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- 'Free' iMacs, Too - Hopping on the recent bandwagon of computer giveaways, a company says it will give away 25,000 free iMacs. All the consumer has to do is ... pay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17863.html
- 'Must Click TV' Ready to Roll - Interactive TV isn't exactly a new concept, but backers say services that will energize couch potatoes are now there. Two-way TV is no longer an if, but a when. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19244.html
- 'Net No Threat to Broadcasting' - The FCC's top man says outfits like Yahoo and Broadcast.com have a long way to go to snag the audience and the reach of traditional broadcasters. Joanna Glasner reports from the broadcasters convention in Las Vegas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19226.html
- 'Privatize NASA Now' - A space administrator says that the government should hand over part of its operation to the private sector so it can concentrate on the outer limits. Andy Patrizio reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21955.html
- 'Smart' Homes for Smart People - IBM and Bell Atlantic plan to wire homes so that computing devices will be connected to peripherals like VCRs -- making for houses with higher IQs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17676.html
- 'Somebody Freakin' Talk to Me!' - Net shops are losing a lot of sales because their automated customer service stinks. The CEO of LivePerson thinks he has the solution. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19965.html
- 'To The Moon, Alice' - With NASA's blessing, a group of commercial-minded space buffs are dead set on turning the moon into the top tourist destination and biggest money-maker the solar system has ever seen. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22035.html
- 'Where's My Freakin' Package?' - Pretty soon, nearly everybody will be buying merchandise online. But a new report suggests there could be delivery chaos. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21454.html
- 'Y2K Iceberg Dead Ahead!' - Will an archaic insurance clause allow clients to recover the cost of preparing their companies for Y2K? Aye, matey, say lawyers. You're daft, say insurers. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21727.html
- 10,000? Not Quite Yet - Wall Street takes its best shot at hitting a blue-chip milestone, but weak earnings in the tech sector hold the market in check. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18438.html
- 3Com Costs Down, Profits Up - 3Com's quarterly profits top analysts' forecasts even while its sales fell. [Wired News]
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- 3Com Spinning Off Palm - The Palm Computing division of 3Com will be going its separate, public way as the parent tries to revive its core business. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21724.html
- 3Com Warns of Earnings Shortfall - The third quarter's not looking good, the computer-hardware maker says. Slowdowns in several key markets will push earnings far below Wall Street's expectations. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18227.html
- 7-Eleven at Your Convenience - The world's largest chain of convenience stores computerizes its inventory, using digital technology to manage everything from cigarettes to doughnut sales. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20211.html
- A Bad Day for Amazon - Investors dump shares of the Net bookseller after a key analyst lowers his rating on the company. Amazon doesn't help its cause by yakking about its plans to keep losing money. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20888.html
- A Banner Year for Net Ads - Online ad revenue climbed 112 percent to US$1.92 billion, the Internet Advertising Bureau reports.... Also: SAP's new Net strategy.... Free-PC raises US$33 million.... Saudis interrupt phone sex.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19451.html
- A Be-Hive of Activity - Even as the cash-starved company prepared for its IPO, Be Inc. and its partners issue a flurry of press releases at PCExpo. But will they make Be-lievers out of investors? John Gartner reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20402.html
- A Bloody Day for Tech Stocks - Fears of a looming hike in interest rates send Wall Street reeling. Tech and Internet shares bear the brunt of the beating. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17743.html
- A Breath of Fresh Air - It's easy to do audience research on the Web. But Oxygen Media CEO Geraldine Laybourne says counting clickthroughs is just the start. James Glave reports from Scottsdale, Arizona. [Wired News]
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- A Confederacy of Gurus - A new Web site geared toward professionals who work from home would provide an online community and procure gigs for someone called a Guru. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21271.html
- A Cranky E-Commerce Christmas - Online retailers had a great Christmas and record sales, but things weren't so rosy for buyers. Consumers air their many complaints in a new survey. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17399.html
- A Facelift for High-Speed Cable - As At Home seeks to break down the high-speed door to consumers, Excite brings a consumer-friendly face to the broadband market. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17410.html
- A Free PC? Gimme! - When Free-PC.com said it would give away computers to everyone willing to pony up personal data for advertisers, it expected 10,000 takers. It got 500,000. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17854.html
- A Free PC? Gimme! - When Free-PC.com said it would give away computers to everyone willing to pony up personal data for advertisers, it expected 10,000 takers. It got 500,000. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17870.html
- A Healthy Debut for Medscape - Medscape shares soar by more than 70 percent in its IPO. Analysts are at a loss to explain why. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21991.html
- A Home-Networking Mega-Alliance - 3Com and Microsoft, eyeing a potential US$2 billion market, will sell a co-branded line of products intended to easily tie together a household. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18396.html
- A Kickstart for Startups - Planning a business? Win MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, and the VCs are sure to follow. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
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- A Kinder, Gentler Multimedia - The Markle Foundation plans to pump big money into multimedia companies that aren't looking to just make a buck. Oxygen Media is first in line for cash. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20971.html
- A Method to E-tailing Madness - Selling CDs, books, and cars at cost may seem like insanity, but some online retailers are thriving doing just that. Don't expect the insanity to last for long. [Wired News]
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- A Million Free iMacs - A start-up says it will give away a million of Apple's cute little boxes. With several catches, of course. [Wired News]
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- A Net for Business, Not Laws - Hands Off the Internet, a new anti-regulation group, joins the list of Washington think tanks and nonprofits lobbying against government regulation of e-commerce. Arik Hesseldahl reports from Chicago. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20855.html
- A New Powerhouse in Telecom - Global Crossing, a two-year-old telecom upstart, will try to merge with US West, creating a rival to AT T and MCI WorldCom. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19723.html
- A New Spin on Going Public - A Net portal company, partly controlled by the largest US laundromat chain, is gearing up to go public on Nasdaq. It doesn't have any revenue, but plans to drum up traffic by giving away stock. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20976.html
- A Note to our Readers - Wired News was offline from approximately 11:40 p.m Thursday to 8:45 a.m. PDT Friday morning due to network problems. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused readers. [Wired News]
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- A Prescription for Riches? - A Minneapolis woman who had the foresight to register drugs.com in 1994 put the domain name on the auction block for more than US$1 million. But will anyone pay? By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20845.html
- A Profile in Ferocity - One colleague on iVillage chief Candice Carpenter: "She'll do whatever it takes to move the company forward." She plays hard, too. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- A Slew of IPOs Due Next Week - Another week, another big ol' batch of Net IPOs. Topping the list next go-round: Barnesandnoble.com, DLJDirect. By Craig Bicknell [Wired News]
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- A Startup for Startups - ECompanies, a 2-month-old firm, raises a whopping US$130 million to build a combination venture capital fund and startup incubator. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- A Trekkie's Dream - Actors, Klingons, and the occasional Orion slave girl mingle amid the merchandise and memorabilia at the annual Star Trek convention. Lindsey Arent reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
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- A Urinal? No, an Opportunity! - New dot coms are desperate for attention, and they'll slap an ad just about anywhere they can find an audience. [Wired News]
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- ABC Inks Video Search Deal - Missed your daily soap? Virage's video searching technology will allow you to check out the good bits, and other network fodder, on the Web. Michael Stroud reports from Carlsbad, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19373.html
- About Those Free iMacs ... - Before you sign up for the iMac giveaway that One Stop Communications is hawking, you might want to check out the company founder's checkered history. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- About Those Free iMacs ... - Before you sign up for the iMac giveaway that One Stop Communications is hawking, you might want to check out the company founder's checkered history. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17950.html
- About Those Free iMacs ... - Before you sign up for the iMac giveaway that One Stop Communications is hawking, you might want to check out the company founder's checkered history. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17964.html
- Accountants Tighten Merger Noose - The group that sets US accounting standards tightens a popular corporate loophole for making gigantic acquisitions. Acquisitive high-tech companies could get caught in the knot. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19263.html
- Adelphia Buys Century - In a move to bulk up its cable television assets, Adelphia Communications is buying Century Communications for about US$5.2 billion. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18294.html
- Adobe Cuts Jobs, Still Bullish - The publishing software vendor axes 250 jobs and will concentrate on Internet-related products. Also: AdForce loses GeoCities as customer.... Webvan debuts online grocery delivery service. [Wired News]
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- Adobe's Profits Top Forecasts - The maker of graphics-publishing software sets stock split after reporting third quarter profits that beat analysts' expectations. [Wired News]
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- Advertisers Want Their ITV - Advertisers have a new medium on which to mark their territory -- interactive television. A report predicts ITV will be a US$20 billion industry by 2004. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
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- After the Fall, a Rebound - Tech and Internet stocks are warily returning to life following Wall Street's bloodbath a day before. Will it last? Don't hold your breath. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19223.html
- After-Hours Trading Takes Shape - Wall Street will offer some kind of after-hours trading to individual investors this summer. But a lot of work remains to be done. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19840.html
- Airtouch Bidding War Escalates - MCI has steered clear of wireless in the past, but reportedly it's set to join Vodaphone and Bell Atlantic in pursuit of the industry leader. And others may join the fray. [Wired News]
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- AirTouch's Magic Touch - The once-unassuming firm is now one of the most successful wireless phone companies anywhere. That's why there's an international bidding war brewing. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17206.html
- Al Says Nothing, Shares Rise - Fed Chair Alan Greenspan appeared before the Senate Wednesday and said -- nothing. Nothing new, anyway, and that's exactly what the Net stock market wanted to hear. [Wired News]
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- Al Speaks, Tech Stocks Plunge - The Fed chief did have some cheerful things to say about the economy. But investors can't get past two words regarding inflation: "upside risk." The Nasdaq leads the market lower. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Alaska ISPs Claim Telco Snow Job - The Last Frontier's Net service providers are battling a telco that is offering free access and owns the link to the Lower 48. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18082.html
- Alcatel Cuts Jobs, Shares Rise - The French telecom equipment maker says it will cut 12,000 jobs in the next two years. Investors like the news. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Allaire Flies Sky High - Shares of the Web-software company shoot up over 100 percent on the first day of trading. True to Net-stock form, it has yet to see a profit. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17487.html
- Allen Boosts Cable Holdings - Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen adds a US$3.6 billion cable purchase to his tech portfolio. The purchase of Falcon Communications will make Allen's Charter Communications -- already the No. 4 US cable company -- even bigger. [Wired News]
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- Allen Buys Another Cable Shop - Paul Allen takes another step towards becoming master of his own "wired world" with the US$3.1 billion acquisition of Bresnan Communications, a Midwest cable operator. [Wired News]
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- AltaVista Hazy on Sold Searches - Some AltaVista search results will be soon be generated by money, and some by machine. The ad agency says we'll be able to spot the difference. Critics aren't so sure. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19168.html
- AltaVista Joins Free ISP Brigade - Search engine becomes first in US to offer no-fee Internet access, but for a price: if you close the banner ad on your desktop, goodbye connection. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21251.html
- AltaVista Nixes Paid Search - The search engine revokes its controversial practice of selling top-placed results to the highest bidder. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20906.html
- AltaVista Offers Free Net Access - The search engine takes the leap into the free ISP business and adopts the ad-supported model. The move could send shivers up the spines of America Online and Yahoo. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21245.html
- Amazon Admits Paid Placements - The online bookseller says it will disclose which books pay for prime real estate on its site. The decision comes after reports it accepted money to feature certain titles. [Wired News]
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- Amazon Aims at Toddler Set - The online bookseller expands further, adding stores for toys and consumer electronic products. Also: DoubleClick agrees to buy NetGravity for US$530 million.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Amazon an EBay Killer? Not! - Amazon's making lots of noise in the auction market, but it may be all sound and fury signifying nothing. EBay's too far in front, analysts say. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20256.html
- Amazon Buys into Drugstore.com - People have hailed the start-up as the nascent Amazon of online pharmacies. The bookseller will help make it happen. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18110.html
- Amazon Buys LiveBid.com - Moving to beef up its auction unit, Amazon.com said it will acquire LiveBid.com, the site that hosted live bidding on O.J. Simpson memorabilia, among other things. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19076.html
- Amazon Caves In on 'Circles' - The world can still see what products your company or ISP has bought from the Web-tailer, but you can hide the purchases if you try. [Wired News]
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- Amazon Countersues Wal-Mart - The online bookseller strikes back at Wal-Mart, alleging in a counter lawsuit that the retailer is trying to peek at its trade secrets. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Amazon Drops Controversial Book - Amazon.com removes a book from its site that criticizes the Church of Scientology and founder L. Ron Hubbard. Newsgroups cry foul. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19787.html
- Amazon Fourth-Quarter Blitz - The online bookseller says sales for the period topped US$250 million. Also: SAP's Y2K business flattens.... Sales droop, stock plunges. [Wired News]
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- Amazon Leads Market Higher - Some strong sales numbers from Amazon.com contribute to a record-setting rally on Wall Street. But don't expect to celebrate with a Big Mac. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17156.html
- Amazon Logistics Chief Quits - The executive charged with putting together Amazon's massive warehouse system steps down after barely a year on the job. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Amazon Losses Chill Net Stocks - Profits? Forget it. The biggest online retailer says it intends to blow a lot more cash before the year is through. Investors reply by fleeing anything with a dot com. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19410.html
- Amazon on the Move - Two months ago, Amazon said it would diversify into a multibillion-dollar business. Monday it dove into two new markets: auctions and pets. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18792.html
- Amazon Reports Huge Growth - The Web's No. 1 retailer says its revenue quadrupled during the fourth quarter. But its CEO cautions small investors about the company's volatile stock. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17554.html
- Amazon Riles N. Ireland Leader - David Trimble, Northern Ireland's first minister, threatens to sue the online bookseller for defamation because it's carrying a book that accuses him of supporting murder. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20199.html
- Amazon Sees Growth, Not Profits - The online retailer predicts many more customers in '99 but still no profits. Also: Theglobe.com acquires an online department store.... Audible brings the spoken word to Windows CE handhelds.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17649.html
- Amazon Sets Market's Pace - Some strong sales numbers from Amazon.com contribute to a chipper mood on Wall Street. Stocks post healthy afternoon gains. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Amazon Snags New CFO - The Net retailer hires a former Delta Airlines executive to head its finance operations. [Wired News]
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- Amazon Steps Into Digital Music - Amazon begins offering free music in formats such as Liquid Audio and MP3. Never mind that it's just a marketing move. It will get consumers even more comfortable with the concept of downloadable music. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20086.html
- Amazon to Do Auctions - The book and music seller plans to take on eBay, OnSale.... Also: A green energy company goes online, announces IPO.... Disney's Blast rejoins the family.... China likes CDMA.... Covad extends DSL nationwide for small businesses.... And ZiaSun says it will take Web-based email everywhere and anywhere. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18788.html
- Amazon Warning Spooks Market - The biggest online retailer says it's going to lose a lot more money before the year is through, and this is sufficient for investors to keep dumping Net and tech stocks. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19405.html
- Amazon Wins One from NYT - The Times didn't like it when the online bookseller used its bestseller list to offer 50 percent discounts. But the newspaper caved in on Monday. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21185.html
- Amazon's Auction a Bust So Far - Amazon.com shows book shoppers related items for sale in the site's new auction section. But "related" is clearly a subjective term. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18956.html
- Amazon's Holiday Bonanza - The online retailer says it sold US$250 million worth of goodies during the holidays, but will still lose a bundle on the quarter. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17142.html
- Amazon, Sotheby's Plan Site - Amazon.com buys a US$45 million stake in the old auction house. Also: FCC chief tells locals to stay away from cable Internet.... Oracle surprises with a strong quarter.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20248.html
- Amazon, Wal-Mart Settle - The two retailing giants agree to stop throwing punches over defecting employees. No damages were paid to Wal-Mart, but some Amazon employees will find themselves with brand new job titles. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18955.html
- Amazon.com Wows Analysts - Amazon beats Wall Street's first-quarter projections with a whopping 236 percent increase in revenues. Losses triple, however. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19392.html
- Amazon: Everything to Everyone? - First it was books. Then music and toys. Now, Amazon wants to dominate the lucrative consumer electronics market. But is that a good idea? By Noah Schachtman. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21147.html
- AMD Could Post Loss - The chipmaker 'fesses up that the rumors are true: It could face an operating loss this quarter because of a serious whupping from Intel. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17747.html
- AMD Investors Want CEO's Head - The annual AMD shareholders meeting turns ugly as investors openly call for the resignation of CEO Jerry Sanders. Sanders asks for patience. After all, he says, his company's up against Intel. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19423.html
- AMD to Report Loss, Cut Jobs - Intel's chief rival in the chip market says production problems contributed to a "significant loss" in its first quarter. Separately, it says it will cut 300 jobs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18349.html
- AMD's Do-or-Die Chip - Advanced Micro Devices rolls out its high-end Athlon chip. After a bruising price war with Intel, a crushing quarterly loss, and the surprise resignation of its CEO, the chipmaker could use some good news. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21173.html
- America Online to Buy MovieFone - AOL says it will make MovieFone -- that movie schedule phone service with the whiny voice guy -- a big part of its Digital Cities local entertainment service. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17666.html
- America the Bountiful - It's the land of the free and the home of getting rich quick. The combined wealth of the wealthiest Americans surpasses that of several nations. [Wired News]
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- Amex Gets Smart at E-Shopping - The credit card company comes up with a smartcard that promises secure online shopping and an end to tedious form-filling. You never need to leave home again. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21658.html
- Amway Goes Wrong Way - Quixtar, the famed company's much-hullaballooed, long-awaited e-commerce Web site, was one big bust on its launch day. Ever seen a pyramid implode? By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- An Abortion for 'Dawson' Fans - A Net speculator first fails to sell a domain name to the makers of the movie Varsity Blues. Then he's threatened with a lawsuit. His response? He's redirected varsityblues.com to an anti-abortion site. By Malcolm Maclachlan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17225.html
- An Amazonian Debt - The largest Internet retailer raises a whopping US$1.25 billion in convertible debt, and investors are eager to put up the cash. But the bookseller isn't saying what the money is for. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17612.html
- Analysts Rip Network Solutions - When Network Solutions shut down Aberdeen Group's Web site, it stepped on the wrong toes. The market-research firm publishes a nasty report slamming Network Solutions' "sloppy" service. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19083.html
- And Down the Market Goes ... - Wall Street plunges back to Earth after soaring a day earlier. Tech stocks, which had led the way up, are once again out front for the trip south. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Andy Grove: 'Go Net or Die' - Intel's chairman tells a business audience in Ireland that in the near future, the only successful companies will be Internet companies. Karlin Lillington reports from Dublin. [Wired News]
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- Anguilla Creates Indelible Inc. - The Caribbean island has become a cozy little tax haven, thanks to an absence of rules. But good luck getting the money into the United States. Declan McCullagh reports from Australia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21610.html
- Another Big Cable Acquisition - Comcast agrees to buy MediaOne, paying a 32 percent premium to get a leading broadband player. Also: Snap launches a preview of its high-speed site. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18628.html
- Another Big Day for Net IPOs - Modem Media.Poppe Tyson and Pacific Internet both more than triple in their Wall Street debuts, reaffirming investors' seemingly limitless faith in all things Internet. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17765.html
- Another Down Day for Tech Stocks - With an interest rate hike looking more likely, most US stocks get hammered -- none more so than Internet-related issues. The biggest loser of the day: Amazon.com. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19969.html
- Another Down Day for Techs - Blue-chip stocks remain Wall Street's darlings as investors favor heavy industry over high technology. AOL turns a tidy profit but still feels the sting of rejection. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19380.html
- Another Huge Day for Tech - Wall Street roars higher as tech and Internet stocks set a blistering pace. Strong earnings in the chip sector and a bunch of "buy" recommendations fuel the rally. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18738.html
- Another IPO Rush Expected - A whopping list of 23 technology-related companies are lining up to go public before the 4 July lull. Some look to be winners, but many of them will be duds, analysts say. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20434.html
- Anti-Spammers Nuke E-Commerce - The Realtime Blackhole List aims to make the world miserable for spammers. But last week, it made life hell for thousands of legitimate Web sites. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20115.html
- AOL Demotes Andreessen - The Netscape co-founder is ousted as Chief Technology Officer. His new title: "Part-time Strategic Advisor." A Sun exec is taking his place. [Wired News]
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- AOL Dials MovieFone - The world's biggest online service buys the world's biggest dial-up movie ticketer. Strange bedfellows? Perhaps, but AOL says the match will spruce up its city guides. [Wired News]
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- AOL Does $1 Billion in Retail - America Online's members shelled out US$1 billion for goodies over the holiday season. Also: Judge orders Avant! and Cadence Design to talk.... Earthlink issues rosy forecast.... Spyglass plunges on earnings shortfall.... ETrade to split stock.... Audio Book Club acquires Columbia rival.... US West beefs up. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17116.html
- AOL Europe Goes Free - AOL Europe, overtaken by cheapie ISPs in the UK, will offer a new, Netscape-branded ISP later this year. Also: US counties are pushing for a local tax on all online sales.... and more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20806.html
- AOL Europe Mulls Free Service - AOL's continental arm is considering free service to keep up with rivals. Also: VirtualVineyard raises more cash.... Free-PC starts sending out its first batch of "free" PCs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20328.html
- AOL Finds Gold in Plastic - America Online says it could earn up to US$500 million over five years as the exclusive online marketer for the First USA credit card. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17702.html
- AOL Gets Speedy - The world's largest online service will buffer its position for the broadband future by offering high-speed DSL service. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17308.html
- AOL Going MP3-Crazy - America Online is hooking up with pioneering MP3 record label Emusic.com to sell downloadable tunes on three sites. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21285.html
- AOL Makes Music Noise - America Online takes over two kingpins in the digital music business, Nullsoft and Spinner.com. Following recent MP3 moves by RealNetworks, the upstart Internet music format takes another big step forward. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19970.html
- AOL Names Andreessen CTO - Netscape's co-founder joins America Online's top management team. It will be his job to articulate the Internet provider's long-range technology goals. [Wired News]
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- AOL Plots European Blitzkrieg - America Online wants to own Europe, too. The Internet giant is launching a major campaign in Britain, then Germany. More countries are expected to follow. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21361.html
- AOL Plunges on AT&T Victory - Shares of AOL drop after cable firm Comcast drops its bid for rival MediaOne. AT T will buy MediaOne, and that could shut AOL out of the burgeoning cable Internet market. [Wired News]
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- AOL Plunges on AT&T Victory - Shares of AOL drop after cable firm Comcast drops its bid for rival MediaOne. AT T will buy MediaOne, and that could shut AOL out of the burgeoning cable Internet market. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19520.html
- AOL Profits Quadruple - Hot on the heels of smokin' earnings from Amazon and eBay, AOL reports some big numbers all its own. To celebrate, it will split its stock. [Wired News]
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- AOL Profits Rise - America Online beats analysts' earnings expectations with a 170 percent profit increase in its latest quarter. Also: Amazon.com reports another loss ... SGI releases earnings. [Wired News]
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- AOL Profits Set Another Record - The world's biggest online service reports record earnings, revenue, and subscriber numbers. But the stock slips in after-hour trading because some investors were expecting even better. Go figure. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19369.html
- AOL Recruits Messaging Allies - America Online makes deals with two rival Internet service providers to offer a version of its instant messaging application. Also: Deutsche Telekom buys mobile provider One2One.... IBM confirms British audit. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21142.html
- AOL to CBS: Welcome Home - The largest online service dumps ABC News in favor of CBS as its "exclusive broadcast news provider." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- AOL to Fire Up to 1,000 - America Online says it may fire up to 500 people at Netscape and another 500 from its own campus. AOL also will split its operations into four units. [Wired News]
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- AOL Unites Web, Channel Surfers - A dream alliance for the "You've got mail" crowd. America Online announces a partnership with three technology companies to deliver interactive television. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19627.html
- AOL Unveils TV Venture - America Online announces a partnershp with three major electronics companies to offer interactive television. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19619.html
- AOL Update Doesn't 'AIM' at MS - America Online updates its instant messaging client by adding news, tickers, and links, but doesn't build blocking into the product. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21409.html
- AOL, Andreessen Part Ways - The wunderkind who helped develop the world's first popular Web browser has left his executive post at the company that bought his. Why, and what's next? By Jennifer Sullivan and Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- AOL, eBay: Getting Cozy? - The two companies are said to be chatting about a range of possibilities, from developing content together to America Online taking a minority stake in the online auctioneer. [Wired News]
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- AOL, Live Via Satellite - America Online pays Hughes US$1.5 billion in a new agreement that will give AOL access to DirecTV programming and Hughes' satellite Internet service. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20330.html
- AOL: 'We Want Your Credit Card' - Not content to be a simple tolltaker as the world's biggest online service, America Online hopes to turn information about its customers' online habits into the ultimate marketing database. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18049.html
- Apple Defends its Blueberry Bush - Rapidfire lawsuits from Cupertino attempt to protect the iMac's "trade dress." Legal experts say the case is subtler than it looks. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21423.html
- Apple Girds for Rough Day - Chip-supply problems for the wildly popular new G4 force Apple to issue a profit warning, and the company's stock tumbles in pre-opening trading. Also: China reports 9-9-99 problem.... Star IBM exec gets new post.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21859.html
- Apple Lawsuit Moves Forward - A judge in New York orders the computer manufacturer to stop trying to stall a US$1.1 billion patent-infringement lawsuit. [Wired News]
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- Apple Names Gap CEO as Director - Apple Computer expands it board of directors and adds Millard Drexler, Gap CEO, to the new seat. Also: Charter Communications, Paul Allen's cable-TV company, buys Falcon for US$3.6 billion.... and more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19886.html
- Apple Profit Triples - Thanks to the iMac, Apple reports earnings far ahead of forecasts. Also: GeoCities prepares e-commerce infrastructure.... Nortel plans huge restructuring. [Wired News]
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- Apple to Clone: Think Different - Apple files suit against eMachines, claiming the company's eOne PC is a blatant iMac knockoff. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21352.html
- Apple's Good News, Bad News - Contrary to published reports, the next-generation G4 processor will ship on time. But Apple's "crash-proof" Mac OS X Server has a problem handling common Web scripts. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20041.html
- Apple's Portable Still On Track - Will Apple come through with its much-anticipated consumer portable in time to tap the fall back-to-school market? Analysts want to know. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20489.html
- Arrest Made in PairGain Rumor - Authorities arrest a 25-year-old man in connection with a fake news story posted on the Web last week that sent PairGain's stock soaring. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19155.html
- As Nokia Goes, So Goes Finland - The telecommunications company's soaring fortunes get credit for a nation's robust economy. No wonder the ruling party held on in Sunday's general elections. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18625.html
- Ascend Shareholders Sue - Just after Lucent makes a US$20 billion bid, Ascend shareholders file suit, claiming the former's offer isn't enough. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17343.html
- Astounding MarketWatch IPO - Shares of MarketWatch.com soar an astonishing 500 percent on the first day of trading. The business news provider is no Wall Street Journal yet, but investors like the fact that it publishes on the Web. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17362.html
- At Home in Japan - The cable Internet company continues its overseas expansion, joining with Japanese corporations to provide high-speed access to the island nation. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18993.html
- At Home to Buy Excite - The Net-via-cable company -- and by extension, AT T -- snares itself a portal. The price tag: US$6.7 billion, almost twice Excite's stock market value. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17402.html
- At Home to Buy WorldNet? - AT T is reportedly trying to sell its Net access service to At Home for US$1 billion. But after AT T buys TCI, it'll own At Home, too. Can you say Net titan? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17477.html
- At Home to Redo Earnings - After discussions with the Securities and Exchange Commission, broadband Internet provider At Home will restate its earnings to better reflect a 1997 cable deal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17284.html
- At Home, Excite Goose Net Stock - With Excite going for nearly twice its market value, the speculation turns to who's next. Here, doggie, doggie, doggie. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17411.html
- AT&T Cracks China Telecom Wall - The telecom giant signs a landmark deal to offer Internet-based phone service in China. Also: McCain bill seeks to guarantee an unfettered Net.... Qantas sees trouble on 1-1-2000. [Wired News]
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- AT&T Boosted by Wireless, Data - Revenues from consumer long-distance fell, but the company managed to match the Wall Street forecast by picking up the pace in other areas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17505.html
- AT&T Completes TCI Buy - The monumental acquisition is over. Next on the agenda: package deals for phone service, Net access, and cable television. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18358.html
- AT&T Eyes MSN - USA Today says AT T talked to Microsoft about buying its long-suffering Microsoft Network. So far, the companies are mum about whether it's true. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17221.html
- AT&T Gets Excited, Too - The telco giant wants to be the nation's all-in-one communications service. The At Home and Excite link-up is in step with its plans to combine Internet, phone, and cable. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17416.html
- AT&T Gets Into Fixed Wireless - Liberty Media, an AT T cable-TV unit, snaps up The Associated Group and its valuable stake in Teligent, a fast-growing Internet and phone service provider. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19963.html
- AT&T Music Effort Takes Hit - Co-founders of the a2b initiative lead staff migration to Microsoft-backed Reciprocal. Also: Lycos to do auctions in deal with FairMarket.... Amazon.com buys into HomeGrocer.com.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19744.html
- AT&T Nixes TCI Tracking Stock - The largest US telecom says it will go ahead with a three-for-two stock split, but it's abandoning plans for a tracking stock with merger partner TCI. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17234.html
- AT&T Not Interested in AOL - The telco's chief says all the speculation about Ma Bell buying AOL is hogwash. There's no marketing pact in the works, either. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18281.html
- AT&T Sweats New Cable Rules - The FCC delays a vote on regulations that could throw a wrench into AT&T's big acquisition of MediaOne. Also: For the first time, PC-maker Dell goes out and buys a company.... Alta Vista sees strong demand for free, ad-supported Internet services. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21656.html
- AT&T to Build At Home's Backbone - The company that offers Internet access over cable says AT T's super-fast fiber will extend its reach nationwide. Wall Street approves. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17180.html
- AT&T Wants MediaOne - The biggest US phone company wants to be the biggest cable-TV and broadband company, too. AT T makes a stunning US$62-billion offer for the nation's No. 3 cable company, surpassing a rival bid by Comcast. [Wired News]
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- AT&T Wins War for MediaOne - The road is clear for AT T to acquire MediaOne, after it convinces Comcast to drop out of the bidding. If the deal closes, AT T could become the biggest power on the Net. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19516.html
- AT&T's 'One Bill' Plan - Ma Bell will offer a single bill that combines tolls for long-distance and cellular calls. It's a big step in the evolution of customer service for the telecom industry. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17592.html
- AT&T's Roll Continues - The company announces higher than expected earnings, and a deal with Japan's NTT.... Also: Free online service planned for Europe.... Amazon goes on a buying spree.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19349.html
- AT&T, AOL to Hook Up? - AT&T's chairman reportedly thinks Excite and AtHome aren't a great fit, and would rather do a content-access deal with America Online. Also: Cisco plans huge KPMG investment.... Net stamp pair gain approval.... Real puts a price on Jukebox.... EMC agrees to buy Data General.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21178.html
- AT&T, BT Eye Japan Telecom - British Telecom and AT&T may be buying a slice of Japan's number three phone carrier... Also: Audiohighway.com inks some agreements... Viacom, Circuit City mum on deal rumors. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18598.html
- AT&T, BT in Mobile Alliance - The two giants say the venture will give customers seamless mobile-phone service around the world. Also: Gates will give US$1 billion for minority scholarships.... Inktomi is acquiring distribution and tracking company WebSpective Software... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21785.html
- AT&T, Wall Street Darling Again - Shares of the largest US phone company rise after an analyst sings its praises. What's more, Ma Bell is about to detail its plans for TCI. Finally. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17119.html
- AT&T-TCI Merger Approved - The merger of the phone giant and the cable company wins shareholder and FCC approval, the two biggest barriers to the telecoms' megadeal. [Wired News]
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- AT&T: Going Local via Cable - The long-distance leader strikes a joint venture with Time Warner to offer telephone service over cable TV wires. How big a deal is it? The partners see US$4 billion in annual revenues after three years. [Wired News]
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- AT&T: No More Deals for Now - Two top AT T executives spend a half-hour shooting down merger rumors. The biggest downer: No deals in the works with America Online. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20204.html
- AtHome's Medin: 'It's Our Cable' - The founder of the biggest cable-modem Internet service tells AOL and its buddies to stop treating broadband access like some kind of moral crusade. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20255.html
- Auction Paging for eBay Users - The online auction house will send bid updates to customers with pagers, cell phones, or PDAs. Later this year, the service will let users up the ante with the press of a button. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19668.html
- Auctioneers Chip In for Kosovo - EBay, Yahoo, and other online companies help out the Kosovo relief effort by holding special auctions. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19082.html
- Auctioning Off Class Struggles - Business schools around the country may have found a new solution to overcrowded classrooms: They let students bid on courses. By Kendra Mayfield. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21887.html
- Aussies Mine Net Gold - Things couldn't be worse for the mining industry. To survive, Australian mineral companies are looking for a new mother lode: e-commerce. Stewart Taggart reports from Sydney, Australia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18850.html
- Autobytel Shares Race Upward - Shares of the money-losing auto site hit overdrive in first-day trading. Autobytel has plenty of competition, but investors still paid more than double the sticker price for shares of the online dealership site. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Autoweb's Revving Shares - Even used-car salesmen feel welcomed by Internet investors. Shares of online car hub Autoweb.com hit the market and double instantly. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18667.html
- Avez Vous AOL? - America Online says it has 3 million subscribers outside the United States. Also: Apple learns a four-letter word.... Broadcast.com lines up content from three ABC affiliates.... and more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17532.html
- B&N Closes Book on Merger - Barnes Noble calls off its acquisition of Ingram Book Group in the face of government and industry opposition. Now it's on to Plan B, while small booksellers sigh with relief. [Wired News]
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- B&N Opens Music Store - The online bookseller joins Amazon.com in selling sounds -- and hopes to lure customers with an exclusive Jewel download. Also: Bigstep.com to launch a free site-building service.... Lycos in high-speed pact with East Coast network.... IBM bows out of Toshiba chip venture.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20600.html
- Back-to-School Bargains - Cheap, busy, and Internet-savvy, college students make the ideal target for start-up companies selling textbooks at cut-rate prices. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17379.html
- Bad Juju for AMD - Would-be Intel rival AMD posts a massive loss and says its president is quitting. Not good news for a company trying desperately to reverse its fortunes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20753.html
- Bad News Drags Down the Market - A record US trade deficit, a rising yen, and a semiconductor shortage caused by the Taiwan quake cause the third-biggest decline of the year on Wall Street. [Wired News]
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- Ballmer Meant What He Said - This isn't the first time Microsoft's president has complained about the overvaluation of tech stocks. And even though the market got the vapors over it, he's not retreating from his premise. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Ballmer: 'MS Valuation Absurd' - Microsoft's president tells a group of journalists that tech stocks -- including his own company's -- are way, way overvalued. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21915.html
- Ballmer: 'Share Your Data' - Microsoft's president says the future of e-biz depends on companies making their information available to be reused. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21728.html
- Bamboo.com Cuts IPO Offering - The leading real estate site plans to sell a million fewer shares than expected, at US$8 per share. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21320.html
- Bank Stocks Plunge on Y2K Worry - An influential banking analyst puts a rare "sell" recommendation on US banking stocks, citing Y2K concerns. The move drags down most of the market. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19844.html
- Bankers Don't Get the Net -- Yet - There's not a major bank in the world that gets the Internet and its promise to shake the financial establishment to its rafters. A new report says consumers are way out in front. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20315.html
- Bankruptcy Lawyers Smell Blood - Law firms specializing in Chapter 11 are beefing up their Silicon Valley operations, betting that many of today's hot tech firms will be tomorrow's road kill. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19850.html
- Baratz Resigns from Sun - A month after his promotion to division president, Alan Baratz throws in the towel and moves on. [Wired News]
