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- "Click of death" strikes Iomega - Users of Iomega's Zip drives are reporting serious malfunctions in their drives and disks in a problem that has come to be known as the "click of death." [News.com]
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- "DSL lite" provider in the spotlight - Aware (AWRE), a small DSL provider in Bedford, Massachusetts, enjoyed the spoils of Internet stardom today as its stock leapt more than 27 percent and its Web site was jammed for hours with onlookers eager to find out about the company that has captured the attention of industry behemoths Microsoft, Intel, and Compaq. [News.com]
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- "Virtual lovers" rival virtual pets - In the wake of the "virtual pet" on a key ring, make way for the "virtual lover." The Japanese electronic pet toys that took the world by storm in 1997 face rivalry from "My Lover," which went on display at the Hong Kong Toys and Games Fair this week. [News.com]
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- 10 technologies to watch in 1998 - The Gartner Group's Business Technology Journal today named ten emerging technologies to watch in 1998. [News.com]
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- 1998 could be year of SET - As many as 10,000 Internet merchants could be accepting online credit card transactions under the Secure Electronic Transactions protocol by year's end, MasterCard's top executive for Internet commerce predicted today. [News.com]
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- 3Com CEO pushes deregulation - 3Com (COMS) CEO Eric Benhamou said he would meet yesterday with Federal Communications Commission chairman William Kennard to discuss regulatory issues holding up the development of high-tech networks. [News.com]
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- 3Com ready to tackle '98 - 3Com (COMS) executives downplayed the company's recent troubles and rolled out a detailed road map for the next few months at a Wall Street analyst briefing yesterday. [News.com]
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- 3Com's more than low-end gear - 3Com (COMS) is placing a variety of bets in key markets to expand its role in corporate networking. [News.com]
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- 500,000 CE devices shipped - More than 500,000 handheld personal computers based on the Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows CE operating system have been shipped since the software was launched in October 1996, a company executive said today. [News.com]
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- 56-kbps camps join hands - Lucent Technologies and 3Com announced they will join forces on 56-kbps modem standards, quelling--at the least temporarily--a long-standing feud between the two modem camps. [News.com]
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- @Home ties in Bloomberg content - In a move underscoring the effort of Net access providers to combine higher speeds with content, cable provider @Home (ATHM) announced today that financial news service Bloomberg will become the principal financial information source for its "Finance Channel." [News.com]
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- @Home, U.K. cable firms in talks - U.K. cable television operators Telewest, Cable and Wireless, and NTL are reportedly in talks with @Home Network (ATHM) on provision of a high-speed Internet service in the United Kingdom. [News.com]
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- A French Internet alliance - America Online, Germany's Bertelsmann AG, French Canal Plus, and Cie Generale des Eaux unit Cegetel are forging a French Internet alliance, the French partners said today. [News.com]
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- A self-help fix for Year 2000 bug - A small Australian computer software company said today that it had developed an easy, cheap, do-it-yourself solution to the millennium bug problem. [News.com]
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- Acer notebooks slashed again - For the second time in a month, Acer America has cut notebook prices, this time from 6 to 16 percent. [News.com]
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- ACLU threat reverses filter policy - Facing a lawsuit threat from the American Civil Liberties Union, a large Southern California county has reversed its policy of filtering Net access at public libraries. [News.com]
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- ACLU threatens suit on Net filters - The American Civil Liberties Union has given a Southern California library system ten days to remove Net filtering software from its computers or risk being slammed with a lawsuit. [News.com]
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- Ad agencies getting more wired - Advertising agencies are becoming increasingly involved in interactive technology, and more than three-fourths have created Internet sites for their clients, according to a survey released today. [News.com]
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- Adaptec: Revenues in Asia to grow - Adaptec (ADPT) said today that it expected revenues in Asia outside Japan and South Korea to grow in strong double-digits for its fiscal year ending March 1998. [News.com]
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- AGIS, Qwest make connection - Qwest Communications International (QWST) said today that it would provide high-capacity fiber optic services to AGIS, the fourth largest Internet backbone provider. [News.com]
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- Air Force wary of push software - The United States Air Force may be able to defend the country against airborne attacks, but when it comes to perceived enemies lurking on the Internet, it would rather be safe than sorry. [News.com]
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- Akia to exit Mac clone market - Akia, one of Japan's largest Macintosh clone vendors, will exit that by the end of February, a casualty of Apple Computer's decision to license the Macintosh operating system (OS) exclusively to Umax Computer. [News.com]
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- All-in-one chip for low-cost PCs - Chromatic Research and Motorola (MOT) said today they are working together to offer a host of multimedia functions on a single, low-cost chip that will be targeted for use in sub-$1,000 PCs. [News.com]
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- Alteon speeds server access - Call it a data access potpourri. [News.com]
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- Amazon's top titles go mainstream - After a bumpy start, online shopping may be going more mainstream. Just ask online bookseller Amazon.com (AMZN). [News.com]
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- Amazon.com back online - The Amazon.com (AMZN) Web site is back online after a technical problem forced the site offline for nearly 12 hours. [News.com]
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- Amazon.com sales grow - Amazon.com (AMZN) announced a big fourth-quarter jump in sales and a smaller loss than originally expected. [News.com]
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- AMD evicts Intel, Cyrix at Compaq - Today may go down in Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) history as one of its most glorious days, as the chipmaker readies itself for what may be a banner year. [News.com]
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- AMD meets goals, narrows losses - Advanced Micro Devices met its goal of shipping approximately 1.5 million K6 microprocessors during the fourth quarter, and narrowed its losses to boot--giving Wall Street a much better performance than expected. [News.com]
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- AMD reacts to Intel, cuts prices - Advanced Micro Devices this week reduced chip prices in reaction to price cuts from market leader Intel. [News.com]
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- Amelio lands on his feet - Gilbert Amelio, former chief executive of Apple (AAPL), has joined a private equity investment firm as a partner specializing in high-tech leveraged buyouts. [News.com]
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- Ameritech, Compaq partner on DSL - Just a month after it cut a deal with Microsoft to provide high-speed Net access over copper wires, Ameritech said it also will partner with Compaq to make its service user-friendly. [News.com]
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- Analyst: PC consolidation ahead - In order to offset lower margins from falling product prices, such as with sub-$1,000 machines, computer makers need to offer servers, a range of PCs, and notebooks to balance out their profit margins, said Kurt King, a Montgomery Securities analyst, speaking here at the NationsBanc Montgomery Securities investment conference. [News.com]
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- Another memory plant delayed - NEC Corporation is considering a year's delay in ramping up next-generation memory chip production, the latest cutback amid industrywide retrenchment owing to slumping prices. [News.com]
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- Another paper charges for archives - The Washington Post is the latest major newspaper to offer extensive online archives--for a price. [News.com]
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- Another Web mag out of print - Publication of the print version of The Web magazine has been suspended, and its February issue will be the last until further notice, its editor in chief, Steve Fox, confirmed today. [News.com]
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- Antidumping measures scrutinized - The World Trade Organization (WTO) has decided to accept South Korea's request and set up a panel to look into U.S. antidumping duties on computer chip exports, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said today. [News.com]
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- Antitrust case back to basics - Having put to rest the contentious accusations that Microsoft willfully flouted a court order, the company and the Justice Department are likely to tone down their rhetoric as they delve into the core issues of the high-profile antitrust dispute, legal analysts say. [News.com]
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- AOL 4.0 in limited beta test - The first 50,000 America Online (AOL) customers have downloaded the new publicly available "limited preview" version of the service's system software, AOL 4.0, and company executives are getting ready for the next round of releases. [News.com]
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- AOL accused of privacy violation - America Online (AOL) may have violated its own policy and perhaps the law when it allegedly revealed the identity of a member to a Navy investigator. [News.com]
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- AOL admits to privacy lapse - America Online (AOL) today is admitting that a customer service representative divulged private information about an AOL member to a Navy investigator, in violation of the online service's own privacy policy. [News.com]
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- AOL debuts Teen Channel - America Online (AOL) today debuted its Teen Channel, an area that caters to perhaps AOL's most loyal and active customers. [News.com]
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- AOL investigating Navy discharge - America Online (AOL) executives said today they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of a U.S. Navy sailor on grounds that he allegedly admitted in his AOL member profile that he is gay. [News.com]
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- AOL may cut CompuServe staff - America Online (AOL) is considering laying off more than 300 CompuServe customer support personnel, or more than 20 percent of the company's work force, according to reports. [News.com]
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- AOL plans German expansion - America Online (AOL) said today it plans to expand its online network in Germany, and to promote it with a large television advertisement campaign. [News.com]
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- AOL reaches 11 million mark - America Online (AOL) today announced that it has 11 million members. [News.com]
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- AOL spam threat rescinded - A small group of bulk emailers has reneged on its boisterous threat to post online 5 million America Online email addresses--which was to be in protest of the online service's antispam policy. [News.com]
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- AOL sues more spammers - America Online (AOL) is once again taking spammers who plague its system's members to court. [News.com]
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- AOL sues porn spammers - America Online (AOL), in its ongoing battle to try to clear its spam-riddled network of junk email, has filed two more lawsuits. [News.com]
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- AOL: Hands off ISPs - America Online today urged the Federal Communications Commission to maintain a hands-off regulatory approach when it comes to Net service providers. [News.com]
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- Appeal sought in telecom ruling - The Federal Communications Commission scrambled to nullify a decision by a U.S. judge in Texas that struck down a key piece of a landmark law designed to open the nation's phone markets to competition. [News.com]
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- Apple distribution turned tide - If you build it, will they come? When they come, will it be in stock? [News.com]
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- Apple missing sub-$1,000 market - Apple Computer (AAPL) again appears to be up to the challenge of turning a profit, but in the long run it faces a more crucial test from the waves of low-cost Microsoft-Intel computers hitting the market. [News.com]
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- Apple releases OS upgrade - Apple Computer (AAPL) today is officially unveiling an upgrade to the Macintosh operating system (OS) that includes built-in support for DVD drives, among other new features. [News.com]
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- Apple reports expected profits - Bolstered by cost cutting and high sales of its newly introduced PowerPC 750 series, Apple Computer (AAPL) today posted its first quarterly profit in over a year. [News.com]
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- Apple revises Mac OS - Apple Computer (AAPL) introduced a minor upgrade to the Macintosh operating system (Mac OS) that incorporates built-in support for DVD (digital versatile disc), the first major operating system to do so, according to Apple. [News.com]
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- Apple shakes up Claris, lays off 300 - Apple Computer shook up Claris, its wholly owned subsidiary, today announcing a restructuring that includes layoffs of 300 and Apple's absorbing responsibility for development and sales of nearly all of Claris's software products. [News.com]
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- Apple stock takes heavy calls - Yesterday's sharp rally in shares of Apple Computer (AAPL) reversed direction today, but some options investors were taking on new call positions. [News.com]
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- Apple to post $45 million profit - Surprising just about everyone, Apple Computer (AAPL) announced today that it will post profits of more than $45 million when it reports its fiscal 1998 first-quarter financial results next week. [News.com]
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- Apple's Europe sales up 47% - Apple Computer's (AAPL) European sales climbed 47 percent to $415 million in its fiscal first quarter ended December 26, 1997, Apple Germany manager Peter Dewald reportedly said. [News.com]
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- Apple, others see stock spike - Apple (AAPL) shares jumped out of the chute in 1998's first day of trading, fueled by short-sellers looking to cover their profits as rumors of a merger circulate. [News.com]
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- Apple: Market share falls in '97 - Apple Computer (AAPL) has disclosed in a yearly financial filing that its U.S. and worldwide market share fell sharply in its fiscal 1997, amid declining sales of its Macintosh computers. [News.com]
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- Are networking's salad days over? - No one disputes the long-term potential for the networking equipment market, generally considered the fastest-growing segment of the high-technology industry. [News.com]
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- Ariel offers NT-based gear - There is growing evidence of a lucrative niche market for dial-up remote access services based on Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows NT server operating system. [News.com]
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- Ascend to move beyond setbacks - Hoping to move beyond a year of transition marked by financial turmoil, Ascend's (ASND) chief financial officer today laid out the company's plan to stake its claim on the growth of public data networks. [News.com]
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- Asia crisis may worsen piracy - A U.S. software trade group predicted Asia's economic downturn will exacerbate the region's notorious rate of software piracy. [News.com]
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- Asia malaise cuts server growth - Weakened Asian currencies will cut into sales growth for expensive, high-end servers for use in large enterprises, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) survey released today. [News.com]
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- Asian crisis clouds manufacturers' future - Faced with falling prices due to oversupply, Asian computer component manufacturers are struggling to right themselves amid a regional economic downturn that's forcing them to make some potentially momentous decisions. [News.com]
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- Asian crisis hits chipmakers hard - There are new signs that the Asian economic crisis is hitting chipmakers particularly hard. [News.com]
