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The computer company opens a retail store in the Mall of America
August 9, 2001 -
Eagan based tech company gets a new round of financing
August 1, 2001 - A Twin Cities technology company is close to pulling off what's become a difficult feat since the bursting of the dot-com bubble: it has lined up a significant chunk of new financing. As Minnesota Public Radio's Jon Gordon reports, the deal could save Eagan-based Wam!Net from the same disaster that has befallen many other Internet-related firms. Wam!Net, which handles data networks for corporate and government clients, doesn't SEEM like a success story. It's lost more than half a billion dollars since its inception in 1994, and the company laid off 20 percent of its employees earlier this year. But Wam!Net co-founder and CEO Ed Driscoll says New York City venture capital firm Cerberus Capital Management, which specializes in funding troubled comapnies, has agreed to provide 115 million dollars in operating capital.
Future Tense--Survey of how teenagers use the Internet
June 21, 2001 - About 3/4 of teenagers online are enthusiastic about instant message services. Instand messaging is changing the lives of teens, regarding social interaction and how they do their homework.
Future Tense-- A call to increase production of genetically engineered crops
May 17, 2001 - The head of the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) should step up and help solve starvation and world hunger crises. What are the environmental and ethical issues involved? Charles Remenschneider, North American representative on the FAO, is interviewed.
Future Tense--Tough times for cyber squatters
May 15, 2001 - Life is tough for cyber squatters. They seem to be losing challenges to the ownership of internet domain names.
Future Tense--Internet access increase comes to an abrupt halt
May 9, 2001 - Growth in the number of Americans with internet access comes to a major halt.
Future Tense--iPublish.com
May 8, 2001 - Time Warner Books are opening its doors to undiscovered authors using electronic publishing arm called iPublish.com
Future Tense--Freedom through Triangle Boy
May 7, 2001 - You can help people who are blocked by the government to get onto the internet by getting them access to Triangle Boy, a software/website that will allow users on while hiding the history.
Future Tense--Napster not as popular as it was
May 4, 2001 - Napster is like a ghost town lately because of court orders to cut back drastically on songs.
Future Tense--Awards for sexist ads
May 2, 2001 - Women's technology group, GraceNet, hands out Dis-Graceful awards to companies who use sexist images to push their product.

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