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- Bargain Hunters Bid up Stocks - Monday the market tanked. Tuesday it rebounded as investors bid on bargains. Tomorrow, who knows? But Big Al is speaking before the Senate, and that oughta mean something. [Wired News]
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- Barnesandnoble.com Files for IPO - The online bookseller spawned from the gigantic brick-and-mortar chain will try to trounce Amazon.com with an offering of up to $200 million. Also: Wit Capital files for IPO. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18562.html
- Barnesandnoble.com IPO Set to Go - In its latest, and presumably final, filing, Barnesandnoble.com says it plans to raise US$300 million. Also: Dell to build plant near Nashville.... China cracks down on illegal satellite dishes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19545.html
- BayCorp's Net Power Exchange - BayCorp Holdings spawns a Web site to mine the market for wholesale power. But will utilities and power marketers forsake the phone? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20463.html
- Behold, the Übertool - It's a phone, it's a Web browser, it's a video camera, it's a personal digital assistant. Orange, one of the UK's leading cellular carriers, plans to roll out a wireless videophone next year. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21970.html
- Bell Atlantic Calls on AirTouch - Bell Atlantic courts wireless giant AirTouch Communications. A deal could put the squeeze on AT&T, the nation's wireless leader. [Wired News]
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- Bell Atlantic, Vodafone Do Deal - The two telecom powers finally announce an agreement to form a US wireless telephone company. With more than 20 million customers, it'll be the nation's biggest -- larger than AT&T and Sprint PCS. [Wired News]
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- Bell Atlantic, Vodafone Do Deal - The two telecom powers finally announce an agreement to form a US wireless telephone company. But is it really the nation's biggest? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21863.html
- Bells Lose High Court Ruling - The Baby Bells lose big as a Supreme Court ruling upholds federal rules to force competition in their markets. But the court also slams the 1996 Telecom Act, calling it "a model of ambiguity." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17516.html
- BellSouth Buys Chunk of Qwest - BellSouth, looking to beef up its business-oriented, high-speed telecom services, buys about 10 percent of Qwest for US$3.5 billion. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19203.html
- BellSouth Could Buy Qwest - The Atlanta-based Baby Bell says it's considering acquiring Qwest, the fourth largest US long-distance company. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20105.html
- Bertelsmann's Big AOL Pay Day - The German publishing giant says it netted US$130 million selling a small chunk of its America Online investment last year. The company's chief executive also says half its sales next year will be Net-driven. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18100.html
- Better Business Bureau Offline? - The newcomer in the privacy "seal of approval" game is experiencing technical difficulties accepting online seal applications. That's not a good sign, critics caution. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Better Times for MS Temps? - Microsoft increases the number of temp agencies that supply its temporary labor force. The competition may mean better benefits, the company says. Or not, say labor organizers. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18964.html
- Beyond.com Grabs BuyDirect - Consolidation comes to the online software retailing business as Beyond.com acquires a "complementary" rival for US$133.7 million. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18041.html
- Bianca Finds New Sugar Daddy - The online publisher of "literate smut" site Nerve agrees to buy the parent company of Bianca's Smut Shack, an online pioneer and still-popular community site. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19624.html
- Bidders High on Drugs.com? - It's one of the last easily identifiable domains left on the Web. But is Drugs.com worth a US$1 million haul, or is the seller just tripping? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21128.html
- Bidding in Beijing - One of China's leading Web sites is about to enter the online auction world after discovering its users are wild about e-commerce. [Wired News]
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- Big Al Speaks, Stocks Tumble - The Fed chief repeats his worry that the US economy looks "stretched," and this time investors pay close heed. Share prices are hammered in a late sell-off. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18114.html
- Big Apple Bites into eBay - The online auction house is the target of an investigation by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17521.html
- Big Bid for Auction Space - EBay and Amazon love revamped Auctionwatch.com because buyers and sellers can track the action from one place. By Debbi Gardiner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21307.html
- Big Blue Boosts Big Rally - IBM whips estimates -- whips 'em good -- with a spectacular quarter. Tech and blue-chip stocks both find reasons to rejoice in the company's stellar performance. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Big Blue Boosts Blue Chips - IBM has nothing but good news for Wall Street, and the Dow rockets to a record high. But other tech stocks suffer as investors opt to cash in on recent gains. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Big Blue Enters Small-Biz Fray - IBM is hoping a new series of computers, starting at US$850, can give it a piece of the fastest-growing PC sector. [Wired News]
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- Big Blue Fuels Big Gains - Wall Street enjoys another record-breaking day in the sun as IBM trounces expectations with a spectacular quarter. Tech and blue-chip stocks go through the roof. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Big Blue's Big Surprise - Whoever said IBM is a dinosaur is right: It's a badass T. rex. The world's biggest computer company reports first-quarter earnings far above Wall Street expectations. Stock surges in after-hour trading. [Wired News]
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- Big Blue's New DB Tool - IBM releases a new version of its database software that targets e-commerce businesses. Similar versions for mobile users are on the way. [Wired News]
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- Big Boys Challenge MP3 - IBM and five major record labels will test a new way to sell music online. It's loaded with security, and MP3 advocates say consumers won't buy it. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Big Brother, Big 'Fun' at Amazon - Amazon.com says it's just a fun feature, but the organizations whose employees' buying habits are being profiled online aren't so sure. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- Big Bucks From Online Ads - The number crunchers are still crunching, but a preliminary report says online publishers will bag US$2 billion in advertising revenue for 1998. [Wired News]
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- Big Business Boost for E-Biz - In order for e-commerce to succeed at the international level, conflicting national laws must be made compatible with one another. Some very powerful people are working to make that happen. By Christian Buck. [Wired News]
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- Big Dumb Corps Get Net Savvy - Scrappy Net start-ups should stop teasing the big dumb corporate behemoths for not jumping on the dot-com bandwagon. Soon, the old-timers may be taking away their business. [Wired News]
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- Big Guns Unite To Unify Unix - Compaq joins the Monterey alliance, an effort by a dozen companies, including IBM, to solidify the scattered Unix software market. [Wired News]
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- Big Insider Sales at Yahoo - Executives sold close to a million shares in February. Analysts say this could be a red flag. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Big IPO Delivery for Webvan? - Webvan has been delivering groceries for four months, and it's going IPO next week, hoping to raise US$300 million. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Big Money Backs MP3.com - The Big Boys of venture capital dump money on MP3.com, the company that could annihilate the "nonline" music industry. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17354.html
- Big Ol' Quarter for Big Blue - In the age of money-losing Net phenoms, staid IBM popped off a hefty US$2.3 billion fourth-quarter profit, topping the Street's estimates. Also: Sun and Excite earnings are right in line with Wall Street's best guess. [Wired News]
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- Big Pink Buys Purple Moon - Barbie and Rockett will be in the same company now. Toymaker Mattel buys the defunct gaming company, vowing to make smart games for girls. [Wired News]
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- Big Week Ahead for IPOs - Investors hungry for tech IPOs will have a virtual smorgasbord of offerings next week. Close to 20 companies are set to go public -- and analysts expect most will do just fine. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Billions for Broadband - With its US$60 billion purchase of MediaOne Group, Comcast will have a piece of the two biggest players in the broadband Internet business. What's next? A union of the At Home and Road Runner cable modem consortia? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18643.html
- Biotech Firms Preen for Bucks - For years, investors have poured money into Net companies. This week, biotech companies at the BioPartnering conference try to divert venture capital into their forsaken industry. Lindsey Arent reports from Napa Valley, California. [Wired News]
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- Biz-to-Biz eBiz Buzz: Big Bucks - Consumer commerce sites like Amazon get all the ink, but the big money is in business-to-business e-commerce, says Goldman Sachs. Like about US$1.5 trillion by 2004. [Wired News]
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- Black Box Crooks Finger Buyers - Thousands of people who bought illegal cable descramblers on the Web may soon be getting unexpected -- and unwanted -- visits from the cops. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21370.html
- Bloomberg Sues Over Bogus Site - The business news and information company sues the unidentified creators of a site that cloned its site to hype a stock. But first it needs to find them. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19094.html
- Blowout Quarter for Yahoo - The online directory reports first-quarter results far above Wall Street expectations. Traffic, revenue, and earnings all surge in the quarter. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19008.html
- Blue Chips Back in Form - Tech and Net stocks are elbowed aside as investors renew their affection for Wall Street's old guard. Like clockwork, traders are once again leery of sky-high prices. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Blue Chips Defy Compaq's Woes - The Dow rockets to yet another record high, shrugging off a profit warning from the computer sector. Tech stocks eventually limp into positive territory. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Blue Chips Go Bananas - Earnings worries? What earnings worries? Wall Street reopens the record books as the Dow scores another home run. Once again, tech stocks bring up the rear. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Blue Chips Hit Record High - The Dow roars back to life following several days of listless performance. High-priced tech and Internet stocks are elbowed aside by wary investors. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Blue Chips Rally to Record High - The rest of the market, however, lags behind as traders seek motivation to keep buying tech stocks in the face of slower earnings. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Blue Chips Soar, Techs Sag - Blue-chip shares surge into record territory as oil stocks continue to rally. But the tech side runs out of steam amid profit warnings and earnings disappointments. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Blue Chips Surge, Techs Tank - While the Dow climbs amid fresh merger activity and upbeat earnings, a boardroom coup at Compaq sends tech stocks plunging. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- BMC Buying New Dimension - BMC will pay US$650 million to expand its business software lineup. Also: Microsoft invests in Reciprocal, an MP3 shop.... The software company also targets Chinese set-top boxes.... Wireless Dimension raises more money. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18326.html
- Boeing Eyes Phone Biz - While other parts of the satellite phone industry are falling out of the sky, Boeing wants a bigger slice of the business. The company is in talks to buy a controlling stake in the Ellipso satellite network. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Boeing Passes Y2K Test - The world's biggest airplane maker says that its jets won't fall out of the sky on New Year's Eve 1999. [Wired News]
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- Bond Sell-Off Whips Stocks - Wall Street is pretty sure Greenspan is mulling an interest-rate hike. There's no clear evidence, of course, but with the G-man you have to read between the lines. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18140.html
- Book Giveaway Floods Server - A British online bookseller with its eye on Amazon staged a happy-hour literature giveaway, pleasing thousands and frustrating thousands more. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
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- Bookseller Rakes in Bucks - Barnesandnoble.com, the perennial runner-up in online bookselling, raises a tidy US$450 million in a giant IPO. No matter that analysts have been dissing the company's e-commerce strategy for the past two years. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Booksellers Slash Prices - When Amazon slashed prices of its bestsellers, rival barnesandnoble.com immediately followed suit. Investors fear a nasty price war. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19728.html
- Borders to Print Books On Demand - Storing books digitally and only printing them as requested saves time and money. Borders' acquisition of Sprout provides access to manuscripts and technology. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19971.html
- Brandwise.com a Tough Sell? - Brandwise.com promises to ease the pain of shopping for ranges and refrigerators. But shoppers might well question a Whirlpool-sponsored site that's trying to hawk appliances. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
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- Brazil Chill: Stocks Spill - Wall Street posts more losses as investors fret about the situation south of the border. Day traders, meanwhile, welcome new members to the .com club. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - China Telecom is ripe for an overhaul, but the government's been taking its time in making it happen. Now a new plan, floated in an official newspaper, is underwhelming foreign analysts. [Wired News]
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- Britain Adds Up Net Tax Losses - More and more Britons are turning to online shopping, which is good news for e-commerce companies but bad news for the British government, which may lose billions in tax revenue. [Wired News]
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- Brits Keep Crypto Keys - The Blair government decides the key-crypto encryption plan would do little for security and would harm e-commerce. Also: China disclosures may not hurt US launch industry too badly.... Major players join AT&T digital music effort.... And a small online brokerage will add after-hours trading. [Wired News]
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- Brits Rip Online Spy List - Britain's foreign secretary describes the rundown of alleged secret agents as riddled with inaccuracies. Also: Phantom customers menace MovieFone.... AOL's Ted Leonsis becomes a sports mogul.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Broadband Gladiators v. MediaOne - MediaOne has reportedly spurned Comcast's buyout offer in favor of a bigger bid by AT T. But don't count the cable operator out. Microsoft and America Online are waiting to join the fight. [Wired News]
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- Broadband on a Dish - A new satellite venture headed by a former DirecTV executive aims to do for surfing the Net what satellite television did for sitting on the couch. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19548.html
- Broadband Satellite Gets a Boost - GM's Hughes says it will pump US$1.4 billion into Spaceway, its satellite-based high-speed communications network. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18526.html
- Broadbase Shares Soar in IPO - The consumer tracking software company raises US$56 million in its market debut as its stock price climbs 92 percent. [Wired News]
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- Broadcast.com Mum on Stock Jump - The company's stock goes through the roof Friday, surging 73 percent and startling Nasdaq, which asks for an explanation. Broadcast.com demurs. [Wired News]
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- Broadcasters at Play - This year's broadcasters' convention had the usual back-slapping for the unrivaled power of television, plus a little slapstick. Joanna Glasner reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
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- Broadcom Goes Extreme - The maker of high-speed networking equipment partners with Gotcha to develop sports programs that will spur the demand for broadband. [Wired News]
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- Broadcom Plummets in Quake's Wake - The semiconductor industry scrambles to recover after Taiwan's 7.6 earthquake. Most factories are still standing, but production won't resume for days. [Wired News]
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- BT Quashes AirTouch Rumors - British Telecommunications company says it's not among the many suitors for AirTouch Communications. BT has its hands full with AT T. [Wired News]
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- BT, Microsoft in Wireless Deal - The two companies reach an agreement to develop Internet and corporate data services for mobile users. [Wired News]
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- Bulk Buying Comes to the Web - The more people who want something, the higher the price, right? Maybe not. A new Web shop called Accompany flips the supply-demand equation on its head. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Bull in a China.com Shop - China.com has two buzzwords going for it: Internet and China. What more could an IPO investor ask for? Its shares more than triple in the first day of trading. [Wired News]
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- Business Wire Sues Pranksters - Business Wire, a press release distributor, sues three people for sending out a sham press release. Also: Amazon offers online greeting cards.... Sprint buys wireless cable-TV system.... and more. [Wired News]
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- Buy! Cell! Trade! - DLJdirect customers can dial up stock trades on the cell. Also: Meet the biggest baby: Regulators approve the merger of baby bells Ameritech and SBC Communications, making for the largest local telco in the United States. [Wired News]
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- Buy, Buy, Buy Net Stocks - Internet stocks don't make sense, but pro money managers say they're still the greatest buying opportunity in history. Eileen Buckley reports from the Hambrecht Quist Technology Conference. [Wired News]
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- Buy.com Dumps Appeasement Policy - A typo on the computer-equipment commerce site brought customers running. But the company says it won't honor the posted price. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Buy.com Faces Class-Action Suit - Customers are irked that the online superstore keeps charging them, then canceling the orders. One lawsuit has been filed, and others may be in the works. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Buy.com Rolls with the Punches - Even as the discount online retailer plans to go public, a spate of bad publicity is threatening to undermine the company's best-laid plans. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Buy.com's Price-Slashing Plan - Buy.com is willing to sell at a loss to be the Net's biggest superstore. It snagged an exec from the world's biggest wholesaler to make it happen. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Buying Countries Online - Seattle entrepreneur Gregory Paley kicked up his heels when Wall Street blessed China.com. And he's got 16 similar sites waiting in the wings. By Debbi Gardiner. [Wired News]
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- Bye-bye Buyouts? - Silicon Valley is enraged over an esoteric accounting rule. At stake is how companies record the financial effects of billion-dollar acquisitions. By Eileen Buckley. [Wired News]
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- C&W, IBM Team Up for Speed - Cable Wireless aims for smaller businesses with fast, always-on Net service. Also: Qwest becomes an applications service provider, with help from HP and SAP.... Is USA giving up on its Lycos bid? ... Zagat restaurant surveys hit the Web.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19617.html
- CA Buys Platinum Tech - Computer Associates' acquisition of Platinum Technology is one of the biggest in the software industry. It will put more pressure on rivals like Oracle and Microsoft. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18794.html
- Cable & Wireless Sues MCI - Cable Wireless says MCI Worldcom didn't live up to a US$1.75 billion deal for the long distance company's Internet assets. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18895.html
- Cable Modems Boom - The demand for the high-speed modems outpaces DSL installations 14 to 1, but "arms' merchant" Broadcom is covering all the bases. [Wired News]
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- Cable TV Channels as Data Pumps - By pumping data one way through unused cable-TV channels, Internet Ventures thinks it can challenge At Home without having to pay billions for an underground cable-wire network. But first, it has to convince the FCC. [Wired News]
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- Caldera Eyes Linux, IPO - Caldera Thin Clients changed its name Tuesday to Lineo, in anticipation of a merger with a major semiconducter manufacturer. The company is betting its chips on embedded Linux. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
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- Caldera: MS Cheated in DOS War - Caldera, a tiny software company, details more alleged foul play by Microsoft to sink the smaller company's DR-DOS operating system. It's all out of context, Microsoft claims. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- Calling a Mobile Phone? Pay Up - Mobile-phone customers can pass the cost of answering a call to the caller, the FCC rules. This could increase the use of mobile phones dramatically in the United States -- if the regulatory issues are ironed out. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Calling IBM on Its E-B.S. - An e-commerce upstart mocks Big Blue's ubiquitous ad campaign and its irreverent approach to e-business. Intershop has had enough e-hype. [Wired News]
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- Can a Cell Spell Brain Pain? - A former BT engineer files suit, saying his cell phone caused brain damage. Also: Two lawsuits accuse Compaq of keeping bad news from investors. [Wired News]
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- Canadian Telecom Behemoth Born - AT T Canada buys regional phone firm Metronet communications in US$4.6 billion deal. [Wired News]
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- Candied-Apple Computers - Pleased-as-punch Steve Jobs dropped a bombshell in his Macworld keynote Tuesday: iMacs, in five new high-fashion colors. What's next, the Malibu Barbie iMac? By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17151.html
- Cash-Poor Dot Coms: Got Options? - Is your company short on cash? No problem. These days Internet businesses are trading a cut of their company for all kinds of things. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Cashing In on Email Lists - Topica, a start-up with big-money backing, hopes to be the Yahoo of email lists. But does this vast, chaotic, and commercially untarnished Net territory really want order -- and advertising? [Wired News]
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- Cashing Out and Moving In - Every sixth house sold in California this spring was bought with stock market proceeds. Good news, or a harbinger of trouble? By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- CBS Invests in Medscape - CBS will buy 35 percent of Medscape and help launch a new consumer health information site. Medscape says it's more than just another CBS.com deal. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
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- CBS: Another IPO? - Marketwatch.com's amazing initial public offering whetted the monetary appetite of CBS. Hoping to make the most of Net stock frenzy, the company may spin off the rest of its Net assets for an IPO. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17752.html
- CDNow to Enter Amazon's Jungle? - Amazon.com may soon have another competitor in the online book business -- CDNow. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- CDNow, Columbia House to Merge - The online retailer and the granddaddy of direct music marketing will combine and create a new e-commerce site. Sony and Time Warner will also have a big piece of the venture. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- CDNow: Now Is the Time - The online music seller brings N2K into the fold. But investors still want answers to several questions. Like, how can it compete with Amazon? [Wired News]
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- CE Fair: Germany Going Gaga - Berlin's international consumer electronics expo started in the first days of radio, but now it's introducing the Continent to new media. Steve Kettmann reports from Germany. [Wired News]
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- Cell Phone: The Next Generation - International regulators are in Brazil where, between samba lessons, they'll set standards for a truly worldwide mobile-phone network. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- CEO of Troubled Iridium Quits - The struggling satellite phone company's chief executive is stepping down, effective immediately. [Wired News]
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- CEO Schmoozefest on E-Commerce - At Microsoft's CEO Summit execs talk power and speed. Martha Stewart and Ford are just two companies eager to jump on the bandwidth bandwagon. Chris Stamper reports from Redmond, Washington. [Wired News]
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- Cheap PCs Fail to Materialize - Surprise, surprise -- a too-good-to-be-true offer of cheap PCs falls flat. SoftStream says it's out of cash and won't be able to deliver the computers. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- Cheap PCs Push AMD Past Intel - Intel is beaten in US retail PC sales for the first time, a report says. The company that did it, Advanced Micro Devices, can thank the growing market for PCs under US$1,000. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Cheaper Chips - Motorola and Siemens announce a production breakthrough that will cut manufacturing costs by 30 percent, they say. [Wired News]
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- Cheaper Net Access in Japan? - The Japanese government is slowly coming around to the idea that by lowering exorbitant telephone charges, Japan could gain long-term benefits from increased Internet use. David Lazarus reports from Tokyo. [Wired News]
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- Cheaper PCs Ahead? - Compaq's warning of an earnings shortfall may spell trouble for the computer manufacturing industry. It could also drag PC prices even lower. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19077.html
- China Cuts Phone, Net Rates - China loosens its grip on telecommunications, slashing Internet rates by half and long-distance calls to the United States by nearly 20 percent. Also: Intel expected to announce investment in VA Research.... Britain's Virgin Group may compete to provide wireless phone services.... and more. [Wired News]
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- China Gets Tough on Piracy - A Chinese court awards Microsoft damages for copyright infringement by two software companies. [Wired News]
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- China's Net Population to Surge - The number of Chinese citizens with access to the Internet is expected to grow from 2.1 million to more than 6.7 million over the next year, a new report finds. [Wired News]
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- China's Odd Telecom Reform - The country confirms the breakup of China Telecom, but says it won't stand for foreign investment or cheap Net telephony. Bad news for companies who have already poured millions into the country. [Wired News]
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- China: Net Use Tripled in '98 - A China Daily survey puts the total number of users at 2.1 million. The official news agency Xinhua says 1.5 million. Either way, the Net is making inroads, especially in Beijing. [Wired News]
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- Chinese Hit Back on the Web - Sites are adding servers to keep up with the anti-US postings.... Also: Microsoft says it will do a wireless portal, and a deal with Nextel.... US West plans "Web Phone".... And Compaq makes its streamlining official. [Wired News]
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- Chip Drought Slows Apple Profits - A shortage of Motorola's new G4 chips leaves Apple's investors as disappointed as its customers. [Wired News]
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- Chris Nolan Speaks for Herself - The former technology columnist at the San Jose Mercury News responds to the newspaper's reports about her investment in Autoweb.com in a letter to the editor that the Mercury News refused to publish. [Wired News]
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- CIH Virus Culprit Pegged? - An engineering college in Taiwan says a former student named Chen Ing-hau wrote the hard-drive-eating bug.... UK's United News & Media buys tech publisher CMP.... AOL, hungry for audio content, may be pursuing Chancellor Media. [Wired News]
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- Cisco Agrees to Buy Webline - Cisco agrees to buy Webline Communications for US$325 million in stock, giving the networking giant software to route emails and synchronize Web pages. [Wired News]
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- Cisco Gobbles Up Two More Firms - The world's biggest data-equipment maker becomes even bigger with two acquisitions worth a total of US$445 million. The booty: technology to fuse voice and data networks. [Wired News]
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- Cisco Goes Fiber-Optic Crazy - The networking leader spends nearly US$7 billion to acquire Cerent, a money-losing startup whose one product helps keep traffic moving over fiber-optic lines. And for dessert, it gobbles up Monterey Networks for $500 million. [Wired News]
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- Cisco Inside - The maker of networking gear plans to edge its way into the consumer market, with co-branded modems and home-use devices. [Wired News]
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- Cisco Kids Not: $7 Bil Binge - The networking giant spends nearly US$7 billion to buy a money-losing startup whose one product helps keep traffic moving over fiber-optic lines. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Cisco Pays $65 Million for Cocom - The computer networking company buys Copenhagen's Cocom to expand its delivery of broadband access products. [Wired News]
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- Cisco Profit Rises 33 Percent - The world's biggest data networking gearmaker reports another big rise in quarterly earnings. Icing on the cake: a 2-for-1 stock split. [Wired News]
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- Cisco Sales Surge - The networking equipment maker's revenues jump 40 percent and beat analyst earnings-per-share estimates by a penny. [Wired News]
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- Cisco Struts New Net Technology - Cisco takes on the competition with its next generation of network products. [Wired News]
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- Cisco, Motorola Plan Net Access - Cisco and Motorola unveil a US$1 billion alliance to provide wireless Net access, combining Cisco's expertise in data with Motorola's clout in wireless. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Cities Singled Out for Piracy - New York City, Los Angeles, and Seattle have the highest concentrations of pirated office software in the nation. Also: Online trading surges 47 percent in first quarter.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20091.html
- City Guides Losing Sight? - The Web is still flooded with city guides, although none are making money. And Microsoft ingloriously bowed out to its chief rival. What went wrong? By Lakshmi Chaudhry. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21234.html
- Citysearch CEO Touts Lycos Deal - OK, maybe the three-way merger between USA Networks, Lycos, and Ticketmaster won't have the cachet of a pure Internet company, says a key exec. But the combination will make a lot of e-commerce hay. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18054.html
- CmdrTaco on Slashdot Sale - The co-founder and lead geek at Slashdot.org talks about selling the business to Andover.net. But he's reluctant to say exactly how much the sale brought in. Interview by Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20483.html
- CMGI to Buy AltaVista - It's official: CMGI will buy most of AltaVista from Compaq Computer for US$2.3 billion in stock. The goal is to beef up CMGI's clout on the Web. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20477.html
- CMGI: Suitors Coming for Lycos - Since announcing it would not support the USA Networks bid for Lycos, CMGI has been shopping for other suitors. It's found some, says a CMGI managing director. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18461.html
- CNET Begins $100 Million Pitch - It's one of the Internet's biggest advertising campaigns ever, and will include everything from billboards to television spots. Also: Health sites buy medical news service.... Starbucks outlines Net plans.... No midnight Phantom in UK.... Lycos closes Wired Digital buy.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20527.html
- CNN's Dobbs Heads to the Web - The Moneyline host and network executive is leaving to lead a space-related Web site. Also: NBC buys into a digital recording company.... Satellite radio gets a boost.... Lockheed sees quarterly loss.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20103.html
- Comcast Goes Portal - The cable-TV operator unveils a site for fat pipes, hoping to catch a piece of the burgeoning market for broadband Internet services. Competitors shrug. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17129.html
- Comcast Seeks MS, AOL Backing - It could become one of the biggest corporate skirmishes yet. Comcast may ask Microsoft and AOL for financial help in its bid to thwart AT T and buy MediaOne. The prize: a national broadband network into US homes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19427.html
- Comcast's Consolation Prize - The No. 4 cable provider backs away from its bid for MediaOne, ceding victory to AT T. A hefty breakup fee, plus 2 million cable subscribers soften the blow. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19503.html
- Coming Soon: Transmeta's Plans - Silicon Valley's most secretive startup may soon spill the beans on what it's been up to, possibly at the November Comdex, says Linus Torvalds. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21907.html
- Commerce One's Stunning Debut - Commerce One posts one of the most impressive IPOs of the year with a 353 percent gain. All the buzz words surrounding it sure helped, particularly "e-commerce" and "business-to-business." [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20531.html
- Commercial Ikonos in the Sky - Its first attempt to send a commercial, high-res image-capturing satellite literally crashed and burned. On Friday, Ikonos II is scheduled for launch. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21900.html
- Compaq Bites the Bullet - New chief Ben Rosen calls US$281 million profit on $9.4 billion revenues unacceptable. Also: Borders CEO resigns.... Sprint PCS hands Lucent another huge contract.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19240.html
- Compaq Buys Zip2 - The PC maker buys the online-publishing software vendor to beef up AltaVista. Also: Drugstore.com lands on AOL, Excite.... ETrade to sell own mutual funds.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17939.html
- Compaq Closes Plants, Cuts Jobs - The largest US computer maker shuts down a New Hampshire manufacturing site. Also: Xerox and Microsoft in pact.... Ticketmaster ties the knot with Match.com.... MiningCo.com changes its name to About.com.... CNET jumps into online auctions. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19734.html
- Compaq Execs Abandon Ship - A stunning weekend announcement from the world's No. 1 computer maker: Its CEO has resigned and so has the company's chief financial officer. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19192.html
- Compaq Goes Shopping.com - The struggling retailing site will be acquired by Compaq Computer, which needs to beef up its AltaVista search engine to catch up with Yahoo. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17262.html
- Compaq Halts Online Sales - Internet sales are threatening the PC giant's deals with brick-and-mortar retailers. So Compaq pulls temporarily pulls the plug. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18068.html
- Compaq Hammered on Outlook - Shares of the biggest PC company plunge after analysts predict slowing sales in coming quarters. Other tech stocks follow. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18160.html
- Compaq Promises Better Days - At the annual shareholders' meeting in Houston, Compaq's embattled chairman asks investors for patience while the computer maker gets its act together. But shareholders call for blood. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19278.html
- Compaq Roars Ahead - With its Digital acquisition beginning to take hold, the PC juggernaut easily tops Wall Street earnings forecasts. Also: Wireless, data power Bell Atlantic.... And Broadcom beats the Street by 44 percent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17558.html
- Compaq Spinning Off AltaVista - The giant computer maker forms the AltaVista Company, aiming to take public the search engine, which is now planning to morph into a portal. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17533.html
- Compaq Stock Pummeled - Shares of the computer maker take a nosedive after the company warns of an earnings shortfall and analysts lower performance expectations. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19064.html
- Compaq Streamlines Distribution - An analyst says the No. 1 PC maker will cut ties with its many wholesalers and borrow rival Dell's strategy of direct shipments. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19587.html
- CompUSA Slashes Sales Force - The nation's No. 1 computer retailer cuts 1,800 sales jobs and announces plans to expand its Web presence after a bruising fourth quarter. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21511.html
- CompuServe for a New Millennium - AOL introduces CompuServe 2000, a easy-to-use version of the venerable online service that targets busy professionals and Internet newcomers. It's a bargain at US$9.95. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18040.html
- Computer Crime Costs a Bundle - Computer fraud and theft continues to rise, according to a survey of private and government organizations. Nearly a third of them polled sustained losses last year. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18293.html
- Computer Glitch Plagues Buy.com - For the past two days, a glitch in Buy.com's coupon system has been authorizing US$40 charges over and over on customers' credit cards. The snafu doesn't help the online retailer's customer service reputation. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20653.html
- Computer Sector Woes Hit Ingram - Ingram Micro says it will trim some 1,400 jobs, citing lower than expected earnings estimates. Soft PC sales and Y2K fears are partly to blame. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18397.html
- Congress: Give It Up, AT&T - Dialup ISPs and America Online are complaining that AT T is becoming a monopoly provider in the cable-modem Internet access business. So lawmakers propose a bill to pry open Ma Bell's network. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19559.html
- Connecting Asia - Global Crossing, Microsoft, and Softbank say an 11,000-mile, US$1.3 billion telecom network will bring broadband services to Asia. Also: Concentric is buying a British ISP.... Lycos acquiring Quote.com for $78.3 million.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21632.html
- Consumer Prices on the Rise - Mr. Inflation makes an unexpected return as core consumer costs increase twice as much as expected. Share prices tumble as investors flee for shelter in Treasuries. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19694.html
- Corel Draws a New Record - The software developer may be a "dog company," according to one analyst, but its hot third-quarter results lead to big gains. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21862.html
- Corel Sets Up Buyout Defenses - The Canadian software company establishes a shareholder rights plan to fend off any unsolicited takeover bids. Also: AT T's Armstrong will run the merged TCI. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17909.html
- Coupons for the Wireless Crowd - The next time your pager goes off, it might not be that important message you expected. It could be an alert from Virgin Megastore, offering half off on a CD. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20359.html
- Cox Buys Gannett's Cable Biz - The No. 5 cable operator continues its broadband buying binge paying US$2.7 billion in cold, hard cash. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20967.html
- Cox Interactive Invests in MP3 - The media conglomerate pays US$45 million for a 10 percent stake in MP3.com, on the eve of the music download site's IPO. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20117.html
- Cox, MP3.com Launch MP3Radio - Cox Interactive Media and MP3.Com join forces to deliver downloadable music and e-commerce opportunities to radio stations on the Web. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21569.html
- Cracking for the Man - There are plenty of ex-hackers hanging around corporate America these days, says DefCon's founder. Breaking into networks is always better when you're paid for it. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21879.html
- Cracking Group Strikes Again - United Loan Gunmen add the NAACP's site to their long list of recent hits. Also: Gateway will reportedly dump AMD processors.... And a UN conference on genetically engineered foods reports progress on possible trade pact. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21838.html
- Cracking on the Rise - The rate at which crackers broke into corporate networks nearly doubled last year, a new survey finds. Not surprisingly, e-commerce companies are the top victims. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20704.html
- Creating a Global Cell Network - AirTouch Communications and Vodafone are the cellular phone leaders in the US and Europe. But the sum of their worldwide holdings may be worth more than their parts. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17383.html
- Credit Card Fraud Bedevils Web - Thinking of setting up shop online? Beware, hordes of high-tech credit card crooks are waiting to rob you blind. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18904.html
- Cyberian Makes Auction Bid - The computer e-tailer starts a companion site to its online store, hoping to grab a piece of the auction action from the likes of OnSale. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18492.html
- Danish Software Pirates Busted - An alliance of companies including Microsoft, IBM, and Apple blows the whistle on a ring of Danish software pirates advertising illegal wares on the Internet. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17456.html
- Data Slips Out of Agency Again - For the second time in two months, the US Labor Bureau inadvertently releases sensitive data on the Net. Someone over there needs a Web programming refresher course. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17300.html
- DDMI: Music's Words of War - Down at the Digital Distribution and Music Industry confab, the new-age-old battle between indies and oldies rages on. Andrew Rice reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21662.html
- Deal Likely Between MS & Ma Bell - Redmond is reportedly cozying up to the emerging broadband leader with a US$5-billion investment in AT T. Insiders expect word of an unprecedented software and communications alliance on Thursday. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19528.html
- Dealers in a Demilitarized Zone - Pundits call the Internet very bad news to car dealers. And the brows were furrowed at the industry's biggest convention of the year. Heidi Kriz reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17823.html
- Death of a Bookshop - A cultural institution in Silicon Valley is closing its doors. Printers Inc. says its high-tech clientele come to schmooze, but they do their buying online. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17216.html
- Death of a Rare Bird? - Visio wooed workers with a rare promise to promote a "balanced life." No stock slaves here. Live now, not later! Then it sold out to Microsoft. Workers lament. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21898.html
- Death to Sleepy Stock Data - A Redwood City company will build an eXtensible Markup Language copy of the Securities and Exchange Commission database. Stock data will never be the same again. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18911.html
- Dell and Compaq: Neck and Neck - Dell pulls to within one percentage point of Compaq in the race to become the No. 1 supplier of PCs in the United States. But Compaq still has the edge worldwide. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20935.html
- Dell Buying a Boatload from IBM - Dell will buy about US$16 billion of chips, drives, and monitors from IBM during the next seven years. It's a nice boost to both companies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18266.html
- Dell Does Bundling - The computer maker packages hardware with its new Internet access service. Also: Is AOL hypocritical on "open-access?".... And the controversy over alterations to Kubrick's last film won't go away. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20955.html
- Dell Hammered for Soft Revenue - The stock of the No. 2 PC maker tumbles in after-hour trading after the company reveals fourth-quarter revenue falls short of Wall Street forecasts. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17946.html
- Dell Meets Profit Goal -- Barely - Dell Computer says its first-quarter profit rose 42 percent -- not bad, but disappointing to some investors. Also: Redback shares triple after IPO.... Direct marketing revenue on Web to double this year.... and more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19754.html
- Dell Morphs Into a Retailer - The world's biggest direct seller of PCs hopes to become a big online seller of consumer electronics too. Wednesday, it launched its own online superstore. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18242.html
- Dell Results Sink Tech Stocks - The PC maker's profit is up, but revenue isn't growing by as much as spoiled investors would prefer. Their tantrum drives share prices lower. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17963.html
- Dell Sales Falling Short - Dell's fourth-quarter revenue could be as much as US$300 million short of expectations. More competition, lower prices, and slow sales are slamming the Wall Street darling. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17899.html
- Dell Sells 4 Million Shares - The founder of Dell Computer sells about US$156 million of his company's stock in a move to diversify his portfolio. Even tech tycoons need to diversify, you know. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20516.html
