ExxonMobil megabucks
19 Dec 2001
ExxonMobil is to pay $11.2 million to settle a case of alleged mismanagement of benzene-contaminated wastes at Port Mobil in Staten Island.
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LCP expands capabilities of flex circuits
19 Dec 2001
3M has introduced flexible circuits based on liquid crystal polymer (LCP) dielectric film.
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Streamlining collaboration
19 Dec 2001
Autodesk Streamline 3 is the latest release of Autodesk's hosted collaboration service designed to allow manufacturers to share design information across extended manufacturing teams.
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Webphones spread across the UK
19 Dec 2001
Marconi has formed a partnership with BT to roll out new interactive public terminals or 'web phones' across the UK.
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HyperTransport consortium publishes spec
17 Dec 2001
The HyperTransport Technology Consortium has released the 1.03 HyperTransport specification for public downloads via it's Web site.
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Lowering the cost of displays
17 Dec 2001
ClairVoyante Laboratories has developed a novel colour pixel arrangement and sub-pixel rendering technology for displays that can lower their cost.
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Redefining the meaning of Christmas
17 Dec 2001
Tinsel: it's not shiny tat - it's a technological solution, say global consultants redefining the language of Christmas.
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Thomson takes Grass Valley
17 Dec 2001
Thomson Multimedia has entered into an agreement to acquire the Grass Valley Group, a privately held digital media company based in Nevada City, CA.
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A really hot idea
14 Dec 2001
Ontro have developed a beverage container that can heat its contents without the benefit of external energy sources.
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Landing gear up
14 Dec 2001
Messier-Dowty has been chosen to provide the integrated landing gear system for Dassault's Falcon 7X.