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- Asian PC market hit by crisis - The financial turmoil that's been crippling Asian economies has crept into the region's PC market, slowing growth and lowering analysts' expectations. [News.com]
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- AST joins notebook price trend - AST Research cut notebook prices today by 5 to 13 percent, the second price cut from a major vendor this week and a move that could spell the beginning of a price war in the portable arena. [News.com]
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- AT&T layoffs loom - AT&T (T) is planning to cut at least 15,000 jobs and reorganize as it gears up to compete in the local telephone and Internet service markets as well as other new businesses, sources familiar with the plans said today. [News.com]
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- AT&T moves closer to @Home - Just a month after rumors swirled of AT&T (T) investing more than $1 billion in @Home Network (ATHM) to expand into the high-speed Net access business, the two companies today got cozier in a more roundabout way--through Teleport Communications Group (TCGI), a local telecom. [News.com]
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- AT&T posts strong profits - AT&T (T) today posted surprisingly strong fourth-quarter profits and announced plans, as expected, to cut between 15,000 and 18,000 jobs by the end of next year in a bid to become leaner and more competitive. [News.com]
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- AT&T spams Webmasters - AT&T reached out and touched Webmasters today with an unsolicited promotional email message. [News.com]
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- AT&T to merge with Teleport - AT&T (T) said today that it agreed to buy Teleport Communications Group (TCGI) in an $11.3 billion stock deal that will mark its bold entry into the local telephone market. [News.com]
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- Auto sales take to infobahn - The number of new car and truck buyers who use the Internet to help them purchase a vehicle could double in the next two years and hit 50 to 60 percent, according to speakers at an automotive conference yesterday. [News.com]
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- Axa offers Y2K bug insurance - French insurer Axa Global Risks, a unit of Axa-UAP, said today it is offering large companies cover for their software exposure to millennium bug risks. [News.com]
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- Back to square one in Redmond? - Is Microsoft (MSFT) succeeding in its attempt to play high-tech hardball with a federal judge in the Justice Department's antitrust case? [News.com]
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- BackWeb foresees IPO - BackWeb Technologies, which enables customers to push information over the Internet, said revenues are growing strongly, placing it in a good position to sell stock publicly. [News.com]
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- Banks stay open millennium eve - The Federal Reserve Board said that banks do not need a special holiday on December 31,1999, despite the threat of computer disruptions. [News.com]
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- Bay adds network monitoring tools - Bay Networks (BAY) continues to combine local and dispersed network elements into one management software system. [News.com]
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- Bay boasts more Ethernet gear - Everyone's doing it. [News.com]
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- Bay partners, invests in NetSpeak - The race is on. [News.com]
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- Bell Atlantic to ask FCC for relief - Bell Atlantic is expected to file a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking for regulatory relief for a high-speed network it aims to build, according to reports. [News.com]
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- Bell Labs to secure browsers - Bell Labs said today that its scientists have developed a method of preventing security attacks perpetrated through Web browsers that use JavaScript and VBScript languages, such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape Communications' Navigator. [News.com]
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- Bells handed win in telecom suit - A federal judge in Texas threw out as unconstitutional parts of a landmark law that restricts the regional Baby Bells from entering the $80 billion long distance telephone market. [News.com]
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- Best Buy quits selling Mac boxes - Retailer Best Buy (BBY) announced today that it will no longer stock Apple computers on its shelves after it runs out of its existing inventory. [News.com]
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- Big screen for light notebook - Gateway 2000 (GTW) will make a fashion statement with its first new notebook computer of 1998, introducing a svelte, 6.6-pound package with an extra-large 14.1-inch display for only $2,999. [News.com]
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- Bloomberg to do interactive TV - Starting next week, news junkies will be able to click on their PCs for Bloomberg television coverage. [News.com]
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- Book giant projects huge sales - BarnesandNoble.com is ready to go full force against its competition in the new year, projecting today that sales for its online bookstore will exceed $100 million. [News.com]
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- Borland International on a roll - Borland International (BORL) is on a roll. [News.com]
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- Britain prods EU on Y2K - The European Union will hear a lot about the "new millennium" during Britain's six-month reign as president--but it won't be visionary talk about the glories of the new century. [News.com]
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- Business app makers shake out - Business application software makers, in search of fresh revenue sources, are finding that the best way to expand is through mergers and acquisitions. [News.com]
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- Business PC sales up 16% - Showing no signs of slowing down, sales of personal computers to U.S. businesses grew by 16 percent during the fourth quarter of 1997, according to a study by market researcher Computer Intelligence. [News.com]
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- CA ships another Y2K tool - Computer Associates International ( CA) continues to add to its lineup of Year 2000 tools. [News.com]
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- Cable access future clouded by DSL - Although it is faster and currently available, cable modem Internet access faces stiff competition from DSL (digital subscriber line) modems and Internet service. [News.com]
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- Cabletron shows off gigabit gear - Cabletron Systems (CS) today showed off the fruits of its Yago Systems purchase. [News.com]
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- Caching comes at a price - An array of new caching technologies hitting the market this year promise to speed access to popular or graphic-rich Net sites. [News.com]
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- California offers Net tax filing - As tax season sneaks up again, Californians will have a new tool to beat the April deadline: online filing. [News.com]
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- Can Broderbund turn corner? - Broderbund Software (BROD), hit in the past with waning revenues and layoffs, surprised Wall Street last December with a stronger-than-expected boost originating from sales of Riven--sequel to the computer game blockbuster Myst. [News.com]
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- Canon lowers printer prices - Canon Computer said it has lowered the prices on some models of its color bubblejet printer line by up to $100. [News.com]
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- CBS news site goes local route - Media giant CBS (CBS) plans to launch its 24-hour online news service on February 2, but emerging details indicate that the site will be decidedly different from offerings from network brethren ABC and NBC. [News.com]
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- CBS, Oracle team for news site - Oracle and CBS New Media said today they are working together on a technology being used to generate content for the network's upcoming news site. [News.com]
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- CDNow prepares to go public - CDNow, one of the largest online music sellers, is gearing up to raise $54 million in an initial public offering. [News.com]
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- Celebrity Web sites booming - The stampede to register the domain names "lewinsky.com" and "lindatripp.com" as the White House sex scandal unfolded highlights how easy it is for fans and foes to launch Web sites devoted to the subjects (or objects) of their obsession. [News.com]
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- Cell phone doubles as computer - Samsung Telecommunications America has announced a cellular "smart phone" that also operates as handheld computer using Microsoft's Windows CE operating system. [News.com]
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- Changepoint joins rent-an-app trend - One day after Lotus Developmentand its business partners unveiled a series of user-initiated groupware applications at a technology conference in Florida, a software company across the country in California rolled out its own rental groupware offering. [News.com]
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- Check Point comes out on top - Security firewall vendor Check Point (CHKPF) reported fourth-quarter earnings today that beat analysts' expectations. [News.com]
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- China PC market grows 40% - China's PC industry grew by a robust 40 percent in 1997, with gains expected to continue despite Asian market turmoil. [News.com]
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- Chip sales edged up in November - Worldwide semiconductor sales grew slightly in November, shrugging off slumping memory prices to reach a yearly high of $12.1 billion, but not yet reflecting the impact of Asia's struggling currencies, according to a major industry trade group. [News.com]
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- Chip sales up in 1997 - Worldwide semiconductor revenues grew by more than five percent in 1997, notwithstanding the collapse of memory prices, according to preliminary estimates by market research firm Dataquest. [News.com]
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- Chipmakers face ailing quarter - The financial turmoil in Asia and excess capacity have taken the shine off computer chipmakers' normally robust fourth-quarter profits, and many companies already have warned of disappointing results. [News.com]
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- Cigarette info posted on Net - The American Cancer Society today posted on the Internet the nicotine levels of 85 cigarette brands, showing that many "light" brands were heavy on the drug. [News.com]
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- Cisco adds to high-end routing line - Shoring up its strategy for the service provider market, networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO) filled in the middle of its gigabit-speed routing device lineup today. [News.com]
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- Cisco boxes up data, voice, video - Networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO) is taking a second stab at the nascent market for hardware that supports voice, video, and data traffic. [News.com]
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- Cisco enters small business niche - The 800-pound gorilla of networking is going small. [News.com]
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- Cisco in midrange switch niche - The booming market for flexible midrange network switches just got a bit more crowded. [News.com]
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- Cisco to use VPN from RedCreek - Beefing up its hardware firewall offering, networking giant Cisco (CSCO) will integrate virtual private network (VPN) technology from RedCreek Communications into Cisco's PIX firewall. [News.com]
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- Cisco tries voice, video again - Networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO) will take a second stab at the nascent market for hardware that supports voice, video, and data traffic at the end of this month. [News.com]
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- Citrix NC software takes off - Citrix Systems (CTXS) continues to expand the list of companies using its "thin client" technology, having just signed on IBM (IBM) and Sharp Electronics. [News.com]
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- Clarion to build AutoPC using MS software - A number of large companies attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) seem to be saying that personal computers for cars will be one of the next big computing markets. [News.com]
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- Clinton scandal all over Net - The juiciest news about this week's "sex, lies, and audiotape" scandal involving an alleged affair between President Clinton and a former White House intern is showing up on the Net, proof that the real-time deadlines of the Web are pervading those of print publications. [News.com]
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- Clinton scandal now Net fodder - The central figures in the alleged Clinton sex scandal are becoming hot property on the Net. [News.com]
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- Clinton story retraction raises flags - Being first with a scoop online can make a news source a household name. But ask someone like hit-or-miss rumor monger Matt Drudge what the winning formula hinges on, and the answer is sure to be one thing: accuracy. [News.com]
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- Clinton's new crypto adviser - The appointment of a new White House adviser on encryption has put greater focus on the government's efforts to standardize its own use of encryption and to influence the heated debate over private citizens' freedom to use such products. [News.com]
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- CNET Special Feature: Bug bites - Users have practically become inured to bugs--glitches in hardware and software products that make the PC experience unpleasant at best and counterproductive at worst. The problem can become far more serious now that computer technology is basically inherent in the way anything works. This has become a pressing issue lately with the approach of the year 2000 and one of the gnarliest bugs out there: the millennium issue. [News.com]
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- Communicator to be freeware - Netscape Communications (NSCP) did what almost everyone expected today by announcing free availability of its standard-edition browser products. More surprisingly, however, the company also will give away the source code of the next generation of its Communicator suite, a move that could affect the company's entire development structure. [News.com]
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- Compaq aims Windows at Unix - Compaq will unveil a new enterprise computing architecture tomorrow that attempts to advance Compaq's Microsoft-Intel computers into the rarified upper reaches of high-end corporate America, currently a Unix bastion. [News.com]
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- Compaq edging out of PC-TVs - Having found relatively few takers for its PC-TV, Compaq (CPQ) has stopped distributing its PC Theatre system at retail stores and may soon end its dalliance with this pricey, first-generation "convergence" product. [News.com]
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- Compaq exec goes to start-up - Former Compaq (CPQ) executive James Schraith said today that he plans to join ShareWave on Monday as the start-up company's president and chief executive officer. [News.com]
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- Compaq expects European growth - Compaq Computer (CPQ) said today that it expects new lines of handhelds and computer workstations based on Windows NT as well as concentration on home and small business PCs to help growth across Europe in 1998. [News.com]
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- Compaq muscles in - Compaq Computer (CPQ) is making industry waves lately with its retail moves and with its mammoth acquisition of Digital Equipment for $9.6 billion. Also, in this week's battle for shelf space, Apple Computer bore the brunt of the losses. [News.com]
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- Compaq No. 2 in notebooks - According to just-released third quarter results of U.S. notebook shipments from International Data Corporation, Toshiba slightly improved upon its shrinking lead over other notebook vendors, while Compaq (CPQ) displaced IBM (IBM) as the second-largest notebook vendor. [News.com]
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- Compaq ousts IBM from RadioShack - Compaq extended its reach into consumer computing today by signing an agreement with RadioShack to be that chain's exclusive provider of computers, and in the process ousted rival IBM from one the largest electronics retail chains in the country. [News.com]
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- Compaq poised to take on IBM, HP - Compaq Computer's (CPQ) decision to buy Digital Equipment (DEC) for $9.6 billion makes perfect sense if the PC maker is to become a serious threat to IBM and Hewlett-Packard (HWP) in the corporate enterprise market, analysts said today. [News.com]
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- Compaq reports record gains - Compaq Computer (CPQ) keeps steaming along. [News.com]