- Dell, Amazon Plug Each Other - The biggest online bookstore and the biggest direct seller of PCs will build co-branded Web pages. Also: British regulators offer a proposal that would lower Net-access fees.... Huge Lucent bond offering. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18374.html
- Dell-IBM Pact Sparks Rally - Wall Street puts its rate-hike anxiety on hold to revel in a US$16 billion alliance between a pair of PC heavyweights. But new jobs data could end the party soon. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18282.html
- Deutsche Telekom Gets Dumped - Olivetti prevails in a US$32.52 billion hostile takeover of Telecom Italia and leaves Deutsche Telekom to lick its wounds. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19833.html
- Digital TV Superpower? - The rumored merger of Britain's BSkyB and France's Canal Plus would dominate Europe -- which is why many analysts wonder if regulators would let it happen. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18072.html
- Diller Swats Day-Trading 'Gnats' - The USA Network chief blasts stock-market greed and a "foolish" Dave Wetherell for threatening his bid to acquire Lycos and create a company that he believes is the future of the Internet. James Glave reports from Scottsdale, Arizona. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18692.html
- Ding-Dong, Divx Is Dead - The creators of Divx, the video format that set off one of the most vitriolic hate campaigns on the Internet, are putting their creation to sleep. Celebration erupts on the Net. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20259.html
- DirecTV Buys PrimeStar - The biggest US satellite-TV broadcaster gobbles up a smaller rival for US$1.32 billion in cash and stock. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17479.html
- Disney Grabs Online Toy Seller - The entertainment giant's Buena Vista Internet Group takes a controlling interest in toysmart.com. Also: Liquid Audio's new offering supports MP3, RealAudio.... The Unabomber tells a story online.... Titanic is king of the DVD world.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21424.html
- Disney May Buy All of Infoseek - The Mouse House apparently likes the Internet game. It's in talks to buy all of Infoseek. Also: Intergraph says a federal judge ruled in its favor over a key part of its antitrust case against Intel.... and more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20074.html
- Disney to Buy Out Infoseek - The entertainment giant plans to combine its expanded Net offerings into a separately traded company, called Go.com. Also: Net biggies in new lobbying effort.... EToys jumps into book sales.... EBay has a rotten weekend.... Kazakhs remain peeved at Russia.... And another Net prescription bust. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20674.html
- Dispute over Priceline's Model - Three weeks after the online auctioneer filed plans to go public, a lawyer challenges the company's patented business model. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17392.html
- Divx is Dead - After incurring US$116 million in losses and setting off the biggest hate campaign ever launched against a consumer device, the creators of the controversial Divx format decide to fold their tent. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20253.html
- Dixons to Take Freeserve Public - Just nine months after launch, it's Britain's largest Internet service provider, and could be worth as much as US$3 billion. Also: All-in-one message centers make a splash.... Motorola and Cisco buy Bosch Telecom unit, plan joint wireless effort.... IBM, Acer in huge purchasing deal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20058.html
- Dobbs: Net Sector Looking Good - After ditching a powerhouse position at CNN to launch a Net startup, ex-business anchor Lou Dobbs says he's still bullish on the Internet economy. In fact, he's upbeat about the whole market. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21998.html
- Doc Arrested for Drug Site - A Maryland doctor could go to prison over charges that he illegally prescribed diet pills over the Internet. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20625.html
- Doctoring Up an IPO - Yet another Net firm decides the market is too hot to pass up. This time it's WebMD, an Atlanta company that hopes the whole health-care world will plug into its Web site. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17656.html
- DOD Hooks Up with Wherehouse - Coming soon to a Wherehouse near you: burn-your-own CDs at in-store Digital On Demand kiosks. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21287.html
- Does Reach Really Matter? - Yahoo said it bought Web page provider GeoCities in part to connect with a larger share of the Web population. But is reach the Holy Grail of measurement? By R. Scott Raynovich. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17597.html
- DOJ to Break Up Microsoft? - The DOJ has approached two leading investment banks for advice on how to best break up Microsoft, a report says. We're just looking at all the options, the DOJ responds. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21009.html
- Dot Coms Target 'Dot Commuters' - Following the credo that brand-building is everything, cash-flush startups spend big bucks on billboards. You can run, but you can't escape the giant URLs. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20963.html
- DoubleClick Shares Dip Again - DoubleClick could lose big time if its biggest customer, AltaVista, follows through with a possible acquisition by CMGI. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20425.html
- DoubleClick's Single Focus: You - DoubleClick plans to buy database marketer Abacus Direct for US$1 billion. This could make DoubleClick the Net's top direct marketer, and a big headache for privacy advocates. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20205.html
- Doubleclick: The PC-TV is DOA - The CEO of one of the Net's most successful advertising brokers said that convergence is hype and consumers are more than willing to fork over personal data. Arik Hesseldahl reports from Chicago. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20859.html
- Dow 10K -- a Done Deal - The blue-chip index pokes its head above the 10,000 milestone and then retreats for solid ground. The broader market is little changed as investors catch their breath. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18507.html
- Dow Blasts Past 11000 - The Dow rockets to another record high, topping the 11000 mark for the first time, while investors keep shunning the silicon crowd and their massive multiples. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19466.html
- Dow Climbs as Techs Sputter - A mixed day on Wall Street. Blue-chip stocks advance deeper into record territory, while tech shares succumb to anxiety over weak earnings. The spotlight shifts to Intel. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19106.html
- Dow Dawdles on Way Up - Wall Street is confident, but not confident enough. The Dow, boosted by some heavy-duty merger action, flirts once again with 10,000 but doesn't go all the way. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18478.html
- Dow Drops, Tech Stocks Tumble - The Dow gives back about half its record-setting advance from a day before, as investors fail to adjust to the higher altitude. Tech stocks get creamed. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19491.html
- Dow Finally Closes Above 10K - Some high-profile marriages, pending and otherwise, are all it takes to light a bonfire under Wall Street. Blue-chip and tech stocks contribute equally to the rally. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18804.html
- Dow Passes 10,000 Mark - The Dow breezes past 10,000 for the first time, a big milestone for Wall Street. Meanwhile, the computers running the exchanges and brokerages keep humming -- no D-10K bug here. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18496.html
- Dow Retreats From 11K - Blue-chip stocks work out some of the cramps from their record-setting sprint past the 11000 mark. Tech shares, meanwhile, are going nowhere fast. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19485.html
- Dow Soars, Techs Struggle - Blue-chip stocks zoom back into five digits, and Net shares are boosted by a heavyweight online music alliance and a stratospheric IPO. Techs can't keep up. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19000.html
- Dow Surges on Factory Data - As the blue chips head toward a new record, tech stocks are once again in the doghouse as investors throw their money at the pillars of heavy industry. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19459.html
- Dow Targeting First 10K Close - The blue-chip index is holding steady above the 10,000 level as investors find renewed confidence in a series of upbeat earnings reports. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18601.html
- Dow Tops 10,000, Retreats - OK then. The blue-chip index sneaks by the 10,000 milestone and then runs for cover. The broader market weakens as investors catch their breath. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18501.html
- Dow Tops 10K in Late Rally - The blue-chip index makes its second run past the 10,000 mark as investors go on a late buying spree. But the Dow still can't hang on to that lofty altitude. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18580.html
- Dow Tops 11K in Late Rally - The Fed chief had frightened Wall Street with talk of declining unemployment fueling a rise in inflation. The latest labor stats say otherwise. Investors go shopping. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19574.html
- Dow Tries Again for 10,000 - Is today the day? Some big-ticket merger action has Wall Street feeling chipper, and investors are keeping a close watch on the ticker tape. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18464.html
- Drag and Drop Credit Cards - Finance heavyweights American Express, Visa, and MasterCard have joined with IBM, Microsoft, and Sun to simplify online transactions. The system replaces forms, adds security -- and makes it much easier to spend money. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20178.html
- Dreamcast Coming in September - Sega's next-generation bad-ass machine, Dreamcast, is set for a US release on 9 September, the company says. Expect to pay about US$199. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19150.html
- Dreamcast Fails to Rescue Sega - The next-generation Dreamcast game console, which came out last November, didn't sell as well as Sega hoped, and the company reports a whopping loss. So much for becoming a PlayStation killer. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19379.html
- Dreamcast's Worst Nightmare - The Sega Dreamcast videogame console is a tough sell even for electronics-mad shoppers in Japan's famed Akihabara district. What does that mean for the machine's US debut? David Lazarus reports from Tokyo. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20024.html
- Drive Maker Spins Out of Control - Iomega makes major job cuts. Also: Frontier passes on Qwest buyout bid.... Pitney Bowes sues Stamps.com. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20296.html
- Drkoop Turns to AOL - How do you build a Web audience? Make a deal with America Online. That's the new plan at Drkoop.com -- and Autoweb. Also: British Telecom ordered to upgrade, open up local network.... Russian satellite crashes in Siberia.... Reuters pushes new Net division.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20584.html
- Drop Out and Cash In - Score one more for the geeks who drop out of school. A 21-year-old from Dallas sells his hardware review Web site to EarthWeb for millions. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21095.html
- Drop Out and Cash In - Score one more for the geeks who drop out of school. A 21-year-old from Dallas sells his hardware-review Web site to EarthWeb for millions. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21116.html
- Drugs.com Fetches Nearly a Mil - A Web developer outbids the pharmaceutical giants and snaps up the domain name drugs.com for more than US$800,000. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21190.html
- Drugstore Cowboy Ropes Buyers - Shares of money-losing retailer drugstore.com nearly triple in a lucrative IPO. Analysts say the stellar performance may be symptomatic of unhealthy investor optimism. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20986.html
- Drugstore.com Sells Big Stake - Drugstore.com sells a third of its business to Rite Aid and GNC in exchange for US$10 million and some cross-marketing agreements. This raises the question: How much is drugstore.com actually worth? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Drugstore.com Set to Go - The Kleiner Perkins-backed venture will go live on Thursday, beating the launch of PlantRx.com and joining Soma.com on the Net-pharmacy battleground. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18101.html
- DUI: Driving Using Internet - If it's dangerous when people drive while talking on a cell phone, what havoc will the Netmobile wreak? By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21230.html
- E-Biz Heavies Going Global - The leaders of e-commerce are in Paris, coming up with standards that will help ... e-commerce leaders. And they want the world to agree with them, sooner rather than later. Heather McCabe reports from France. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21731.html
- E-commerce Pirates on the Prowl - Still kicking yourself for not thinking up Amazon.com first? No problem. Just borrow the business model and set up shop overseas -- just like Amazon.gr did. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19600.html
- E-Commerce, Japanese Style - How do you conduct e-commerce in a country that doesn't trust credit cards or electronic transactions? Easy. Bring 7-Eleven into the equation. David Lazarus reports from Tokyo. [Wired News]
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- E-Loan Skyrockets in IPO - Shares of online mortgage provider E-Loan nearly triple in the first day of trading. Other new Net stocks show more modest gains. [Wired News]
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- E-Music: How to Pay the Piper - Will that be cash, check, or micropayment? Digital music might be the road to e-commerce's dreams of charging for those under-a-dollar purchases. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21832.html
- E-Pawn Takes Hockshops Online - Feel skittish about shopping for bargains at your local pawnbroker? E-Pawn hopes to let you shop a thousand pawnshops with the click of a mouse. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20682.html
- E-Postage Battle Looms - Postage-metering firm Pitney Bowes sues E-Stamp, claiming that the small start-up has infringed on its patents for selling and printing postage over home computers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20140.html
- E-Shopping With Privacy - A California startup offers a utility that will protect online shoppers' personal information from prowling spammers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22068.html
- Early Stock Rally Loses Steam - Wall Street is back near where it started as investors pocket some cash from recent record-setting gains. Tech shares are adrift as all eyes turn to Intel. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19097.html
- Earnings Boost Net Stocks - Amazon.com and eBay demolish expectations with their latest results ... and light a fire beneath most other Net shares. The rest of the market can't keep pace. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17572.html
- EarthLink and Microworkz Scuffle - Cheap PC maker Microworkz and ISP EarthLink are going through a painful breakup. The companies are suing one another after a joint deal to provide Net access failed. [Wired News]
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- EarthLink, a Gateway Portal? - Shares of EarthLink surge after investors speculate about an acquisition attempt by Gateway. Also: Online greeting card retailer Sparks.com raises more capital.... E-commerce booming in Latin America.... and more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20363.html
- EBay Bans Firearms Auctions - Looking to bid on an AK47 or a good used Uzi? Well, you won't find them on eBay. The online auctioneer says it will no longer allow sales of guns and ammunition. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18033.html
- EBay Blames Sun for Outages - A 22-hour outage on the online auction site could take a US$5 million toll on eBay's second-quarter revenues. And its troubles continued through the weekend. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20190.html
- EBay Buying SF Auction House - EBay, home of Barbies and Beanie Babies auctions, shells out some of its high-flying stock to buy Butterfield Butterfield, a venerable auctioneer of fine arts and antiques. [Wired News]
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- EBay Cracks Down on Fraud - The online auction community decides that its hands-off approach to no-shows and scam artists isn't working anymore. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17357.html
- EBay Down for Count Again - In problems similar to those last year, a critical server failure at eBay brings the world's most popular auction house down for several days. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20161.html
- EBay Earnings Jump Tenfold - The auction site says a big jump in revenue and registered users boosted profit. But the results just meet Wall Street expectations. [Wired News]
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- EBay Forgets Own Name, Fails - The online auction house goes dark on Friday, as a hardware crash apparently hits the site's domain name server. It's just the latest in a string of mishaps. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21145.html
- Ebay Meets the Old Way - What do eBay and Amazon.com see in traditional auctioneers pushing their armoires, rugs, and livestock? Business for e-auctions, and vice versa. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21986.html
- EBay Rival Wants Its Ratings - Who owns a reputation? That's the central question in a tussle between a small Canadian auction site and eBay. Edeal of Toronto wants to publish its users' eBay feedback ratings, but eBay says no way. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20148.html
- EBay Shapes up Shipping - EBay will ship with Mail Boxes Etc. Also: iShip.com.... Sony, Matsushita ready to battle on new CD format.... China inches online, with US firm's help... Matrix rakes in US$22 million more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19063.html
- EBay Takes on Media Pirates - A new policy at eBay prohibits the sale of copyrighted music and video that has been copied to tape or CD. [Wired News]
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- EBay Teams Up with Butterfield - EBay will offer antiques from Butterfield & Butterfield in a new auction category. Through the partnership, the online auctioneer will also receive authentication services. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19149.html
- EBay to Raise US$920 Million - The online auctioneer and its executives plan to sell up to 6.5 million shares to the public. The cofounders hope to walk away with about US$170 million in cash. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18751.html
- EBay, MS Gang Up on Pirates - Microsoft and eBay will work together to fight counterfeit software on the online auction house, and increase their efforts to shut down pirates. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18165.html
- EBay: Ticket to the Front Row - If you're in the know, snail mail is still the best way to score that coveted concert ticket. But if you missed out, just go to a Web auction site -- scalpers' paradise. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21908.html
- Economic Data Posted Prematurely - A federal reserve bank jumps the gun and publishes a monthly survey of manufacturing on the Web before it was scheduled. Do we detect a trend? [Wired News]
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- Economy Strong, So Dow Dives - It's one of those good news-bad news things: The US economy is stronger than expected, so the stock market goes south -- 176 points worth. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21502.html
- Editors Confront 'The Beast' - Newspaper editors from around the country take advantage of their visit to San Francisco to drop in on Silicon Valley. Will technology spell their doom? And other items from the ASNE convention. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19118.html
- EDS, MCI in US$17 Billion Swap - In a catch-all agreement similar to the recent IBM-AT&T package, the companies trade assets, employees, and outsourcing agreements. Separately, MCI WorldCom reports improved earnings. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17864.html
- EDS: On the Comeback Trail? - The pioneering computer services company launches an all-out ad campaign to revive its flagging brand. [Wired News]
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- EFalcon Preys on Credit Fraud - It's an open secret that the Web is still the Wild West for credit-card crooks. HNC Software hopes its new anti-fraud software, eFalcon, will change that. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19662.html
- EFox Runs Afoul of Regulators - EFox aims to be the first adult Web company to go public, as founder Joe Preston's told just about everyone. Everyone except the SEC. That's a no-no. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18433.html
- Efox Takes on the Playboy Bunny - The founder of Efox will dominate the men's entertainment industry, online and off. Really. Just ask him. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18193.html
- Egghead's Smart Deal - Analysts say Onsale and Egghead made a good move by merging. They can use each others' help while outpacing rivals. What else would you expect from a company called Egghead? By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20738.html
- Egghead.com Hatches on MSN - The software retailer, which ditched its real-world stores a year ago, takes a lead spot on Microsoft's shopping site. [Wired News]
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- Ellison and Siebel: Oh, Behave - Oracle and Siebel Systems are duking it out over customer relation management software. But the battle for market share has taken on a personal tone. [Wired News]
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- Ellison to US: 'Split Microsoft' - Oracle's Larry Ellison says the United States ought to split the software giant into two identical companies, put the two top execs in charge, and let the chips fall where they may. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17672.html
- EMediaweekly Shuts Down - Mac Publishing shutters its Mac-foused magazine and Web site. Apparently, the short-lived effort wasn't profitable enough. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17739.html
- Employers Read Workers' Email - Almost half of major US firms monitor employees' phone calls, email, and computer files, according to a survey. The most common form of surveillance: storing and reading office email. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19152.html
- Emusic Inks Yahoo Deal - The online MP3 seller signs a distribution agreement with the biggest Net portal, its second big deal in recent weeks. Also: Sanyo is developing a digital music player. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21385.html
- EMusic Shares Surge on BMI Deal - BMI gives EMusic.com exclusive rights to its playlist and gets a cut of its digital download revenues. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21801.html
- Endangered Species: Tailgaters - Jaguar rolls out an enhanced form of cruise control that automatically keeps its cars a safe distance from others on the highway. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21626.html
- Equinix Gets Cisco, MS Backing - Equinix, a budding company building a sort of data clearinghouse for other Web-based companies, lands US$12.4 million in investments. Among the investors: Cisco Systems and Microsoft. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19899.html
- Ericsson Aims Higher, Highest - The Swedish mobile-phone maker has plans to surpass Nokia and Motorola, though not this year. The expansion would cost more than 10,000 workers their jobs. [Wired News]
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- Ericsson to Slash 11,000 Jobs - With the massive cuts, the Swedish phone giant is following in the footsteps of its US rival Motorola. Also: Microsoft eyes two-for-one stock split. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17508.html
- Ericsson, Qualcomm Accord - The Swedish company buys into CDMA, the dominant US wireless technology.... Also: George Lucas helps his alma mater go digital.... Microsoft's Venus faces problems in China.... And millions may lose their network TV. [Wired News]
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- EToys Files for $115 Million IPO - The online toy vendor had an impressive Christmas and signed up Goldman Sachs to handle its stock offering -- two ingredients for a hot IPO. Also: Mpath files US$46 million IPO. [Wired News]
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- EToys Raises IPO Price - The online toy seller bumps up its initial public offering price more than 70 percent. That's more money for the company's underwriters and original investors. Also: Tyco buys Raychem for US$2.87 billion.... SEC censures Datek.... Microsoft sues over piracy. [Wired News]
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- EToys' IPO Rocket Ride - Shares of eToys, a money-losing online toy retailer, more than quadruple in first-day trading. Investors buy into the company's vision of being the toy magnate of the Web. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19800.html
- ETrade Appeases Linux-Heads - The online brokerage firm caves in to hopeful Red Hat investors who were shut out of Wednesday's IPO. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21246.html
- ETrade Blocks Goodwill Move - In the spirit of open source, Linux software company RedHat offers developers first dibs on IPO-price shares. But ETrade's restrictions are keeping most of them out. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- ETrade Cashes In on Net Mania - The second-largest online brokerage reports a smaller-than-expected loss for the quarter as commissions soar, thanks to investors' love for Internet stocks. [Wired News]
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- ETrade Goes Down - The day trading site suffers technical problems that preempted trading for two hours Wednesday morning. [Wired News]
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- ETrade Goes Down - The online brokerage suffers technical problems that preempted trading for two hours Wednesday morning. R. Scott Raynovich. [Wired News]
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- ETrade Loses Tech Glitch Dispute - A man wins US$18,000 in damages over an alleged glitch in ETrade's stock ordering system. It's the first -- and probably not the last -- such ruling against ETrade, but analysts aren't too worried. By Joe Ashbrook Nickell. [Wired News]
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- ETrade Morphs into a Bank - First it challenged discount brokers. Now ETrade plans to take on the Big Boys of Wall Street with a new joint venture that will underwrite IPOs. [Wired News]
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- ETrade Sued for Bad Service - A disgruntled ETrade user files a class action suit against the online broker, saying the site's outage caused her significant trading losses. Also: CNET reports earnings far above forecasts. [Wired News]
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- ETrade Users Aghast at Service - The Web broker struggles with major problems for a second day. Enraged customers say they're tired of excuses. By R. Scott Raynovich. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17733.html
- Eudora on the Block? - Qualcomm ponders changes in its email-client division, including a possible sale. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17608.html
- Euro Telecoms on a Fast Track - Deregulation of the European telecommunications industry is expected to happen quickly, in marked contrast to how it went in the United States. But there are other problems to be surmounted as well. Karlin Lillington reports from Dublin, Ireland. [Wired News]
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- Europe Embracing All Things E - Companies will show their e-commerce wares at the huge CeBIT fair in Hannover, Germany, as online sales appear ready to explode. [Wired News]
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- Europe Survives Euro Test - There's been hardly a computing hitch since Europeans adopted the new currency. Does the easy transition bode well for Y2K? Not necessarily. Wendy Grossman reports from London. [Wired News]
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- European Telecoms: Buy, Buy, Buy - France's Alcatel agrees to buy another California Internet company for US$350 million. And Germany's Siemens is expected to spend $US1.7 billion on US data-networking firms. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18268.html
- Everybody's High on Wall Street - The Dow charges ahead, even as most companies see declines and the Fed looks at an interest rate hike. Do the record highs conceal a weak market? [Wired News]
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- Ex-Centennial CEO on Trial - Emanuel Pinez, jailed since 1997, heads to a Boston courtroom Monday on securities-fraud charges. Meanwhile, the discredited company he founded takes another shot at the stock market. [Wired News]
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- Ex-Exec Sues iVillage - A former executive sues the Web publisher over his stock options. More importantly, he's threatening to tie up the planned IPO in court. Absurd, says iVillage. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17977.html
- Ex-SGI Chief: Redmond Bound? - Richard Belluzzo will reportedly become a Microsoft honcho, leading the company's Internet operations. Also: AOL launches a free Net access service in Europe, while partner Bertelsmann unloads some AOL stock.... London wants its own Nasdaq.... A rebel tries to bring Net-by-cable service to China.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Excite Email Down - As many as several million users of Excite Mail, the free email service from Excite@Home, couldn't access messages on Tuesday. The company, which says it has fixed the problem, blames record traffic. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21627.html
- Excite-ment Over Big Pipe Ads - The marriage with At Home could bring a whole new era of Internet infomercials. Andy Halliday, Excite's VP of commerce, looks to the future. Interview by Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Excite@Home: No Yahoo Merger - The company president says Excite has talked to Yahoo -- and others -- about its high-speed network start page, but that's it. Also: Sega reportedly picks AT T for Dreamcast Network.... Telewest, Microsoft expected to do Net via cable in Britain.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21086.html
- Exec Questions iVillage Books - A former executive says the firm's finances are fishy and accuses its CEO of misleading partners and advertisers -- bad news for a company on the eve of its IPO. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18368.html
- Exhausted Dow Takes a Rest - Blue-chip shares cool their heels after this week's record-setting run-up. Fresh hopes for the PC business, plus a trio of Net-related IPOs, keep the focus tight on tech. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Expedia to Travel Public Route - Thursday is "MSN Day" at Microsoft, and Redmond offers up a slew of announcements, including this startler: It still ranks behind Yahoo and AOL. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- Fast Talk on Fast Wireless - Practically every mobile-phone and computer-equipment company has big plans for wireless Net access. Industry watchers await results. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18623.html
- Fastpoint's DSL Privacy Debacle - One of the big Digital Subscriber Line companies is using first and last names to identify its customers. Ad targeters are drooling, but at least one customer is demanding his privacy. [Wired News]
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- Fat Times for Net's Fat Cats - Industry execs weigh in on the Excite-At Home deal. Everybody's happy -- even Yahoo -- to see the Internet pie get bigger. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Fatbrain: Vanity Books for All - A new Web venture promises to do for publishing what MP3 did for music and eBay did for auctions. Would-be authors are frothing at the mouth. [Wired News]
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- FBI Looking at AT&T-BT Deal - US officials are reportedly concerned that the international venture could affect law enforcement and national security. Also: Dutch publishing firm wants to buy Nielsen.... Broadcom touts new chip.... Y2K, the TV movie.... And more. [Wired News]
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- FCC Approves AT&T, TCI Deal - The Federal Communications Commission gives AT T the green light to finalize its purchase of TCI. Now the phone company can go ahead with plans to combine phone, cable, and Net services. [Wired News]
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- FCC Closing Net Call Loophole - The agency is expected to approve a measure to keep new local phone companies from cashing in on Net calls. Also: US West sees slower growth.... Broadcast.com gets better flicks.... and more. [Wired News]
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- FCC Places Telco Audit on Hold - The federal regulator delays the release of a report that finds regional Bell phone companies overstated their equipment costs by US$5 billion. [Wired News]
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- FCC Questions SBC-Ameritech Plan - Members of the Federal Communications Commission dispute press reports suggesting that the agency has tentatively approved the SBC-Ameritech merger. [Wired News]
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- FCC Tackles Mobile Phone Bills - Sick of footing the bill for every call to your cell phone? A proposal pending before the FCC could allow cell phone users to pass on the cost of incoming calls. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20127.html
- FCC to Fight Open Cable Access - Counties vote for open access, but Kennard stands opposed to regulation of Internet on cable. Also: IPO hopeful accused in Web scam.... Compaq may have found its man.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20857.html
- FCC Upholds Net Access Billing - In a closely watched ruling, the Federal Communications Commission says Net traffic is technically interstate, but shouldn't be billed like a long-distance phone call. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- FCC: Net Shall Remain Free - William Kennard has been deluged with email from people worried the agency is going to "take all those old phone regulations and dump them on the Internet." But the FCC chairman says the fears are unfounded. [Wired News]
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- Fear, Web Posting in Estonia - The tiny Baltic state thinks the way to deal with drunk drivers and students who skip out on loans is to post their names on the World Wide Web. By Christian Buck. [Wired News]
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- Fears Rise, Along with Spending - Marketing types plot strategy with privacy advocates in wake of report claiming that nearly two-thirds of Net users don't trust e-commerce. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Fed Moves Spook Markets - The Federal Reserve leaves rates unchanged, but signals that it's ready to bump up interest rates. Most stocks decline, including technology issues. David Lazarus is on assignment. [Wired News]
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- Fed Moves Still Weigh on Market - Concern that the Federal Reserve will bump up interest rates in the coming months continues to hold US stock markets back. David Lazarus is on assignment in Japan. [Wired News]
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- Fed Worried About Y2K Loans - A Federal Reserve governor says the central bank may have to ask Congress to loosen tight controls on emergency loans to banks, just in case there's a big run because of Y2K. [Wired News]
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- Federal Search Site Boomerangs - After a clash with the White House last month, a search engine that crawls government documents declares itself a moneymaking operation and offers free access to schools. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20207.html
- Feds Crack Down on Y2K Fraud - The US Federal Trade Commission takes action against Canadian scammers who promised Y2K credit card protection. Also: ETrade embraces UK. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20980.html
- Feds OK Cell Phone Tracking - Got a roadside emergency? Just pull out your cell phone and help will find you. US regulators approve use of GPS-equipped mobile phones for finding people in distress. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Feds Probe Undersea Cable Biz - The US Justice Department is investigating the undersea fiber-optic cable business for antitrust violations. Also: AOL gets the free-PC bug.... Global One CEO quits.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Feds Raise Net Pharmacy Fears - The Federal Trade Commission tells Congress that online pharmacies are using business practices that could injure consumers. Also: Martha Stewart goes IPO. [Wired News]
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- Feds Scrutinize AOL Merger - The antitrust folks ask for more information from AOL and Netscape. Also: Time Warner launches e-commerce division.... Shop for annuities online. [Wired News]
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- Feds to Track E-Commerce - The US Commerce Department plans to measure online spending as part of its effort to track the economic health of the United States. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Feds Want Phone Rates Online - The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday that long-distance phone companies have to post all their rates online. Telcos say they do it already. Consumer groups think they can do a better job. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18573.html
- Few Dips for Chips - Semiconductor industry analysts predict solid first-quarter earnings. Never mind the slump in personal computer sales. [Wired News]
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- Fidelity to Trade from the Hip - The world's largest mutual fund company pairs with PalmPilot to make its InstantBroker service cheaper and more accessible. [Wired News]
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- Finn Phone Firm's First Choice - An Internet operator in Finland picks Qualcomm's wireless standard for its third-generation mobile-telephone license. It's a surprising development for US equipment makers. [Wired News]
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- Flashy IPO for FlashNet - The Internet service provider's shares more than double in the first few minutes of trading. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Flycast Joins CMGI Net - The big-time VC buys the big-time advertising planner for more than a half-billion in stock. [Wired News]
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- Follow the Bouncing Market - Wall Street plunges back to Earth after soaring a day earlier. Tech stocks are particularly bruised as investors take their profits and run. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17908.html
- Food as Medicine - It's one step beyond merely eating well -- and food firms and drug companies are both eyeing the potentially huge market. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17110.html
- Four IPOs Looking Smart - Who said the Internet IPO frenzy was dead? Four companies went public on Friday and did pretty darn well, thank you. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21373.html
- Four IPOs Set to Net Investors - Four tech IPOs are scheduled for Thursday and Friday. All will probably do very well, analysts say. But keep an eye on the long term. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19006.html
- Fox Is At Home in Broadband - Fox's online arm inks an agreement with At Home to be the premier broadband news supplier. The deal bumps CNN out of the top slot. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19416.html
- France Cuts Long-Distance Rates - Bowing to the general European trend, state-controlled France T l com lowers its long-distance rates while bumping its basic service charge. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17813.html
- France Has Boeuf with MS - The country's finance ministry is investigating complaints about Microsoft's "behavior," but so far, nothing merits an antitrust trial. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21811.html
- France's Alcatel Buys Xylan - The voice-data convergence spurs another telecom supplier to plunge into the Internet equipment sector. The price tag on the California company: US$2 billion. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18204.html
- Free Calls Coming Soon? - Two days after AT T lowered the long-distance bar to 7 cents a minute, IDT takes it two better: 5 cents a minute (plus $3.95 a month). [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21537.html
- Free ISP, No Ads, No Kidding - You've got your free computers with a catch, your free Net access with a catch, even free vacations with a catch. Now a company comes up with something free ... with no catch. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21619.html
- Free ISPs Storm Europe - The high cost of telephone toll charges has kept many Europeans from logging on to the Net. But new business models may bring the disconnected into the fold. David Brake reports from London. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19428.html
- Free ISPs Taking Over in UK - Everyone is getting into the free Internet access act in the United Kingdom, from Rupert Murdoch to Richard Branson. That's bad news for small ISPs and America Online. By David Brake. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17962.html
- Free Now Means Free on GeoCities - Satisfied that GeoCities has fully backed down from its claim to users' content, organizers call off a boycott against GeoCities and its owner Yahoo. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20639.html
- Free PC? Nope, PC Free - A former Nashville songwriter hopes to woo the great unwashed to his new company with the latest spin on the computer-giveaway craze. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17998.html
- Free PCs -- with a Catch - A California start-up is offering Compaq computers to the first 10,000 people to sign away their consumer privacy. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17783.html
- Free Printer No Friend to Trees - Tektronix takes a page from the free PC movement by delivering color printers to businesses that agree to buy their ink -- and print lots and lots of pages. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21635.html
- Free Stock for Your Visit - Exit23b, a startup Web retailer, hopes to generate buzz and page views by giving away its pre-IPO shares. By Lauran Barack. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17593.html
- Free-PC Pitches Advertisers - The computers are free, but the ads aren't. Free-PC, the company that's giving away 10,000 PCs, wants US$10,000 apiece from 200 advertisers to take part in a 90-day trial. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18457.html
- Freeserve May Go IPO - UK retailer Dixons may sell a portion of Freeserve, its free online service, to investors in an initial public offering. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19075.html
- French Stage Second Net Strike - For the second time in two months, French Internet users boycott France T l com to protest high fees. Politicians hop on the bandwagon. Heather McCabe reports from Paris. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17652.html
- French Twist on American Dream - WebSideStory is poised to become one of the Net's next titans. The secret of its success? Its French founder thinks profits matter and America's sex hang-ups don't. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20571.html
- From the Alley to the Valley - Silicon Alley is tired of being second best. So, some of New York's most promising start-ups pack their bags and head west for a high-tech road show. Nora Isaacs reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18330.html
- From the Garage to the Bank - Business plan? Who needs a business plan? Some 500 would-be entrepreneurs jump through hoops at Guy Kawasaki's Bootcamps for Start-ups. Lauren Barack reports from Silicon Valley. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18898.html
- From TheStreet.com to the Market - The online financial-news site is the latest in a string of companies hoping to cash in on the market's lust for Net stocks. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18088.html
- Frontier Frustrates Qwest - Qwest tells shareholders it will do whatever it takes to win its bid for two telcos currently in merger agreements with rival Global Crossing. Frontier says it will do nothing. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20468.html
- FTC Suit Derails WebValley IPO - On the verge of going public, WebValley is hit with charges that it scammed small businesses. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20865.html
- FTC: Net Ads Need Disclosures - Dell and Micron settle with the Federal Trade Commission over less-than-savory Net advertising practices. The result could mean changes in how companies hype their wares. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19672.html
- Fujitsu a Budding Net Giant? - Japanese analysts are bullish on the future of Fujitsu, which is turning increasingly toward the online industry to make its money. And making money it is. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21071.html
- Fund Giant Trims Tech Holdings - The largest US mutual fund sells off some overvalued big-name tech stocks. It could be a warning sign for investors. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19180.html
- Gadzoox Soars in IPO - A busy day for IPOs. Shares of Gadzoox Networks more than triple in first-day trading. Meanwhile, MP3.com raises its IPO price while Be lowers its IPO outlook. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20842.html
- Game Makers Take Aim at Pirates - Game companies say they have uncovered three international rings of software pirates that cost them millions. The group files suit against the organized counterfeiters. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21289.html
- Garden.com Flourishes in IPO - The online purveyer of gardening-related advice and products sees its stock price soar after the company goes public. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21802.html
- Gates Donation: $5 Billion - The gift, largest ever by a living donor, doubles the size of the family foundation. Also: Oracle looks to save US$1 billion.... Ericsson pooh-poohs Microsoft mobile-phone threat.... Space station gets a new orbit.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20006.html
- Gates Sells MS Stock - Chairman Bill unloads 7 million shares of Microsoft and plans to dump 3 million more. The world's richest man is just tweaking his stock portfolio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19555.html
- Gateway to Give Away Net Access - The PC maker says it knows why people buy computers -- to get on the Web. So, it will give away Net access for the first year. Also: CNET to raise US$150 million through bond sale. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18111.html
- Geeks Going, Going, Gone! - The 16 engineers and managers who tried selling themselves as a team on eBay have vanished without a trace. But a new group has turned up, trying the same thing. By Polly Sprenger [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19420.html
- Geeks Tip Their Caps to Red Hat - The Red Hat IPO was greeted with unbridled enthusiasm at Linuxworld. There were some pretty rich geeks on Day One and signs that there's still plenty of money -- and interest -- on Wall Street. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21235.html
- GeoCities Gets Set to Stream - The Web-page host will allow users to add streaming audio and video to their sites, just like the pros. One critic calls it gee-whiz technology. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18225.html
- George Bell, Excited by the Web - Excite's CEO shares his thoughts on the future of the Web and how he's steering his company there. Theta Pavis reports from the Silicon Alley 99 conference in New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18079.html
- German Court Backs AOL - Germany's biggest telco is temporarily blocked from slashing Net access prices. AOL had complained that the price cuts were anticompetitive. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18428.html
