What does remote access mean to you...what could it mean to you?  Citrix buys GoToMyPC maker for $225 million. Remote access software maker Citrix Systems Inc. is making a splashy play to move beyond the enterprise market, announcing Thursday an agreement to buy Web-based desktop access developer Expertcity Inc. in a $225 million cash-and-stock deal. Pending regulatory approvals, the deal is expected to close in early 2004. [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

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U.S. Marines Hot for High Tech. Who would ask for dust-abatement chemicals or a DragonEye unmanned reconnaissance plane for Christmas? The First Marine Expeditionary Force, that's who! They're heading back to Iraq and high tech is in demand. [Wired News]

 

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Is there a landscape architecture marketing idea here?  Google Experiment Provides Internet With Book Excerpts. The Internet search engine has begun an experiment with book publishers in which the excerpts are indexed and made available to Web surfers. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]

 

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Economist: "The coffee-houses that sprang up across Europe, starting around 1650, functioned as information exchanges for writers, politicians, businessmen and scientists." [Scripting News]

 

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