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- Compaq sees executive shakeup - Compaq (CPQ) today announced the resignation of both its general manager of worldwide sales and marketing and its vice president of North America operations. [News.com]
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- Compaq takes up telco services - Compaq Computer (CPQ) and Wildfire announced they are installing telephone services technology at Louisiana's Century Telephone Enterprises (CTE) on a trial basis. [News.com]
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- Compaq tapping AMD, Cyrix - Compaq Computer (CPQ) announced a slew of new consumer computers, including its first home dekstop systems with an Advanced Micro Devices processor and the first notebooks with Cyrix and AMD chips from a major vendor in the United States. [News.com]
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- Compaq to buy Digital for $9.6 billion - Compaq (CPQ) took a major step toward its stated goal of becoming the No. 1 computer power in the world by announcing it would acquire Digital Equipment (DEC) for $9.6 billion. [News.com]
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- Compaq to get boost in Japan from DEC takeover - Compaq Computer's (CPQ) $9.6 billion takeover of Digital Equipment (DEC) will give Compaq a long-awaited chance to crack Japan's corporate computer market, the stronghold of Japanese makers, analysts said today. [News.com]
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- Compaq to try again in Japan - Compaq Computer (CPQ) has signed a marketing and distribution deal with Canon that may pry open the relatively closed Japanese PC market to a U.S. manufacturer. [News.com]
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- Compaq, Baan in enterprise suite - Server powerhouse Compaq Computer (CPQ) and enterprise software maker Baan (BAAN) today debuted the North American version of their joint business applications suite. [News.com]
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- Compaq, Dell, HP lead PC market - As the top PC vendors continue to make gains at the expense of lesser players, the worldwide market for personal computers continued on its upward trajectory in 1997 even as economic woes hit Asian markets, according to new reports from market research firms International Data Corp. (IDC) and Dataquest. [News.com]
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- Compaq, MS, Intel to detail DSL - Three of the high technology's most influential companies, as well as a host of partners, will converge in Washington on Monday to outline a strategy for jump-starting high-speed Internet access on the existing telephone infrastructure. [News.com]
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- CompuServe approves mergers - As expected, CompuServe (CSRV) shareholders today approved a merger with WorldCom (WCOM) and America Online (AOL). [News.com]
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- Computer Associates takes a hit - Despite being fueled by strong client-server revenue growth and slightly beating expectations, Computer Associates (CA) saw its shares hit in early trading today, falling as low as 13.7 percent. [News.com]
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- Congress members back encryption - A key U.S. senator who favors looser limits on strong encryption said today that he'll hold hearings this spring before his subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss potential constitutional issues that relate to the fiery encryption debate. [News.com]
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- Consumer software sales up 15% - The global market for consumer software grew 15.3 percent to about $5.5 billion in 1997, according to the preliminary findings of market researcher International Data Corporation (IDC). [News.com]
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- Controversy over Gore Web site - Vice President Al Gore's fund-raising imbroglios took to the Net today in an incident that underscored some of the problems with Network Solutions' domain name registration procedures. [News.com]
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- Corel posts loss, restates results - Corel (COSFF) today announced a disappointing fourth-quarter loss as it moved to restate the first three quarters of the year. [News.com]
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- Cox enters classified game - Cox Interactive Media today announced it would launch classified ads on the Web, the latest effort by a print media giant to make money in cyberspace. [News.com]
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- CrossRoads gets new look - CrossRoads Software said today that it has changed its name and has completed a $25 million round of financing. [News.com]
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- Crypto panel: FBI is No. 1 enemy - [News.com]
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- Crypto rivals challenge RSA - With guerrilla tactics, encryption upstarts Certicom and Cylink (CYLK) are exploiting dominant RSA Data Security's annual conference to undermine RSA's hold on the market. [News.com]
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- Crypto toolkit, license from Cylink - Hoping to spoil an encryption rival's lovefest, Cylink (CYLK) today said it will jump into the commercial crypto toolkit market. [News.com]
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- Dancing Baby in TV encore - Warm up your "ooga-chakas," folks--the Dancing Baby is coming back to television tonight. [News.com]
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- Database firms under commodity pressure - The database software industry will face a new pair of competitors in 1998: meager sales growth and narrow profit margins. [News.com]
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- Dealing with domains - The stewardship of top-level domains has become the center of great concern to the vast Internet community, as the U.S. government gets ready to turn over its control to the private sector, including commercial interests, academia, and international players. No matter who gains the potentially lucrative control, they will inherit a host of domain name disputes involving the copyrights of large corporations pitted against the independent spirit that ruled the Web until recently. [News.com]
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- Deja News offers personal Usenet - Newsgroup access and archive site Deja News today unveiled My Deja News, a personalized service that lets users to read the latest postings to their favorite Usenet groups. [News.com]
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- Delays won't halt memory slide - Despite an industry-wide movement to scale back chip plant investment, memory prices are expected to continue falling. [News.com]
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- Dell cuts PC prices, cites Asia - Dell Computer (DELL) sliced prices by up to 15 percent on selected models in its line of business PCs, attributing the modest cuts to savings on components resulting from Asian currency devaluations, a move rivals should be able to follow. [News.com]
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- Dell lops server prices by 28% - Dell Computer (DELL), hoping to maintain its momentum in the PC server market, today cut prices on its servers by up to 28 percent. [News.com]
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- Dell to put $250 million in Ireland - Dell Computer (DELL) announced a $250 million Irish investment that includes purchase of a Limerick manufacturing facility needed to keep up with direct vendor's yearly growth rate of 45 percent in Europe. [News.com]
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- Diet site kicks off 1998 - New Year's Day is traditionally the time when many make resolutions, and the Net holds several resources for people seeking to slim down in 1998. [News.com]
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- Differential debuts extranet suite - Tiny Differential today announced a suite of software called Extranet Creator to set up and manage extranets, another offering for companies that want to link to their suppliers and customers over the Net. [News.com]
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- Digital bets on Windows NT - Digital Equipment (DEC) today will take a big step toward betting its future on Windows NT, announcing that it's placing its two server architectures under the Windows umbrella, while entering into a broader strategic relationship with Microsoft. [News.com]
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- Digital chip sale to Intel at risk - Compaq Computer's (CPQ) buyout of Digital Equipment (DEC) could imperil an earlier deal between Digital and Intel (INTC), according to reports. [News.com]
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- Digital discounts servers, upgrades Alpha - Digital Equipment (DEC) announced an Alpha processor upgrade that boosts Digital servers to 600 MHz, as well as deep price cuts on selected AlphaServer models. [News.com]
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- Digital latest loss for Route 128 - Once the high-tech highway was home to giants in the computer industry, but Route 128 outside Boston lost another notable with Monday's news that Compaq Computer (CPQ) had bought out Digital Equipment (DEC). [News.com]
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- Digital photo market out of focus - Digital photography always seems to make everyone's list of hot technologies, since photography is one of the world's most popular hobbies, but companies banking on its widespread acceptance have yet to see the mass market crop up. [News.com]
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- Digital servers discounted - In the latest round of industry price cuts, Digital Equipment will make aggressive price cuts in its low- and midrange Alpha-Windows NT servers later this month. [News.com]
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- Digital stakes future on Windows - Digital Equipment (DEC) next week will take a big step toward betting its future on Windows NT when it announces that it's placing its two server architectures under the Windows umbrella, while entering into a broader strategic relationship with Microsoft. [News.com]
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- Digital sub-$900 PCs get cheaper - Digital Equipment (DEC) clipped prices by up to 20 percent on its line of business PCs, lowering the cost of sub-$900 and sub-$1,000 models as well as high-end machines. [News.com]
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- Digital tests e-commerce software - Computer maker Digital Equipment (DEC) says it began testing a form of cybercash which will enable low-cost information to be bought and sold over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Digital tops estimates - Digital Equipment (DEC) today reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates despite being hurt by foreign currency translation and the economic turmoil in Asia. [News.com]
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- Digital, Sequent team for 64-bit Unix - Sequent (SQNT) said it will team up with Digital Equipment (DEC) to produce a new 64-bit version of the Unix operating system. [News.com]
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- Digital: No job cut talks now - A European executive at Digital Equipment (DEC) said today that Digital and merger partner Compaq Computer (CPQ) were not considering job cuts at present. [News.com]
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- Disney to launch children's e-zine - "Hey there, hi there, ho there," Slate and Salon! The Walt Disney Company is launching its own e-zine, dubbed D-zine, later this month. [News.com]
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- Do online media favor Clinton? - Delahaye Group, a New Hampshire consulting group, has found that Bill Clinton is being treated more favorably in the online media than Kenneth Starr. [News.com]
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- DOJ arm to protect kids online - The National Institute of Justice has struck a deal with a nonprofit organization to develop technology to aid the search for missing children using the Internet. [News.com]
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- DOJ blasts foot-dragging charges - While awaiting a federal court hearing tomorrow that could determine whether Microsoft is in contempt of a judge's order to unbundle its Web browser from the Windows 95 operating system, the Justice Department has responded to allegations that it has waffled in prosecuting its case against the software giant. [News.com]
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- DOJ defends special master - The appointment of a "special master" in the Justice Department's antitrust dispute with Microsoft was warranted by the complexity of the case and well within a federal judge's authority, the government argued in a court brief today. [News.com]
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- Domain draft proposal released - The Clinton administration proposed this morning in its long-awaited "green paper" to carefully and slowly transfer power over the domain name system from the government to the private sector. [News.com]
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- Domain players ready to compete - Internet users rarely give any more thought to domain names than the oxygen they breathe. But, like clean air, Net names aren't free and some businesses would love to control the supply. [News.com]
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- Domain registrar moves ahead - A group trying to add seven new top-level domain names to the Internet said today it is moving ahead with its plans to test its registry system. [News.com]
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- Domino flaw exposes databases - Many Lotus Domino users may soon be cursing the IBM (IBM) subsidiary's developers if they don't find a way to fix a Domino security hole. [News.com]
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- Draft for DVD-Audio announced - A trade group announced a draft specification for DVD-Audio, the next-generation audio technology with seven times the storage capacity of a compact disc (CD), a key step toward DVD-Audio products reaching the consumer market later this year and also one that illustrates the ongoing convergence of PC and consumer technology. [News.com]
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- Drives hit sales high in '97 - Hard disk manufacturers set an industry record in 1997 selling 130.5 million drives, according to a marketing research firm. [News.com]
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- DSL technologies soon to market - Equipment and chip vendors such as 3Com, Fujitsu, and Paradyne announced they are working on new products that will offer Internet access via DSL (digital subscriber line) technologies. [News.com]
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- DSL vendor targets providers - Tut Systems said today it has begun customer trials of a product that will let phone companies and Internet service providers deploy high-speed Internet access using DSL (digital subscriber line) technology. [News.com]
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- E-commerce deals abound - AOL Networks and Cyberian Outpost inked a deal today that calls for Cyberian to be the exclusive retailer of new computer hardware and peripherals on the AOL Computing Channel. [News.com]
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- E-commerce firm plans IPO - E-commerce software vendor Intershop Communications is planning to go public on the Swiss stock exchange this spring, according to a source close to the company. [News.com]
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- E-commerce rule woos merchants - Aiming to boost Internet commerce, MasterCard today will announce a rule change that will make Internet transactions under the Secure Electronic Transactions protocol (SET) more attractive to merchants who now accept phone and mail orders. [News.com]
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- Earnings roundup - Three companies posted stronger quarterly revenues and captured a rise in profits today. [News.com]
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- EarthLink offers premium package - Internet service provider EarthLink (ELNK) today announced a premium Net access package, joining the race to garner market share with extra features. [News.com]
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- Easing email in-box overload - A communications software company says it will introduce a new product for Microsoft's Exchange messaging server that will help email users manage the volume of messages that flood their in-boxes each month. [News.com]
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- EDS upgrades antihacker service - Computer services giant EDS is upgrading its intrusion detection and monitoring service for corporate networks, adding WheelGroup's software for real-time detection of hacker attacks. [News.com]
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- Egghead to leave retail for Net - Egghead (EGGS) today said it expects to incur big losses for at least two years as it transforms itself from a retail software provider to an Internet-based company. [News.com]
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- Ellison says Apple NC a go - In spite of weak financial results and a sagging stock price for his company, Oracle (ORCL) chairman and CEO Larry Ellison continued to stump for his vision of network computers (NC), offering an affirmation of Apple's upcoming NC, at the Consumer Electronics Show. [News.com]
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- Ellison: Jobs is best Apple CEO - Oracle (ORCL) chairman Larry Ellison yesterday said Apple Computer (AAPL) is already being led by the best chief executive. [News.com]
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- Email still dangerous in business - A piece of email that Microsoft recently called "a smoking gun" once again underscored the inherent risks that electronic communication carries in the corporate world. In spite of such high-profile cases, however, many companies continue to leave themselves vulnerable to charges based on digital messages. [News.com]