- German Telecom is Red-Hot - You think US Internet companies are high flyers? Mobilcom's stock has ballooned 600 percent in the past 12 months. And it has the profits to support that gain. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17815.html
- German, Italian Telcos to Merge - Telecom Italia and Deutsche Telekom agree to merge in a transaction worth US$81.5 billion, forming the largest telephone company in the world. But huge international hurdles lie ahead. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19266.html
- Get a Home Loan, and a Free PC - Hoping to give its Home Advisor site a shot in the arm, Microsoft will give away PCs to people who sign up for home loans. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18668.html
- Getting Credit for Online Credit - You thought getting a platinum Visa was tough? Consider the hoops online retailers have to jump through before banks allow them to accept credit cards. By Corey Goldman. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17401.html
- Getting the Skinny on Web Ads - Avenue A says it will give publishers ad information that was previously available only to advertisers. Also: Xoom, Snap trade for a chunk of Buyitnow.... Freeserve account holders will have a shot at company shares.... NBC plans Web-based comedy hour. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20450.html
- Getting to Know What People Know - Keeping an inventory of nuts and bolts is a cinch. But it's not so easy to track the knowledge in people's heads. That's where Niku comes in. By Kourosh Karimkhany. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18798.html
- Getty Images to Purchase Art.com - With the acquisition of Art.com, Getty Images could become the Amazon of the poster retailing business. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19514.html
- Give Away Tunes, Make Money? - The big Web retailers are finally beginning to realize that offering free music downloads actually increases their business. Hooray for that. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21523.html
- Giving Voice to the Web - Telecom and technology companies join forces to establish VXML as the industry standard for providing Net content over the phone. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18223.html
- Glass Ceiling Shattered at HP - The world's No. 2 computer maker names Carly Fiorina as its new CEO, a coup for women in technology. Many hope it's an indicator of things to come. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20815.html
- Global Crossing Gets US Foothold - The company that's laying fiber around the world acquires New York-based carrier Frontier for US$11.2 billion in stock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18525.html
- Globalstar to Resume Launches - After a two-month hiatus, Globalstar gets government approval to continue launching telecom satellites into space. Investor cheer. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17542.html
- Gloomy Market Takes Beating - Bad news from abroad and the usual jitters surrounding a Fed meeting conspire to send share prices into a tailspin. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17687.html
- Go, Baby, Go! - GoTo.com says Disney's and Infoseek's Go Network logo has put them in a branding nightmare. It files a lawsuit to save its trademark. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17997.html
- Go.com Top of the Pops - Only a month old, the site is already the fourth most popular on the Internet. What's its secret? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18057.html
- Go2Net Investors Shoo Paul Allen - Allen's tender offer to buy 3.6 million shares of common stock from Go2Net investors falls through. But the billionaire investor could still become the biggest shareholder of the search engine. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19575.html
- Goldman Approves Its Own IPO - After 130 years as a very, very private firm, the financial-services company will sell shares in an initial public offering that could be worth as much as US$22 billion. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18336.html
- Goldman Brings Itself to Market - The leading underwriter of technology stocks hopes to raise almost US$3.5 billion in an offering all its own. Why not cash in on the market mania it helped create? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18506.html
- Goldman Buys Stake in Wit - One of the most venerable investment banks, Goldman Sachs, agrees to buy a big stake in an upstart turning heads, Wit Capital. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18807.html
- Goldman Raises IPO Price - After watching the stock value of rival investment banks surge, Goldman Sachs notches up the price of its shares in an upcoming initial public offering. It now expects to reap nearly US$4 billion next month. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19068.html
- Goldman Sets Premium IPO Price - Goldman Sachs, famed for launching stellar Net IPOs, sets its own IPO price at a whopping $3.7 billion -- the second largest offering ever. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19475.html
- Goodbye Wallet; Hello Chip - Visa's top dog envisions a day when everything from a driver's license to a credit card to keys can be stored on a tiny chip. Privacy advocates have misgivings. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22014.html
- GoodNoise Tags MP3 Files - The music e-tailer says it wants to compensate songwriters for their work and pay publishers for the songs it distributes. In the process, it will track downloads with digital signatures. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17711.html
- GoTo Gets There with IPO - GoTo.com, the search engine for diehard capitalists, saw its shares nearly double in first-day trading Friday. Two other new Net-related issues, Viant and Mail.com, also saw shares rise. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20299.html
- GPS Users Get Final Warning - The US Coast Guard tells users of the Global Positioning System to use alternative navigation when the satellite-based system turns to zero next week. Also: FCC phone-marketing rule struck down.... Tunes.com postpones its IPO.... AT&T bashes US West's local service.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21336.html
- Greed Up, Dow Down - Profit-takers preyed on Wednesday's record day in the stock market in early trading, cashing in early and often. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21447.html
- Greenspan Rattles Investors - The Fed boss says the US economy should remain strong, but he still wonders if share prices aren't overvalued. Wall Street isn't sure what to make of it all. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18080.html
- Greenspan Redux: Stocks Climb - The Fed chief sings the same song to a different congressional committee, and investors hum along while cautiously adding to their portfolios. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18108.html
- Greenspan Sends Stocks Reeling - While the Fed chief had some cheerful things to say about the economy, investors zero in on two words regarding inflation: "upside risk." Wall Street goes into a tailspin. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19544.html
- Greenspan Talks, Market Listens - After an encouraging start, the stock market folds at the knees after Alan Greenspan makes threatening noises about interest rates again. Meanwhile, a lot of brokers are beating it out of town on vacation. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21466.html
- Greenspan: Be Wary of Net Stocks - Older investors looking to retire should stay away from Internet stocks, the Federal Reserve chairman tells Congress. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18250.html
- Greenspan: Net Frenzy Justified - Is there hype over Internet stocks? Sure, says Fed Chief Alan Greenspan. But some of those stocks are going to succeed -- and succeed big. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17596.html
- Grim Outlook Pummels Stocks - Bad news from abroad and the usual jitters surrounding a Fed meeting conspire to send share prices into a tailspin. Buckle up: More volatility ahead. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17692.html
- Grove to Newsies: 'Get with It!' - Chip kingpin Andy Grove tells an audience of newspaper editors that the blinding light in front of them is an oncoming train. Chris Oakes reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19119.html
- Growing a Nordic Amazon - Boxman.com is hoping to capture the European Net music market and stave off international competitors. The company wants to leverage its 11 affiliates into a robust IPO. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21557.html
- Half of US Homes Own a PC - The computer industry reaches an important milestone at the end of 1998. More shipments don't necessarily mean more profits, however. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17834.html
- Hardwiring Security - Beginning with the Pentium III, Intel will tag its processors, and include a random number generator with the chipset. The idea is to make it easier to encrypt data. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17453.html
- Hatching E-Babies Down in Dixie - EHatchery, a business incubator funded largely by another incubator, is hoping to woo Net entrepreneurs to Atlanta. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21400.html
- Healtheon as Lazarus - Three months ago, Healtheon's IPO was dead. Today, it has arisen, revived by the manic market for Net stocks. But if it hopes to sell, it better move fast. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17341.html
- Healtheon Lands on Yahoo - Healtheon, which supplies software and Internet savvy to the health-care industry, buys itself some prime real estate on Yahoo. Meanwhile, its WebMD unit announces plans to create a health site for Readers Digest. By Dan Cox. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20382.html
- Healtheon Makes First Big Buy - Healtheon uses some of its high-flying stock as currency to buy a rival, MEDE America. The acquisition will beef up Healtheon's reach into doctors' offices. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19252.html
- Healtheon's Healthy Debut - On its second try at an IPO, the software company scores big. Investors salivate over its prospects in wiring the US$1 trillion health-care industry. Oh yeah, and it's a Jim Clark shop. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17875.html
- Healtheon, WebMD Deal Set? - Health-care sites have reportedly agreed to join forces, with Microsoft and Excite among the deal's investors. Also: Valley says worker shortage costs US$3 billion a year.... KB Toys boosts Web presence.... Hot Net cools biotech investment.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19768.html
- Healtheon, WebMD Will Merge - After lengthy negotiations, the health-care technology companies agree to merge in a transaction worth about US$5.5 billion. Microsoft will own a big part of the new company. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19792.html
- Hearst Buys SF Gate, Chronicle - Ending years of speculation in the Bay Area, the Hearst Corporation -- owner of the afternoon San Francisco Examiner -- will buy the morning Chronicle and its Web site. Is San Francisco on the verge of becoming a one-newspaper town? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21158.html
- Here Come the New Dot-Coms - Uncertain forecast or no, a raft of Net companies aim to test the choppy waters of the IPO market next week. A few of them will sail, but most will tread water or sink, analysts say. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20176.html
- Here Comes the Netmobile - GM says it will start testing a Net-connected car this fall. What a fabulous new way for advertisers to reach you, execs gush. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21204.html
- Here's the Deal with Priceline - Can you really "name your price" for airline tickets at Priceline? Sure, but don't expect to get a ticket with a lowball offer. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18136.html
- Here's to the Crazy Ads - As soon as a company launches an ad campaign, spoofers are on the case. The parodies have always spread quickly on the Web, and spoofers say we ain't seen nothing yet. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21290.html
- Hewlett-Packard Splitting Up - The legendary Silicon Valley firm, which has struggled of late, will split into two publicly traded companies. CEO Lewis Platt will step down. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18205.html
- Hey Expedia, Move Over - Preview Travel is joining up with Travelocity to be the No. 1 travel agent on the Internet, surpassing Expedia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22069.html
- Hey, Where Is Everyone? - Wall Street goes virtually nowhere as investors stick to the sidelines. The situation in Yugoslavia, plus an upcoming Fed meeting, hold stocks in check. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18768.html
- High Bandwidth Bureaucracy - Telecommunications companies have dug up the same stretch of road three times in the last three months to install high-speed fiber-optic cables. Is this any way to run an information revolution? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18681.html
- High Finance, High Intrigue - The story of a Morgan Stanley worker fired for allegedly conspiring to break into the company's computers takes another turn. The securities firm suspends two employees following payoff allegations. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19938.html
- High Prices Unsettle Investors - Wall Street takes a tumble as traders high-tail it from any stock with a lofty valuation. And word of Lycos' buyout draws a chilly response. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17825.html
- Hiring Crunch Hits Old Guard - They watched their employees jump ship for startups, and now established companies are trying to get them back. It's not so easy. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21342.html
- Hot Deals for a New Millennium - Y2K jerky. Y2K yo-yos. Y2Kia Cars. The US Patent Office registers hundreds of new ideas for turning a buck when the clock strikes 2000. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20102.html
- Hot Desert Sand, Ricochet Modem - Three Canadians are preparing to traverse one of the world's most forbidding deserts, armed with camels, water, and lots of digital gear. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17674.html
- Hot IPOs Are Flaming Out - Want to get in on an exciting Net company the first day it hits the market? Bad idea. Most new Net stocks are trading far below their IPO highs. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19260.html
- Hotel Hotmail - Microsoft's free Web-based email service checks in 150,000 new users per day. Closing accounts is a different story. You can log in any time you want, but you can never leave. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18617.html
- Hotmail Accounts Exposed to All - More than 50 million Hotmail accounts were left exposed in what may be the most serious -- and definitely the most widespread -- Net security breach yet. By Declan McCullagh and James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21490.html
- House U-Turn on Patent Bill - Veteran Capitol Hill watchers are still shaking their heads in disbelief over lawmakers' complete about-face in an intellectual property vote. Result: Big companies lose. By Skip Kaltenheuser. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21143.html
- How Fast Is Your E-Broker? - A new index tracks the speed at which online brokers deliver pages to customers doing trades. Early results rank Brown Co. as speediest. ETrade and Suretrade finish in last place. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20084.html
- How Low Can Microworkz Go? - The online retailer's new, US$199 iToaster, with a Linux-based OS, beats its cheapest model by a hundred bucks. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20416.html
- How Low Can They Go? - AT T answers its competitors' long-distance rates with 7 cents a minute -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Also: Infospace will distribute Net2Phone technology and services.... And Reuters' new-media man leaves to head a Net music company. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21486.html
- How Much Is Sexballs.com Worth? - There are nearly 1,000 domain names for sale each day on eBay, but no one's buying. How could nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.com not sell? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20640.html
- How Oswald Saw It - Webcam gives the view from the Texas Book Depository. Also: Wells Fargo to test talking ATMs.... VoiceStream, Omnipoint agree to form wireless giant.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20403.html
- How to Make $5 Billion, Quick - Some suspected it, and now there's proof: The IPO process overvalues companies. Genentech goes public a second time, and is worth US$5 billion more than it was just a month ago. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20850.html
- How to Make MP3 Pay - The Net-based music arena spawns hope for a massive revolution. But just how do MP3 users get a slice of the online billion-dollar pie? Discussion ensues at the New York Music Internet Expo. Jennifer Sullivan reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18323.html
- How to Not Get Burned by an IPO - Tom Taulli, author of Investing in IPOs, drops by Wired News to share some tips. There are still some good bets, he says, but too many investors value stylish names over solid financials. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20417.html
- Howdy, (Asian American) Pardner! - Texas' Asian population is booming, thanks in large part to the tech industry. Is there political strength in those census numbers? Kevin Fullerton reports from Austin. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21406.html
- HP Breaks Up; Rally Collapses - Wall Street loves the idea of Hewlett-Packard's restructuring -- until investors get to thinking about the implications for other tech heavyweights. A sell-off ensues. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18224.html
- HP Breakup Sparks Stock Rally - At last -- some real news for the market to munch on. And investors like the idea of a leaner and meaner Hewlett-Packard emerging. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18212.html
- HP Earnings Kick Booty - Six months ago, Hewlett-Packard was sucking wind. Now it's thriving, and it has the earnings to prove it. [Wired News]
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- HP Encryption Gains New Ground - US regulators give the thumbs up for VerSecure to go to nine more countries. The company sees this as another step toward a "common security hardware platform for the Internet." [Wired News]
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- HP Profit Far Above Forecasts - Revenues were smaller than the company had hoped, but tight cost controls resulted in first-quarter profits that were much higher than Wall Street forecasts. [Wired News]
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- HP Sues Xerox, Again - In the corporate version of Celebrity Deathmatch, Hewlett-Packard files yet another lawsuit against rival Xerox over printing technology. There are now -- count 'em -- five lawsuits between the companies. [Wired News]
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- HP's Qwest for Web Hosting - Qwest jumps into the Internet hosting fray in a US$1.5 billion deal with Hewlett-Packard. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22002.html
- Huge IPOs Slated Next Week - Some big -- both in size and importance -- initial public offerings are slated for next week. Goldman Sachs will be the one to watch. But a Justice Department probe into the investment bank's practices could sour the week. By Kourosh Karimkhany. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19431.html
- Huge Losses, Job Cuts at Compaq - The world's top computer maker reports a mammoth loss and says it will fire up to 8,000 employees. [Wired News]
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- Hungry Dogs in Armanis - One thing was clear at a New York venture capital conference: Beneath the manicured, coifed poise of Net entrepreneurs are desperately aggressive animals looking for morsels of cash. Craig Bicknell reports from New York. [Wired News]
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- I-Planet's Small World - New software by the maker of Java uses a Web browser to link traveling workers to their desktop computers. Just try leaving the office behind. [Wired News]
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- IBM Axes 1,100 Valley Jobs - IBM eliminates about 10 percent of its workforce in its San Jose, California, disk-drive development facilities. The job cuts sting, but this means faster development and lower costs, says the company. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
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- IBM Buys Into E-Ticketing - IBM plans to build a worldwide airline-ticketing platform. Also: China admits it's in trouble on Y2K.... A new study calls a lot of Internet stock analysis "spin".... And more. [Wired News]
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- IBM Buys Sequent - IBM wants Sequent's expertise in tying together cheap microprocessors to create powerful computers. Sequent's technology could wind up in everything from desktops to supercomputers. [Wired News]
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- IBM Does Linux - Big Blue, with Red Hat, says it will bring the free operating system to its computers, including the Netfinity server. [Wired News]
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- IBM Exec to Head Symantec - The software maker tabs IBM lifer John Thompson to replace Gordon Eubanks. Also: HP chief Lewis Platt's bad day on Wall Street.... Sina.com sees IPO later this year.... Warren Buffett still hasn't gotten tech-savvy.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19120.html
- IBM Hogs Patent List - The world's biggest computer company gets the most US patents for the sixth year. Also: TheStreet.com raises more cash.... Broadcast.com stock continues climb. [Wired News]
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- IBM on Being 'E' - E-business. E-commerce. E-whatever. IBM has done pretty well plugging its form of e-transformation to the market. Expect lookalike strategies to follow. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21806.html
- IBM Set to 'Cause Sun Pain' - Big Blue unveils new UNIX line, taking aim at leader Sun Microsystems. Can Sun shine in the face of market pressure? [Wired News]
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- IBM Shoulders Consumer Privacy - Big Blue will pull its Internet ads from any Web site that does not post a consumer privacy policy -- a move that even the staunchest self-regulation critics greet warmly. By James Glave. [Wired News]
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- IBM to Take the Stand Against MS - IBM will risk the wrath of Redmond by taking the stand as a government witness when the antitrust trial resumes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19454.html
- IBM, Sony Join Forces for SDMI - The two superpowers marry their technologies to try and secure digital music downloads for the big music labels. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19162.html
- IBM: From Cobol to Cool - Now that e-commerce and service are IBM's biggest businesses, Big Blue is boning up on Web design. How does it fare against the hip little design shops? By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18842.html
- ICANN Backs Down on $1 Fee - The domain-name overseer says it needs the money, but nevertheless it retreats from a fight with those in Congress who cried 'tax!' Also: Lucent posts another winning quarter.... Lycos starts its own VC fund.... Microsoft makes a move on E-stamp.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20830.html
- ICANN Seeks Input on Net Rules - The group charged with finding a new way to give out .com names releases its first proposal for public comment. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17807.html
- ICG Sells Off More Netcom - Netcom parent ICG Communications unloads the Canadian portion of Netcom Communcations to a high-speed networking firm in Calgary. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17647.html
- Ikonos II Goes Up - The first commercial satellite that will provide high-res images from space launched Friday morning, avoiding its predecessor's fiery fate. Joanna Glasner reports from Vandenberg AFB. [Wired News]
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- iMac Fuels Apple Earnings - Apple's latest earnings beat Wall Street's expectations by a solid margin, thanks to strong iMac sales. Looking very confident, the company also disclosed plans to buy back up to US$500 million in shares. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Imaging Satellite Lost in Space - The ballyhooed high-res commercial satellite made by Space Imaging fails to call home.... Cisco acquires Amteva Technologies.... Redmond backs Internet2.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19372.html
- IMall Busted for False Claims - The Federal Trade Commission fines iMall for making false claims through infomercials. Also: America Online plans to provide access through non-PC devices. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19170.html
- Impressive Earnings From Apple - The revived computer maker reports solidly better-than-expected earnings. The number of Macs shipped in the quarter jumps 27 percent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19134.html
- In Congo, the Net Precedes Phone - Years of Mobutu's dictatorial rule left the nation without a telecommunications infrastructure. A service called Bushnet is nevertheless making headway. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17507.html
- In Vegas, Everyone's a Visionary - High tech and Hollywood converge at the National Association of Broadcasters to hash out the next big thing in digital entertainment. Hooray for HollyWeb. Joanna Glasner reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
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- India's Net Obstacles - The government is sweeping aside the phone monopoly that limited the Net's growth. But the nation's 1 billion people are still a long way from the network age. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17503.html
- Indian Firm Lists on Nasdaq - Infosys, an Indian software and computer service firm, makes a successful debut on Nasdaq -- the first Indian company to do so. More Indian companies will list in coming months. [Wired News]
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- Indian Tech Firms Gaze West - Several companies from India, seeking to take advantage of those sky-high valuations, are expected to list on US markets this year. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17559.html
- Indie Films Find a Home - Amazon.com is giving independent filmmakers a place to show their work online. Also: Broadcast.com beats Wall Street earnings estimates.... Search engines are biased and skimpy -- but better than nothing, researchers say.... Dell launches "free" service in France.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20622.html
- Industry Lauds AOL Acquisitions - This week's purchase of Spinner Networks and Nullsoft has sent many online audio and streaming media proponents into a victory dance. By Joe Ashbrook Nickell. [Wired News]
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- Inflation Report Buoys Stocks - Wall Street posts modest gains amid signs that interest rates will hold steady. The Lycos soap opera, meanwhile, takes yet another turn. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Informatica Seeks an IPO - The database-software vendor plans to cash in on the market's current enthusiasm for tech stocks. Also: Claimsnet.com will try again.... Zulu-Tek seeks to sell a chunk of BrandsForLess.com. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18051.html
- Inktomi Makes Impulse Buy - Inktomi, a publisher of search software, buys Impulse Buy to beef up its online retailing engine. Also: US regulators sue stock hoax suspect.... Domain name registrations surging at Network Solutions. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19273.html
- Innocent Plea in PairGain Hoax - A North Carolina man appears in a Los Angeles federal courtroom to answer charges of securities fraud. His case goes to trial in July. [Wired News]
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- Inside Amazon's Shopping Cart - Amazon downplays its purchase of Alexa Internet, which takes the online bookseller a step closer to personalized online shopping. Privacy advocates are not pleased. A Wired News analysis by Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19367.html
- Intel Accord Boosts Tech Stocks - The rest of the market is mixed as investors cash in on Friday's record-setting advance in share prices. Like that's a surprise. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Intel Backs Asian Convergence - The chip giant seeks a foothold in Asia's broadband Internet market with a US$50 million investment in a new joint venture with Pacific Century Group of Hong Kong. [Wired News]
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- Intel Earnings Defy Expectations - At 57 cents a share, Intel's first-quarter earnings were higher than expected. But the company predicts that earnings for the second quarter will be lower. [Wired News]
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- Intel Invests in SVG - Intel has acquired a minority share in a Silicon Valley chip technology company that is working on new ways to make smaller chips. [Wired News]
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- Intel Likes Free PCs - Anything to boost computer use, right? But the company thinks low-end prices will have to fall below US$500 to make the giveaway schemes viable. [Wired News]
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- Intel Profit Shy of Estimates - The world's biggest computer chip company reports second-quarter profits that just miss Wall Street expectations. But Intel says profit and sales will pick up nicely in the second half of the year. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20719.html
- Intel Still in the Hot Seat - Intel and the government settled some antitrust issues earlier this week. But regulators are reportedly pressing ahead with a wider investigation. [Wired News]
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- Intel to Acquire Level One - The chipmaker offers US$2.2 billion for the Sacramento, California-based high-speed networking products developer. [Wired News]
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- Intel Will Share Its Technology - In a settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission, the chipmaker promises to be up-front with its customers. Two words conspicuously absent in the consent decree: monopoly power. [Wired News]
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- Intel's Chipper World - The chip king reports strong fourth-quarter earnings on record-breaking revenues. Looks like slim times are over for the chip king. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17295.html
- Intel's VC Fund for New Chips - The chipmaker intends to spend US$300 million in venture capital to support tech companies designing next-generation chips, including processors for mainframes. [Wired News]
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- Intel: To Sue Is Human - Intel files suit against a Taiwanese chipset maker, even though the companies are in licensing negotiations. Oops, Intel says, the suit was filled in error. Beware the contingency plan. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19486.html
- Interest Up, Markets Don't Care - The Federal Reserve boosted its federal funds rate for overnight loans and its discount rate by a quarter-percentage point. Stocks barely react. [Wired News]
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- Internet 'Plumber' Up 525 Percent - Jaws drop on Wall Street as Foundry Networks registers the second-largest gain ever in its IPO. [Wired News]
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- Internet Fever, French Style - Bernard Arnault, the sultan of French luxury goods, is investing a big chunk of his personal fortune in Internet stars, on both sides of the Atlantic. He's got big plans. [Wired News]
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- Internet IPOs Keep the Faith - Premiums have fallen, but a strong market is boosting confidence for upcoming Net offerings Etoys, AtPlan, and CAIS Internet. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Internet Stocks Soar Down Under - Australians flock to Internet offerings -- everything from blue chips with online operations to pure Internet plays to tiny start-ups looking for venture capital. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19190.html
- Internet Turbo Boosting Airlines - An influential aviation analyst says the Internet is the best thing to happen to the airline industry since the jet engine. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19092.html
- Intraware Rises Modestly in IPO - The online business software retailer manages an 18 percent gain in the first day of trading. Not bad, but not fantastic, either. [Wired News]
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- Intuit Chief Executive Resigns - The world's largest maker of personal finance software looks for a more seasoned manager to run the company, as chief executive Bill Harris steps down. [Wired News]
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- Investors Brace for Record Run - With prospects for a rate hike fading, Wall Street is trying to find the confidence to push share prices through the roof. Internet stocks set the pace. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Investors Endure Bumpy Flight - Wall Street runs into some big-time turbulence as the market undergoes a particularly volatile session. Has the Dow's record run finally hit a wall? By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Investors Get Altitude Sickness - Those record highs a day earlier were too much for Wall Street to take. Stocks lose ground as traders rethink their commitment to such lofty valuations. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17203.html
- Investors Hold Tight to Tech - Only a week since the Nasdaq crashed and burned, tech and Net stocks once again have the run of Wall Street. The rest of the market looks anemic by comparison. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Investors Lose Heart, Rally Sput - A broad buying spree sparked by surprisingly strong economic numbers falls flat. But at least tech and Internet stocks are again showing signs of life. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19424.html
- Investors Mull Future Prospects - Wall Street posts cautious gains as traders look ahead from the current earnings season and try to get a sense of what's next. AT T has some ideas of its own. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Investors Rest After 10K Run - Wall Street loses ground as traders come to terms with share prices at record-high levels. Intel, meanwhile, is popping champagne corks. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Investors Still Peeved at Lycos - Hey, this is the Net we're talking about here. Where's that massive takeover premium? Other Internet stocks sag in the face of such a rude awakening. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17851.html
- Iomega Buys Bankrupt SyQuest - Iomega pays US$9.5 million for the intellectual detritus of what was once SyQuest. This is one case where the hare beats the tortoise. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17311.html
- IPIX: Our Patents Are Rock Solid - Foes have accused software company IPIX of patenting a widely used technology and then bullying competitors with infringement suits. Nonsense, says IPIX CEO Jim Phillips. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- IPO as Marketing Event - Drugstore.com files for an IPO after just one quarter in operation. Hey, it's a great way to advertise, the company says. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19801.html
- IPO First, Startup Later - You don't need to show a profit, let alone a business strategy, to issue an IPO. Today, companies can raise money on the stock market before they get their business off the ground. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21684.html
- IPO First, Startup Later - You don't need to show a profit, let alone a business strategy, to issue an IPO. Today, companies can raise money on the stock market before they get their business off the ground. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21701.html
- IPO for eMachines ... Maybe - The manufacturer of cheap PCs files for initial public offering. But the company still faces lawsuits from Compaq and Apple over patent and tradmark issues. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21534.html
- IPO Market Has an E.piphany - An e-commerce software firm registers a 180 percent increase in its initial offering price to revive flagging interest in IPOs. [Wired News]
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- IPO Pace Picking Up - After a late summer lull, investors are gearing up for a new spate of Net IPOs in the next few weeks. But the watchword this time around is "sanity." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21578.html
- IPOs for the Everyman - Want to get in on one of those mind-blowing Net IPOs? Good luck. Bankers and big investors get almost all the shares. A new firm hopes to change that. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17792.html
- IPOs Go Back to Basics - Move over, dot coms. Next week's IPO lineup is all about infrastructure. Think fiber optic cables, switch routers, Internet telephony, and wireless networking. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21928.html
- IPOs Set to Flood the Market - Though the market's a bit skittish, about two-dozen companies are slated to go public next week. There could be a few casualties along the way. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21035.html
- Ireland Lures Cable Deal - Global Crossing announces an US$80 million extension of its transatlantic fiber-optic cable. With a direct link to Europe and the United States, Ireland may become one of the most connected countries on earth. Karlin Lillington reports from Dublin, Ireland. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Adrift in Junk Orbit - Shares of Iridium hit a new low on Friday after the satellite phone company disclosed that once again it won't meet the terms of its debt payment plan. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Buys Time from Banks - The troubled satellite phone company gets a second reprieve from its creditors while it scrambles to find more customers. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Cuts Jobs, Stock Falls - The debt-ridden satellite phone company slashes about 15 percent of its work force. Meanwhile, Iridium shares plummet to an all-time low. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Cuts Prices - The struggling satellite phone service introduces flat-rate prices. For as little as US$4.29 a minute, customers can make calls anywhere in the world. That is, if Iridium can find some customers. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Debt Deadline Nears - The indebted satellite phone company is supposed to come up with a plan this week to appease lenders. Creditors aren't holding their breath. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Falls out of Orbit - Iridium's 66-satellite phone system was one of the most audacious engineering feats ever -- and most expensive. Friday, the firm's massive debt dragged it into bankruptcy. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Finance Chief Quits - The satellite phone company hires a team of specialists to help it restructure after filing for bankruptcy. Meanwhile, a key executive calls it quits. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Gets Another Reprieve - The satellite phone company convinces creditors to give it an extra 40 days to make a long overdue debt payment. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20503.html
- Iridium Goes Industrial - Executives admit the cash-strapped satellite phone company got off to an awful start, but say it's not too late for a comeback. Their latest moves: major price cuts and a focus on industrial customers. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Iridium May Hurt Motorola Results - When Motorola releases its earnings next week, the company will likely report huge improvements. But Wall Street isn't celebrating. Motorola could be in big trouble if satellite phone company Iridium goes bankrupt. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Pins Hopes on Mexico - After filing for bankruptcy and defaulting on more than US$1.5 billion in debt in the United States, the beleaguered company turns to Mexico, hoping to sell its satellite phones there. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Posts Huge Loss - The satellite-phone provider reports just US$186,000 in fourth-quarter revenue. Sure, it was the first time the company offered commercial service, but $440 million is a mighty big loss. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Reports Huge Loss - The struggling satellite phone company reports another staggering loss -- a deficit of US$505 million in the first three months of the year. Time to look for a new business model? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Woes Mount - Motorola, the chief backer of the Iridium network, warns that the struggling satellite phone company may face bankruptcy or liquidation. [Wired News]
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- Iridium Won't Go Bankrupt -- Yet - The troubled satellite telephone company says it won't file for bankruptcy, but will scramble to negotiate better terms with its creditors. Meanwhile, it plans to cut prices. [Wired News]
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- Iridium: Edsels in the Sky? - One of the world's most indebted companies, Iridium is struggling to find customers. If the satellite telephone outfit doesn't find a couple hundred thousand in a hurry, it could be in dire trouble. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Iridium: Pie in the Sky? - Iridium beat the competition by launching the first satellite phone system to receive calls anywhere on the planet. But its financial results are seriously lagging. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18818.html
- Irish iMacs Aren't Smiling - Apple will pare 600 jobs at a plant in southwest Ireland... Also: BT and AT&T may link their wireless operations... IBM announces employee incentives worth US$1.6 billion... Bertelsmann online announces European expansion plans. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17642.html
- IRS Computer Security Still Lax - A report from the General Accounting Office says the tax agency has made improvements, but that its computer system is at risk for attacks by crackers bent on identity fraud. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Is AtHome Lacking Excitement? - Was the great merger earlier this year really overkill? All the talk of a breakup or takeover of ExciteAtHome is causing analysts to reassess the relationship. [Wired News]
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- Is MS Preening in Public Posts? - The mud flies in the direction of Redmond after an alleged employee accuses the company of faking pro-Microsoft comments in a trade site's forum. The company says that posts were faked. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17745.html
- Is the Spectrum a Tribal Right? - New Zealand says it has tried to be fair with the aboriginal Maoris, especially when it comes to sharing natural resources. But how do you share the islands' radio spectrum? Stewart Taggart reports from Sydney, Australia. [Wired News]
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- Island Grows in a Sea of Stocks - Island, a scrappy stock-trading network that's trying to become a full-fledged stock exchange, gets US$25 million and support from Wall Street heavyweight Waterhouse. [Wired News]
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- ISPs Demand Cable-TV Access - Traditional online services are again clamoring for the government to force cable-TV companies to open up their broadband networks to competition. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- ISPs Gang Up to Get on Cable - Nine more ISPs joined a coalition to lobby Congress for a piece of the high-speed cable action. Also: Microsoft's Paul Allen invests in Ziff-Davis. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17755.html
- It Takes an iVillage - Shares of Web publisher iVillage more than triple in its first day of trading. Apparently, Net stock mania won out over recent accusations of shaky accounting practices and a long trail of red ink. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- It's a Regular Laugh Riot - To promote the upcoming movie Blue Streak, Sony Pictures is auditioning comics and other alleged funny people via its Web site. Michael Stroud reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
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- It's All About Convergence - Nortel Networks teams with Microsoft, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard to make devices that send voice, video, and data over a single network. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18474.html
- Italian Business Gets Modern - If nothing else, the Olivetti bid for Telecom Italia represents a break from the "club capitalism" that has dominated throughout the century. [Wired News]
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- Japan Accidents Nuke Chip Stocks - Semiconductor stock prices tumble on news of a nuclear incident at a Japanese uranium plant. Chip manufacturers near Tokyo could be affected, especially after last week's Taiwan earthquake. [Wired News]
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- Japan E-Commerce Surges -- Maybe - The Japanese government insists that e-commerce surged last year, even though the economy and PC shipments slipped. Industry experts ask whether the Japanese government is fudging the numbers. David Lazarus reports from Tokyo. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20339.html
- Japan Eyes Online Trading Warily - In theory, online trading would be a boon to Japanese investors sick of earning 1 percent from their bank accounts. In reality, the newfangled technology may be slow to take off. David Lazarus reports from Tokyo. [Wired News]
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- Japan Fumbles With Digital TV - In their dash to set the standards for digital television, Japanese companies come up with some half-baked experiments. Does anyone really want to read composer bios on his TV? David Lazarus reports from Tokyo. [Wired News]
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- Japan: More Crime, Less Privacy - The nation's increasing crime rate has given authorities an excuse to tap personal calls and intercept email. Some say the surveillance is nothing new. David Lazarus reports from Tokyo. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19973.html
- Jasdaq Announcement Imminent? - Nasdaq is poised to announce an electronic trading system in Japan. Analysts say a Japanese exchange would likely fare better than its European sibling. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20212.html
- Job Stats Send Stocks Soaring - Wall Street ends the week on a high note after a slight rise in unemployment convinces traders the Fed will stand pat on interest rates. Blue chips surge to a record close. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18304.html
- Jobs Data Send Stocks Flying - Signs that the Fed won't fiddle with interest rates any time soon propel share prices through the roof. The Dow tops 10K again and the Nasdaq climbs to a record high. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18961.html
- Jobs Fills in the Gap - Apple's interim CEO has been named to the Gap's board of directors. Also: Disney transfers its ABC head to the top of its Internet division. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21659.html
- John Hancock's Signature IPO - The big-time financial services institution files for a US$2 billion initial public offering as part of a reorganization move. [Wired News]
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- Judge to MS: Do the Right Thing - A federal judge blows his top and tells Microsoft to change an employment contract for temps that could have shortchanged them out of benefits. [Wired News]
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- Judge: Microsoft Suit Can Begin - A federal judge denies Microsoft's request to delay an antitrust case filed by Bristol Technologies. Perhaps more importantly, Bristol can share information with other lawyers working on Microsoft antitrust suits. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19727.html
- Juniper, Ariba Set for IPO - Several headline-grabbing companies, such as Salon and Juniper Networks, are slated to go public next week, even though tech stocks are still facing a tough time. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20304.html
- Just 205 Banks Left Y2K-Unready - Just a tiny fraction of the 10,400 banks insured by the FDIC are still not prepared for Y2K, the depositor insurance agency says. Also: New York Stock Exchange delays late-trading decision.... and more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20016.html
- Keeping the Menace Down - While the RIAA clamps down on MP3 and copyright violations of a Phantom Menace single, an email filtering service wants to rid your network of the trailer video. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19355.html
- Key Cisco Exec Stepping Down - Start-up legend Bill Carrico is expected to announce his exit as head of one of the company's key business units.... Also: The airline industry says safety won't be an issue come 1-1-2000.... Big computers drive Unisys earnings.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19143.html
- Key to IPO Success? Ask Jeeves - The money-losing Web site that specializes in finding answers to simple questions, shot up a jaw-dropping 364 percent in first-day trading. The obvious question is why? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20549.html
- Kia Motors Sabotages Self - The Korean carmaker inadvertantly spools the private emails of a customer feedback form onto a public Web page, with embarrassing results. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20761.html
- Lands' End Firings Linked to Net - Looking to the efficiency of online selling, the catalog retailer fires 10 percent of its employees. Also: Go.com debuts.... Ascend's board meets to consider Lucent bid.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17287.html
- Late Rally Salvages Nasdaq - Blue-chip stocks rebound from earlier declines to nail another record, and the turnaround helps tech shares find their way back into the light. Now can they stay there? By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19153.html
- Late Trading Coming to Nasdaq - The parent organization of the Nasdaq unveils a plan where investors can trade big stocks like Microsoft and Intel well into the night. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19928.html
- Latest Net IPOs Falter - What's this? Net IPOs crashing on their first day? At least two Internet stock debuts sunk Wednesday, and that doesn't bode well for the dozens of Net IPOs in waiting. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19891.html
- Lawsuit Says MCI 'Redlines' - A Los Angeles man says MCI Worldcom discriminates against people calling from minority-populated areas by not allowing those customers to place calling card calls. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19003.html
- Layoffs Threaten VRML's Future - Platinum Software's source code disclosure and gutting of Cosmo Software throws VRML and 3-D development into chaos. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18148.html
- Learn English the MS Way - Greatly expanded Encarta brand includes the new version of a little-known product: Interactive English Learning. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21208.html
- Less Ad Money Spent Online - A survey finds that major advertisers spent less money on online advertising in 1998. But they beefed up spending on establishing solid corporate Web sites. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19492.html
- Let My IPO Be! - Be Inc. files to raise US$57.5 million from an IPO. Without the money, its accountants say, the company could go out of business. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19543.html
- Levi's Brave New World - The new Levi's Store is a sensory rush of veejays, deejays, spycams, and fingerprint readers. The commercial immersion is the perfect collector of intimate personal data. James Glave reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21268.html
- Levitt to Investors: Get a Clue - SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt tells online investors to stop making foolish bets on the stock market, and online brokers to stop encouraging them. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19489.html
- Linus: 'Down With Upgrades' - The Linux inventor predicts a major drop in software prices as soon as the need for upgrades disappears. Say, in about three years or so. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21913.html
- Liquid Audio Flows on to Market - The digital music distributor becomes the first of the online melody-makers to file for an initial public offering. Get ready to rock around the stock price. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19515.html
- Liquid Audio Stock Triples - The digital music company makes an impressive debut on the stock market. No matter that its technology isn't as popular as MP3. Digital music is just too sexy for investors to pass up. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20652.html
- Lockheed Does Broadband - The aerospace giant joins with TRW and Telecom Italia to build a global, satellite-based communications service. Also: China pulls the plug on satellite TV.... and MIT tabs the next hot startup. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19538.html
- Lockheed Shakes Up Ranks - The aerospace and defense giant moves around some key executives. The changes come in the wake of several recent launch failures. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19642.html
- Locking Windows' Backdoors - Users of Microsoft Outlook and Win 98, be warned: Your computer has more than a few backdoors. At this year's Usenix security conference, an expert tells how to shut them tight. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington, DC. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21442.html
- Log on, Tune in, Buy Now - Radio stations now have a cure for the "gotta have it" blues. A commerce company is automating the impulse buy in linking playlists to music purchases. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19628.html
- Look, Up in the Sky: DVD - Tired of seeing the same old edited-for-airlines movie flight after flight? American Airlines is offering an alternative. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21294.html
- Lose Money Fast! Day Trade! - Odds are you won't lose your marbles, but if you're a day trader you'll probably lose your shirt, a new report says. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21183.html
- Lucasfilm Takes Ex-Army Base - George Lucas gets the nod to move his film empire into one of America's premier urban park spaces, as part of the deal requiring that the National Parks Service land be financially self-sufficient. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20221.html
- Lucent Ascend-ing? - Lucent Technologies may buy Ascend Communications for its expertise in routers and switches. The question is, would a US$16 billion acquisition help Lucent keep up with Cisco? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17265.html
- Lucent Posts Record Profit - The telecom equipment behemoth tops Wall Street forecasts for the most recent quarter -- as it has every quarter since leaving the AT T fold three years ago. Also: Silicon Graphics may be on the comeback trail. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17455.html
- Lucent Report: Another Winner - The telecom equipment giant beats Street forecasts as revenues grow by one-third. Also: Microsoft has a friend.... CBS goes .com-hunting again.... China telecom prize on the line.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19269.html
- Lucent Splits Stock Again - Investors cheer Lucent's second stock split in a year. Also: Wit Capital lands more Merrill Lynch execs.... CMGI gets into Net-broadcasting act.... Preview Travel chief resigns. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17968.html
- Lucent Sticks with Russia - Not everybody has fled Yeltsin's tattered economy. Lucent, which already has significant operations in Russia, will work with a local firm to make fiber-optic cable. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17982.html
- Lucent Strikes Again - Lucent Technologies agrees to acquire telecom software maker International Network Services. The price tag: US$3.7 billion in stock. Also: AT&T says there's no AOL deal in the works.... Qwest packages long-distance service with free Net access.... Razorfish in deal to buy i-Cube.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21198.html
- Lucent to Buy Nexabit - The largest telecom equipment maker shells out US$900 million for Nexabit, which makes switches for sending data over high-speed networks. Also: Juniper Networks soars in IPO.... China.com to list on Nasdaq.... and more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20426.html
- Lucent's Ascension - Lucent buys Ascend and becomes, by far, the most formidable company in the telephone equipment and data networking industries. Suddenly, Cisco is looking over its shoulder. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17307.html
- Lucent's High-Speed 'Stinger' - The company says its new product will allow ISPs and local phone companies to offer DSL service without compromising voice-service quality. Says one analyst: "The 800-pound gorilla is entering the business." [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21609.html
- Lucent, Ascend Near Deal - A merger could be announced as soon as Wednesday, sources say. Meanwhile, Lucent scoops up billing-software maker Kenan Systems for US$1.48 billion in stock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17260.html
- Lucent: We Ain't Firing - Lucent executives say they don't have plans for massive firings now that the mammoth acquisition of Ascend Communications is complete. In fact, they're hiring. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20457.html
- Lycos Buys Quote.com - The financial-information subscription site joins Wired News' parent for US$78.3 million in stock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21636.html
- Lycos Buys Spot on Lotus Notes - The portal player says the deal will send several million new users its way. Also: Wal-Mart, eToys turn to Federated's Fingerhut to fill Net orders.... Insurers face Y2K nightmare.... Will free services force pay-ISP consolidation in Britain? ... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20325.html
- Lycos CEO Defends USA Deal - Bob Davis tries again to convince shareholders and Wall Street that the proposed combination of Lycos and USA Networks is a sweet deal. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18157.html
- Lycos CEO Sells Shares - Chief executive Robert Davis plans to sell a big chunk of his holding. Maybe he doesn't believe the stock will continue to run up in the near future, analysts say. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17552.html
- Lycos Deal Sours Net Stocks - Investors are shocked -- shocked! -- that a top Internet company hasn't produced a massive premium in its takeover. Hey, this is the Net we're talking about here. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17848.html
- Lycos Embraces Open Web Index - The portal licenses Netscape's Open Directory Project, a massive index of Web sites built and managed by volunteers. Backers say it's the only way to keep up with the Net's growth. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19164.html
- Lycos Investor Quits over Deal - The biggest shareholder on Lycos' board of trustees resigns, vowing to oppose the USA Networks-Lycos merger until Lycos shareholders see a bigger piece of the pie. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18347.html
- Lycos Investor Wants Better Deal - CMGI, the biggest Lycos shareholder, says Lycos isn't getting enough from its merger with USA Networks. CMGI won't support the deal until there's more on the table. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17871.html
- Lycos Loss Less Than Expected - The Internet portal reports a loss that was slightly less than what Wall Street had expected. Lycos also approves a two-for-one stock split. [Wired News]
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- Lycos Loss Smaller Than Expected - A big jump in revenue and traffic results in a loss that was less than what Wall Street expected. Meanwhile, the company's management tries to gain support for a merger with USA Networks. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18146.html
- Lycos May Sell Stake to NBC - One of the last remaining independent portals is negotiating to sell a chunk of itself to the television network. The deal could happen within a few weeks. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17772.html
- Lycos Opens Door to Investors - Following the recent wave of consolidation, one of the remaining independent Web portals says it would invite a substantial investment by a global media or telecom player. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17454.html
- Lycos Rolls Out Radio Network - The company says the video component will keep users looking at their screens -- and advertisements. Also: Global Crossing buys C W's undersea cable services unit.... Broadcom in a US$316 million stock deal to acquire Epigram.... ETrade hits 1 million customers.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19323.html
- Lycos' Davis Defends Deal - Facing an audience of baffled money managers, Lycos CEO Bob Davis tries to convince them that an agreement to merge with USA Networks and the Home Shopping Network is a good deal. Give it time, he says. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17845.html
- Lycos, Diller Properties Merge - The companies announce a deal that will combine the Web portal with Barry Dillers Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch, Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, and Internet Shopping Network/First Auction. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17812.html
- Lycos, USA Call Off Merger - After months of pressure from shareholders, Lycos and USA Networks officially abandon their plans to create an online shopping portal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19639.html
- Lycos: 'We'll Stay Independent' - Lycos' chief executive says his company will stay independent, even though speculation is rampant that the portal will have to partner with a bigger company. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17514.html
- Machine vs. Man - Inktomi introduces an automated directory. Also: Instinet wants a piece of the Treasuries action.... NBC ups Xoom.com investment.... [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/topstories/0,1287,20227,00.html
- Macworld Newlyweds Sign Off - Macheads and their Linux brethren gather to celebrate the end of Macworld Expo and toast a new partnership of geeks. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17223.html
- Major Labels, Major Hype - The Big 5 record labels are warming up to the Web even though they're not so keen on MP3. In fact, online promotions are becoming the newest game of one-upmanship. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21944.html
- Making a Mint on Wallstreet.com - A group of businessmen lucky enough to have registered wallstreet.com in 1994 sell off their golden domain name for -- sit down -- US$1.03 million. The new owner is an online casino. How appropriate. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19285.html
- Malaysian Cybercity a Go - Cyberjaya, the nucleus of Malaysia's new Multimedia Super Corridor, launches amid praise from foreign executives. The high-tech zone modeled after Silicon Valley is expected to attract multibillion-dollar investments from abroad. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20628.html
- Mall Rats Migrate Online - How do teens get around strict parents who won't let them hang out at the mall? They hit the Web, of course. By Lauren Barack. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17278.html
- Man Behaving Badly - World Online International takes a high-minded view of a former Sony executive's alleged lowbrow liaisons. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17640.html
- Marimba to File for IPO - The perennial candidate for a galactic IPO will announce Monday that it intends to sell stock in an initial public offering. Watch the institutional investors line up. By Kourosh Karimkhany. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17776.html
- Market Awaits Yahoo Earnings - It's earnings season, and the market is gearing up for Wednesday's report from Yahoo, the first of the Net bellwethers to step forward. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20588.html
- Market Outlook Brightens - Never mind that it's Friday the 13th. It's supposed to be a good day on Wall Street. One analyst even predicts a new milestone by year's end. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21259.html
- Market Struggles to Rebound - A number of Internet and tech stocks are clawing their way back upward, but it looks like they'll have to fight for every inch. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17483.html
- Marketwatch Gains, Loses - Traffic's up, the financial news site says in its first quarterly report since going public. Does that mean it made money? Yeah, right. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17865.html
- MarketWatch Joins Up with AOL - CBS' financial site will provide its news to AOL services in a $21 million, three-year deal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21978.html
- Marketwatch.com Snags Writer - Marshall Loeb, the well-known financial journalist, will leave the Columbia Journalism Review to join the Marketwatch.com staff. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20502.html
- Mars Orbiter MIA - NASA loses touch with the Red Planet probe. Communications with the craft fell silent after it circled the far side of the planet. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21906.html
- Martha Stewart Goes to Redmond - Microsoft's third annual CEO Summit brings together 100 of the nation's top business minds to wax poetic on the information economy -- and play with gadgets. Chris Stamper reports from Redmond, Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19775.html
- MBAs Ditch Wall Street - B-school grads are flocking to Web start-ups in record numbers. Some aren't even waiting to graduate before joining the digital workforce. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19823.html
- MCI Back in the Internet Game - MCI WorldCom sold its Internet business four short months ago to make regulators happy. Now it plans to launch a new consumer service. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17601.html
- MCI Eyes Aussie Telco - Less than a week after saying they won't go into wireless, MCI is apparently in negotiations to acquire Australian wireless carrier AAPT. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19813.html
- MCI Returns to Net - Less than a year after the regulators forced the telco to sell off its Internet assets over antitrust concerns, the company has two words to say: "We're back." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17735.html
- MCI Staying Out of Wireless - MCI WorldCom's CEO says that the company isn't planning to enter the wireless phone business in a big way. He doesn't rule it out, though. [Wired News]
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- MCI Won't Make Bid on AirTouch - The telecom says it thought about making a bid for AirTouch, but decided against it. There are other fish to fry. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17241.html
- MCI Worldcom's Network Nightmare - Business operations were especially hard hit by MCI WorldCom's network outage, which has lasted more than a week and sent some companies scurrying to other service providers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21278.html
- MCI WorldCom, Nextel in Talks - Will MCI WorldCom make the wireless plunge? Sources say a deal is far from certain. Also: Malone invests billions in Murdoch's News Corp.... DVD still stomping Divx.... Boeing's Delta 3 on hold.... The red phone booth lives.... And Intel price cuts are on the way. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18970.html
- MCI, Sprint Discuss Merger - It's a bid to rival AT T, matching the Nos. 2 and 3 long-distance telephone companies. Meanwhile, Sprint's talks with Deutsche Telekom have gone cold. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21934.html
- Media Metrix Seeks IPO - The leading company in tracking Web site visitors plans to raise up to US$48.3 million in a public offering. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18125.html
- MediaOne Accepts AT&T Buyout - Ma Bell just got more ferocious. MediaOne, the No. 3 cable-TV company, spurns a previous takeover offer from Comcast and accepts a US$56 billion acquisition bid from AT T. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19453.html
- Meeks: Dump AMZN, Buy MSFT - Paul Meeks, a big-time money manager at Merrill Lynch, drops by Wired News to give us some stock tips. He's bullish on tech stocks, with some high-profile exceptions. By Joanna Glasner and Kourosh Karimkhany. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20027.html
- Meet Barry Diller, Net Mogul - With Lycos under his control, USA Networks' Barry Diller could become the most powerful man in Internet commerce. So who is this guy anyway? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17827.html
- Meet the New Net Stocks - A bunch of new tech stocks will hit the market next week. Not surprisingly, analysts expect they'll do quite well. But watch out -- with scores of Net start-ups launching IPOs in the next few weeks, investors will inevitably become choosier. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19167.html
- Mega-Bucks Deals Boost Stocks - Yahoo buys GeoCities, Ford buys Volvo ... you can't beat that kind of action to get investors feeling high on life again. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17594.html
- Mega-Deals, Earnings Buoy Market - It didn't take much -- only Yahoo buying GeoCities and Ford buying Volvo -- to rekindle investor enthusiasm. Tech and Net stocks lead Wall Street higher. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17602.html
- Memo Calls Deal 'Tectonic Shift' - In an internal memo celebrating his company's acquisition by At Home, Excite's vice president of commerce says "a new day has dawned" on the Internet. Full text of memo inside. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17406.html
- Mentor Gives Up on Quickturn - Conceding to rival Cadence, Mentor Graphics drops its bid to acquire the software company. Just as well, analysts say. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17239.html
- Mergers Fuel Broad Rally - Al "The Terminator" Greenspan may be lurking in the wings, but investors are too busy shopping to worry about a possible hike in interest rates. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18050.html
- Merrill Lynch Buys Net Trader - The largest US brokerage is buying a software developer specializing in Net trading applications. It's also planning to unveil its own online trading offering. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18010.html
- Mexico Maxes Out on Cell Phones - Mexico's networks don't have the capacity to handle a burgeoning number of cell phones. For customers, it means poor service or no service at all. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21774.html
- Microsoft Bows to CitySearch - A year ago, CitySearch was hurtin' for certain. Monday, it said it would buy out its chief rival, Microsoft's Sidewalk, and emerge as the top dog in the local content biz. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20811.html
- Microsoft Buys CompareNet - Signaling plans to expand its online retailing operation, the software giant buys one of the biggest comparison-shopping databases on the Web. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18277.html
- Microsoft Buys Stake in AT&T - For a US$5 billion investment in Ma Bell, Microsoft buys assurances that the biggest US phone company will use Windows CE when it rolls out digital television and high-speed Internet access. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19540.html
- Microsoft Buys ThingWorld Stake - The stake will help Microsoft expand in the streaming-media business. Also: AT T, Lucent sued for allegedly selling telecom equipment unready for Y2K.... Audible gets a long list of influential sugar daddies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18406.html
- Microsoft Dangles Free PCs - The software giant joins the rush to boost Internet services, offering a computer to anyone who prepays for three years of MSN. Also: National Semiconductor has reportedly squeezed all PC functions onto a single chip.... Flight to supply Mir gets clearance for takeoff.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20752.html
- Microsoft Exploring Open Source - President Steve Ballmer says that Redmond has learned from the success of the Linux open-source software model. And Microsoft may loosen its notoriously tight grip on Windows source code. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19679.html
- Microsoft Faces the Music - Redmond rolls out its WMA format for downloadable music, claiming high quality and features found nowhere else. Will content show up? By Jennifer Sullivan and John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21378.html
- Microsoft Fudged Figures on IE4 - Microsoft says 1 million people have already downloaded Internet Explorer 5.0 and admits it exaggerated comparable claims about the last version of the Web browser. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18707.html
- Microsoft Gears for Mobile Music - Microsoft signs deals that bring competition to MP3-dominated portable digital audio players. Chip vendors Cirrus Logic and ARM announce chips optimized for Microsoft's technology. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Gives In on Temps - The software company agrees to withdraw a contract that would have forced its temps to waive benefits. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Goes After Women - The world's biggest software company will unveil an e-commerce deal with a Women's Consumer Network. It's part of a strategy to get more money out of female Web surfers. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Gunning for E-Pirates - Microsoft launches a nationwide crackdown to shackle counterfeit software sales on the Internet. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Leading Browser War - A new study shows that Microsoft's Internet Explorer is, for the first time, beating Netscape Navigator in the battle for the overall US browser market. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Looks Southward - Hoping to grab a share of Latin America's booming Internet market, Microsoft invests US$126 million in Globo Cabo, Brazil's leading cable operator. Also: Logging on while filling up at BP Amoco.... MCI WorldCom tries to clean up a mess.... FCC is a friend to AT&T.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Mulls Tracking Stock - Microsoft stock goes bonkers after a report said it might issue a new stock to track its Internet biz. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Mum on Belluzzo Rumor - Richard Belluzzo, who just surprised SGI by resigning as CEO, will become Redmond's new chief of Internet operations, according to The Wall Street Journal. True or not, Microsoft isn't saying. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Opens Online Store - The world's biggest software company begins to pitch its wares through its own online store. Also: Intuit will sell entire Excite stake.... Drugstore.com overwhelmed by first-day visitors. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Profits Up 43 Percent - The world's biggest software company says strong sales of its Windows and Office products result in another solid quarter. But Microsoft warns of a possible slowdown as customers spend available money on Y2K fixes. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Rolls Out MSN Mobile - Microsoft stakes its claim in the wireless Internet market. Also: Qwest says acquisitions would save it US$14 billion.... International banking survives a Y2K test.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Shares Piracy Loot - Microsoft plans to donate funds generated from antipiracy settlements and criminal penalties against software counterfeiters to education projects and technology access programs. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Shuffles the Org Chart - Microsoft will align itself around five new business groups and add a hardware division. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer say the new plan isn't a road map for a post-trial breakup. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Speeds Hong Kong Net - Microsoft and Hongkong Telecom are co-developing a high-speed Internet service to bring commerce to PCs and TVs. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Still Fighting - With settlement talks set to begin, the company moves to depose AOL's Steve Case.... Also: Samsung claims tiniest Net cell phone.... Big chill hits China-US tech trade... Europe readies Mars Express.... AT&T-BT clears a regulatory hurdle.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Takes On Priceline - Expedia launches a service that lets people bid for cheap hotel rooms. Market shares of Priceline, its chief competitor, promptly plummeted. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft to Grill AOL Exec - The witness list shows Redmond will focus on Netscape deal when the antitrust trial moves into its rebuttal phase. Also: Norwegian company aims to build Web's biggest search database.... Singapore ISP roils Net users.... Linux support startup gets powerful VC backing.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Trumpets Audio Player - Microsoft launches its new MP3 competitor at a glitzy event in LA. The audience hands MS Audio 4.0 a split decision. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft Won't Block E-Cards - The world's biggest software company won't include a spam filter in the next version of its email client. An online greeting card company calls it grandstanding. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft's Audio Future - Microsoft prepares to release its own audio format.... Cisco spends $2 billion for GeoTel.... Disney's Net dilemma.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft's No. 3 Man - Bob Herbold took the stage Wednesday to broadcast Microsoft's triumphant new privacy policy. Who is this man? [Wired News]
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- Microsoft, Sony Do a Music Deal - Tunes will go online using Microsoft's new MP3 competitor. Also: USA's acquisition of Lycos is officially off.... IBM disk packs a wallop.... Peter Arnett, of CNN fame, skids to a Web landing.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft, the New MechWarrior - Virtual Worlds Entertainment and its universe of badass battling robots now belong to the world's largest software company. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
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- Microsoft: Cheap Net for China - Gates announces the Venus operating system, which could give Chinese set-tops Net access for less than US$200. [Wired News]
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- Microworkz Hits a New Low - The computer maker will sell machines for US$299, with a year's free Net access through Earthlink included. That brings the PC in line with basic consumer electronics. [Wired News]
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- Microworkz Prez Backs Out - President Rick Latman figures out the root of the plagued Net computer company's woes -- himself. The Microworkz founder says new management is needed, so he's outta there. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- Mile-High Merger Fight - AOL and smaller ISPs want access to the AT T-TCI broadband network. So far federal regulators haven't said they'll give it to them. But will Denver and other cities? [Wired News]
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- MindSpring Links With EarthLink - The rival Net service providers will join forces, becoming the second-largest ISP behind AOL. [Wired News]
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- MindSpring Nabs ICG Customers - The ISP spends US$215 million in cash and another $30 million in stock to snag more than 400,000 Net users from ICG. [Wired News]
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- MindSpring's Stock Takes a Hit - MindSpring's expensive marketing plan sends its stock price tumbling. The Internet service provider's drive to increase its subscriber base will cut into its bottom line, and that's making investors nervous. [Wired News]
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- Mining Net Stock Frenzy - MiningCo's unique search service draws a lot of investor attention on the day of its initial public offering. The stock doubles in the first few minutes of trading. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18694.html
- Mir Today, Gone Tomorrow - The Russian Space Agency confirms that it will scrap the 13-year-old space station in August, letting it burn up in Earth's atmosphere. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19961.html
- MIT Dreams of Jini Alternative - A new research facility at the Cambridge, Massachusetts university is working to figure out how to get tomorrow's smart devices to talk to each other. [Wired News]
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- MIT's Geek Sweepstakes - Student entrepreneurs polish their business plans as MIT's $50K Entrepreneurship Competition heads into the home stretch. Is the next Firefly among them? [Wired News]
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- Modem Pioneer Hayes Disconnects - The company that invented the consumer modem business ceases operations. It's the death of a PC industry pioneer. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17154.html
- Modems at Half Mast! - French cyber activists call for another Internet strike to draw attention to what they feel are unreasonably high phone rates. [Wired News]
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- Mom and Pop Storm Boardroom - Investor conference calls used to be closed to all but Wall Street elite. But streaming media is changing the rules. Now everyone can be an insider. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- More Cash Falls on TheStreet.com - The New York Times Company becomes the latest investor in TheStreet.com. Also: Barnes & Noble earnings lag.... Merrill Lynch names Joseph Osha as senior semiconductor analyst to replace departed Thomas Kurlak. [Wired News]
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- More Losses for US Stocks - With Japan's economy recovering, it looks like interest rates will definitely go up. US stocks, particularly tech-related issues, fall sharply on the prospect. [Wired News]
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- More Telecom-Gear Acquisitions - Ciena agrees to buy Lightera Networks and Omnia Communications for a total of US$980 million in stock, as convergence keeps the sector humming. [Wired News]
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- Motorola Buys into Broadband - The cell phone and pager company agrees to spend US$11 billion in stock for set-top box supplier General Instrument. Also: FCC walks a fine line with new orders.... Seagate to trim 8,000 jobs.... American Airlines finds few New Year's passengers.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Motorola Eyes General Instrument - Motorola is reportedly close to buying the set-top-box maker for US$10 billion in stock. Also: Worldwide suit against genetically modified crops planned.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Motorola Narrows its Focus - Motorola sells off much of its semiconductor components business to a private investment group in order to concentrate on its wireless and telecom businesses. [Wired News]
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- Motorola on Board for Teledesic - After more than a year of talks, Motorola finally signs an agreement with Teledesic to build its ambitious Internet-in-the-sky network. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Motorola Seeks Iridium Help - Motorola wants its partners to chip in to help bail out Iridium, the struggling satellite phone company Motorola bankrolled. If Iridium goes under, Motorola's in big trouble. [Wired News]
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- Motorola Slows Slide - All those layoffs are paying off. Plus, the company is selling more cellular gear. Also: Unisys shows progress in its transition to computer services. [Wired News]
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- Motorola Wavering on Teledesic? - A year into negotiations, Motorola still hasn't signed the final contract to build satellites for Teledesic. After losing a bundle on Iridium, Motorola may be nervous about sending more money into orbit. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Motorola's Turbo Dialer - Searching for a number and dialing it on your cell phone has always been a two-fisted operation. A new organizer-cum-cell phone will do both with a single touch. [Wired News]
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- Motorola, Sun Do Wireless Deal - Motorola and Sun Microsystems join forces in wireless networking. Also: IBM acquires thin client server maker Whistle.... Microsoft releases Win 98 upgrade. [Wired News]
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- Motorola: Intel Stole Secrets - Motorola is suing the chipmaker for allegedly poaching processor secrets after it lured away 15 top chip designers. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- Move Over, Pork Bellies - Bandwidth may join pork bellies, corn, and energy contracts as the newest item for commodity trading. Enron Communications unveils a plan for selling contracts for high-speed Internet service. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- MP3 Audio Books for the Rio - Audible will bring spoken content to Diamond's portable MP3 player. Also: Quickturn again spurns Mentor's offer... Replay scores Paul Allen's dough. [Wired News]
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- MP3 Cutting into Music Sales? - A decline in music purchases last year by 15- to 24-year-olds has the music industry "puzzled." One clue may be MP3 and the "free entertainment center" that is the Internet. [Wired News]
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- MP3 Squabble Settles Amicably - PlayMedia, which accused Nullsoft and MP3.com of copyright infringement, drops its lawsuit as the companies settle their differences and conclude new business arrangements. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- MP3.com Cashes In on the Hype - The stock market says MP3.com, a tiny San Diego company with less than $1 million in revenue, is worth $7 billion. Analysts wonder why. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20862.html
- MP3.com Plans IPO - The online distributor of the controversial music format wants to raise US$115 million by going public. [Wired News]
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- MP3.com Raises IPO Goals - The online music site jacks up its initial public offering price, and now plans to raise up to US$200 million. Also: CDNow uses Microsoft's Media Audio for music downloads. [Wired News]
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- MP3.com, Be to Go IPO Next Week - Several tech stars -- including MP3.com, Be Inc., and Gadzoox Networks -- go public next week. And analysts predict nearly all will have big first-day jumps. By Lakshmi Chaudhry. [Wired News]
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- Mr. G Jolts Blue Chips - Fed boss Alan Greenspan wonders if share prices aren't overvalued. But a few kind words for the tech sector help Wall Street turn in a mixed performance. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- MS Backs Privacy with Ad Bucks - Microsoft will follow IBM's lead and pull its Web banner ads from sites that do not offer a comprehensive list of privacy protection guarantees. By Polly Sprenger and James Glave. [Wired News]
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- MS Banking on Cable, Phone - The software king plans to invest a lot of cash in cable TV companies to speed up bandwidth deployment. [Wired News]
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- MS CarPoint Joins With Ford - Just a few weeks after hinting that the company may sell its car-buying Web service, Steve Ballmer announces CarPoint's alliance with Ford. [Wired News]
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- MS CTO Denies Ouster - Nathan Myhrvold denies he's being forced out of his job by Microsoft president Steve Ballmer. He's just taking some time off to dig dinosaur bones. [Wired News]
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- MS Earnings Expected to Soar - Microsoft's financial success appears untouched by its legal battle, with quarterly earnings expected to be up more than 40 percent from last year. [Wired News]
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- MS Flexes its E-Commerce Muscle - The world's biggest software company tries to assert itself as an electronic-commerce powerhouse by announcing a raft of new products and services this week. [Wired News]
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- MS Promises E-Commerce Nirvana - In a three-hour press conference, Microsoft drums a single message: We are the future of e-commerce. Get used to it. Craig Bicknell reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
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- MS Readies for Reorganization - The world's biggest software company, trying to keep its momentum going, could announce a massive reorganization as early as next week. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- MS Ready for Star (Office) Wars - Sun Microsystem's plan to distribute its newly acquired office suite for free on the Net has Redmond abuzz, and a wee bit nervous. [Wired News]
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- MS Sets Up Streaming Media Unit - It's another indication that Microsoft wants to break into the music distribution business. A top Microsoft exec will oversee the operation. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- MS Temps Win a Round in Court - A court rules that Microsoft must give its army of temp workers the same privileges afforded staffers -- including stock options and benefits. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- MS to Reveal Messaging Code - Microsoft hopes to turn up the heat on America Online by publishing the specs for its instant messaging service. Also: Big media invest in "personal TV" maker Replay Networks.... Fight against bootleg music shifts to the Net... Earth gives Cassini a boost.... And more. [Wired News]
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- MS Woos with Free Junket - Redmond plays host to a group of nonprofit groups and academics sympathetic to the company's causes ... but everything's kosher, a spokesman says. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- MS, Lycos Draw Bead on eBay - It'll take a village of e-commerce Internet sites to battle the No. 1 online auction site. [Wired News]
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- MS, Ticketmaster Bury Hatchet - Microsoft reportedly agrees not to send Sidewalk users far into Ticketmaster's Web site, ending a dispute dating back to April 1997. [Wired News]
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- MS: We Made a Ton of Money - Microsoft says its fourth-quarter earnings jumped -- are you sitting down? -- 60 percent. For a company that gigantic, it's an amazing feat. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- MTV Does MP3 - Soon teenyboppers will have a taste of MP3, as MTV and the makers of the Rio strike a deal to bring digital music to the masses. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- MTV Takes Aim at Asia - MTV is using the Net to grow its Asian audience. The music company plans to spend US$150 million to achieve "mass cult status" among young people. [Wired News]
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- Murdoch Woos Ziff-Davis - Murdoch's media empire casts its eye on Ziff-Davis. The possible takeover of the US tech and Internet company is reportedly in final stages of negotiation. [Wired News]
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- Murdoch's Better Late than Never - The media mogul says he may never understand the Internet, but he's starting to understand what it can do. Count him in. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20576.html
- Murdoch's Money on TheStreet.com - News Corp. invests US$7.5 million in the online financial-news service, which is scheduled to go public this week. [Wired News]
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- Murdoch: Old Media Lives - Rupert Murdoch likes the Internet, but he also has unwavering faith in newspapers, TV, and movies. So News Corp. will be careful about throwing big money at the new medium. [Wired News]
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- MusicMaker IPO Hits a High Note - After a lucrative stock market debut, an online music retailer that had only US$74,000 in sales last year is worth more than $600 million. MusicMaker.com should change its name to MoneyMaker.com. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20606.html
- Musicmaker Seeks Higher Profile - Musicmaker.com and AOL tie up a three-year, US$20 million deal to offer the Net music site's products through AOL. Analysts aren't sure it's that great a deal for Musicmaker. [Wired News]
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- Musicmaker.com Gets New Titles - The custom CD company expands its catalog to include Britney Spears and other high-profile artists. Also: David Bowie releases an album on the Net. [Wired News]
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- NAACP, AT&T Talk Net Literacy - AT T plants seed money to get blacks and Latinos Net literate. The NAACP and the Urban League will carry out the plan. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
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- NASA: Watch This Space - The space agency believes that forming partnerships with commercial enterprises offers the best hope for securing its future. Investors are wary. Kristen Philipkoski reports from Mountain View, California. [Wired News]
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- Nasdaq Disrupted by Glitch - An undetermined technology problem shut down two key systems on the exchange, interrupting some specialized trading. R. Scott Raynovich reports from New York. [Wired News]
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- Nasdaq Going Online? - The No. 2 US stock market is reportedly contemplating setting up an online trading platform. Also: The Net fuels an unprecedented acquisition boom.... Paul Allen's cable company files for IPO.... Microsoft exec Paul Maritz may be easing his way out.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20979.html
- National Semi Breaks Even - Good news for the semiconductor maker: Its first-quarter results were far better than expected. [Wired News]
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- National Semi Quits the Field - National Semiconductor concedes defeat to Intel and gets out of the microprocessor business, only two years after buying Intel competitor Cyrix. [Wired News]
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- NBC Rolls Sites into One - The television network will merge parts of Snap, CNBC, Videoseeker, and Xoom into NBCi -- a site with the usual email, community, news, and search doodads. [Wired News]
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- NBC Sells Web and Tube in One - It's convergence time for local NBC TV stations. The Peacock says it will team up with Net ad firm 24/7 to sell bundled television and Web ads to local businesses. [Wired News]
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- NBC's Must-See HDTV - NBC makes its boldest leap yet into high-definition television by launching the Tonight Show in the ultraclear digital format. The picture's great. Still one problem: No one's watching. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- NEC Reports Huge Loss, Firings - The Japanese chipmaker posts its biggest loss ever and fires 15,000 workers. The company's president accepts the blame and resigns. [Wired News]
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- Nervous Week Ahead for Net IPOs - A bunch of new Net stocks are set to start trading next week -- right after investors have gone on a major selling spree to dump their dot-com holdings. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Net Ad Rates Continue to Fall - The average price for an ad spot on the Web fell 6 percent in 1998. Why? Because everyone and his dog has a Web site -- with a banner slot for sale. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Net Ad Revenues Adding Up - Internet ad revenues have surged, according to a new study, but most of the spending is benefitting a few top sites. [Wired News]
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- Net Advertising: Who's Looking? - An industry group is setting rules for counting how many people view ads on the Internet. Advertisers think it's about time. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Net Bands To Vie for Shelf Space - Freed of radio station managers and fussy record label execs, Net musicians enjoy a distribution free-for-all. But a new retail kiosk program may change that. A Wired News analysis by Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Net Bull Gores New Dot Coms - These high-flying Net IPO's are starting to scare notoriously bullish Net analyst Keith Benjamin. Investors are displaying a "disconcerting lack of stock scrutiny," he says. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Net Companies Top VC Hit Parade - It's been a banner year for investing in start-up companies generally, and Internet start-ups in particular. The so-called dot com businesses gobbled up nearly 56 percent of the available venture capital. [Wired News]