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- EU finalizing global Net policy - The European Commission is close to unveiling a plan to promote global cooperation on the legal and technical problems caused by the Internet explosion. [News.com]
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- Europeans seen buying more PCs than ever - Europeans will buy more PCs than ever in 1998, British technology research company Context said today. [News.com]
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- Europeans slam U.S. crypto policy - No nation or region should dictate cryptographic regulations, two Europeans told the RSA Data Security conference today, implicitly criticizing the United States for its largely go-it-alone approach. [News.com]
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- Examining Apple's Q1 earnings - Apple Computer's (AAPL) preannouncement of an expected profit in its first fiscal quarter was a big psychological boost for the struggling computer maker, but when it reports earnings today analysts will be looking at how the company achieved its results. [News.com]
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- Excite bug opens Unix servers - A flaw in some of Excite's (XCIT) search engine software that could potentially bring down an improperly configured Web site has been publicly available for almost a month, prompting questions about the company's responsiveness. [News.com]
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- Excite launches U.K. school deal - Search engine Excite today announced a deal with the British government to provide Web-based email and curriculum to millions of school-aged children as part of the United Kingdom's NetYear program. [News.com]
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- Excite shrinks losses - Strategic agreements and increased traffic boosted Excite's (XCIT) fourth-quarter revenue and aided its shrinking net loss as the company beat analysts' expectations. [News.com]
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- Excite to buy online ad firm - Search directory Excite (XCIT) said today that it will buy MatchLogic, an online advertising services firm, in a stock deal worth $89 million. [News.com]
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- Excite, Prodigy do content deal - Prodigy and Excite (XCIT) announced an alliance today calling for Excite to provide cobranded versions of its content to Prodigy Internet subscribers. [News.com]
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- FAQ: Compaq buys, Digital sells - Digital sheds while Compaq gains weight. [News.com]
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- Fastest Pentium notebooks here - Intel (INTC) is announcing the fastest Pentium chip yet for notebook PCs today, and major manufacturers are chiming in with new systems. [News.com]
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- Fastest systems priced to move - Both top-tier and second-line PC manufacturers greeted the announcement of Intel's speediest Pentium II processor with new systems at surprisingly low price points. [News.com]
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- FCC responds to fears of ISP fees - The Federal Communications Commission today is clarifying the issues behind a pending report to Congress that some fear could result in new fees for Internet service providers. [News.com]
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- Fed responds to IT shortage - The Clinton administration is planning a broad federal effort to help train more computer programmers, responding to concern about a critical shortage of high-technology workers, according to reports. [News.com]
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- Fingerprint security on the PC - Biometric start-up Who Vision Systems next week will unveil its security technology that uses fingerprint sensors to safeguard corporate data and limit access to specific individuals. [News.com]
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- Flat panel monitor hits $1,500 mark - In another indication that flat panel display prices are heading south, direct marketer Akia today introduced a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor for just under $1,500. [News.com]
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- Fore Systems names new CEO - Struggling networking company Fore Systems (FORE) today named Thomas Gill its new chief executive and president. [News.com]
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- Former Informix CEO sells shares - Former Informix (IFMX) chairman and chief executive Phillip White has sold a portion of his holdings. [News.com]
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- Fortune: America loves Microsoft - Brace yourself, Mac lovers, Netscape top brass, and Justice Department litigators: "America loves Microsoft," an Internet survey and phone poll released today by Fortune magazine claims. [News.com]
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- France to help small firms with Net - France plans to devote $8.2 million this year to supporting Internet use by small and medium-sized companies, Secretary of State for Industry Christian Pierret said today. [News.com]
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- Free emailer plugs Apple - In the wake of Microsoft's buyout of Hotmail, an enterprising Hawaii company has come up with its own free email service that it proudly promotes as "100 percent pure Macintosh." [News.com]
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- Free mail a hot property - In the wake of Hotmail being snatched up by giant Microsoft (MSFT) and Four11 being bought out by Yahoo (YHOO), some of the remaining players in the free email arena are being heavily courted by investment bankers. [News.com]
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- French PC market to grow 14% - PARISThe French market for personal computers will grow 14 percent in units in 1998, following a 19 percent rise in 1997, according to a report by marketing study bureau GfK. [News.com]
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- Frontier to acquire GlobalCenter - Long-distance phone carrier Frontier (FRO) plans to acquire GlobalCenter, an ISP that specializes in distributing digital content for large Internet sites. [News.com]
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- FTC won't block Intel merger - The Federal Trade Commission will not block Intel's (INTC) $420 million acquisition of Chips & Technologies (CHPS), the government agency said today. [News.com]
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- Gates lashes out at press - With the anger evident in his voice, CEO Bill Gates said today that Microsoft settled its contempt-of-court charges with the Justice Department partly because of the ridicule that Microsoft endured after offering a crippled version of Windows to satisfy a court order. [News.com]
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- Gates wants to grow even more - Bill Gates doesn't think Microsoft is big enough. [News.com]
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- Gates: WebTV, PCs to get DSL - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates outlined the future for computer hardware manufacturers yesterday morning, and it's heavy on high-speed DSL technology. [News.com]
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- Gateway cuts PC-TV prices - Compaq, the world's largest PC maker, couldn't play in the market for first-generation PC-TVs, but Gateway 2000 (GTW) says it remains committed to convergence products, and lowered prices to prove it. [News.com]
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- Gateway joins sub-$1,000 craze - Direct PC vendors are finally getting serious about the market for sub-$1,000 PCs. [News.com]
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- Gateway reports a turnaround - Gateway 2000 (GTW), which took a significant loss and announced layoffs in its previous quarter, reported a turnaround and named a new president and chief operating officer yesterday. [News.com]
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- GeoCities, Egghead do commerce - Personal Web page provider GeoCities took another step forward in its continuing transformation from community to e-commerce provider, inking a deal with PC retailer Egghead. [News.com]
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- Gigabit gear abounds at ComNet - The flood gates are open. [News.com]
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- Global telecom talks to resume - Trade diplomats said today that they hoped agreement would be reached next week for a pact to open up global telecommunications services to competition to go into force from February 1. [News.com]
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- Gore plans tax credit extension - Vice President Al Gore today announced plans to extend the $2.2 billion research-and-development tax credit, part of a raft of Clinton administration measures designed to "invest in innovation." [News.com]
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- Hayes demos $300 DSL modem - At the ComNet trade show this week, Hayes (HAYZ) joined the parade of vendors showing off DSL (digital subscriber line) products for high-speed Internet and data access. [News.com]
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- High court win for MS freelancers - The U.S. Supreme Court today denied Microsoft's (MSFT) appeal of a ruling that its freelance workers were entitled to participate in the company's employee stock purchase plan. [News.com]
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- High tech to score at Super Bowl - Technology will be in the limelight this weekend when the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos take to the field for Super Bowl XXXII. [News.com]
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- High-tech commuting hell - In some ways, technology has dramatically picked up the pace of modern life, cutting the time of many daily activities down to a fraction of what once was considered highly efficient. But one aspect of life in the digital world has yet to see the benefits of technological advancement--commuting. [News.com]
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- Hitachi shows new Windows handheld - Hitachi Home Electronics (America) today announced several new products, including a Windows CE-based handheld computer, which it plans to display at the 1998 Winter Consumer Electronics Show. [News.com]
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- Hitachi to demo DVD-RAM at Macworld - Mac users attending the Macworld Expo will be able to get their first glimpse of re-recordable DVD technologies from Hitachi for the Macintosh platform. [News.com]
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- Hitachi, Intel see digital TV PC - TOKYO-Hitachi (HIT) and Intel (INTC) are to jointly develop technology for a personal computer system that can be used to view ground-based digital TV broadcasts, Japanese economic daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun said today. [News.com]
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- Hot market for rent-an-app - Next week, Lotus and its partners will unveil new Web applications that can be rented through ISPs, highlighting a growing trend. [News.com]
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- Hotmail outage fixed - A system problem blocked some Hotmail users from logging on to their free email accounts yesterday, inconveniencing users of the popular network. [News.com]
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- Hotmail sues spammers - Free email service Hotmail today became the latest of many to attack unsolicited commercial email, announcing it filed a suit in federal court against eight spammers. [News.com]
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- How long can Alpha hold out? - Some industry observers believe today's acquisition of Digital Equipment Corporation by Compaq is the last nail in the coffin for Digital's Alpha chip, but other analysts are saying that it serves as a strong placeholder for Digital until Intel's next-generation "Merced" processor is released and able to prove itself as a worthy competitor. [News.com]
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- How real is DSL? - Compaq, Intel, and Microsoft may give telephone companies--notorious for their laggard efforts in the Internet space, such as with ISDN--a much-needed shot in the arm by working to develop DSL (digital subscriber line) hardware and software while hedging their bets on cable modem services like @Home. But even if the PC heavyweights succeed in ironing out disagreements over standards, the question remains whether the venture will be more about actual technology than about marketing. [News.com]
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- HP cuts workstation prices - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) announced price cuts of up to 17 percent on its Kayak PC workstations, the latest move in what is turning out to be a competitive month for workstations. [News.com]
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- HP delivers $800 PC - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) will try to ambush competitors in the low-cost consumer PC market today, making clear that it isn't content with being a follower in this increasingly important segment. [News.com]
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- HP handheld sales look promising - Has Hewlett-Packard (HWP) moved closer to finding the right formula for slow-selling handheld PCs? Maybe so. [News.com]
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- HP introduces $849 business PC - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) continued its aggressive push into the market for sub-$1,000 business PCs, announcing an $849 system. [News.com]
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- HP passes Sun in workstations - When both Unix and NT workstations are counted together, Hewlett Packard surpassed Sun Microsystems to become the No.1 workstation vendor in 1997, according to an upcoming report from International Data Corporation (IDC). [News.com]
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- HP plays corporate musical chairs - In the wake of the departure of executive vice president Richard Belluzzo, Hewlett-Packard (HWP) has embarked on an elaborate game of corporate musical chairs as it seeks to keep intact Belluzzo's former group, which accounts for the bulk of the company's revenues. [News.com]
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- HP slashes Ethernet hub prices - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) has fired the first price-slashing salvo of the new year in the low-end market for networking equipment, touching off what could be another bruising round of discount warfare, according to analysts. [News.com]
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- HP trims notebook prices - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today trimmed prices on its entire line of portable computers by up to eight percent in an attempt to maintain newly found momentum in the notebook market. [News.com]
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- HP, Microsoft eye China business - High-tech giants Hewlett-Packard (HWP) and Microsoft (MSFT) will combine in targeting small- and medium-sized enterprises in China, hoping to make inroads in the Asian country's still-booming computer market. [News.com]
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- HP, others join Check Point's OPSEC alliance - Broadening its alliances in the security field, top-selling firewall vendor Check Point (CHKPF) will announce partnerships tomorrow with Hewlett-Packard (HWP) and several ISPs that offer managed security services to corporations. [News.com]
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- IBM braces for Nagano Olympics - June Namioka's team has trained hard for the Nagano Winter Olympics over the past 14 months, though not one member will compete in the Games. [News.com]
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- IBM changes access fee structure - Customers of IBM Internet Connection Services who are used to paying $19.95 per month for unlimited Net access will have to pay extra if their usage exceeds 100 hours per month, starting April 1. [News.com]
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- IBM drags down Wall Street - When IBM (IBM) yesterday reported fourth-quarter earnings that missed analysts' expectations, and followed with a warning that the current quarter would fall short of last year's results, its words rattled Wall Street, dragging the markets down today. [News.com]
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- IBM falls short of estimates - Citing strong services, business, and database software sales, IBM (IBM) announced a 10 percent jump in fourth-quarter earnings today. But Big Blue's performance fell short of analysts' expectations, and the road ahead looks rocky. [News.com]
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- IBM moves to improve NCs - IBM (IBM) continues to lead the network computer (NC) market, backed by relatively stable products and solid technology. [News.com]
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- IBM revamps workstations - IBM (IBM) reduced prices on its line of Windows NT-based workstations and announced it will incorporate Intel's newest and fastest Pentium II chip when it becomes available. [News.com]
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- IBM takes heat for new access fees - A plan by IBM Internet Connection Services to drop unlimited pricing for Net access and implement a pay-per-hour plan after 100 hours is getting heat from some customers and education groups. [News.com]
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- IBM takes on Microsoft over NT - IBM (IBM) will next week show off new Windows NT-based server software bundles intended to compete with Microsoft's BackOffice. [News.com]
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- IBM to provide wares for Internet2 - IBM (IBM) will announce tomorrow that it will provide hardware and software to seven universities to jump-start Internet2, the latest effort to build the next-generation network. [News.com]
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- IBM top exec takes medical leave - IBM's (IBM) top executive in its fast-growing services business has taken an open-ended medical leave of absence, prompting a series of top management shifts at the computer company. [News.com]