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- Net Deals Drag Down Disney - Infoseek acquisition offsets big gains at theme parks, resorts. Also: Long-distance carries Sprint.... Xerox matches Street forecasts.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Net Escorts Nail Their Niche - Ladies of the evening cash in on the Net boom. One offshoot of the world's oldest profession improves its bottom line by eliminating the middleman. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Net Firms Back Hoop Dreams - Paul McMann aims to start a pro college basketball league that pays athletes and grants them scholarships. Dot-coms take a shot as sponsors. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20123.html
- Net Hookups Double in Europe - Online connections still lag behind US rates, but a new study shows the Net is making deep inroads in Western Europe. [Wired News]
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- Net Investing for Wimps - Afraid of investing in Internet stocks? Salomon Smith Barney may have the answer. With a new bond linked to large Internet companies, investors can't lose more than 10 percent of their money. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Net Investors, Breathe Easy - Two influential Robertson Stephens analysts say Net stocks aren't about to explode. Patience, they say. Net companies will prove themselves soon. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
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- Net IPOs Line Up for Next Week - A gaggle of Net IPOs are set for next week. They'll all come out with a bang, say analysts, but many may wind up fizzling. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Net IPOs Line Up to Cash In - Open the floodgates. The Internet IPOs are returning. The turn of seasons brings an onslaught of dot com companies jockeying to strike it rich. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Net IPOs Proceed with Caution - At least 14 tech-related companies are slated to go public next week. But don't be surprised if a bunch of them delay their deals. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Net IPOs: The Line Gets Longer - Internet public offerings continue to dominate the roster of upcoming IPOs next week. Among the highlights: TheStreet.com and Time Warner Telecom. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Net Pioneer's Prodigious IPO - Prodigy, an early online service that blew a big lead, is hoping to recoup. It raises US$120 million from a public offering and is going after America Online. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Net Press Takes Stock of Ethics - In the bountiful age of the Internet IPO, even journalists are getting offered a cut of the proceeds in new Net stocks. Some are accepting. That's making publishers nervous. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Net Publishers Score Victory - A federal judge strikes down a rule requiring publishers of commodities futures information to register with the government. Also: IBM set to unveil new data-storage products.... US West brushes off Qwest's bid, for now.... Net news hoaxer cops a plea.... Can cloning save the panda?... And more. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Continue To Slide - A flurry of excitement over the possible Yahoo acquisition of Excite@Home gave early hope, but they soon faded and Internet stocks were down again. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Fuel Broad Rally - AOL leaps into television and Yahoo into radio, and investors renew their affection for the Internet. Also, TheStreet.com goes public. Guess what happens. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Hit Accelerator - Wall Street turns multimedia as AOL breaks into television and Yahoo discovers radio. Meantime, TheStreet.com goes public -- a day trader's dream. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Lead Market Rally - Lovesick investors beg for forgiveness and rush back into the waiting arms of the .com crowd. Breaking up is hard to do. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Out in Front - Amazon.com and eBay blow investors away with their latest results ... and light a fire beneath other Net shares. The rest of the market struggles to keep pace. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Pace Renewed Rally - Wall Street resumes its march into record territory as investors embrace some encouraging economic data and the cheerful advice of a leading analyst. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Pace Surging Market - Lovesick investors rush back to the waiting arms of the .com crowd. High valuations? What high valuations? Wall Street turns in a very impressive performance. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Regain Equilibrium - After getting kicked around like an old football for a couple of days, most Internet stocks rebounded slightly on Thursday. An exception were the ISP stocks, which are still feeling the effects of the Microsoft-AOL war. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Stagger Back - After days of nasty losses, most Internet shares end the week on a positive note. The broader market, however, can't keep pace. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Surge on Excite Sale - With the portal going for nearly twice its market value, speculation shifts to who's next for acquisition. Here, pooch. Roll over. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net Stocks Whacked Again - The Net's top tier stocks headed south for the umpteenth straight day, dragging the rest of the Net market along for the ride. [Wired News]
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- Net Surfing's Up - The average user spends seven hours each month surfing the Web at work. It's all business, of course. [Wired News]
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- Net's US Impact: US$300 Billion - The Internet economy is a lot bigger than previously thought, a Cisco-backed study says. Also: Excite-AtHome taking its service to Australia.... V-chip adoption ahead of schedule.... US missile hits its mark.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Net, Tech Stocks Lead Pack - Wall Street takes a breather after its record-setting run-up a day earlier. Blue-chip shares lose ground as investors rekindle their affections for gadgets and gizmos. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net, Tech Stocks on a Roll - New mergers and partnerships make for another banner day among the usual suspects. Broadcast.com, meanwhile, keeps surging because [your explanation here]. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Net, Tech Stocks Take Dive - Is the party over? Nah. Share prices are just being tweaked after soaring to nosebleed-producing altitudes. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Netscape, AOL Fire 850 - America Online's buyout of the troubled software company Netscape Communications causes a rain of pink slips at both companies. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Netted by the Debt Collector - Skipped out on a bad debt in the Bay Area? Bad idea. Robert Young and his army of high-tech debt collectors have the tools to track you down and make you pay. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Network Solutions Flourishes - The domain-name registrar makes hay in the waning days of its monopoly, handing out a record 621,000 new Net names in the fourth quarter and doubling its profit. [Wired News]
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- Network Solutions Soars - Network Solutions, the domain-name kingmaker, announces a stock split and a secondary offering. Its shares jump as a result. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17123.html
- New HP Does E-Commerce - Hewlett-Packard says it will launch an Internet site with Ariba, the start-up that connects buyers and suppliers. Says one analyst: "This is not the sort of thing HP would ever have considered doing a couple of years ago." [Wired News]
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- New Microsoft Heir Arrives - Rory John Gates checks in at 8 pounds, 12 ounces. Also: Rolling Stone to offer MP3s of unsigned bands.... Datek scores big cash infusion.... IBM reorganizes sales effort.... And more. [Wired News]
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- New Neighbors on the Street - Electronic communications networks, the fast-growing competitors to traditional stock brokerages and exchanges, angle for full-fledged exchange status and a piece of the NYSE pie. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18231.html
- New Options for Options? - Silicon Valley companies are finding that their options for compensating -- and keeping -- valuable employees are getting fewer and fewer. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21833.html
- New Record for Online Trading - Online brokerages stocks surge on news of the historic first quarter. A new report says one in seven trades takes place on the Net. [Wired News]
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- New Sheriff in Town - Barry Diller, head honcho of USA Networks, is on a rampage. He's going to make the Internet safe -- and profitable -- for business. Paul Beddoe-Stephens reports from New York. [Wired News]
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- New Ticket to Local Markets - Denver gets a new city guide, courtesy of Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch. It's the first new site designed from the ground up by the merged company. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17697.html
- New Web Hazard: Page-Jacking - When does typing "Kosovo news" into a search engine get you a slew of lewd images? When the site has been page-jacked, according to the Federal Trade Commission, as it moves to collar the perpetrators. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21892.html
- New Year's Rally Collapses - After opening strong, Wall Street goes into a tailspin on the first trading day of the year as investors shrug off the arrival of a new European currency. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- New York Times Buys Abuzz - The publisher snaps up a software company specializing in online community sites in a move to bulk up its online presence. Also: National Semiconductor unveils a "PC-on-a-chip"... Amazon.com suffers a half-hour shutdown. [Wired News]
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- Nielsen Comes to the Net - The TV ratings monopolist shifts its weight to the Web, hoping to become the gold standard for Web audience measurement. Good luck, say analysts. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18640.html
- No Power, No Missile Test - The latest US Star Wars scheme runs into more problems when an electricity failure scrubs another test. Also: Swiss turn over alleged IBM bribe money.... Office 2000 faces Y2K problem.... Microsoft gives Inprise a US$125 million boost.... Britain guards against Y2K panic.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20081.html
- No World Order for E-Commerce - Theoretically, you can buy just about anything on the Net from just about anywhere. But that doesn't necessarily mean delivery is a foregone conclusion. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21617.html
- No-More-Embarrassment.com - Would you want to be seen walking out of an adult toy shop? Probably not. That's why Malcolm Day thinks his online retailer, AdultShop.com, could become a global brand. Stewart Taggart reports from Sydney, Australia. [Wired News]
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- Nortel Sells Plants Worldwide - Nortel sells off plants in Europe, Canada, and the United States in a move expected to affect 4,000 workers. The restructuring could save the company US$300 million per year. [Wired News]
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- Not Bad, Covad - Shares of the DSL access provider more than double on the first day of trading, a respectable performance for an IPO these days. [Wired News]
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- Novell Joins AOL on Messaging - The two companies say they'll bring instant messaging to the corporate market through Novell's directory software. Also: One word from Sony on hard-drive disks: plastic.... Online pollsters feud. [Wired News]
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- Novell Recovery Continues - Novell's second-quarter profit doubles, once again exceeding Wall Street expectations. Also: Intuit earnings skyrocket on tax products.... AutoNation considers a tracking stock for online unit.... and more. [Wired News]
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- Nullsoft Drops MP3 Program - Nullsoft, maker of the Winamp MP3 player, agrees to stop distributing a decoder cited in a US$20-million copyright-infringement suit. The plaintiff, PlayMedia Systems, says that the lawsuit is far from over. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Nullsoft Sued for US$20M - Nullsoft, maker of the de facto standard MP3 player, faces a US$20 million dollar copyright infringement lawsuit. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18475.html
- NYSE Eyes Nasdaq's Stars - New York Stock Exchange wants even more of the world's stock trades. It's planning an electronic network to rival Nasdaq. Also: Bill Gates backs fast-track authority for presidents.... Philips wants to buy VLSI.... and more. [Wired News]
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- NYSE Hops on IPO Bandwagon - Seems like everyone these days wants to take their company stock public -- even the stock exchange. The venerable New York Stock Exchange announces plans for a giant IPO. [Wired News]
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- Of Dennis Rodman and Hot Air - Dennis Rodman says he'd rejoin the Los Angeles Lakers, now that Phil Jackson is the coach. What does that have to do with Web marketing? Nothing. Nothing at all. James Glave reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
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- Office Delay Affects MS Profit - The world's biggest software company says its revenue for the quarter will be US$400 million lighter than expected because of accounting moves related to the delay of Office 2000. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
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- Old Guard Pshaws Digital Music - The Net is a great distribution channel -- but it won't kill CDs and cassettes, says the chief of big-five record label BMG. Get with it, say Net music mavens. Chris Oakes reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20810.html
- One Giant Step for Imaging - It was do-or-die for Space Imaging's Ikonos II, and the launching of the commercial high-res imaging satellite was a definite do on Friday morning. Joanna Glasner reports from Vandenberg AFB. [Wired News]
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- One Strike and They're Out - Engineer A and Engineer B were hired for the same job at the same company just one week apart. A's stock options are worth millions, while B's are worthless. What gives? By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- One World, One Cell Phone - International regulators have finally agreed on a standard that will let mobile phone users make and receive calls from anywhere in the world. Now all they need is a catchier name. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18735.html
- OneMain.com IPO Doubles - Yet another huge Internet initial public offering for the week. OneMain, an ISP serving the boonies, raises US$187 million. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18728.html
- Online Banking Raises Worries - Federal regulators have been left scrambling by the rapid growth in online banking, says the GAO. Congressional investigation reveals little security and oversight of Internet banking services. [Wired News]
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- Online Fans Shut Out - The Web is supposed to make shopping simple and fast. But try buying tickets to a big show online -- it ain't so pretty. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
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- Online Grocer Raises Juicy Stake - Webvan makes hay with a $275 million boost from sugar daddies to fund its expansion. Also: Compaq appoints new CEO...Ericsson earnings plummet. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20908.html
- Online Textbook Shops Get A+ - That recurring hell for the college student -- waiting in line at the bookstore, hoping the required reading is in stock, and paying outrageous sums of money for it -- just got a whole lot easier. [Wired News]
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- Online Trading Heats Up - Etrade strikes a deal to acquire Net banking leader Telebanc Financial; Merrill Lynch plans expanded online services. Also: Feds may derail Barnes Noble distributor acquisition.... Chinese tread lightly as Tiananmen anniversary looms.... Cyberdog sells out.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Onsale Moves to Wholesale - In a plan likely to accelerate the plunge in personal computer pricing, e-tailer Onsale will begin moving computer products at wholesale prices. [Wired News]
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- Onsale, Egghead.com to Merge - Bigger is better as major competitors eye the computer retailing industry. Also: AT T loses again on cable access.... Amazon.com buys into discount sports retailer... And more. [Wired News]
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- Open Your Golden Gate ... to Ads - The Golden Gate Bridge needs expensive retrofitting. A Web site wants to help pay for it by slapping an ad banner across the toll plaza. Not everybody in San Francisco is happy about it. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21966.html
- Oracle Gooses Tech Stocks - Oracle single-handedly boosts technology stocks after it reports stunningly good earnings in the latest quarter. Meanwhile, a tamer-than-expected inflation report pushes up the rest of the market. [Wired News]
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- Oracle Skids on Weak Revenues - The database giant's stock tumbles in after-hours trading on lackluster sales. CEO Larry Ellison blames a three-month delay in Oracle 8i. [Wired News]
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- Pan-European Bourse in the Works - Fearing competition from the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, eight top European stock exchanges release a rough draft of plans to set up a continental megabourse. Lots of details remain to be worked out. [Wired News]
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- Papal E-Blessings? - The Vatican considers broadcasting an online dialogue with the pope as it tries to make Y2K celebrations interactive. [Wired News]
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- Participation or Exploitation? - A handful of America Online's 10,000 volunteers say they're being exploited by the nation's largest Internet service provider. A federal agency is investigating. [Wired News]
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- Patent Wars over Online Tunes - Sightsound.com, a small Web company, is using its patents to demand money from online music sites. No fair, the sites say. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Patent's Net Result: Nothing? - DoubleClick becomes the latest to patent a fundamental Internet operation: online ad delivery. Critics say it's another example of a broken technology patenting system. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21726.html
- Paul Allen Buys Go2net - The other Microsoft founder pays US$600 million for a majority stake in portal upstart Go2Net. The plan: Splice it with cable TV and turn it into a broadband titan. [Wired News]
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- Paul Allen Invests in O2 - Microsoft co-founder and gazillionaire Paul Allen lands woman-oriented television programming for his growing cable-TV empire with a US$100 million investment in Oxygen Media. [Wired News]
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- Paul Allen Preaches to the Choir - Buoyed by their recent successes on Wall Street, cable industry leaders plot their strategy for the looming battle on Internet access at the National Cable Television Association convention in Chicago. [Wired News]
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- Payback Time for Linux - Red Hat software offers open source contributors first dibs on the company's initial public offering. It could be very lucrative for the ones chosen. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- PC Demand Steady, Prices to Fall - Compaq and IBM remained the top computer suppliers in the first quarter. But Dell nudged aside Hewlett-Packard in the No. 3 spot. [Wired News]
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- PC Free Gets a Big-time Buddy - If you buy Net access from PC Free, it will toss in a fully rigged computer. It's a whole new paradigm, says the CEO. Compaq computer apparently agrees. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- PC Free Goes Free Source - When you buy Net access from PC Free, it'll throw in a fully rigged computer. Fully rigged with Linux, that is. Hello mass market, says the CEO. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18481.html
- PC Prices RAM Upward - Planning on buying someone a PC for the holidays? Better increase your savings: and blame rising RAM prices. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- PcOrder Soars on First Day Out - Wall Street smiles on the latest "dot com" debutante, as shares of e-commerce startup PcOrder.com more than double on the first day of trading. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Peapod's Prescription: Walgreens - The online grocer and the drug retailer team up to sell drugs online. It's a crucial experiment for both companies. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- PeopleSoft Not So Soft - The troubled software publisher says it will fire 430 workers to cut costs. It also misses earnings mark. Also: EBay will cooperate in fraud investigation.... Intel announces 2-for-1 stock split. [Wired News]
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- PeopleSoft Warns of Weak Quarter - The business software publisher says the market for millennium-bug solutions has dried up. Shares tumble on news of a first-quarter revenue shortfall. [Wired News]
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- PeopleSoft's Steps to Recovery - The struggling software company appoints a new president and promises a bold new e-commerce strategy to boost its stock. Investors shrug. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Perot Wins Investors' Vote - Shares of the Texas billionaire's new computer company more than double in the first day of trading. Is it more tech-stock mania or a sign of his cache with investors? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Pets.com Fetches More Investors - The online pet-supplies retailer raises another US$50 million from investors, including Amazon.com. Also: America Online to use more Inktomi search software.... UPS unveils spiffy package-tracking handheld computer. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20210.html
- Picking Fights in the Northwest - AT T/TCI takes Portland, Oregon to court after local officials said they'd rather protect their home-grown ISPs than let the telecom giant monopolize broadband cable access. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Pig-Headed Cell Phoner Jailed - A British oil worker stubbornly refused a flight attendant's orders to switch off his cellular phone during a flight across Europe. Now he's headed to prison. [Wired News]
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- PlanetRx in Big Drug Deal - PlanetRx teams up with a big pharmaceutical company to build community sites for the chronically ill. It will help both companies sell drugs, but can they offer impartial advice to a vulnerable audience? By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- PlanetRx Kicks Off Pharmacy Fray - The latest player in the Net pharmacy business begins an all-out battle with Drugstore.com for online sales of shampoo and Q-tips. [Wired News]
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- Playboy Sues over Search Terms - The august men's magazine says Excite and Netscape are ruining its good name by selling porno ads at its expense. Also: Net-telephony advocates merge.... CMP puts itself on the market.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17868.html
- Playing Doctor on the Web - Synetic buys a medical software company for US$1.3 billion. And there are rumors that Healtheon will make a multibillion-dollar bid for WebMD. [Wired News]
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- Playing It Safe with Wireless - Bidders at an auction for wireless phone licenses will bid conservatively this time around, taking a lesson from the 1996 auction where most winners lost their licenses after failing to back their overzealous bids. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18654.html
- Playing the Web for Laughs - One company wants to parlay our love of comic strips and cartoons into a funnier Web -- and a cash cow. By Brian Alcorn. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17233.html
- PlayStation 2 to Arrive Late - Sony says its state-of-the-art game console will hit the Japanese market in March 2000, three months later than it hoped. And the United States? Not until next fall. Analysts say the company's inexperience with super-fast chips is to blame. [Wired News]
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- PlayStation Clones Go to Court - Sony is trying to halt the shipment of PlayStation emulators for PC and Mac. Sony will appear today with Connectix and Bleem in separate hearings. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- PlayStation Coders to Play Linux - Sony claims its PlayStation II game box is so sophisticated that developers will need a whole new workstation to cut code. In September, the company plans to give them one. Kourosh Karimkhany reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
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- PointCast Feeling Pushed Out - Push technology's early adopter wants a new image. In the meantime, its CEO quits and the company names a new chief. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18286.html
- PointCast Fire Sale - Just two years after it spurned a US$450 million offer from Rupert Murdoch, PointCast sells out to Idealab for $7 million. Also: Reuters buys into W.R. Hambrecht.... Yahoo gets into the radio biz.... and more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19618.html
- Pop Music Retail Titan is Born - The selection of CDs on the Web just got bigger. Two of the world's largest record labels are getting together to operate a new music store, offering hits from Elton John to Puff Daddy. [Wired News]
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- Portal Competition Taking a Toll - Media Metrix survey shows Lycos, Go, Excite with declining visitors. Also: Congressional report says NASA computers are vulnerable.... Superagent Ovitz in online mall venture.... Russia wants to keep Mir alive, but needs money.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Portland Trumps AT&T in Court - A federal court judge on Friday dismissed an AT&T suit against Portland, Oregon, that sought to force the city to open up roadblocks in its acquisition of TCI. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Power to the PeoplePC - Hook up with fellow shopaholics online, score a free PC, and negotiate better bargains. Right on. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Prescribing Piles of Stock - In a 60-year medical career, C. Everett Koop has helped a lot of patients. Now the former surgeon general of the United States hopes to doctor up a Net IPO. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Presidential Ragtop, Lo Miles - LBJ was too busy running for re-election in 1964 to cruise around in his Lincoln Continental convertible. Now the classic auto goes to the highest bidder on eBay. [Wired News]
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- Price Hike Keeps NetGrocer Alive - The once-heralded grocery delivery service needed more revenue in a hurry. So it jacked up its fees, which didn't please too many customers. The CEO says he's not worried. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Priceline Names New President - Priceline.com names a top executive from AT T as its new president and COO. Also: Compaq expects second-quarter loss.... Qwest turns to Cisco amid takeover turmoil.... Starbucks, Oxygen in cross-promotional deal.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20278.html
- Priceline.com Patent Challenged - A lawyer says he beat the Internet auction house to the punch over a key type of online bidding. The US patent system is blamed for the mess. By Brian Alcorn. [Wired News]
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- Privacy and Purchasing Power - Step aside, Yellow Pages; it's time for a new kind of phone book. Novell is trying to forge ahead of IBM and AT T with a multilevel Web directory. [Wired News]
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- PrivaSeek Seeks Attention - PrivaSeek launches a Web service that is designed to negotiate how consumers share their personal data with Web sites that want it. Now all it needs is customers. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21221.html
- Procter Makes Up a Gamble - The drugstore beauty king is angling for crossover dollars in the land of online luxury cosmetics. But will Web users log on for personalized lipstick? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Prodigy Buys New Eyeballs - The struggling Internet service provider tries growth by acquisition, purchasing a bunch of new subscribers. Also: Meeker gives Net stocks the jitters.... Discovery in trouble-free launch.... Pirated Phantom turns up in Macau.... and more. [Wired News]
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- Prophets of Profit - Wall Street weather-guessers and Silicon Valley superstars gather to foretell the future of business and finance in the high-tech world. And the word is good. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- PSINet Eyes E-Commerce - The Internet service provider agrees to acquire sale-processor Transaction Network Services for US$720 million. Also: Gates, wife give another $5 billion or so to their foundation.... Motorola develops digi-TV chip.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Psst! Wanna Buy Some Iridium? - Trading may have been halted when the pioneering telecom company went bankrupt last week, but that didn't stop one enterprising stockholder from trying to auction off shares. [Wired News]
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- Public Access TV -- on Steroids - The TV networks don't have to worry about Yahoo's acquisition of broadcast.com. But the combination creates a medium that can make a buck broadcasting high school football games. By Joanna Glasner and Kourosh Karimkhany. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18902.html
- Public Porn? No Stock Answer - Contrary to popular belief, money-rich porn sites can go public. Whether smut on the Web can make it big in the stock market is another matter. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21341.html
- Publisher Must Lay Down the Law - For years, West Publishing claimed to own the text of the law because it printed the law. Its court battles with a scrappy tech company have put the law back into the hands of the public. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20492.html
- Purple Moon Eclipsed - The high-profile girl gaming company is shut down in the face of Barbie's market domination. All employees are fired and operations are suspended. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18008.html
- Que Pasa? A Killer IPO - Shares of Quepasa, a Latino-oriented search engine, surge in the first day of trading. Also: CMGI is indeed in talks to buy AltaVista.... Lucent completes its giant acquisition of Ascend. [Wired News]
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- Queasy Market Spins Down, Up - First, tech stocks tank on a bevy of bad news, including hints of inflation and price wars. Then bargain hunters push them right back up. Analysts cast an uneasy eye to the future. [Wired News]
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- Queens for Three Days - At the Women In Technology International conference, it's the women who call the shots and exhibit some rare marketing schemes. Lindsey Arent reports from Santa Clara, California. [Wired News]
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- Quixtar: Half Empty or Half Full? - The multi-level-marketed e-commerce site came online after months of hype, only to crash and burn. The reps' responses varied from intense frustration to upbeat hope. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Qwest Completes Its Quest - After a long bidding war, US West accepts a US$35 billion takeover offer from upstart Qwest Communications. Meanwhile, US West's other suitor snaps up long-distance telco Frontier Communications. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Qwest Deals Rejected on Appeal - An appeals court says regional phone companies can't have marketing agreements with long distance companies. It's the same as offering long distance service -- a no-no under the stringent standards set by the 1996 Telecom Act. [Wired News]
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- Qwest Hits Jackpot - The Denver-based long-distance carrier wins a US$1 billion contract to upgrade the Treasury Department's communications system. Left in the dust: Sprint, AT&T, and GTE. [Wired News]
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- Qwest Seeks US West, Frontier - The Internet communications company squelches Global Crossing's aspirations to become a major telecom player by trumping its bids for the two phone companies. [Wired News]
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- Qwest Sweetens Bid for Telcos - The fourth-largest long-distance company in the United States raises its offering price for local phone company US West and fiber-optic network builder Frontier. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20390.html
- Rally Sputters, Stocks Mixed - Wall Street cools its heels following Monday's run into the record books. Investors decide to pocket some cash, and cast a wary eye toward Yugoslavia. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Rate Worries Slam Tech Stocks - It's getting a little tiresome, but no amount of Prozac is able to deter investors from fretting about a hike in interest rates. Share prices reflect the level of anxiety. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Rates Steady, Dow Retreats - Surprising no one, the Fed opts to leave interest rates as they are. But blue-chip stocks lose ground while shaking off the effects of their 10K run. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Rates Unchanged, Stocks Surge - As expected, the Fed opts to leave interest rates alone -- for now. Investors breathe a sigh of relief and promptly go on a shopping spree. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17715.html
- Reading Reuters News? Pay Up - Reuters, the world's biggest news agency, turns to Reciprocal for software to track and bill people who use its products. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20360.html
- Real's Latest Does Slide Shows - Free, downloadable software will also come bundled with Adobe's Photoshop products. Also: Sought-after Frontier warns of lower profits.... Xerox looks to go commercial with electronic paper.... BT, AT T deal backed by Justice Department.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20476.html
- Reality Check for RealityMan - RealityMan, one of the two developers of the Nintendo 64 emulator that had Nintendo threatening to sue, says he's tired of the hassles and is calling it quits. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18292.html
- RealMedia on Parade - At its developers convention in San Francisco, RealNetworks draws a road map for the delivery of integrated, interactive media over the Web. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19521.html
- Record Stores Keep on Spinning - What will music distributors do when consumers get all their music off the Net? Plenty, they say, but don't hold your breath until then. Chris Oakes reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20825.html
- Red Hat Linux on Dell PCs - Dell buys a stake in Red Hat, agrees to install Linux on some of its PCs, and sells a bunch of Linux boxes to a big corporate customer. Is this the beginning of the end for Windows? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18973.html
- Red Hat Offers Street Salve - Shares of the leading bundler of the Linux OS soared shortly after its Wall Street debut on Wednesday, proving that investors still like tech IPOs. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21220.html
- Red Hat Stock Soars High, Higher - Shares of the Linux OS distributor surged into the rarified atmosphere analysts call "nosebleed territory" a day after the company's IPO. Is the summit in sight? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21255.html
- Red Hat: Still Soaring - Shares of the Linux distributor continued to climb three days after its IPO. Also: Sony says it will sell tunes online by year's end, but it doesn't say how.... A portal for black users.... Lucent will buy Xedia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21258.html
- Red, Hot, and Hyperlinked - With a bilingual version of WebTV and the possibility of building an ambitious fiber-optic link, the island of Cuba may soon be fully connected. By Vito Echevarria. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21596.html
- Relieved Stock Markets Surge - The Federal Reserve raises interest rates -- normally, a bad thing for stocks. It also says it likely won't raise them again for a while -- a very good thing for stocks. Wall Street celebrated. [Wired News]
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- Reorganization in Redmond - Microsoft President Steve Ballmer is planning a major corporate shift.... Also: The software superpower considers an alliance with British wireless company Orange.... Bill Gates gives US$3.3 billion to charity. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17781.html
- Report: E-Tail to Stay Big Biz - Forrester Research says the gap between national and local e-tailers will only widen. Also: IBM to tackle high-end data storage.... Windows update on its way.... GTE hits earnings forecasts.... Quantum makes leap to NYSE.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20936.html
- Report: MS Owes Us US$10 Billion - A consumer-advocacy group says that Microsoft's Windows monopoly has netted the company billions of dollars in overcharges. The bill, they say, is past due. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17235.html
- Reporter's Change in Fortune - The former tech gossip columnist whose insider investment set off a storm of controversy admits, "The whole process seemed too easy." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Research: MP3s Sell CDs - Jupiter kicks off its digital music forum by admonishing labels to stop dreading online music -- and start using it as a sales tool for CDs and tapes. Chris Oakes reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20805.html
- Revamping the PC Industry - Personal-computer companies will have to adapt to the new Net-driven economy if they're going to thrive, say analysts. Heidi Kriz reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
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- Revenge of the New Net Nerds - Could Wall Street's fixation on cool-sounding Net companies be subsiding? Analysts and investors see a market shift toward nerdier Net businesses. Joanna Glasner reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
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- Revived RealNetworks Buys Xing - The purchase of an MP3 software developer widens RealNetworks' reach and strengthens its position in the digital audio distribution market. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19095.html
- RIAA May Sue Lycos over MP3 - The Recording Industry Association of America said it may take legal action against the search engine that links to MP3 files. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18723.html
- Rick's Cabaret Shakes It Online - Rick's Cabaret, the only publicly traded chain of strip joints, hires a consulting firm to help the cabaret go online. Too bad www.topless.com is taken. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19408.html
- Rival Telcos Get New Rules - Upstart local telecommunications providers will be allowed some network access according to new US regulations released Wednesday. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Rivals Join on Late Trading - Eight competing electronic trading systems -- known as ECNs -- say they hope to build an after-hours marketplace that would rival the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. [Wired News]
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- RosettaNet: Nothing Personal? - A technology standards body condemns suggestions that its proposed database plan will erode consumer privacy and run afoul of European privacy laws. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21699.html
- Rubin Resigns, Stocks Rebound - Wall Street shakes off its initial panic as the popular US Treasury secretary calls it quits. Hard-charging tech stocks lead the recovery. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Rubin's Exit Rocks Market - The popular US Treasury secretary is calling it quits. Wall Street's first reaction is sheer panic, but tech stocks lead the market to a quick recovery. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19649.html
- Run on Domain Names Foiled - Some enterprising students tried to corner the market on four-letter domain names -- a plot that highlights the problem of international cybersquatting. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19913.html
- S3 Buying Rio Player Creator - S3, manufacturer of graphic chips, agrees to buy Diamond Multimedia, the maker of the Rio MP3 player. Future plans for the Rio are up in the air. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20362.html
- Sad Song for Net Music Start-Ups - Once, investors couldn't get enough of the sector. Now they're looking at the bottom line and fleeing. The result: stock prices for MP3.com and others are taking a big tumble. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21087.html
- Sally Rides Onto Space.com - The first American woman in space is the next president of the Web site created by a former CNN financial news anchor. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21861.html
- Salon IPO Limps Along - Shares of the online publisher fall about 5 percent on the first day of trading, a rare thing for an Internet company. Then again, Salon took an unusual approach to going public. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20345.html
- Salon Is Salon.com, at Last - The Left Coast purveyor of news and commentary buys the URL it's always wanted, and prepares a redesign and nationwide advertising blitz. Also: Yahoo uses Online Anywhere.... Speedy AMD chip challenges Pentium.... And GTE scoops up 20 Ameritech wireless properties. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18951.html
- Salon's Real Swipe at the System - Sure, Salon is famous for taking the Old Guard to task. But its strongest assault on the establishment may be its democratic approach to an IPO. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20272.html
- Salon.com Going Public - Salon.com files for an initial public offering. Also: Go2Net buys auction site. [Wired News]
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- Samsung Enters MP3 Fray - Samsung plans to enter the MP3 market with "Yepp." The new digital player is slated to debut in September, but Rio Port makers seem unconcerned. [Wired News]
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- San Jose Top Tech Town - There are other pretenders to the throne, but Silicon Valley still reigns supreme as home to high technology, according to a new survey. The surprise is who ranks No. 2. [Wired News]
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- SAP Earnings Flub - No doubt about it, the good times for enterprise software vendors are over. SAP, the biggest of them, reports earnings far below forecasts. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17143.html
- Satellite Firm Faces Bankruptcy - ICO Global Communications files for bankruptcy protection after failing to secure a crucial round of financing. The filing comes on the heels of rival Iridium's financial woes. [Wired News]
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- Satellite Telco Crashing - The global satellite phone company misses the deadline on two loans, and its future looks bleak. The defaults could also affect Motorola, one of Iridium's key backers. [Wired News]
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- Satellites for Sale, Barely Used - There are still lots of ways for Iridium to make money off its US$3 billion satellite network. Here are a few humble suggestions from Wired News. [Wired News]
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- Save Those Area Codes - The Federal Communications Commission will review a plan to dole out new area codes more efficiently. Meanwhile, 10-digit phone numbers to call next door are infuriating consumers. [Wired News]
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- SBC and Ameritech a Likely Go - The head of the FCC urges a speedy conclusion to his agency's review of the SBC Communications and Ameritech marriage. But there are strings attached to his blessing of the regional telco deal. [Wired News]
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- SBC Extends Wireless Reach - The third-largest cellular company in the United States adds 800,000 customers with a US$1.7 billion purchase of Comcast's subsidiary. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17431.html
- Schools Embrace Net Bookstores - Here's a new twist on the claim that the Net is burying booksellers: Some schools and small colleges want their students to buy books online, not in campus bookstores. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
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- Schwab Guns for Big Accounts - Schwab isn't satisfied with its online achievements. Company president Pottruck wants more full-service accounts to move online. By Theta Pavis. [Wired News]
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- Schwab Moving into Japan - The US brokerage announces a joint online trading venture with one of the country's leading insurance companies. Also: US regulators drop Cisco probe.... Yahoo to acquire Online Anywhere.... CBS grabs a stake in Switchboard.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Schwab Online Breaks Down - The brokerage's online trading system shut down for about an hour Wednesday morning because of mainframe problems. [Wired News]
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- Schwab: Put a Lid on It - Concerned that the market is growing unstable due to the frenzy surrounding high-tech stocks, Charles Schwab urges the Nasdaq to step in when individual issues appear headed out of control. By Dan Brekke. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17489.html
- Screams of Delight at Visio - The technical drawing software company joins the Redmond empire in a US$1.3 billion stock deal. [Wired News]
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- SDMI Names New Director - The coalition formed by the RIAA tries to hammer out a plan to sell music online. SDMI also chooses an MPEG developer as its new executive director. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18151.html
- Seagate Blitzes Forecasts - A year after laying off 10,000 people, the disk-drive giant comes in with a US$104 million quarterly profit, beating the Street ... big time. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17305.html
- Search Reveals Unequal Access - A new study illustrates that search engines are increasingly biased in their response to queries. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20715.html
- SEC Finds Faulty Day-Trading - At least 10 instances of wrongdoing have been discovered in an investigative sweep of 30 firms, the commission chairman tells Congress. [Wired News]
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- SEC Head Warns Day, Net Traders - The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission says the ease of Net trading may be giving do-it-yourselfers a false sense of security. [Wired News]
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- SEC Targets Securities Fraud - Online investors have proven just as susceptible as their analog brethren to falling for a phony securities pitch. The SEC is using the Net to hunt down the perpetrators. [Wired News]
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- SEC Warns Web Stock Traders - The SEC cracks down on fraudulent stock traders and issues a warning against online "pump and dump" schemers. [Wired News]