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- IBM turns to speedy AMD K6 - IBM (IBM) today rolled out two new consumer PCs with Advanced Micro Devices' K6 processor, lending momentum to newfound partiality toward the K6 among major PC manufacturers. [News.com]
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- IBM, VeriFone target security - A host of Internet security companies today outlined technologies designed to boost the growth of online banking and consumer-oriented e-commerce. [News.com]
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- Ice storm cuts some Net access - The "storm of the century" that hit eastern Canada last week has left many residents disconnected from the Net and other forms of communication. [News.com]
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- IE 4 for Mac coming - Microsoft (MSFT) will make a Macworld splash next week by posting Internet Explorer 4.0 for the Macintosh on Tuesday morning. [News.com]
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- IE 4 for Mac has crypto bug - Internet Explorer 4.0 for Macintosh has an encryption bug, Microsoft (MSFT) acknowledged today. [News.com]
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- IE 4 URL bug resurfaces - A glitch in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0 browser, which the company fixed last fall, has cropped up again in a slightly different form. [News.com]
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- IMF aid could kill Micron, CEO says - Micron Technology (MU) CEO Steve Appleton will say to Congress that unconditional International Monetary Fund (IMF) aid for South Korea could put his semiconductor company out of business. [News.com]
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- India software exports booming - Hardly dented by political turmoil and slowing economic growth in 1997, India's information technology sector is scrambling this year to exploit new opportunities for billion-dollar growth. [News.com]
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- Informix has uphill battle - Informix Software (IFMX) is continuing its comeback attempt based on new technology and a renewed product line, but the company still faces the larger challenge of winning new customers. [News.com]
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- Infoseek posts loss, to sell stock - Infoseek (SEEK), a media and navigation service, announced fourth-quarter and year-end results today, and said it intends to raise capital in the first quarter of 1998 through the sale of 2.5 million to 3 million shares of its common stock. [News.com]
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- Inside the Compaq-Digital deal - The computing industry's largest-ever merger deal was struck in the morning hours yesterday at the St. Regis Hotel in midtown Manhattan, capping two weeks of secret negotiations between the companies. [News.com]
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- Integrating Notes, 1-2-3, OneWorld - JD Edwards has begun integrating Lotus Notes Mail and 1-2-3 spreadsheet applications with its enterprise resource planning (ERP) package, OneWorld. [News.com]
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- Intel ad subsidies raising eyebrows - A multimillion-dollar advertising program from Intel (INTC) is heating up the debate on where journalism ends and advertising begins on the Web. [News.com]
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- Intel confirms slow growth - Intel's (INTC) chief financial officer today confirmed once again that the chip giant is experiencing a slow growth rate. [News.com]
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- Intel creates new business group - Intel (INTC) said that it has created a new group, called the Intel Architecture Business Group, and has named its top sales executive, Paul Otellini, to head it. [News.com]
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- Intel cuts chip prices - Intel (INTC) today rolled out its fastest processor to date, but more importantly for the PC industry, the company is expected to speed up price reductions on processors in the coming year. [News.com]
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- Intel does more networking - Intel (INTC) said it will unveil a new line of networking products tomorrow targeted at small businesses that are affordable and easy to install. [News.com]
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- Intel earnings better than expected - Intel (INTC) posted stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings yesterday as shipments of its microprocessors hit a record and price stability returned to its flash memory market. [News.com]
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- Intel extends offer for C&T - Intel (INTC) announced today that the expiration date for the $17.50-per-share tender offer by Intel's subsidiary, Intel Enterprise Corporation, for all outstanding shares of Chips and Technologies (CHPS) common stock has been extended from January 19 until 8 p.m., New York time, on January 21. [News.com]
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- Intel falls as analysts cut estimates - Shares of Intel (INTC) fell after a slew of Wall Street analysts cut earnings estimates on the semiconductor giant, following Intel's forecasting lower profit margins in 1998 when it reported earnings yesterday. [News.com]
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- Intel gear made easy - On your marks. Get set. Go. [News.com]
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- Intel gets serious about low-cost chips - Intel (INTC) will release its Pentium II for sub-$1,000 consumer PCs in April, turning up the heat in the low-cost chip market, currently a three-way slugfest between Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, and Cyrix. [News.com]
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- Intel grapples with legal troubles - Faced with fights on several fronts, Intel (INTC) is starting the year with the spotlight shining on its legal and antitrust woes. [News.com]
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- Intel Katmai chips due in 1999 - Intel (INTC) will ship a new processor technology dubbed Katmai in 1999, designed to enhance complex applications such as 3D graphics and speech recognition and run at speeds starting at about 500 MHz, company executives revealed today. [News.com]
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- Intel security standard endorsed - A group of industry heavyweights has endorsed a new security standard proposed by Intel (INTC), called Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA), as a framework for developing security applications for e-commerce and Internet transactions. [News.com]
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- Intel sees chip surplus, price cuts - Intel (INTC) is facing cancellation of notebook PC processor orders, boding ill for processor sales in this segment. [News.com]
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- Intel to air spoof for Super Bowl - Intel (INTC) will combine TV viewing and Web browsing in Super Bowl ads promoting its Pentium II chip. [News.com]
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- Intel to roll out fastest notebook Pentium - Intel (INTC) will announce the fastest Pentium chip yet for notebook PCs on Monday, just as the chip giant is challenged for the first time in this segment by Intel-compatible manufacturers. [News.com]
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- Intel, MS, Compaq tell of DSL plan - Calling the event nothing less than a "copper renaissance," three of high technology's most influential companies and a host of telecommunications companies and equipment vendors today announced a strategy for promoting high-speed Internet access on the existing telephone infrastructure. [News.com]
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- Intergraph: Intel fray causes loss - Intergraph (INGR) said yesterday that a legal dispute with computer chip giant Intel (INTC) over patent infringement had hurt its operating results for the fourth quarter. [News.com]
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- Investors embrace virtual road shows - Virtual road shows increasingly are hitting the road as companies look to cut costs on giving presentations to venture capitalists, and individual investors seek a cheaper means of gathering information about investment prospects. [News.com]
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- Investors shun Bay, Ascend - Bay Networks (BAY) and Ascend Communications (ASND) both posted strong quarterly earnings yesterday despite continued turmoil in overseas markets, but investors nevertheless gave the companies a collective thumbs-down this morning. [News.com]
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- Investors to vote on Power's future - When Power Computing shareholders meet in Texas later this month, they will be asked to vote for the dissolution of the former Mac clone maker. [News.com]
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- ISP Verio acquires iServers - Internet services provider Verio today said it acquired the Utah-based Internet Servers in a move to increase its customer base and add new technology and distribution strength to its Web-hosting services. [News.com]
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- ISP, set-top firm in Net access deal - Sprynet said today it has formed a partnership with television set-top box manufacturer WebSurfer, the ISP's latest attempt to add new services to attract and maintain subscribers. [News.com]
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- Israel to invest in high tech - The Israeli government has initiated a plan to form a $1 billion fund to invest in high-tech start-ups, finance minister Yaacov Neeman said today. [News.com]
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- Japan bank data stolen online - Cybercriminals rifled through confidential computer records of a major Japanese bank and stole information on customers' names, telephone numbers, addresses, and even birthdays, the bank said today. [News.com]
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- Japanese look to low-cost PCs - In Japan, PC manufacturers are readying new models priced below $1,000, according to a report in Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japans largest business daily, evidence that Japan has now caught the low-cost computer bug. [News.com]
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- Java battle goes retail - The Sun Microsystems (SUNW) vs. Microsoft (MSFT) squabble over Java has gone shopping. [News.com]
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- Java key to Sybase turnaround - Hoping to offset sluggish database server sales, Sybase (SYBS) is looking to its Java development tool, middleware, and Net technology to boost sagging revenues and differentiate the company from a long list of competitors. [News.com]
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- Java kiosks ready for Super Bowl - The city of San Diego will deploy 24 Java-based kiosks to provide municipal and game information to the more than 100,000 visitors expected to jam the city this week for Super Bowl XXXII. [News.com]
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- JavaScript bug in Navigator 4.04 - Netscape Communications (NSCP) executives today confirmed the existence of a JavaScript bug in Navigator 4.04 that could strand unsuspecting Web surfers without a toolbar or even a window. [News.com]
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- Jobs behind moves on Claris - Apple Computer (AAPL) continues to be reshaped by the hand of Steve Jobs, the company's interim CEO. [News.com]
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- Jobs sticks to the basics - With the notable exception of an expected $45 million profit, Apple Computer (AAPL) interim CEO Steve Jobs's latest "state of the Mac" address at the Macworld Expo trade show here provided Apple interim CEO Steve Jobs little of the glamour or surprises that users and observers have come to expect from Apple. [News.com]
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- Judge miffed at Microsoft on OS - How do you define "remove"? [News.com]
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- Judge won't remove Lessig - In yet another setback for Microsoft, a federal judge today issued a sternly worded order denying a motion to disqualify a computer law expert assigned to the antitrust case pitting the software giant against the Justice Department. [News.com]
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- Keeping an eye on Check Point - Firewall vendor Check Point (CHKPF) won back part of its stock market losses today, rising 5/8 after the network security firm's stock plunged 16 percent yesterday. [News.com]
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- Klein: DOJ action is "essential" - As government attorneys argued in Washington, D.C. today that Microsoft should be fined $1 million per day for the way it bundles and markets its software, the man spearheading the effort told an audience in California that such policing actions--when carried out with restraint--are good for the economy. [News.com]
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- Kodak to release "megapixel" camera - The next-wave of lower-priced "megapixel" digital cameras are coming. [News.com]
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- Laptops go low cost - Toshiba, which has seen its market share lead in portable computers come under attack from Compaq (CPQ), is fighting back with new notebook computers designed mainly for the consumer retail market that are priced as low as $1,699. [News.com]
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- Latest Y2K weapon: hard copies - For those harried by the thought of widespread computer failure in the year 2000, one technology expert offers this simple solution: Print out a paper copy. [News.com]
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- Lessig email called smoking gun - As new questions surfaced about the partiality of a special master assigned to the battle pitting the Justice Department against Microsoft, the government today refuted the software giant's claims that the appointment of the computer expert is inappropriate. [News.com]
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- Lessig insists on impartiality - The computer law expert assigned to the antitrust battle between Microsoft and the Justice Department assured the court last week he is not biased against either party and called characterizations to the contrary "misleading." [News.com]
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- Live Picture secures funding - Live Picture, the Internet imaging company whose chairman is ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, will announce tomorrow that it has secured more than $22 million in financing from a group that includes Kodak. [News.com]
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- Loaded $899 Umax PC is a first - Umax Computer, a company better known for its Macintosh clones, recently offered and immediately sold out of a fully loaded PC for $899, but the company has plans to offer more low-cost systems. [News.com]
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- Local Net content key in India - Indian languages and India-specific content will drive the penetration of the Internet in India, industry experts said today. [News.com]
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- Local site hosts protest - A San Diego Web site is organizing a protest of what it says are exorbitant gas prices in that city, the latest example of mainstream activism taking to the Net. [News.com]
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- Lotus pushes e-business - Lotus Development today, as expected, launched its latest groupware messaging package Notes and Domino 5.0, calling the product an e-business mainstay. But users will have to wait a bit longer than expected to get their hands on the software. [News.com]
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- Lotus unveils user-initiated groupware apps - Lotus Development and its business partners at Lotusphere '98 today unveiled a series of user-initiated groupware applications, and said the hosting platform on which to run them will roll out this quarter. [News.com]
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- Low-cost Sun workstations arrive - To counter the growing popularity of Windows NT workstations, Sun Microsystems (SUNW) is releasing new workstations tomorrow that combine new processor technology and low prices, as earlier reported by CNET's NEWS.COM, as well as a new high-end workstation. [News.com]
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- Lucent touts high-speed modem - Lucent Technologies will later this year release a new modem technology that radically boosts downloading speeds, but doesn't require major capital investments or equipment overhauls to work. [News.com]
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- Mac software to run Windows 98 - Just in time for the Macworld trade show next week, Connectix will offer updated software that allows Macintosh users to run Windows-based programs with better performance and increased compatibility. [News.com]
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- Macromedia updates design tool - Macromedia (MACR) introduced a new version of its popular FreeHand design tool and premiered its Web design and animation suite. [News.com]
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- Macworld comeback - Saying that its turnaround strategy is clearly working, interim CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple Computer will post a $45 million profit for the first quarter. At its annual Macworld Expo show in San Francisco, Apple also trumpeted good news on its product and technology fronts, upgrading the Mac operating system and announcing that sales of its new Power Mac G3 systems had exceeded expectations. [News.com]
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- Macworld: Products, not CEO - As the Macintosh faithful prepare for this week's Macworld trade show, Mac users, analysts, and Wall Street are all wondering if Apple Computer (AAPL) interim CEO Steve Jobs has anything up his sleeve. [News.com]
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- Mayors urged to fight Net tax bill - A key U.S. Senate Democrat warned the nation's mayors today that their towns will lose billions of dollars in revenue if they do not step up opposition to an Internet tax bill speeding through Congress. [News.com]
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- MCI, Newbridge expand deal - Telecommunications giant MCI (MCIC) and equipment provider Newbridge Networks (NN) announced an extension to their agreement to jointly market and sell networks based on an array of internetworking technologies. [News.com]
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- McNealy: Profits mean Unix lives - Workstation maker Sun Microsystems (SUNW), fighting back competition from the Windows NT camp, today posted an 18 percent jump in second-quarter revenues and beat expectations as sales of Unix systems remained strong. [News.com]
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- Megamerger fallout: Downgrades - Compaq Computer (CPQ) shares rebounded slightly today after falling 9 percent yesterday, despite some analysts' downgrades after the company's megamerger announcement with Digital Equipment (DEC). [News.com]
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- Memory market future unclear - Memory chip prices have gained a bit over the past week, but the recent uptick doesn't necessarily signal the shaky market has begun to rebound. [News.com]
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- Memory prices suddenly higher - NEW YORK-Higher spot prices for 16-megabit memory chips and rumors of production difficulties in South Korea that could curb supply caused shares of Idaho manufacturer Micron Technology to jump. [News.com]
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- Mergers and acquisitions up 25% - Let's get together and feel all right. [News.com]
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- Micrografx takes Corel to court - Graphics software maker Micrografx (MGXI) is expected to file a request tomorrow in the Federal District Court of the Northern District of Texas for a temporary restraining order against Corel (COSFF). [News.com]
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- Micron discounts business PCs - Direct vendor Micron Electronics (MUEI) said today it cut prices by up to 20 percent on its entire line of business desktop systems. [News.com]
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- Micron readies sub-$1,000 PC - Micron has announced a fully-configured sub-$1,000 PC, an indication that the low-cost PC trend is catching on at direct marketers, which to date have shied away from this segment. [News.com]
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- Microsoft opens Office Update site - Users of Microsoft (MSFT) Office 97 who are itching to upgrade their software but just can't wait until the next major release will get that chance through a new Web site to be launched today. [News.com]
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- Microsoft appeals Lessig ruling - Microsoft (MSFT) pressed on today with its opposition to a court-appointed computer adviser assigned to its antitrust battle with the Justice Department, asking an appeals court to overturn the designation. [News.com]
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- Microsoft back to core case - When Microsoft and the Justice Department settled their contempt-of-court dispute, the case got back to the larger issue of technology integration and the company's business practices. However, the settlement will likely have ramifications for the final outcome of the case and the industry as a whole. This NEWS.COM special coverage examines these issues. [News.com]
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- Microsoft beats expectations - Microsoft (MSFT) today posted second-quarter results that beat expectations as its performance continued to be fueled by sales of Windows 95 and Office 97. [News.com]
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- Microsoft buys Hotmail - Microsoft (MSFT) said Wednesday it is buying Hotmail to make free email a feature of the Microsoft Network, turning up the heat on America Online (AOL). [News.com]
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- Microsoft college deal postponed - Before being grilled by state lawmakers yesterday, California State University (CSU) officials said they are postponing a deal that would make the system a moneymaking business partner with Microsoft and three other companies. [News.com]
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- Microsoft deal ends contempt charges - The Justice Department and Microsoft today announced a settlement on a major issue stalling their high-profile antitrust dispute, clearing the software giant of contempt-of-court charges that could have resulted in an unprecedented fine of $1 million a day. [News.com]
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- Microsoft debuts Office 98 for Mac - At Macworld Expo, Apple Computer (AAPL) showed off the first results of its invigorated relationship with Microsoft via the official unveiling of Office 98 for the Mac. [News.com]
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- Microsoft files appeal brief - Microsoft today told a federal appeals court that the lower court judge handling its antitrust dispute with the Justice Department erred in ordering the software giant to separate Web browsing software from its operating system. [News.com]
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- Microsoft inspected in Japan - As Microsoft lawyers tossed and turned last night in advance of today's hearing with the Department of Justice, the software giant suffered another antitrust blow as the Fair Trade Commission of Japan conducted a morning raid on the company's Tokyo offices. [News.com]
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- Microsoft posts "Bonk" patch - Microsoft this morning posted a fix to protect its Windows NT servers from a malicious program that hackers can use to bring down computers hooked up to the Internet. [News.com]
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- Microsoft rattles markets - Market reaction to the latest news coming out of Redmond, Washington, spanned three continents today as investors responded skittishly to Microsoft's earnings report, its dire warning on problems related to the Asian currency crisis, and finally the surprise court agreement with the Justice Department. [News.com]
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- Microsoft sets 2-for-1 stock split - Software giant Microsoft (MSFT) today said that its board has approved a two-for-one stock split in order to make its shares more accessible to potential buyers, payable February 20, record February 6. [News.com]
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- Microsoft shifts Web strategy - There have been no splashy announcements, no big coming-out parties to mark an occasion--but all of Microsoft's (MSFT) subtle and not-so-subtle changes in its Web strategy are starting to add up to a major shift. [News.com]
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- Microsoft sues resellers - In a show of force against a $2.7 billion problem in the U.S. market, Microsoft today said it has sued 12 computer resellers for alleged software piracy. [News.com]
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- Microsoft suffers ID security lapse - After learning that the ID numbers of four consultants with special Microsoft credentials had been inadvertently released, the software giant today took steps to correct the mistake. But the episode raised new concerns about online security. [News.com]
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- Microsoft takes on Lessig again - In a brief filed with a federal appeals court today, Microsoft reiterated its opposition to the appointment of a computer and Internet law expert in the high-profile antitrust case brought by the Justice Department. [News.com]
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- Microsoft tests database upgrade - Microsoft (MSFT) tomorrow will announce that it is shipping a second test version of its SQL Server 7.0 database server along with the first beta copy of a new OLAP (online analytical processing) server. [News.com]
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- Microsoft to help wire hotels - Microsoft, Atcom/Info, and CGX Communications subsidiary CAIS Internet today announced plans to collaborate on offering high-speed Net access to hotels. [News.com]
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- Microsoft to unveil wallet PC - Microsoft (MSFT) will introduce its handheld computer technology today, dubbed Gryphon, on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show. [News.com]
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- Microsoft won't support NDS - Microsoft (MSFT) said today it does not plan to offer technical support to customers of its Windows NT Server operating software on questions stemming from deployment of Novell's (NOVL) directory services (NDS) software. [News.com]
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- Microsoft's $1 million question - After more than two months of dueling briefs, filings, and press releases, the legal dispute between the Justice Department and Microsoft takes a critical turn. Both parties are caught in the latest wrinkle stalling their high-profile antitrust dispute: whether the company is in contempt of court and should be fined $1 million per day for not following the judge's order to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows 95. [News.com]
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- Microsoft, Digital expand pact - Executives from software giant Microsoft (MSFT) and systems provider Digital Equipment (DEC) were all smiles at an event to announce an extension to their partnership and why not? [News.com]
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- Microsoft, NTT team on technology - Microsoft (MSFT) and an affiliate of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NIT) said today that they would develop technical standards to allow compatibility between Windows CE-based computers and Japan's personal handyphone system. [News.com]
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- Microsoft-DOJ settlement FAQ - The Justice Department and Microsoft have agreed to settle whether Microsoft is in contempt of a court order to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows 95. Still wondering what really happened in the high-profile antitrust case? Below are the frequently asked questions on today's contempt hearing and what it means. [News.com]
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- Mitsubishi to close memory plant - Japanese electronics giant Mitsubishi Electric said its U.S. unit, Mitsubishi Semiconductor America, will close its outdated memory plant in North Carolina effective March 16 and lay off about 200 people. [News.com]
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- More attempts to legitimize spam - Bryan Flemming knows he is the enemy: as one of the chief officers of a company that sells software for spammers, he has been in the crossfire of the antispamming community for some time. [News.com]
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- More banks start e-commerce pilots - The Integrion electronic commerce partnership said yesterday that three more of its bank participants started pilot projects aimed at offering services to retail customers after further tests. [News.com]
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- More Net political disclosure - Net users now can discover who is underwriting races for the presidency and the House, using a new site launched by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). [News.com]
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- More NT servers hit the market - Workstation vendor Intergraph announced new Windows NT servers today, replacing its 600 line with more expandable computers and introducing a new low-end server for workgroups. [News.com]
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- More security to pass around - Virtual private network firm Aventail has unveiled two interoperability programs so that users can create VPNs when they use security products from different vendors. [News.com]
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- Motorola funds Taiwan chip fab - Motorola today said it would invest $15 million in its Chungli plant in northern Taiwan, reflecting its confidence in the island's economic strength amid Asian financial turmoil. [News.com]
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- Motorola posts growth, falls short - Wrapping up its year-long restructuring plan, Motorola (MOT) has yet to prove its recovery is a done deal.. [News.com]
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- Motorola, Microsoft go wireless - Motorola and Microsoft have announced an agreement that will let Microsoft Windows-based devices receive information sent using Motorola's technology for wireless paging. [News.com]
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- Motorola: Digital usage booming - A Motorola (MOT) executive today said that the Internet is driving up digital usage to the point where it is now on a par with analog. [News.com]
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- MS apologizes, promises respect - A top Microsoft (MSFT) executive said today that the company, facing a contempt hearing next week in federal court, is "sorry" for any statements indicating disrespect for the Justice Department or the judge. [News.com]
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- MS backs down in NT fray - Is Microsoft (MSFT) biting off more than it can chew? [News.com]
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- MS catches up in Web tool market - Saying it wants to do for Web-based development what its Visual Basic tool did for client-server deployment, Microsoft (MSFT) will announce on Monday a reworked and substantially more powerful version of its Visual InterDev tool. [News.com]
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- MS changes European ISP deals - Microsoft (MSFT) has dropped some of the requirements it imposes on European Internet service providers, a move that it said is likely to end an informal inquiry launched by the European Commission (EC) ten months ago. [News.com]
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- MS charging for Windows 98 beta - Further blurring the line between beta and shipping software, Microsoft (MSFT) is selling beta copies of Windows 98 for thirty bucks to home users who don't mind a little walk on the wild side. [News.com]
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- MS college deal under fire - California lawmakers are charging that the state's university system shut out a slew of high-tech vendors when drafting a moneymaking deal with Microsoft (MSFT) and three other vendors. [News.com]
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- MS hardball backfires, analysts say - Following two key developments yesterday in the closely watched antitrust battle between Microsoft and the Justice Department, legal observers tend to agree that some of the more aggressive measures taken by the software giant may have done more harm than help. [News.com]
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- MS licenses COM to SGI, Iona - Microsoft (MSFT) today said that it will take a more active role in providing versions of its component technology for Unix and other operating systems, a signal, analysts say, that the company is taking its battle against CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) backers and Java proponents more seriously. [News.com]
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- MS making up for bad behavior - In a major shift in its public relations strategy before its contempt-of-court hearing Tuesday, Microsoft (MSFT) sent out its executives this week to tell the press that it's sorry for being arrogant and disrespectful in the face of the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit. [News.com]
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- MS opens China support center - Microsoft (MSFT) officially opened a support center in Shanghai to advise its customers in the rapidly growing Chinese computer market, company officials said. [News.com]
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- MS pact bigger of two TCI deals - Last week's agreements between Tele-Communications Incorporated (TCOMA) and Microsoft (MSFT) and TCI and Sun Microsystems (SUNW) show that the cable industry is beginning to lean heavily on a number of computer heavyweights as the suppliers of key technologies, raising the specter of raging turf battles. [News.com]
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- MS plans auto PC, new handhelds - Microsoft (MSFT) has unveiled software for a new generation of smaller dashboard-mounted, voice-activated automobile computers and handheld PCs at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). [News.com]
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- MS posts IE 4 for the Mac - Microsoft (MSFT) began its Macworld splash today by posting Internet Explorer 4.0 for the Macintosh. [News.com]
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- MS pushes NT for securities - Pushing into Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) territory, Microsoft (MSFT) said today it will expand its Windows DNA for Financial Services framework (DNA-FS) beyond banking and into the securities industry. [News.com]
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- MS seen posting strong earnings - While Microsoft (MSFT) is tangled in a legal morass with federal antitrust regulators, the company is poised to show strong earnings growth this week as its fundamental business shows few signs of weakness. [News.com]
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- MS, Digital plan NT lovefest - Microsoft (MSFT) and Digital Equipment (DEC) will stay cozy next week with the announcement of an extension to a close partnership that has reaped benefits for both sides. [News.com]