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- SEC: Free Stock Is a Crock - The Securities and Exchange Commission cracks down on four companies that illegally offered free stock to drum up interest in their businesses. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
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- Second Dash for Quick Cash - Net companies, insiders, and bankers make a mint by rushing through secondary stock offerings weeks after the companies go public. They want to get theirs while the gettin's good. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19684.html
- Seeking Angel Capital in NYC - For all the Wall Street wealth and its society of plutocrats, New York has yet to get the hang of West Coast-style angel investing. Craig Bicknell reports from the NYC Venture Capital Conference in Manhattan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20358.html
- Sega Boss: Game Over - Was it a personality clash, or was it the new console's poor performance in Japan that led Sega's chief to jump ship? Goodbye, Bernard Stolar, hello Toshiro Kezuka. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
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- Selling Books or Screen Space? - What does it take for a book to win top billing on Amazon.com? Critics say it comes down to cold, hard cash. The online bookseller defends its editorial independence. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17810.html
- Selling Japan on Buying - Millions of Japanese people use the Web, despite fears and high costs. Then why aren't they buying more online? A couple of businessmen are trying to make a difference. By Debbi Gardiner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21808.html
- Selling PCs the Mary Kay Way - A PC marketer uses one-on-one marketing to boost its revenues. The first 10,001 people who agree to annoy their friends and neighbors could earn a free PC. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19362.html
- Senator Slams AT&T Cable Bid - Senator McCain says AT T's bid for MediaOne would hurt consumers if successful. He feels the 1996 Telecommunications Act is to blame. [Wired News]
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- Serving Up Eggs on the Web - The online egg donation industry is raking in big bucks from infertile couples. Trouble is, they don't always get what they bargained for. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21413.html
- Sex Sites Getting Screwed - It's conventional wisdom that the online porn biz sets trends for e-commerce. Given the rate of canceled credit-card charges, online merchants hope that wisdom will falter. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Sex.com's Pipe Dream - The owner of Sex.com, who's embroiled in a strange lawsuit alleging the theft of the lucrative domain name, makes a wild US$3.6 billion bid for Caesars Palace casinos. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- SGI Doubles Job Cuts - Last month, SGI said it would slash 1,500 jobs as part of a broad restructuring. Make that 3,000 jobs, it said Tuesday. [Wired News]
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- SGI Slashes Workforce - Silicon Graphics makes another go of restructuring, cutting up to 1,500 jobs. The workstation maker wants to focus on Net business and Linux, and may spin off a few divisions. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- Share Prices Seek a Clue - Wall Street feels its way along uncertainly as investors weigh a mixed bag of earnings, stock splits, and turbulence abroad. Business as usual. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17518.html
- She's Not Your Mother's ISP - The most fearsome player in the Internet game isn't Microsoft or America Online anymore. It's AT T. Ma Bell sets out to control the high-speed wires into people's homes. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19315.html
- Shoes Online Steps Up to the Net - The Nordstrom department store chain wants to bulk up its online presence by launching what it claims will be the Net's largest shoe store. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21420.html
- Shooting AOL's Messenger - While the world concentrates on Windows 2000, Microsoft is focusing on another strategic product: an instant-messenger client. It might be Microsoft's last chance to counter America Online's dominance. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- Shopping.com, AIM in Net Deal - The online retailer, due to join Compaq and AltaVista, will market itself as a service provider, working with American Interactive Media. [Wired News]
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- Shuttle Delayed, Again - This time it's weather that forces NASA to scrub the historic flight to be commanded by Eileen Collins. Also: Microsoft to offer instant messaging that works with AOL services. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20882.html
- Sideshows from the MP3-palooza - There are suits and geeks in attendence at Jupiter Communications Plug.In conference, but not a booth babe in sight. Chris Allbritton reports from New York. [Wired News]
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- Siemens on US Buying Spree - The German telecom-equipment maker buys two data-networking firms and invests in a third. We're not done, the company's executives say. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18334.html
- Sierra Shuffle Rocks Gamers - Sierra On-Line lays off 150 employees and kills four games, including the popular Babylon 5 and Pro Pilot flight sim lines. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
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- Silicon Valley's One Sure Thing - You don't need a clever concept to get rich in the tech industry. Silicon Valley temp agencies are sitting on a gold mine. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Sites for Hardcore Eyes - Web porn may be lucrative, but that doesn't mean the industry is free of problems. An association of adult webmasters is trying to tackle them. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21239.html
- Sites Lure GeoCities Refugees - Home-page sites are putting out the welcome mat for former GeoCities homesteaders who are furious over a new Yahoo contract that claims ownership of their sites. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Skitterish Tech Stocks Slide - The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 200 points for the second time this week, and Nasdaq endured one of its biggest losses ever on Thursday. [Wired News]
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- Slashdot Enters Dutch IPO Oven - The parent of the popular open-source news community is going public, and trying hard to make sure its contributors get in on the action. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21820.html
- Slate: Free Again - Microsoft's pundit-heavy publication ditches its subscription model. Why? Competition's tough and there's just too much free stuff out there. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17904.html
- Small Bookshops Gather Online - Independent bookstores are tired of losing business to Net superstores. An industry group launches a Web site to help them catch up. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18483.html
- Small Secrets to Big Success - Email spam aside, you really can make big money on the Net. One woman woos dozens of top Net CEOs to glean the secrets of their success. By Nancy Kamp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21504.html
- Sony Bets Big on PlayStation - The electronics and entertainment company is spending 120 billion and opening new plants to produce chips for its next videogame console. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
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- Sony Joins Personal Stereo Queue - Even as it celebrates 20 years of the Walkman, Sony looks to the future and offers up its own MP3-friendly player. Introducing the MS Walkman. Arik Hesseldahl reports from New York. [Wired News]
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- Sony Player Coming Soon? - Though tight-lipped about details, Sony is interested in portable Walkman-like playback devices for audio. Piracy issues still need to be resolved with the recording industry. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Sony Profits Sink Big Time - One of the world's biggest gadget makers says continuing economic trouble around the world is gutting its profits. Expect more of the same next year, the company says. [Wired News]
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- Sony Revamps, Slices Jobs - At first glance, investors like the reorganization plan, which will send 17,000 workers out the door. [Wired News]
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- Sony Snubbed Again By SF Court - A San Francisco court tells Sony a second time that the law won't stand in the way of Connectix and its Virtual Game Station software. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Sony Sues Over PlayStation Clone - Sony Computer Entertainment sues Connectix to block the distribution of the Virtual Game Station. Big deal, says the defendant, who releases the product anyway. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17619.html
- Sony's Music Tollbooth - Sony says a new system it devised will "move" music between digital devices instead of copying it. MP3 advocates say it's not flexible enough to catch on. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18131.html
- Sony, Cablevision Do Set-Top - The two companies will develop a box that allows viewers to watch movies, play videogames, and even send email. It's a $1 billion-dollar deal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21812.html
- Sotheby's Joins the Fray - The famed auction house says it will be selling art, jewelry, and the like online by summer. Competition for eBay? Hardly. We're talking a whole different breed of buyer. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17432.html
- South Park Clip Forces a Recall - Electronic Arts recalls 100,000 copies of a golf game because someone slipped in an infamous episode of South Park. [Wired News]
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- Space: The Tourist's Frontier - The second man on the moon tells conference attendees that space travel ought to be for everybody, sooner better than later. Andy Patrizio reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21963.html
- Spam Fight Moves Down Under - Two weeks ago a branch of the leading US anti-spam group formed in Europe. Now Australian activists are organizing. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17929.html
- Spending Spree Spreads to Asia - Another mega deal for global telecom leaders AT T and BT is the bid for Japan's No. 3 carrier. The US$3.7 billion deal also provides a foothold in Japan's mobile-phone market. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19317.html
- Spinning Off Shockwave - Macromedia breaks into the consumer entertainment business with Shockwave.com.... Also: Menace tops US$100 million after five days.... UK photo booths to become online mini-offices.... CheckFree, Intuit settle dispute.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19839.html
- Sprint Cagey on Possible Sale - Follow the smoke to find the fire. Sprint takeover talk cools -- for now. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21918.html
- Sprint PCS Burns $646 Million - The wireless company owned by Sprint sees its loss nearly quadruple in the fourth quarter. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17673.html
- Sprint Weighs MCI Takeover - The US$65 billion all-stock buy could challenge AT&T, in what would be the third-priciest merger ever. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22071.html
- SRO for Net Stocks - Pin-striped money managers were so eager to hear presentations about Internet stocks, they didn't mind sitting on the floor at a recent conference on Wall Street. [Wired News]
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- Staking iTurf on Wall Street - The online purveyor of T-shirts and bikinis for Generation Y figures to be all the rage on Wall Street when it goes public this week. [Wired News]
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- Stamped Out by Lawsuits - Pitney Bowes sues E-Stamp. E-Stamp sues Pitney Bowes. Are the lawyers pushing the envelope? Or just rubber-stamping frivolous suits? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21133.html
- Star Wars: The Rules - Theaters screening Phantom will have to follow multiple conditions on exactly how and where it will run. Also: Hewlett-Packard in US$100 million e-commerce deal.... Boeing's Delta 3 can't get off the ground (again).... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18989.html
- Star(Office) Wars Brewing? - Analysts say Sun's acquisition of Star Division could significantly change the software firmament. Is a meteor headed straight for Microsoft Office? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21535.html
- Starbucks Invests in Talk City - Tipping its hand about how it plans to expand online, Starbucks says it invested in chat-room host Talk City. [Wired News]
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- Starbucks Stock Runs Cold - Wall Street roasts Starbucks for an expensive e-commerce venture that the firm has not yet offset with its retail operations. The stock plunges more than 28 percent. [Wired News]
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- Starbucks Web Scheme Brewing - Starbucks plans a big online venture -- and it's not coffee-related. Also: ETrade stock will do another two-for-one split.... Level 3 goes under the Atlantic.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19290.html
- Startup Lures Oracle Exec - Oracle's highest-ranking woman leaves to become president and COO at AlphaBlox, a Silicon Valley company with all of 50 employees. Also: For the serious sound freak who scoffs at MP3, Sony offers Super Audio CDs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21539.html
- States Want Area Code for Mobile - With cellular phone use on the rise, several states are worried about a shortage of numbers. They're asking the government to let them create separate area codes for wireless devices. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19360.html
- Stock Around the Clock - The granddaddy of stock markets, the New York Stock Exchange, considers trading from dawn to midnight. That could have a huge impact on financial markets -- and traders' lives. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18113.html
- Stock Markets Ready for Y2K - The National Association of Securities Dealers says a month-long simulation of trading a few days before and after 1 January 2000 turned up no glitches. The financial markets are ready for Y2K. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19074.html
- Stocks Accentuate the Positive - Wall Street rebounds from three days of losses as Brazil does the right thing for its sagging currency. Oh, and another Net IPO goes ballistic. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17361.html
- Stocks Bask in IBM's Glow - Big Blue is predicting sunny days ahead, providing a boost for blue chips and tech shares. Also, the latest economic stats suggest that inflation is keeping a low profile. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19675.html
- Stocks Boosted by Merger News - Wall Street likes what it sees in reports of corporate marriages consummated or in the works, and a possible divorce in USA Networks' none-too-popular takeover of Lycos. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19601.html
- Stocks Can't Hold On to Gains - An afternoon rally turns sour as investors look past the solid earnings and stock splits, and try to decide how long the party will last. AT T, meanwhile, is focusing on your living room. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17658.html
- Stocks Can't Shake the Blues - Wall Street struggles to reach higher ground as the panic that gripped trading a day earlier subsides. Tech shares do their best to bolster sentiment. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18696.html
- Stocks Celebrate Merger Action - Yahoo and Broadcast.com, BP Amoco and Arco -- it's wedding day on Wall Street. Share prices open the second quarter with healthy (if cautious) advances. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18918.html
- Stocks Defy Greenspan Warning - The Fed boss thinks share prices are too big for their britches. Investors respond by pushing prices even higher. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17438.html
- Stocks Dip on Inflation Anxiety - Investors, spooked by the specter of inflation or an interest rate hike, sold off finance and tech stocks Friday. [Wired News]
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- Stocks Dive in Late Sell-Off - A sudden drop in bond prices prompts investors to dump shares in droves. Wall Street ends the quarter on a decidedly jumpy note. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18887.html
- Stocks Drop Amid Inflation Fears - Last week's unexpected jump in consumer prices still has Wall Street spooked. Traders are now looking ahead to what Greenspan might do at an upcoming Fed meeting. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19729.html
- Stocks Fall Sharply Again - Technology stocks knock the wind out of US stock markets. Yahoo, Amazon, and America Online were hit particularly hard. David Lazarus is on assignment in Japan. [Wired News]
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- Stocks Flirt with New Records - The latest US productivity numbers have traders thinking the Fed won't tinker with interest rates. That's a good enough excuse for a buying spree. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18353.html
- Stocks Go Nuts on Job Data - A US employment report shows job growth and wage inflation were both lower than expected last month, causing stocks to soar. Investors are betting that slower growth means the Fed won't raise interest rates come October. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21581.html
- Stocks Hammered, Bond Rates Soar - The stock market takes a beating on Friday as warm feelings about inflation fade. Internet stocks lead the decline. Meanwhile, bond rates rise. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20177.html
- Stocks Hit Record Highs - Wall Street soars as investors revel in fresh merger activity and a surplus of ready cash. Impeachment trial? What impeachment trial? By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17177.html
- Stocks Mixed as Combat Begins - After drifting lower for much of the day, Wall Street rediscovers a will to live as the bombs rain down on Yugoslavia. Actually, investors are just grateful for the distraction. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18706.html
- Stocks Mixed as Jitters Ease - Wall Street decides not to be quite so neurotic about a possible rate hike. Share prices rebound somewhat as the bargain hunters take charge. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18194.html
- Stocks Mixed in Cautious Trading - Wall Street is biding its time while awaiting further clues as to the course of interest rates. Share prices stick to a narrow range, while 3Com has a very bad day. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18252.html
- Stocks Mixed in Nervous Trading - High share prices and the looming specter of an interest-rate hike keep the market on edge. Tech shares bear the brunt of the skittishness. Valium, folks? By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17942.html
- Stocks Plunge Amid Rate Fears - Fresh signs of US economic vitality rekindle worries that inflation -- and interest rates -- could be on the rise. Share prices skid as Treasury yields advance. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19518.html
- Stocks Plunge as CPI Rises - An out-of-nowhere hike in consumer prices spooks the herd. Investors run for cover as nasty old Mr. Inflation pounces from the shadows. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19701.html
- Stocks Plunge in Late Sell-Off - Although the Dow spent much of the day hovering above the 10,000 level, investors lose confidence as IBM receives some gloomy news. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18608.html
- Stocks Pooped After 10K Run - Investors are winded from blue-chip shares surging to a record high. Wall Street loses ground as market players come to terms with the idea of such sky-high valuations. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18535.html
- Stocks Pounded by Assorted Woes - Wall Street finds any number of reasons for nervousness. Add them all together, and you have the fixings for a hearty sell-off salad. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18665.html
- Stocks Rally on Merger Prospects - Word of a pair of high-profile marriages was all it took to light a fire under Wall Street. The Dow once again is in spitting distance of 10K as share prices surge. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18796.html
- Stocks Rally to Big Finish - Wall Street ends the week with a bang as Brazil does the right thing for its sagging currency. Oh, and another Net IPO goes ballistic. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17372.html
- Stocks Rally to Strong Finish - Why fret about the Chinese currency when you can buy more Net stocks? Wall Street ends a stomach-churning day with a last-minute surge. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17524.html
- Stocks Rebound From Compaq Mess - The PC maker's forecast of sharply lower profits knocks the market for a loop. But investors gradually realize that they overreacted by dumping all available shares. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19070.html
- Stocks Rebound From Lows - Wall Street is blindsided by some bad news out of Brazil. But share prices recover somewhat as panic selling gives way to bargain hunting. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17315.html
- Stocks Rebound From Sell-Off - Wall Street is blindsided by some bad news out of Brazil. But share prices recover somewhat as individual investors go on a buying spree. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17319.html
- Stocks Retreat After Late Rally - The market closed down slightly Tuesday after a late surge spurred by speculation that interest rates would not be raised. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21079.html
- Stocks Retreat from Record High - Close but no cigar. Blue-chip shares nudge right up against a milestone, and then go into a tailspin as investors get the willies. The rest of the market follows. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18359.html
- Stocks Roar Back to Life - Never mind turmoil abroad -- look at those US earnings. As Corporate America struts its stuff, investors overcome their jitters and go shopping for tech and Net shares. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17547.html
- Stocks Roar to New Records - Wall Street resumes its march into uncharted territory as investors embrace the cheerful advice of a leading analyst. And Net shares get even nuttier. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17238.html
- Stocks Routed by Bond Sell-Off - He didn't say he would -- some insist he didn't even hint at it -- but the prospect of Greenspan raising interest rates has investors spooked. Wall Street tumbles. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18130.html
- Stocks Sag at Week's End - Investors are worried about the prospect of higher interest rates. It's enough to send them diving for cover. Stock market columnist David Lazarus is on assignment. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19821.html
- Stocks Shake Off Inflation Fears - A day after the Fed chief did his usual number on the market, investors find confidence in the latest stats from the Labor Department. Things aren't so gloomy after all. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19567.html
- Stocks Shaking off Rate Jitters - Wall Street struggles for higher ground as investors remind themselves that positive economic news can in fact be a sign of corporate well-being, not just a harbinger of inflation. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18188.html
- Stocks Sizzle in Late Rally - After getting pounded for much of the day, Wall Street throws off its gloves and comes fighting back. Investors decide maybe stocks have it over Treasuries after all. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19524.html
- Stocks Slide Amid Rate Jitters - No amount of Prozac is able to deter investors from fretting about a hike in interest rates. Tech shares continue leading the way south. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18166.html
- Stocks Slide in Late Sell-Off - Earnings concerns about Dell and IBM spook investors. The rumor mill, meanwhile, churns out speculation that Microsoft is seeking a settlement with the Feds. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18644.html
- Stocks Slip as Confidence Wanes - Investors aren't against pushing share prices higher. They just can't find a decent excuse to go on a shopping spree. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18763.html
- Stocks Slump on Y2K Concerns - A top Wall Street analyst spooks US investors by issuing a sell recommendation on banking stocks, citing Y2K concerns. Financial services stocks plunge, and technology-related issues follow. David Lazarus is on assignment. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19849.html
- Stocks Soar on Jobs Data - Wall Street explores record territory after an ever-so-slight rise in unemployment convinces traders that the Fed will stand pat on interest rates. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18300.html
- Stocks Soar on Jobs Data - Signs that the US economy isn't overheating reinforce investors' belief that the Fed won't fiddle with interest rates any time soon. The market flirts with record territory. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18958.html
- Stocks Soar on Merger Mania - Al "The Terminator" Greenspan may be lurking in the wings, but investors find new confidence in a flurry of big-ticket corporate marriages. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18056.html
- Stocks Soar to All-Time Highs - The Dow breezes past the 9400 mark for the first time, and then tops 9500 for good measure. Impeachment trial? What impeachment trial? By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17184.html
- Stocks Soar; Dow Nears Milestone - Blue-chip shares surge into record territory as oil stocks continue to rally. Despite new profit warnings, the tech crowd is also showing strength. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18402.html
- Stocks Stage Cautious Rally - Wall Street creeps higher after a mixed showing for much of the session. Investors shrug off concerns about high valuations and the situation in Yugoslavia. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18977.html
- Stocks Stage Modest Rally - Wall Street cautiously returns to positive territory after being bashed last week. Get used to it. It's going to be a bumpy flight. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17937.html
- Stocks Struggle for Direction - Wall Street isn't sure which way the wind is blowing, and share prices reflect the indecision. At least this much is sure: 3Com is having a very bad day. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18248.html
- Stocks Stumble as Rally Fades - Wall Street takes its best shot at hitting a blue-chip milestone, but share prices can't overcome weaker earnings from the tech sector. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18430.html
- Stocks Surge on Dell-IBM Pact - Wall Street puts its rate-hike anxiety on hold to party it up over a US$16 billion alliance between a pair of PC heavyweights. And they're in a marrying mood up in Canada as well. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18275.html
- Stocks Surge on Growth Stats - Showing amazing resiliency, the US economy expanded by no less than 5.6 percent in the latest quarter. Wall Street tips its hat. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17627.html
- Stocks Take Another Pounding - Wall Street gets whipped again as investors fret about Brazil's economic woes. Day traders, meanwhile, welcome new members to the .com club. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17348.html
- Stocks Tank on Inflation News - The market plunged after a key report showed wage inflation at an 8-year peak. That means the inflation-fighting fed is likely to boost interest rates, investors fear. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21005.html
- Stocks Trading Through the Night - Nasdaq is considering setting up an evening stock trading session for all those day traders who have day jobs. If Nasdaq gets the approvals, evening trading could happen as early as this summer. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19243.html
- Stocks Up on 'January Effect' - Investors spill back into the market with their pockets full and hopes high. Add to that the arrival of the euro and some glowing Internet news, and a rally is born. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17120.html
- Streaming Video Comes to Europe - ClearBand strikes a deal with European broadband player UPC, promising to deliver TV-quality video to PCs. By Michael Stroud. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21177.html
- Street Skittish Over Net IPOs - Plenty of Net companies are due to go public next week despite Wall Street's recent wild ride. Analysts are more hesitant than usual to make predictions. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21153.html
- Strength in Numbers for ISPs - A tiny company proposes banding together several hundred small Internet service providers to take on the big boys. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17856.html
- Strike Two for France Telecom - French activists, battling to make ISPs less expensive, say their latest Net boycott drew wide support. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17646.html
- Strong Growth Cheers Market - The US economy shrugged off fears of recession in the latest quarter, expanding by no less than 5.6 percent. Wall Street thinks that's swell. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17623.html
- Strong Quarterly Growth for PCs - It's no surprise that Compaq is still the world's largest computer maker. But Dell has a solid lock on No. 2, and it's gaining fast. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19318.html
- Struggle Ends Over 'Mein Kampf' - Bertelsmann will no longer offer copies of Hitler's manifesto online, after being accused of selling hate literature. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21360.html
- Struggling to Be - Be may have created the most fascinating operating system, but it needs more than snazzy software to survive. Will its pending IPO rescue the struggling software company? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19631.html
- Study: Immigrants Boon for Tech - More than a quarter of all Silicon Valley start-ups are launched by immigrants, according to a new study. The findings could help tech lobbyists convince Congress to grant more visas to skilled foreigners. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20561.html
- Such a Fuss Over AirTouch - Eeny, meeny, miney, mo. Bell Atlantic and UK's VodaPhone are both negotiating to buy AirTouch, the largest independent US wireless phone company. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17165.html
- Sun Beefs Up With Forte - The software developer will add to Sun's portfolio of servers and workstations in a US$540 million deal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21384.html
- Sun Chief Spooks Y2K Guru - Scott McNealy says his Asian suppliers are "one to three years" behind schedule in dealing with the millennium bug. A Wall Street economist sees that as a very bad sign indeed. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17814.html
- Sun Chief Wants No 'Baby Bills' - Sun chief executive Scott McNealy, leader of the anti-Microsoft brigade, says busting up Gates' empire isn't the way to bring competition to the software industry. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17645.html
- Sun Hypes New Chip - The company touts MAJC, which it says will enhance Java-based applications that blend communications, video, sound, and computing functions. Also: Norwegian firm says it's the search king.... US banking industry claims Y2K is 99 percent licked.... Mir crew works around trouble.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21048.html
- Sun Move Raises MS Eyebrows - Coming soon to a Web site near you: Microsoft Office? It's not out of the question, in the wake of Sun's plan to publish software on the Web. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21560.html
- Sun Tries Net Appliance, Again - In the world of dumbed-down computers, they don't get any dumber than the Sun Ray. And that's the idea, Sun says: Let the network do the work. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21633.html
- Sun Unleashes Jini - Bidding to get in front of Microsoft in the race to create a ubiquitous computing platform, the firm announces it signed up some big players to implement its new technology. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17500.html
- Sun, Moon Put on a Show - Two billion people in a swath from Cornwall, England, to the Middle East turn their gaze skyward for the last solar eclipse of the century. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21219.html
- Sun, MS Ordered to Meet - The companies both say they intend to comply with a court order to hold a settlement conference in the lawsuit over Java. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17242.html
- Sun: Giving Credit - In a joint venture with General Electric, Sun Microsystems creates a new unit to help customers finance purchases. [Wired News]
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- Sunny Outlook for Chip Sales - Semiconductor sales this year are expected to post their first double-digit gain since 1995, and it looks like the upturn will continue through 2002. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20096.html
- Surge in Online Trading - Internet stock trades jumped by as much as 50 percent in January alone, while overall stock market volumes rose just 6.4 percent. Whoa. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17681.html
- Survey Says We Love Microsoft - A Washington-based consumer group says consumers are deeply suspicious of the government's motives in bringing the antitrust case against Microsoft. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17201.html
- Swan Dive on Wall Street - Dow 10K? A distant memory. Wall Street gets pounded by assorted reasons for nervousness. Add them all together, and you have the fixings for a heaping sell-off salad. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18672.html
- Swedish Banks Embrace Internet - Swedish banks are leading the way with their Internet services, aided by a Web-friendly population. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20803.html
- Tackling Privacy, Euro-Style - The consumer electronics fest in Berlin is not all glitz and show: There was a heavy discussion about consumer privacy, too. Ayla Jean Yackley reports from Germany. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21520.html
- Tadpoles Hopping onto Drugs.com - A couple of 20-somethings from Venture Frogs wind up with the highly coveted drugs.com domain. Hello, pharmaceutical portal. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21266.html
- Taking a Vacation from IPOs - Stop the presses: Few Net companies will be launching stock offerings next week. Makes sense, since it looks like half of Wall Street is out of town anyway. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21366.html
- Taking the Office to the Web - Sun Microsystems acquires Star Division, and says it will retool the company's office applications suite into a Web-based alternative to Microsoft's dominant software. Also: Swedish reporter says Microsoft was slow to act on Hotmail flaw.... AOL, eBay launch co-branded site.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21513.html
- Tales From the Crypto - The geeks have finally caught up with the government in writing advanced encryption standards. What about PGP 5.0? Forget it. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington, DC. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21484.html
- Talking About a Wireless Giant - Vodafone and Bell Atlantic want to make a national wireless company with coverage to rival anyone's. But there's bad blood between the telcos. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21602.html
- Tatooine for Your Desktop - LucasArts, George Lucas' game-making company, tantalizes fans with announcements of Phantom Menace games. They're coming to a PC near you soon. By Kourosh Karimkhany. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19685.html
- Teaching Hollywood How to Act - They've got the money and Hollywood would dearly love some of it, but Silicon Valley's venture capitalists aren't too keen about the way Tinseltown does business. Also: Can't anybody down there use email? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19375.html
- Tech 99 Prognostications - The conference prompted folks to muse on Intel's privacy problems, Microsoft's no-show, why Amazon.com works, and Yahoo versus Excite. Jennifer Sullivan reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18118.html
- Tech 99: Buzz vs. Hype - In presentations at the Robertson Stephens technology conference, companies strive mightily to convince big investors they can turn buzzwords into bucks. Joanna Glasner reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18089.html
- Tech Firms Invade Fortune 500 - Smokestack companies like General Motors and General Electric still dominate the Fortune 500 list -- but not for much longer, Fortune says. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18962.html
- Tech Honchos Now Tougher to Sue - Tech executives get sued all the time for allegedly hyping their companies and selling their stock before share prices tumble. A new ruling makes it much harder for plaintiffs to win shareholder lawsuits. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20592.html
- Tech Stocks Attempt Rebound - Yeah, they're expensive. But Wall Street just can't stay mad for long at companies that have been cash cows for years. The market pushes back into positive territory. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17987.html
- Tech Stocks Come Roaring Back - The silicon bunch stage an impressive rally following Wall Street's bloodbath a day earlier. The entire market advances as investors find new reserves of confidence. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19229.html
- Tech Stocks Continue Recovery - Just a bump in the road? Monday's carnage quickly fades in the rear-view mirror as investors hit the gas pedal and steer back into favorite technology and Internet shares. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19248.html
- Tech Stocks Crash and Burn - Investors search in vain for reasons to embrace their former favorites. The Dow barely scores another record high amid an ugly last-minute selling spree. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19131.html
- Tech Stocks Fight Back (Barely) - As blue-chip shares erase their day-earlier losses, tech stocks struggle just to reach positive territory. Investors are keeping their former favorites at arm's-length. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17995.html
- Tech Stocks Fuel Rally - It didn't take much -- an IBM stock split -- for investors to feel happy again about technology shares. And the prospect of an AltaVista IPO is boosting the .com club. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17540.html
- Tech Stocks Get Butchered - The Nasdaq plummets more than 5 percent as a boardroom coup at Compaq sparks a massive sell-off. The Dow's streak of record closes comes to a crashing halt. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19209.html
- Tech Stocks Hold the Line - Wall Street struggles through an unusually volatile day to end the week on a mixed note. Tech and Net shares cling to higher ground, but blue chips throw in the towel. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19303.html
- Tech Stocks in Late Rebound - Trading with more bounces than an NBA game, Wall Street turns in a mixed performance as investors take renewed interest in the silicon crowd. The Dow takes a beating. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19432.html
- Tech Stocks Keep Tumbling - Tech? We don't need no stinking tech! Or so investors think as they continue shifting money out of the sector. After an early rally, blue-chip shares slide as well. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19148.html
- Tech Stocks Lead Broad Rally - Wall Street once again is in fine fettle as investors kiss and make up with their old buddies in the tech 'n' Net club. For its part, the Dow's back to its record-setting ways. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19254.html
- Tech Stocks Make Dow Happy - Last week's losses are just a fading memory as the US dollar shows signs of life. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21822.html
- Tech Stocks Nailed in Sell-Off - Share prices tumble as investors flee from those lofty valuations. Word of Lycos' buyout, meanwhile, draws a chilly response from Wall Street. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17830.html
- Tech Stocks Out in Front - A week after the Nasdaq crashed and burned, tech and Net shares are again leading the market amid upbeat earnings and a vitamin-enriched PC industry. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19331.html
- Tech Stocks Pace Broad Rally - Amnesia takes hold as investors forget their previous concerns about soggy earnings and snap up anything even remotely smelling like a tech or Internet play. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18730.html
- Tech Stocks Rally Back to Life - After being bruised and tattooed last week, tech shares rebound as bargain hunters pick through the debris. But the rest of the market remains skittish. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17801.html
- Tech Stocks Rally the Market - US stocks post nice gains on Monday as companies like IBM, Yahoo, and Amazon regain some lost ground. Tech stocks still have a long way to go, though, to return to where they were at the beginning of the year. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20071.html
- Tech Stocks Recover a Bit - After several days of drubbing, technology related stocks, led by Amazon and Yahoo, manage to gain back most of their lost ground. Meanwhile, strong home sales raises more concern that an interest rate hike is imminent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19994.html
- Tech Stocks Resist Sell-Off - Nervous investors decide to dump blue chips amid uncertainty in Yugoslavia and the usual inflation worries. A possible end to Lycos' acquisition boosts Net shares. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19608.html
- Tech Stocks Resume Slide - In an unusually turbulent session, blue-chip stocks manage to eke out a fifth-straight record high, while tech shares continue their adventure in deep-sea diving. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19172.html
- Tech Stocks Sag, Net Shines - Wall Street is mixed as investors steer clear of leading tech shares. But a heavyweight online music alliance, and a stratospheric IPO, add gloss to the Internet sector. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18996.html
- Tech Stocks Sink Deeper - The week ends with share prices fizzling as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices duke it out for the low end of the chip market. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17766.html
- Tech Stocks Soar on Intel Pact - While blue chips take it easy following Friday's record-setting advance, tech shares remain hot picks as the Feds signal a certain tolerance for hardball business tactics. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18333.html
- Tech Stocks Stage Late Rally - Investors shrug off fresh inflation worries to do some last-minute shopping in the tech sector before Greenspan and his crew gather to discuss interest rates. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19736.html
- Tech Stocks Stagger - Tech stocks tank on a bevy of bad news, including a government report of rising labor costs and the threat of a nasty price war between AOL and Microsoft. Ugly, ugly. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21115.html
- Tech Stocks Stay on Track - Shrugging off a morning slide, tech and Internet shares are once again Wall Street's money magnets. Blue chips lag as investors mull a costly takeover play by AT T. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19297.html
- Tech Stocks Still Crumbling - Ouch. Share prices take another hammering as investors watch Intel and Advanced Micro Devices duke it out for the low end of the chip market. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17762.html
- Tech Stocks Take Tumble - Worries that the Fed will hike interest rates in coming months depress share prices. Online brokers, on the other hand, can do no wrong -- even when the system crashes. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17734.html
- Tech Stocks Try to Rebound - After being pummeled last week, tech shares stage a modest rally as bargain hunters halt the slide. But skittishness still dominates the market. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17795.html
- Tech Stocks Weaken Market - Earnings concerns weigh on technology shares, scotching hopes for a broad rally. Meanwhile, the rumor mill is keeping busy with Microsoft and Broadcast.com. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18638.html
- Tech, Net Stocks Lead Rally - Bargain hunting? Some of the market's favorites are now at fire-sale prices, and investors find themselves unable to resist any longer. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18014.html
- Tech, Net Stocks Rejuvenated - After a bruising week, tech and Internet shares post healthy gains as investors go bargain hunting. Will it last? Depends on Greenspan's mood next week. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18018.html
- Tech, Net Stocks Set Pace - New mergers and partnerships make for another banner day among the usual suspects. And Broadcast.com becomes a force to be reckoned with. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17266.html
- Tech, Net Stocks Stage Rally - Wall Street reaches for higher ground as investors close out the quarter with a last-minute shopping spree. Meanwhile, Pepsi illustrates the value of a dot com in one's IPO. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18874.html
- Tech, Net Stocks Tumble - Is the party over? Nah. Share prices are just being tweaked after soaring to nosebleed-producing altitudes. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17469.html
- Techies Top Salary Survey - A study of Net salaries shows technical managers out-earning CEOs. Another surprise: Not that many top dogs are getting stock options. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17577.html
- Techs Still Eating Dow's Dust - Blue-chip stocks remain in high gear, but investors feel wary about the mixed messages from Intel, and are keeping their distance from most PC-related shares. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19126.html
- Techs Take Another Pounding - Investors pick heavy industry over high technology, sending the blue chips to yet another record high. AOL turns a tidy profit and still feels the sting of rejection. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19385.html
- Teen Bids $3.1 Million on EBay - A 13-year-old from New Jersey places US$3.1 million in bids on eBay, including $500,000 for a Van Gogh and $900,000 for an antique bed. Credit didn't check out. Also: MCI WorldCom profits on the rise. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19399.html
- Telcos Want More Time - Bell Atlantic and GTE want to take another crack at their proposal for handling GTE's long distance and Internet businesses. So they ask the Feds to delay a review of their wedding. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19137.html
- Telecom Italia: Down but Not Out - Takeover target Telecom Italia races to repair its defenses after Italian regulators give the go-ahead to Olivetti's US$58 billion hostile takeover bid. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18172.html
- Telecom Takeover, Italian-style - A surprise bid by rival Olivetti gives Telecom Italia two choices: Accept a hostile takeover or sell the former state-owned monopoly to a foreign buyer. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18034.html
- Telecoms for a Lonely Planet - A publisher of travel books targets its readers with a package of telecommunications services that keeps independent travelers in touch with the world at large. Stewart Taggart reports from Sydney, Australia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20289.html
- Telecoms: A Very Good Year - AT T's and MCI WorldCom's shareholder meetings celebrate a year of heady success. Now what? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19716.html
- Teledesic Eyes Iridium's Market - Teledesic seeks ways to capitalize on the misfortunes of Iridium LLC and ICO Global Communications. Microsoft, Boeing, and Motorola are in. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21967.html