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- MS, DOJ filings bolster positions - Setting the stage for a ruling on a key issue in the high-profile antitrust battle between Microsoft and the Justice Department, both sides filed briefs late today laying out their positions on whether Microsoft is in contempt of court. [News.com]
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- MS, DOJ hearing looms - Microsoft (MSFT) is gearing up for another round before Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson tomorrow as it faces contempt charges over allegations that it violated a court order by continuing to require computer vendors to bundle its Internet Explorer browser with its Windows operating system. [News.com]
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- MS, judge differ on compliance - U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson made one thing clear today: He'll take no guff from Microsoft (MSFT), no matter how big or successful the software giant is. [News.com]
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- MS, special master at odds - Microsoft said it will formally seek the disqualification of a "special master" appointed to hear evidence in an antitrust case the Justice Department has brought against the software giant. [News.com]
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- MSN loses another exclusive - Similar to Star Trek, Entertainment Tonight isn't just for MSN users anymore. [News.com]
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- MSNBC to launch sports site - MSNBC tomorrow will announce it is joining the crowded playing field of Net sports programming. [News.com]
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- N.Y. Times tries pop-up ads - The New York Times on the Web has been giving its users a little surprise: windows that pop up on their computer screens and display ads. [News.com]
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- Nasdaq falls despite Apple surge - The Nasdaq Composite Index closed lower today as weakness in semiconductor equipment makers dragged down high-technology stocks--despite a late surge by Apple Computer (AAPL). [News.com]
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- National making first Cyrix chips - The first Cyrix-brand microprocessors have started to roll out of plants owned by parent company National Semiconductor, signaling a shift in manufacturing operations that could lead to faster, better chip designs and more competition for Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, Cyrix's chief rivals. [News.com]
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- Navy barred from ousting sailor - A federal judge today issued a ruling permanently barring the United States Navy from discharging a sailor for allegedly admitting he was gay on America Online. [News.com]
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- Navy sailor gets reprieve - A U.S. District Court judge in Washington today issued a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Navy, preventing it from discharging Senior Chief Timothy McVeigh under provisions of the "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue" policy. [News.com]
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- Navy: AOL probe unnecessary - A Navy spokesman said today that the Navy had enough evidence to discharge a sailor for violating the military's policy on homosexuality--even if an investigator had never spoken with an America Online employee. [News.com]
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- NBC stakes Mining Company - NBC has announced that it is taking a minority stake in the parent of the Mining Company, as well as striking content partnerships with the Mining Company. [News.com]
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- NEC cuts domestic PC shipment forecast - Japan's NEC Corporation today said that it lowered its forecast for domestic PC shipments in fiscal year 1997-98, ending on March 31, to 3.25 million units from an earlier projection of 3.7 million units. [News.com]
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- NEC supercomputer challenges U.S. - Japanese and U.S. supercomputer makers are locked in a race to deploy new generations of the world's fastest computers, as Japan's NEC announced yesterday that it is developing Japan's fastest supercomputer yet. [News.com]
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- NEC undecided on chip spending - NEC Corporation today said it is still in the process of drawing up capital outlay plans for its semiconductor operations for the business year beginning in April. [News.com]
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- NEC working on Java portable - NEC is developing a portable touch-screen device for using the Internet that is based on the Java programming language, a product that could greatly change how and where users get online. [News.com]
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- Net addiction a campus problem? - Long heralded as a boon and increasingly as a necessity to university education, the Internet is now being linked to academic failure. [News.com]
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- Net adoption growing overseas - The United States has many more people using the Internet than do other countries, with more than 54 percent of the total, but the American share is dropping as other nations adopt Net technology, according to the Internet Industry Almanac, an annual reference book about the online industry. [News.com]
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- Net complicates French poll ban - France has reaffirmed its traditional ban on the publication of voter surveys just before elections, despite widespread violations during last year's National Assembly elections. [News.com]
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- Net confab showcases bandwidth - While industry titans talk about increasing Internet bandwidth, Internet companies today showed off technologies to help with a present problem: coping with crowded networks on the Net or on office networks. [News.com]
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- Net copyright rules stir firms - Proposed regulations designed to bring copyright law into line with the computer age are creating a stir among Internet broadcasters and network service providers who warn the rules would stop the budding market for Internet multimedia in its tracks. [News.com]
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- Net elated over Netscape giveaway - Browser users and Internet software developers alike cheered today's decision by Netscape Communications (NSCP) to offer its Navigator browser free of charge and to make available the source code for the next generation of Communicator. [News.com]
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- Net firm beats Murdoch in court - A small, privately held Internet services company claimed victory in a contract dispute with a U.S. subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. [News.com]
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- Net flocks to Unabomber story - Just like the high-profile criminal cases of O.J. Simpson, Louise Woodward, and Timothy McVeigh, the announcement of suspected Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's guilty plea has been an example of the Web's role in disseminating real-time news to audiences eager for the scoop. [News.com]
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- Net gambling halted in Missouri - A Missouri judge today issued a temporary restraining order barring U.S. Lottery, an online gaming firm, from offering its gambling services in the state. [News.com]
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- Net gear maker turns to NT - Start-up Berkeley Networks will utilize the ever-increasing amount of network services found in Microsoft's Windows NT Server operating system for a new line of switching equipment for networks. [News.com]
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- Net money in corporate info market - Many Internet entrepreneurs over the last year have shifted their business models from the general public to where the money is--the corporate information market. [News.com]
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- Net music firms go global - Net music companies increasingly are looking outside the United States for eyeballs and revenues, as illustrated by two announcements today. [News.com]
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- Net phones not subject to EU rules - Services that allow consumers to make phone calls over the Internet are not yet sophisticated enough to fall under European Union rules on voice telephone, the European Commission said today. [News.com]
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- Net shopping more than a fad - Some people think Internet shopping is just a fad like CB radio, and the only thing that keeps it going is "its easy, anonymous access to sex material." [News.com]
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- Net sites host Clinton speech - During his State of the Union address tonight, President Clinton did not discuss allegations that he had sexual relations with a White House intern and later told her to lie about it. But he did talk about the Internet. [News.com]
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- Net Society slams Thai rules - The Internet Society has sent a letter to its 600 members in Thailand urging them to uphold the organization's "guiding principles" that oppose government restriction of the Internet. [News.com]
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- Net sports sites face post-season - Sports Web sites come alive during events such as the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics, but it remains to be seen if they can survive the quieter times. [News.com]
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- NetGuard adds network management - Another firewall vendor, NetGuard, is jumping into the bandwidth management space, following firewall leader Check Point (CHPKF). [News.com]
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- Netizens weigh in on Oprah trial - As Oprah Winfrey goes to trial in Amarillo, Texas, on charges of violating food disparagement laws, the meat industry is finding that its opponents are winning the war of words, at least on the Internet. [News.com]
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- NetManage debuts support tool - Software maker NetManage (NETM) today previewed a tool for making it easier to support software users. [News.com]
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- Netscape adds travel to Netcenter - Continuing to expand its online service called Netcenter, Netscape Communications today announced the launch of Netcenter Travel by Travelocity, a cobranded service that lets users make flight, rental car, and hotel reservations online. [News.com]
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- Netscape cuts prices on retail products - Now that Netscape Communications (NSCP) no longer charges for its flagship browser, it has decided to cut prices on its retail products and compensate retailers for any losses incurred. [News.com]
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- Netscape cutting back on Java - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) today touted a big Java licensing deal with Motorola, but Netscape Communications is cutting back on some of its Java development. [News.com]
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- Netscape does security deal - Security Dynamics will bundle server software from Netscape Communications (NSCP) with its forthcoming security products, the companies said today. [News.com]
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- Netscape earnings take big hit - Hit with sluggish sales at both ends of the software market, Netscape Communications (NSCP) said today it will post a fourth-quarter loss much larger than analysts' expectations, in part because of pricing changes on its standalone browser. [News.com]
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- Netscape expects to report loss - Netscape Communications (NSCP) today warned that it expects to miss Wall Street's expectations for the fourth quarter and to lay off workers because of lower-than-anticipated revenues for its client and enterprise software. [News.com]
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- Netscape layoffs could be 400 - Netscape Communications (NSCP) will lay off up to 400 employees when it announces its quarterly results later this month. [News.com]
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- Netscape misfires on enterprise - Netscape Communications (NSCP) took Wall Street by surprise today in announcing that its fourth-quarter revenues and profits will fall far short of expectations. [News.com]
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- Netscape now--for free - In an apparently unprecedented move, Netscape Communications will give away its Navigator browser, confirming rumors over the last several weeks. It also will give away the source code for the next generation of its Communicator suite--a move designed to strike at the heart of rival Microsoft's Web development strategy. This NEWS.COM special coverage analyzes the implications for Netscape and the industry. [News.com]
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- Netscape ready to move forward - At Netscape's campus-like headquarters, workers taking their lunch breaks today were upbeat about the company's prospects despite news of wider-than-expected losses and job cuts. [News.com]
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- Netscape stock falls, rebounds - Shares of Netscape (NSCP) fell as low as 11.8 percent in today's trading before rebounding slightly following the company's release yesterday of disappointing fourth-quarter results. [News.com]
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- Netscape takes analysts' lumps - More than a year ago, Netscape Communications (NSCP) laid out a bold strategy to focus on the enterprise software market, largely because Microsoft was cutting into the business of its flagship product, the Navigator browser. [News.com]
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- Netscape to cut 300 jobs - Netscape Communications (NSCP) announced today that it would eliminate 300 jobs, the first layoffs in the company's history. [News.com]
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- Netscape's play: Bold or desperate? - Netscape isn't just giving away free meals--it's giving up its secret recipe. [News.com]
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- Network Associates plots strategy - Capping an acquisitions binge late last year, Network Associates (NETA) on Monday will outline a strategic blueprint for network security and encryption. [News.com]
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- Network Associates sniffs traffic - Network Associates (NETA) next month will launch software updates to its Distributed Sniffer System (DSS) and Expert Sniffer network analyzer products. [News.com]
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- Network Solutions' Net plans - Network Solutions (NSOL) already runs the world's dominant Net domain name registrar, but now it is racing to roll out new services to stay ahead of the competition. [News.com]
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- Networking firms buy to grow - Networking companies continue to find that growth is much easier to accomplish through acquisition. [News.com]
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- Networking giants buy to up tech lineups - Two networking giants added to their technology lineups today, plucking start-ups out of obscurity. [News.com]
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- New PCs coming from Compaq - Compaq Computer is releasing new consumer computers tomorrow using processors from Advanced Micro Devices, heating up an already torrid low-cost PC market and demonstrating another vote of confidence for non-Intel chips in this segment. [News.com]
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- New "peace" virus infects Excel - A new type of computer virus claims to deliver "peace at last," but users whose computers were infected with it aren't feeling so peaceful today. [News.com]
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- New Century Networks regroups - New Century Networks has laid off 10 percent of its staff of 70 in a reorganization of its online resources. [News.com]
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- New IBM chip at Macworld - IBM (IBM) has introduced a faster PowerPC processor to kick off the Macworld Expo trade show, and new systems from Apple are expected to follow soon. [News.com]
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- New Intel chip for mainframes - Intel's (INTC) next-generation 64-bit Merced processor is being targeted for the lofty mainframe computer market, signaling that future Intel chips will be used in increasingly sophisticated computers. [News.com]
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- New MMX on Intel Katmai chip - Intel (INTC) will ship a new processor technology dubbed Katmai in 1999, designed to boost a computer's ability to handle multimedia and run at speeds starting at about 500 MHz, company executives revealed. [News.com]
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- New Net decency rules developing - The campaign to bar children's access to "indecent" online material found a new target this week: needy schools. [News.com]
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- New Pamela Lee video in court - An ex-boyfriend of Pamela Anderson Lee is launching a legal battle to prevent the online distribution of a sexually explicit home video of himself and the former Baywatch star. [News.com]
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- New Pentium II, price cuts arrive - Intel (INTC) will debut its second-generation, "Deschutes" Pentium II today, while it cuts prices on its chips. Some computer manufacturers are reducing prices on systems also. [News.com]
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- Next Domino easier to use - With its newest release, Lotus Development will next week attempt both to fend off increasing competition in the groupware market and to persuade Domino software users to stick with its product. [News.com]