- Temps Take Microsoft to Task - Temporary workers claim a new employment contract is forcing them to waive benefits. A judge will look into the matter. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17232.html
- Thar's Gold in That Thar Data - Looking to turn your musty old customer data into an e-commerce gold mine? Epiphany, a Silicon Valley start-up backed by venture-king John Doerr, wants to talk to you. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17391.html
- That Cell-Phone Jolt - Researchers find that microwave emissions from mobile phones could speed your reaction time. Also: Net news hoax sends company's stock soaring -- for a while.... Falcon joins At Home effort to bring broadband to the sticks.... Cisco buys two ATM firms.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19014.html
- That Sinking Feeling - Wall Street gets creamed as investors retreat from massive run-ups in share prices. Net stocks lead the way south -- at least for the moment. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17292.html
- The 'Blue Screen of Death' - Intel says a bug in two versions of its Pentium III Xeon processors can result in a total system crash. Never fear, workarounds are on the way. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22016.html
- The All-Porn Internet - A Canadian company launches an independent Internet just for porn. Nothing but quality naughty stuff on this network. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20954.html
- The Andreessen Buzz: 'So What?' - Netscape's co-founder may go down in history as the Web's first poster boy, but on Friday's message boards, his glow wasn't so bright. By Craig Bicknell and John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21709.html
- The Battle of the Amazons - Amazon.com charges "Greece's Biggest Bookstore" with racketeering and fraud. But Amazon.gr said the case is ludicrous, and plans to fight back. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21321.html
- The Battle Over Online Music - Sightsound.com, a small Web company, is using its patents to demand money from online music sites. No fair, the sites say. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17622.html
- The Billionaires' Club - Three of the four richest people in the world are Microsoft executives, according to Forbes magazine's latest net-worth ranking. Chairman Bill leads the list for the fifth consecutive year. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20314.html
- The Buzz from the Desert - Joel Klein poses for tourists, Jeff Bezos shows a venture capitalist what to read, and an online editor challenges the Washington Post at the PC Forum desert fest. James Glave reports from Scottsdale, Arizona. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18677.html
- The Case of the Pilfered Filter - America Online's ICQ chat service filter lets users filter dirty words, apparently with a list illegally borrowed from an old version of Cybersitter. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18516.html
- The Customer Is Always Right - You're selling cool products online, and the whole world is watching e-commerce. Still, you can't ignore the first rule of retail. By Corey Goldman. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18168.html
- The Dawn of the Infomediary - An emerging Web industry aims to return to consumers the power that the direct-marketing industry took away. It's payback time for privacy. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18094.html
- The Delisting of Craig's List - It's one of the most popular -- and oldest -- community sites on the Web. So thousands of members were left in the dark when a former partner pulled the plug. But Craig's List still survives. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22038.html
- The Early Bird Gets the Merger - The CBS-Viacom merger comes just a month after federal regulators eased a rule allowing duopolies in large media markets. As one of the first, analysts say it's likely to survive FCC scrutiny. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21666.html
- The EBay of the Ad World? - Adauction.com plans to transform the US$500 billion ad world by auctioning off everything from billboards to prime-time TV slots online. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21058.html
- The Euro and Murphy's Law - Financial experts say all systems are ready for the European common currency. But common wisdom says that if anything can go wrong, it will. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17108.html
- The Fed Is Ready for Y2K - Money in the bank will mean something when the new millennium dawns. A new GAO report says the nation's Federal Reserve System is 98 percent Y2K-compliant. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19079.html
- The Future of Broadband - A new report predicts that high-speed access will spawn a ferocious appetite for the interactive experience, but a lack of interesting content could sabotage its future. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20904.html
- The Higher They Climb ... - You know the rest. Wall Street gets creamed as investors retreat from massive run-ups in share prices. Net stocks lead the way south. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17290.html
- The Human Error Problem - It wasn't Y2K that caused that food-stamp snafu in New Jersey. Also: IBM-EMC in US$3 billion pact.... Autobytel ups the share price for its IPO.... 3Com earnings hit analysts' mark.... SBC-Ameritech clears one hurdle.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18684.html
- The Jewel in the VC Crown - You might already suspect that Indian software developers are among the best in the field. Some venture capitalists are specifically seeking out Indian shops. Money-men say their code rocks. By Dan Cox. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20267.html
- The Markets at the Millennium - NASD considers mechanisms to halt trading when markets are extremely volatile... Also: Round-the-clock trading could open more NYSE seats... Big Board ready to decimalize. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18554.html
- The Microsoft of Mobile Radio - A group of radio dispatch companies says it wants the US government to keep Nextel Communications, the industry's biggest player, from monopolizing the market. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18978.html
- The Million-Dollar Guest List - Anybody can have breakfast at Tiffany's. But if you want to have dinner at Bill's, you'd better be prepared to pay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19853.html
- The Most Connected Nation? - Canada's finance minister announces a four-year C$1.8 billion spending plan to connect every corner of the northern nation. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17948.html
- The Mouse Prepares Go.com Blitz - Expect a whole lotta marketing hay on ABC, ESPN, Lifetime, and all other Disney properties. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17298.html
- The Net's Neighborhood Watch - Federal and state agencies have teams of investigators tracking claims of online securities fraud. But they still get some of their best tips from amateurs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19445.html
- The New Numbers Racket - What do you get when you ask 10,000 people where they think the stock market will be next week? A darn good prediction. A new site has the evidence. By Brian Alcorn. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17695.html
- The Newest Net Billionaire - Bobby Johnson made a fortune when his Foundry Networks went public. So how's he celebrating? Putting his nose to the grindstone. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22030.html
- The PC Answer to iMac - Computer maker Future Power's latest model comes in five perky colors. Where have we seen that before? Trademark lawyers say similarities to Apple's iMac could pose some legal problems. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20413.html
- The Pictures of Wealth - Getty Images plans to acquire Eastman Kodak's Image Bank, creating one of the largest privately owned collections of images in the world. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21872.html
- The SGI for the Rest of Us - Silicon Graphics introduces a new line of workstations for bargain-minded customers. Can stylish blue boxes revive another industry giant? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17256.html
- The Sordid Saga of Sex.com - Stephen Cohen built a US$100-million porn empire on Sex.com. There's just one problem. The two-time convicted felon stole the name, foes say. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19140.html
- The Street's Y2K Survival Manual - Wall Street is expecting the best in the face of Y2K but planning for the worst. Its new contingency plan tells the security industry how to cope. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19883.html
- The Ultimate Source - Microsoft spin-off Infospace aims to become a portal for the portals. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17639.html
- The View from AboveNet - Sherman Tuan claims he was a lousy engineer. But he came up with a clever business plan: build a network above the Net's congested traffic routes. Customers are signing on. So is Wall Street. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19027.html
- The We-Commerce Revolution - Billionaire Paul Allen launches a new model for e-commerce. At Mercata, volume purchases of brand-name merchandise promise huge discounts for consumers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19717.html
- The Web's New Sugar Daddy - Oracle sets up a venture fund for throwing money at startups that base products on its new database. Polly Sprenger reports from Redwood Shores. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17353.html
- The Western Wireless Showdown - Regent, North Dakota. Population 268. It's the kind of place a normal phone company wouldn't see much profit. Western Wireless ain't normal. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18066.html
- The Wired News Week - America Online gets speedy.... MP3.com primes for the big time.... Just plain folks take the Net mainstream.... And other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17375.html
- The Wired News Week - At Home gobbles Excite.... AT T gets Excited, too.... Amazon is a party pooper.... Parties come to blows over COPA.... Linux users demand refund from Microsoft.... And other goings-on. By Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17493.html
- The Wired News Week - Yahoo gobbles GeoCities.... Intel yields to privacy watchdogs.... Hackers morph the mighty Rio.... Feds plot Y2K spin control.... And other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17630.html
- The Wired News Week - MP3 turns up everywhere, from record labels to cars.... Microsoft scrambles to defend its video demo.... Net-smut law COPA hits a wall.... And other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17767.html
- The Wired News Week - The Grateful Dead tries MP3 ... Three hot Net outfits pull off IPOs ... The hacker underground exposes a fraud ... Home appliances surf the Web ... And other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17903.html
- The Wired News Week - Free iMac offer looks dicey.... Linux lovers storm Microsoft.... GoodNoise lands They Might Be Giants.... And other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18021.html
- The Wired News Week - Pentium III boycott fury reaches the FCC ... US troops train for Y2K ... The Mystery Science Theater 3000 fades away ... and other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18159.html
- The Wired News Week - Hardcore open-sourcers and party-crashing suits gather at LinuxWorld.... Clinton taps a new privacy point-man.... Crackers get smarter tools.... And other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18308.html
- The Wired News Week - Microsoft admits to privacy blunder.... The FTC keeps Intel on watch.... Apple lands the new Star Wars trailer.... C. Everett Koop goes public.... And more. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18437.html
- The Wired News Week - Microsoft unleashes MSIE5 ... George Lucas tries a Star Wars experiment ... Apple prepares to release source code ... cracker Kevin Mitnick enters a plea after four years in jail ... and more news from Wired News. By Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18611.html
- The Wired News Week - Yugoslav ISPs hold their breath as bombs rattle communications infrastructure ... tech dish from PC Forum ... antes are upped in broadband game ... will deregulation spur rural upgrades? ... and more from Wired News. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18769.html
- The Wired News Week - "Melissa" exposed as a man from New Jersey ... Credit card fraud plagues online business ... Yahoo gobbles Broadcast.com ... Serbian police shut down radio station B92 ... and other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18941.html
- The Wired News Week - Cypherpunks and politicians hash it out at the annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy confab ... Brits plan US invasion for the Phantom Menace screening ... Teen geek builds a wearable Web cam ... and other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19041.html
- The Wired News Week - The sordid saga of Sex.com unfolds.... AltaVista starts selling search results.... IBM and Microsoft enter the e-music game... Red Hat sends Linux-heads to the beach... And more news and goings-on. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19176.html
- The Wired News Week - Once-sizzling IPOs cool off ... MP3 to be superseded by streaming audio? ... Hot domain name sells for US$1 million ... New super virus laughs at Melissa ... And other happenings. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19299.html
- The Wired News Week - Europe and the United States remain an ocean apart on privacy ... a pricey satellite goes up in smoke ... more trouble at Network Solutions ... Iridium's balance sheet looks bleak ... and other happenings. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19426.html
- The Wired News Week - AT T is poised to become a broadband gorilla, with its acquisition of MediaOne ... Phantom Menace mania reaching a fevered pitch ... A big week for strong encryption ... SEC chairman chides idiot investors ... and more. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19572.html
- The Wired News Week - The Recording Industry Association of America schemes MP3s extermination.... E-commerce pirates set up shop overseas.... A planned commercial spaceflight will carry human hair.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19698.html
- The Wired News Week - Critics pan Phantom, fans indulge it, and geeks move on to Austin Powers.... Amazon reinstates Scientology expose.... Dr. Laura get legislators to reverse on library filtering bill.... And more. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19816.html
- The Wired News Week - Haggling continues over the future of digital music ... Law firms look to an Internet bust and a boom in bankruptcies... Biotech companies go begging for capital ... and other news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19939.html
- The Wired News Week - Ticker shock strikes techies -- but they snatch up property anyway.... The Church of Scientology subpoenas AT T Worldnet.... Economists urge the US government to back off Microsoft.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20047.html
- The Wired News Week - A file-obliterating worm makes its way through offices.... Third Voice: free speech or graffiti?... EBay asked to share its feedback ratings.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20166.html
- The Wired News Week - The latest from the MP3 Summit.... JavaOne mania.... RIP, DIVX.... ISPs and anti-spammers scuffle over the costs of spam.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20309.html
- The Wired News Week - Privacy policies are all the rage.... PCExpo rocks the Javits Center.... The latest from the Microsoft trial.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20439.html
- The Wired News Week - Iomega and Liquid Audio come up with SDMI-compliant download security measures.... Tony Hawk's awesome 900.... Apple sues maker of iMac ripoff.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20573.html
- The Wired News Week - Virus writers not necessarily wacko.... Yahoo GeoCities boycott ends.... Musicmaker.com sings on Wall Street.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20659.html
- The Wired News Week - Y2K-lawsuit bill signed.... AMA works to restrict drugs online.... eBay ups auction lust with mag and tracker.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20790.html
- The Wired News Week - Apple exuberant in Big Apple.... MP3.com comes out racing.... Microsoft unloads Sidewalk, while announcing huge earnings.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20918.html
- The Wired News Week - Apple sides with AOL in messaging battle.... Washington embroiled in Net privacy issues.... Drugstore.com makes strong IPO showing, but predicted to tank.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21032.html
- The Wired News Week - Senator Orrin Hatch gets a lesson in civil disobedience.... Drugs.com goes on the block.... The Post Office fights for its domain.... The nerdier the better, say Net stock analysts.... Not tonight, honey, my memory's full.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21149.html
- The Wired News Week - Red Hat takes off.... The Netmobile cometh.... Anti-racists look netward.... Cosmic events capture eyeballs.... And more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21273.html
- The Wired News Week - Amazon sues a Greek imitator.... AOL loses trademark case.... Making evolution work.... Levi's joins the digital mall crush.... Sony and Sega push the envelope.... and more news and goings on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21369.html
- The Wired News Week - Finally, a victory for strong-encryption advocates.... Visor emerges as a rival to the Palm handheld.... Army switches over to Mac server, at least for now.... Traditional businesses retool for the digital age.... and more. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21819.html
- TheStreet Storms the Street - Shares of TheStreet.com nearly quadrupled in the first day of trading. That's good news -- at least for company insiders and institutional investors. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19623.html
- They Really Are Roaming Charges - The wireless phone industry's convoluted billing system makes keeping track of legitimate charges difficult. Customers are increasingly frustrated, and there appears to be no end in sight. By R. Scott Raynovich. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17388.html
- Three Net IPOs Delayed - Blame it on Amazon. Several tech companies are putting off their planned stock market debuts as investors shy away from new Net issues. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20012.html
- Times, Amazon Feud over List - After Amazon announces new discounts on New York Times best sellers, the paper asks the company to stop referring to its list. Amazon instead takes the matter to court. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20031.html
- TiVo IPO Goes Vavoom - The customized TV programming service storms out of the gate, with shares opening 162 percent above its initial offering price. [Wired News]
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- TiVo: 'Meet My Buddy, Sony' - The fledgling maker of personal video recorders got a huge boost Wednesday. No terms were divulged, but this wasn't about terms. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21643.html
- Tokyo Salivates over Oracle IPO - With Net-related issues scarce in Japan, stock in the database giant's subsidiary looks pretty tasty. [Wired News]
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- Top SGI Guy: Bye Bye - Just two weeks after he announced big layoffs and a major corporate re-jiggering at his company, SGI chief Richard Belluzzo unexpectedly resigned. [Wired News]
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- Tower of Babel Takes on Times - Tripping over a 10-dollar word while reading The New York Times online? A new software program offers an easy point-and-click translation. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21304.html
- Trading from the Inside Out - A couple of professors think they've found a way to eliminate insider trading, and guess what? Institutional investors won't like it. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21566.html
- Travel Agents Face Y2K Now - The world's travel industry confronts an important acid test Thursday, when it begins to accept bookings for 1 January 2000. [Wired News]
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- Trouble in the Amazon - Rivals intend to compete against the big daddy of e-tailing by taking a loss on every sale. Suddenly, the online bookseller's prospects look a bit dimmer. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17444.html
- Tunes.com Beats Viacom to Punch - JamTV, which operates the Rolling Stone Network, launches a music hub site less than a week after Viacom unveils its plans to bring together MTV and VH1 on the Web. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18183.html
- Tut is King of Friday IPOs - Shares of Tut Systems, a firm that makes high-speed Net-access devices, more than doubles in the first day of trading. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17625.html
- TV Execs Protect Their Turf - Broadcasters are ready to wrestle personal digital VCR companies for ad dollars. Executives join together to keep their revenue stream from drying up. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21247.html
- Two More Join Net-Stock Frenzy - Software developers Vignette and Web Trends hit the public market, and both soar. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18012.html
- Two Words: Net Start-ups - At a Harvard Business School conference, venture capitalists have encouraging words for budding entrepreneurs: We've got a ton of cash to give away. Scott Kirsner reports from Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18030.html
- Unclogging International Trade - International trade is choking on bureaucracy, just when e-commerce is creating record demand for shipment. Bolero, an association with some very powerful backers, wants to use technology to slash the red tape. By David Clarke. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20614.html
- Unlocking the Golden Handcuffs - Forget about who gets the house, the sports car, and the season tickets. In Silicon Valley divorces, the biggest financial bone of contention is splitting up stock options. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21103.html
- Up All Night with Instinet - Forget about calling them day traders. Instinet, the leading electronics communications network for institutional investors, plans to open its system to retail investors after hours. By Joe Ashbrook Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19523.html
- UPS Files for a Big IPO - United Parcel Service, the granddaddy of the overnight package delivery business, files to sell shares in an intial public offering. Since e-commerce wouldn't be possible without the company, the IPO will be huge. [Wired News]
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- Upscale Online Auctioning - Sotheby's ups the ante of online auctioning. The exclusive auction house has signed over 1,000 art dealers to sell merchandise on its new site. [Wired News]
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- US Readies Y2K Bunker - The government's top bug-buster explains the plan to build a command center to handle emergencies. Also: European Union probes Network Solutions' licensing deals.... AT&T earnings edge forecast.... HP gives spinoff a name.... Apple makes rare outside investment.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20998.html
- US Stocks Hammered Again - Interest rate worries and a big drop in Internet stocks result in one of the worst days so far this year for the stock market. David Lazarus is on special assignment in Japan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19923.html
- US Stocks Hit Session High - Technology stocks rebound harder than Dennis Rodman, propelling the market to a session high at midday. [Wired News]
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- US West Up on Acquisition Talk - Shares of US West edged up on Friday due to talk that the Denver-based Baby Bell is negotiating its acquisition by Global Crossing, a Bermuda company that builds fiber-optic cable networks. [Wired News]
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- US West, Qwest Will Talk - Global Crossing consents to negotiations between the two, but its deal with US West is still on. For now. Also: Microsoft and RealNetworks bring Real's newest streaming-audio format to WebTV.... And a probe into possible employment abuses in Silicon Valley. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20556.html
- US, Aussies in Censorship Spat - They're "village idiots" Down Under because of Net laws, claims the ACLU president. Australia's response? Americans have some nerve talking about "values." Stewart Taggart reports from Sydney, Australia. [Wired News]
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- US, UK Take on the Y2K World - Britain and the United States begin issuing report cards on how the bug might bite travelers. Also: Trend Micro hopes to sell virus protection through ISPs.... And Sam Donaldson debuts on the Net. [Wired News]
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- US: Stockpile Oil for Y2K - The US energy office says it looks like the oil supply won't be disrupted by Y2K trouble, but homeowners and businesses ought to fill their heating-oil tanks before 1 January 2000. Better to be safe than sorry. [Wired News]
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- USA Networks Buys Lycos - Barry Diller, the media mogul who created the Fox network, buys a controlling stake in Lycos to create a portal that combines bits of Home Shopping Network with search services. By Jennifer Sullivan and Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17819.html
- VA Buys Part of Linux Hardware - The Linux hardware market is consolidating as leader VA Research on Wednesday purchases a portion of Linux Hardware Systems. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19374.html
- Valley of the Dollars - Venture capital firms doled out record sums in the second quarter, and Silicon Valley Net startups were the biggest beneficiaries. By Joanna Glasner [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21288.html
- Valley Prestige Carries a Price - Silicon Valley may be the hottest place to plant the headquarters of a Net company. But high costs and competition from other tech hubs are posing a real threat, a study concludes. Joanna Glasner reports from Palo Alto, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20866.html
- Valuation Worries Slam Stocks - Wall Street throws a tantrum as Dell and Hewlett-Packard indicate slowing sales. Are share prices too high for such results? Is the pope ...? By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17971.html
- VerticalNet Shares Surge - The online trade-magazine publisher hasn't made a dime, is posting losses, and gets 95 percent of its revenue from advertising -- a risky proposition. Nevertheless, its stock skyrockets after the IPO. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17882.html
- Viacom Bulks Up Net Operations - Another big media company dives into the Net. Viacom won't build or buy a portal, though. It plans to build its own sites targeting MTV and Nickelodeon audiences. [Wired News]
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- Viacom to Buy CBS - The planned US$34.5 billion acquisition may be the biggest media transaction in history. Also: Medscape pays $33 million for exposure on America Online.... Freeserve turns to Tribal Voice for instant messaging.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21608.html
- Viacom, Liberty in Music Deal - In a complex deal involving Viacom and Liberty, SonicNet becomes part of MTV's Net music effort. Also: Network Computer is liberated from the NC.... Microsoft and Bertelsmann discuss a big German cable deal.... Amazon-backed Drugstore.com files to go public.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19790.html
- Victoria's Secret: We're Boring - What do you get when you cross a Miracle Bra with a 56K modem? The first online-only fashion show, which turns out to be only silk and mirrors. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17725.html
- Video Snooping Is Not OK - A jury awards an Oklahoma man US$2,500, saying cops out to seize copies of The Tin Drum illegally got his name from a shop's rental list. Also: Melissa virus suspect confessed, prosecutor says.... MP3 gives China the willies.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21446.html
- Virgin Net Will Give It Away - Richard Branson's Virgin Group, which has high hopes for e-commerce, jumps on Britain's free Internet service bandwagon. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17958.html
- Virtual Reality, Real Trouble - Interactive Pictures, a virtual reality software company, is gearing up for a big IPO. The problem is, just when it needs a lot of friends it's making a lot of enemies. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20824.html
- Vodafone Has the AirTouch - British cell phone superpower Vodafone seals a US$56 billion deal with US wireless leader AirTouch Communications. But Bell Atlantic is not completely out of the picture. [Wired News]
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- Vodafone Mulls AirTouch Bid - Britain's largest mobile-phone company may challenge Bell Atlantic's acquisition of AirTouch Communications. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17134.html
- Voice Messaging Roams Free - First, you could get a free PC if you didn't mind being deluged with ads. Now, a new company will give you free voicemail the world over, as long as you give the ad man your number. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21033.html
- Waiting for Greenspan - Wall Street bides its time with modest gains ahead of the Fed's verdict on interest rates. Investors are already looking ahead to a possible increase later in the year. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17709.html
- Wal-Mart Goes After Amazon Again - An Arkansas judge says his court doesn't have jurisdiction to hear a Wal-Mart trade secret lawsuit against Amazon.com. So Wal-Mart sues in Seattle, Amazon's backyard. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17135.html
- Wal-Mart Responds to Amazon Suit - Wal-Mart says in a court response that it has a "smoking gun" showing that Amazon executives stole trade secrets when they jumped ship from Wal-Mart. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18477.html
- Wall Street Catches Its Breath - Those record highs a day earlier left investors feeling dizzy. Stocks are mixed as traders check their climbing gear before resuming the ascent. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17211.html
- Wall Street Goes Bonkers - The bull charges on as stocks close at a record high. [Wired News]
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- Wall Street Seeing iMac Green - Thanks to the new candy-colored computers, Apple will report its first quarterly sales growth in three years. Guess which color is Wall Street's favorite. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17245.html
- Wall Street Y2K Test, Part II - Wall Street will conduct a second test to make sure the financial industry will continue functioning after New Year's Day, 2000. The fun begins this weekend. By Brian Alcorn. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18302.html
- Wall Street: Post-Party Blah? - After Monday's big day when the Dow set an all-time high, the stock market was expected to be a bit more mellow, especially since interest rates are expected to rise. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21404.html
- Wallstreet.com Up for Sale - A tiny Arizona firm hopes to bag big bucks by auctioning off its glitzy Web address. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19011.html
- Wanted: Women in Tech - At the Women in Technology International conference, women discover that they just might have the advantage in industry careers. Lindsey Arent reports from Santa Clara, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20116.html
- Wary Dow Retreats from 10K - Blue-chip stocks go into duck-and-cover mode as Coke says fewer people are quaffing sugar water. Then there's a little matter of the Fed convening to discuss rates. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- Webcast or Die - Radio and TV broadcasters must embrace the Net now or face a future without an audience. New media is ready to steal the show. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
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- WebMD Lands on CNN Sites - The news network's online operations will turn to the medical site for health stories. It's a huge boost as the start-up readies for an IPO. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17970.html
- WebTV President Resigns - The co-founder of Microsoft's WebTV unit steps down as president to pursue other interests. [Wired News]
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- Webvan to Park on Wall Street - The ambitious online grocery store needs US$300 million to supply its growing operation. So guess what? An IPO, with Goldman Sachs underwriting the grocery sacks. [Wired News]
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- Webvan's $1 Billion Soup Job - The cyber-grocer unveils a brick-and-mortar business plan, revealing it will spend about US$1 billion in the next two years to build automated warehouses in 26 cities. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20646.html
- Welcome Bugs for Parisian Trees - There are an estimated 475,000 trees in the French capital. Protecting them against pollution and disease may be getting a little easier, thanks to a computer chip. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17707.html
- WELL Posts Get Surprise Airing - As if it wasn't bad enough that credit card numbers of the WELL's members were stolen last week, now postings meant for internal consumption were broadcast on TV. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
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- What Cookies Can Do for You - Webmonkey serves up a hot and piping introduction to cookies -- the main course for any e-business relying on ad revenues. [Wired News]
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- What Glitters for Gates? - The world's richest man holds a 10 percent stake in a Canadian silver mine, and it's already made him a cool US$4.5 million. [Wired News]
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- What Next for AT&T? - With Comcast out of the way, its acquisition of MediaOne is on track. Now AT&T is reportedly set to enter into a partnership with Microsoft. [Wired News]
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- What's It All About, Andy? - Intel's chairman muses about Internet stocks. Like everyone else, Grove could use a crystal ball. [Wired News]
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- What? No Net IPOs Ahead? - These are truly the dog days of summer when it comes to Internet companies going public. But it's just a temporary lull. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Whatever You Say, Al - Greenspan thinks share prices are too big for their britches. Naughty investors respond by pushing prices even higher before finally taking his advice. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
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- When Irish Eyeballs Are Smiling - The ideal St. Patrick's Day revelers will hold a pint of Guinness in one hand and a mouse in the other as they explore a range of new Irish portals. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
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- Whew! A Net Gain - Dot-com stocks made a comeback Thursday after a long slump. That made investors happy. But the International Monetary Fund is still worried about the bubble bursting. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Whither China on Dot Coms? - China says it will clamp down on foreign investment in its nascent Internet industry. Foreign investors say they'll wait and see. China.com tanks anyway. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21778.html
- Who's King of the Domains Now? - Will throwing open domain-name registration change the Net at all? Or are new domains, such as .store and .law, needed for real competition? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19246.html
- Who's the Next Lucky MP3 Site? - No one's naming names, but VCs and big media companies are seriously scoping enterprises involved in MP3. At least, that's the word on the street. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18382.html
- Whole Foods Going Online - The natural-foods grocer establishes an e-commerce subsidiary. It hopes to offer 6,000 products online this spring, and become profitable within two years. [Wired News]
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- Whopping Profits for Microsoft - The numbers are in for Microsoft's latest quarter, and they're big -- much bigger than Wall Street projected. So what's new? [Wired News]
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- Will AT&T Blot Out AOL? - If AT T succeeds in its bid for MediaOne, it will control a massive chunk of the cable Net-access market. That could be grim for AOL, say analysts. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19461.html
- Will Compaq Dump AltaVista? - The struggling computer maker is reportedly in talks to sell the search engine to CMGI. Also: Metromedia Fiber to acquire AboveNet for US$1.55 billion in stock.... Banking giants in e-billing venture.... Aussie mining company to sell sex toys on the Net.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20374.html
- Will D-10K Undo Wall Street? - Brokerages have prepared their computer systems for the added digit that would be necessary if the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 10,000. But there's still a teensy bit of nervousness. [Wired News]
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- Wired News Unplugged - Service on our network was interrupted for 100 minutes Monday at 8:20 a.m. PDT by a power failure in a portion of San Francisco's Multimedia Gulch. We regret any inconvenience to our readers. [Wired News]
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- Wired News Unplugged -- Redux - A power failure in the immediate vicinity of Wired Digital took Wired News offline for approximately 2 1/2 - 3 hours on Thursday. It was the second such power failure this week. Geez. Sorry for the inconvenience. [Wired News]
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- Wired News Week - Bigwigs dis Congress ... Slashdot slashes the middleman ... Windows faces a security hole the size of Seattle ... and more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
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- Wired News Week - Microsoft blunders on privacy and shuts a gaping security hole ... e-books thrive ... candidates buy dot coms ... and more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
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- Wired News Week - Gamers go crazy for the new Dreamcast ... systems go for Y2K test ... Hollywood goes digital ... and more news and goings-on. Compiled by Pete Danko. [Wired News]
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- Wireless Data Without the Modem - As if people needed another excuse to whip out their cell phones, the second-largest US wireless carrier launches a Net service linking mobile phones and laptops. Others are expected to follow with similar offerings. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- Wit Capital Seeks its Own IPO - The online investment bank, which practically invented the idea of holding IPOs on the Web, will try to cash in on Net stock frenzy later this year. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18431.html
- Women Spreading the Wealth - Of the billions of dollars that entrepreneurs raise from venture capitalists, women get less than 2 percent. The women at Viridian aim to change that. By Lauren Barack. [Wired News]
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- Wonks Head for the Hills - Words and thoughts will dominate over glitz and splash at this week's Cyberspace and the American Dream policy-fest deep in the Rocky Mountains. [Wired News]
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- Workers Sue to Get Stock Options - A group of Qualcomm employees file a lawsuit against their employer to get stock options that would otherwise be lost in an acquisition. Also: AT T likely will face FCC scrutiny ... and more. [Wired News]
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- Wow Dow Marches Higher - Wall Street shakes off a bumpy start to resume its record-breaking ascent. But another profit warning from AMD pours some cold water on tech stocks. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19017.html
- X Games Spawn X Deals - A Silicon Valley venture capital firm rides the X Games wave with a contest for extreme Internet start-ups. Heidi Kriz reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
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- Xerox Gets More Digital - The copier company reorganizes to make copiers even more computer-friendly. Also: GT Interactive buys Legend Entertainment, developer of Unreal II. [Wired News]
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- Xerox's Biggest Deal Ever - It's buying Tektronix's color-printing operation for US$950 million in cash, putting it right behind H-P in the field. [Wired News]
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- Xerox's dpiX Closing Down - So much for unlocking value. dpiX, one of Xerox PARC's spinoffs, plans to shut down by the end of the year, if it can't find more backers or a buyer. [Wired News]
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- Y2K Bugging Economic Forecasters - Even if absolutely nothing happens to computers on New Year's Day, 2000, enough people are worried about it to be affecting economic activity and forecasts. [Wired News]
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- Y2K Czar: Feds in Good Shape - In his quarterly report, John Koskinen says things look good at a national level, but some local systems are iffy. Also: Warner Bros. pushes Iron Giant on the Web.... AOL, BigE in Latin American deal.... Everyone wants a robodog.... And more. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21114.html
- Y2K Fix in the Year 5760 - New software can fix the millennium bug in no time, says an Israeli programmer. And no time is just what he's got to market it. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]
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- Y2K Will Make Pirates Pay - They may have gotten the programs for free, but software pirates stand to get burned by the Year 2000 bug. It's tough to get a fix for something you stole. By Craig Bicknell [Wired News]
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- Y2K Will Make Pirates Pay - They may have gotten the programs for free, but software pirates stand to get burned by the Year 2000 bug. It's tough to get a fix for something you stole. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18278.html
- Y2K: Wall St. Looking Good - About 400 brokerages, banks, and stock exchanges have begun the biggest Y2K simulation yet. So far, Wall Street's computers are holding up well in the month-long test. By Brian Alcorn. [Wired News]
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- Y2K: What, Mom-n-Pops Worry? - If San Francisco's small businesses aren't ready for the scare of the millennium, then no city is. And that's the problem SF's mayor wants to tackle. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Yahoo Deal Boosts Stocks - The portal's big-money buyout of Broadcast.com is just what Wall Street was seeking to get the second quarter off on the right foot. Share prices are cautiously higher. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18915.html
- Yahoo Eying Excite@Home - Both companies are tightlipped, but there's a whiff of merger in the air. If it happens, it would be the biggest Internet merger so far. Also: Mattel plans kiddie computer based on its Barbie doll and Hot Wheels toys.... AT T to deliver news over cell phone.... And more. [Wired News]
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- Yahoo Gets Fat on Pringles - Yahoo and Procter Gamble are teaming up to pitch Pringles and other P G goodies online. Who cares, you say? Web companies that hope to tap P G's US$3.5 billion ad budget. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Yahoo Gobbles Up GeoCities - The world's biggest Web index snaps up the largest personal home page provider in a stock deal valued at about US$3.56 billion. [Wired News]
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- Yahoo Gobbles Up GeoCities - The biggest Web index snaps up the largest personal homepage provider for US$3.5 billion in stock. The crowd of independent Web companies gets smaller. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17595.html
- Yahoo in the Palm of Your Hand - Following Microsoft's lead, Mobile Yahoo hopes to draw in the early adopters by pushing content to the Palm and Windows CE crowd. But where's the revenue? By James Glave. [Wired News]
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- Yahoo Profits Exceed Estimates - Earnings season got off to a brisk start Wednesday when the first Net bellwether reported robust spring numbers. Revenue, pageviews, and profits all gain. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Yahoo Still Swinging Single - The Internet's big portal plans to remain independent for at least a while, but it'll continue to form major partnerships. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22003.html
- Yahoo to Buy Broadcast.com - Yahoo may announce Thursday that it will shell out US$5.7 billion for streaming media company Broadcast.com. Hello broadband. [Wired News]
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- Yahoo Whomps Wall Street - The portal's profit jumps tenfold on strong traffic growth and Christmas holiday cheer. Oh, and it blows past Wall Street forecasts. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Yahoo-Broadcast.com: Close - Talks between the two companies are confirmed, but is Yahoo ready to pay US$4 billion to get streaming audio and video? Also: Autoweb rolls out IPO and Miningco.com raises its price.... Dolly, times 10,000, for New Zealand.... And MIT admits to discrimination. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18656.html
- Yahoo-Broadcast.com: It's a Deal - The search and directory leader says it's moving out front in streaming media with the US$5.7 billion stock purchase. Also: AOL squabbling over telephone charges in Germany.... And yet another computer giveaway. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18906.html
- Yes, Virginia, There Is a Sprawl - A once-tranquil county in north Virginia is bursting with development and traffic brought on by AOL and others in the Net-tech world, and the neighbors are mad. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21473.html
- Yet Another Big IPO Day - Three new tech firms hit the market Friday, and all three more than doubled. Is it madness or prescience? Who cares?! By Craig Bicknell [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19042.html
- You Call, You Pay - Use of mobile phones lags in the United States. Regulators think that by junking rules that charge users for calls both made and received, that could change. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17843.html
- You Haven't Got a Lawsuit! - America Online loses the first round of its court battle to keep AT T from using three little words: "You have mail." The ruling doesn't bode well for AOL. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17132.html
- Your E-pinion Counts - Web company veterans take the money and run with their own site: a word-of-mouth buying guide created by soliciting consumers' opinions. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20673.html
- Your Virtual Showroom Stinks - The largest US furniture maker says it won't sell online and won't do business with anyone who doesn't have a real-world showroom. Virtual customer service doesn't cut it, the company says. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20162.html
- Zapata Tries, Tries Again - The Texas-based fish-oil firm with Net ambitions files to spin off its Zap.com subsidiary in a US$109 million offering. That's a lot of money for a business that has no assets. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19096.html
- ZDNet Stock Soars on Opening Day - Shares of the Web publishing arm of computer trade press giant Ziff-Davis rise more than US$14 on the first day of trading. [Wired News]
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- Zingo, It's a Portable Portal - Lucent turns to AOL's Netscape to develop a home base for its wireless information services. Also: Boeing's Delta 3 finally lifts off, but carries its cargo to an orbit that's too low.... AOL Britain tries to win back customers lost to free providers. [Wired News]
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