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- Next Pentium II due this month - At the end of this month, Intel's (INTC) second-generation Pentium II processor will appear in the fastest breed of PCs, heralding a new level of high-performance personal computing. [News.com]
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- NextLevel forms alliance with Sony - On a roll with partners and investors, NextLevel Systems said today that electronics giant Sony is taking a 5 percent stake in the company as the two form an alliance to distribute a digital set-top box with Sony's logo slapped on the front. [News.com]
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- No end in sight for spam - It clogged systems. It annoyed Netizens. It galled parents. It ensnared innocent bystanders. [News.com]
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- Non-Intel processors make gains - Intel not inside appears to be a growing phenomenon in the retail world. [News.com]
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- Notebook prices under siege - Last year, desktop prices plunged to new lows, a trend that both excited consumers and forced vendors to tweak their business models to adjust to lower margins. The same will likely happen in notebooks this year. [News.com]
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- Novell cuts NT directory services costs - With a window of opportunity hazy in its size, Novell (NOVL) continues to try and find ways to promote its key directory services software technology. [News.com]
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- Novell seeks strength in roots - Novell (NOVL) executives hope a return to the company's technology roots can sustain the firm and stave off competitive threats. [News.com]
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- Novell to release new NetWare beta - Networking software maker Novell (NOVL) will release the next beta version of its flagship NetWare operating system by the end of this week, with plans for a final beta release on track for April, according to executives. [News.com]
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- Novonyx bites the dust - Novonyx, the combined spin-off effort of Novell (NOVL) and Netscape Communications (NSCP), is no more. [News.com]
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- Novonyx CEO may be out of a job - Novonyx today said there are staff changes taking place at the Orem, Utah-based software company, but would neither confirm nor deny published reports stating that the CEO of the joint Netscape and Novell venture is out of a job. [News.com]
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- Novonyx ships first products - Novonyx, the company formed six months ago by Netscape Communications and Novell, announced today that it is shipping its first products. [News.com]
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- Offering services as a strategy - Here among the start-ups with raw technologies and a handful of mature companies with new products, a small number of companies at Internet Showcase are going the services route in an attempt to get their foot into the corporate door. [News.com]
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- Office Depot to open Net store - Office Depot, the nation's largest office supplier with $6.5 billion in annual sales, tomorrow will launch a full-fledged e-commerce site, the latest example of giant "brick-and-mortar" retailers jumping into cyberspace. [News.com]
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- Olympic Games go high tech - From Dick Tracy telephone watches and a security system that can check somebody's iris to a relay link allowing choirs in six different parts of the world to sing live in unison--the Winter Olympics in Nagano have gone high tech. [News.com]
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- Online sales numbers still fuzzy - Internet commerce boomed last year, but analysts are still wary of putting solid numbers on consumer shopping online, particularly on whether sales hit the $1 billion benchmark around the holidays. [News.com]
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- Online trading up 150 percent - Eleven percent of adult Net users in the United States--4.6 million people--are actively trading stocks online, and the growth is expected to continue, according to a new study by Cyber Dialogue/FindSVP. [News.com]
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- Online VC funds for individuals - It just might be the next online trading phenomenon. [News.com]
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- Operating system sales flat - Shipments of operating system (OS) software for personal computers and other "client" systems grew only slightly in 1997, but Microsoft (MSFT) extended its dominance of the segment, an industry research firm said today. [News.com]
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- Oracle pares InterOffice staff - Oracle (ORCL) has cut 14 positions from its InterOffice development team in the past week. [News.com]
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- Oracle rethinks InterOffice strategy - Oracle (ORCL) continues to rethink its strategy to sell its floundering InterOffice messaging server. [News.com]
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- Oracle sees 25% database growth - Oracle (ORCL) chairman and chief executive Larry Ellison said the company's U.S. database business is expected to grow 25 percent during the current quarter, while its application business is expected to grow by 50 percent. [News.com]
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- Oracle Web tool culls databases - Oracle (ORCL) will begin offering its customers a Web-based tool Monday for culling information from vast corporate databases. [News.com]
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- Oracle, Symantec team on Web package - Oracle (ORCL) and Symantec (SYMC) plan to bundle two of their products to deliver an enterprise Web package. [News.com]
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- Oreos domain in dispute - "Oreos.com" sat quietly on the Net for more than a year--however, it wasn't a hub to debate whether the cookie's crunchy chocolate outside is better than its creamy filling. [News.com]
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- Pac Bell ISDN service in question - After giving Pacific Bell the green light to boost ISDN rates by up to 30 percent, California utility officials are planning to take another hard look at the quality of the telco's high-speed Net access service. [News.com]
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- Package software market swells - The worldwide package software market grew to about $122 billion in 1997, up 12 to 15 percent, according to preliminary research released today by International Data Corporation. [News.com]
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- Pamela Lee privacy issue returns - The company that turned to the Net to distribute a steamy home video of Pamela Anderson Lee and her husband today promised to deliver another sexually intimate movie of the former Baywatch star on the Web later this month. [News.com]
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- Paper revisits Clinton story - The Dallas Morning News posted a story online tonight saying that witnesses may come forward who claim to have seen President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky during an "ambiguous incident," the latest twist in an episode that has raised journalistic issues. [News.com]
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- Paper-thin PC in LCD promised - Japanese electronics firm Sharp and partners Semiconductor Energy Laboratory said today that they have developed liquid crystal display technology that will make possible the development of paper-thin computers. [News.com]
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- Papers partner for Net classifieds - In another example of the love-hate relationship between the Internet and established media properties, the Net classifieds company ClassiFind Network has announced partnerships that it says will bring it 1.5 million new ads by the end of the month. [News.com]
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- Patch bug brings down Enterprise servers - Some Netscape customers faced system outages today due to a buggy "Enterprise" server patch. [News.com]
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- Pay-per-use software via the Web - Software maker KnowledgePoint, looking to broaden the market for its employee review software, will next week kick off a pay-per-use Net-based version of its application. [News.com]
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- PC card as LAN hookup, modem - 3Com today announced two notebook PC cards that integrate LAN connectivity and 56-kbps modem capacity in one device. [News.com]
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- PC giants work with telcos on DSL - The largest and most influential companies in personal computing are reportedly working with four of five regional Bell telephone operators to develop hardware and software for high-speed connections to the Internet. [News.com]
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- PC makers rethink Netscape - The winner in today's browser battle could well be computer manufacturers. [News.com]
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- PC server computers booming - Compaq (CPQ), Hewlett-Packard (HWP), and IBM (IBM) remain the companies to beat in the market for server computers using Intel processors, as overall market growth continued upwards at a rapid 35 percent in 1997, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). [News.com]
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- PC-telco deal shows brands' power - What's in a name? If you're a company such as Microsoft, Intel, or Compaq Computer, that's enough to jump-start exotic technologies that have yet to prove themselves to the masses or generate any profits. [News.com]
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- Pentium II chained to older design - Intel is expected to release the fastest of its fastest chips later this month, but don't expect major performance gains--those will come later when Intel modifies a core part of the intercomponent "plumbing" for the Pentium II. [News.com]
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- Pentium II PCs coming cheap - Packard Bell NEC introduced five low-priced, high-speed models targeting the so-called SOHO (small office/home) market, including a 266-MHz Pentium II system for $1,899. [News.com]
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- Pentium II prices to continue downward - Desktop and processor prices are nowhere near rock bottom, analysts say, and will continue on their downward trajectory because of upcoming innovations and product shifts from Intel (INTC) as well as a more competitive marketplace. [News.com]
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- PeopleSoft launches new strategy - Looking for new growth areas for its enterprise applications, PeopleSoft (PSFT) today debuted a new strategy for moving into the lucrative market for outside management, or outsourcing, of corporate technology. [News.com]
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- PersonalJava ships to licensees - Sun Microsystems has shipped the first version of PersonalJava to licensees and said it should result in Java-based devices such as Web-browsing phones before year's end. [News.com]
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- Platinum acquires Learmonth - Platinum Technology (PLAT) said today that it has definitively agreed to exchange about $70 million in its common stock to acquire Learmonth and Burchett Management Systems (LBMS). [News.com]
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- Playboy to spin out Net unit - Playboy Enterprises said today it would spin off its new media operations from publishing, apparently a sign of the company's success on the Web. [News.com]
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- Poll: 56% back Compaq merger - Fifty-six percent of readers believe that the "one-stop shop" created Monday by Compaq's acquisition of Digital Equipment is a good thing for information technology users, according to the latest NEWS.COM Poll. [News.com]
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- Poll: Italians wary of new media - Italians are wary of new media such as the Internet and CD-ROMs as well as satellite, digital, and pay TV, according to a new poll. [News.com]
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- Portugal tackles Y2K problem - Portugal could spend up to $160 million to resolve potential millennium shocks to government computer systems, a senior official said today. [News.com]
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- Power Mac upgrades due - Not a lot of new hardware is expected from Apple Computer at this week's Macworld Expo trade show, but a number of companies will be offering hardware upgrades for budget-minded users. [News.com]
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- PSINet gives IXC deal green light - After rejecting a $10-per-share takeover bid yesterday,PSINet (PSIX) shareholders today gave the thumbs-up to a deal with IXC Internet Services. [News.com]
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- PSINet rejects $400 million offer - PSINet (PSIX) today said its board rejected U.S. Internetworking's unsolicited $400 million bid for the Internet service provider, setting the stage for a possible hostile takeover. [News.com]
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- Quantum not expecting job cuts - Quantum (QNTM), the world's second biggest independent disk drive maker, does not expect to cut any more jobs despite the continuing difficult conditions in the industry, a senior executive said today. [News.com]
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- Quarterdeck sets divestiture plan - Quarterdeck (QDEK) said today that it is taking three actions to add up to $5.4 million to its cash reserves and trim 115 employees from its staff. [News.com]
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- Qwest brings fast Net to business - Telecom provider Qwest Communications (QWST) announced today that it will provide high-speed dedicated Internet access to businesses nationwide, the latest bid in this booming market. [News.com]
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- Racal Data to cut some 350 jobs - Racal Electronics PLC, which announced a major restructuring last month, said today that it plans to cut 350 jobs, about 16 percent, of the global workforce of its Racal Data Group. [News.com]
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- Religion group in domain dispute - The Jews For Jesus organization has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the Web site using the URL "jewsforjesus.org," charging him with unauthorized use of the group's trademark. [News.com]
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- Report: Ad spending up 150% - Spending on Internet advertising reached $597.1 million last year, a gain of 152.6 percent from 1996, according to a report to be released tomorrow by industry researcher Cowles/Simba. [News.com]
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- Republican: U.S. not ready for Y2K - With two years to go, the United States is still unprepared to deal with the Year 2000 computer bug that threatens to wreak havoc in everyday lives, a Republican congresswoman said. [News.com]
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- Reuters subject of legal probe - Reuters said yesterday that one of its U.S. units, Reuters Analytics, is the subject of a New York grand jury investigation. [News.com]
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- Rival to roil DVD market - The pay-per-view subformat known as Divx will scare off the DVD home video market throughout the new year and beyond, according to a new report. [News.com]
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- Rolling data, voice, faxes into one - If current projections are correct, we may eventually be using a single device much of our personal communications. [News.com]
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- RSA show: All secure - The annual RSA Data Security conference in San Francisco this week sits at the center of the Internet security sector. This year proves to be no exception, as the venue hosted developments on electronic commerce, online financial transactions, certificate authorities, cryptographic hardware, and other network security news. It also is holding debates on encryption public policy and other cryptographic issues. [News.com]
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- RSA targets mainstream market - Kicking off its annual conference here, encryption software maker RSA Data Security and its parent company Security Dynamics announced a set of security services that marked the first joint effort between the two companies since they merged in 1996. [News.com]
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- RSA to back rival cryptography - Encryption software kingpin RSA Data Security, with patents on its cryptography algorithms due to expire in September of the year 2000, said today it will support elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), a rival technology to its own algorithms that it has badmouthed in the past. [News.com]
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- S. Korea memory exports to rise - South Korea's DRAM exports are expected to reach $10.3 billion this year, up from about $9 billion in 1997, but capital spending will decline precipitously. [News.com]
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- S3 hands out 100 pink slips - S3 (SIII), a multimedia acceleration hardware and software supplier that has been hit with stiff competition in the graphics chip market, today laid off 15 percent of its workforce, the company announced. [News.com]
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- Samsung Americas to fold - In a move designed to cut costs, Samsung said it would dissolve the headquarters of its Americas operations in February. [News.com]
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- SAP forecasts strong earnings - SAP today released preliminary financial results for 1997 showing that its lead in the high-end corporate computing applications market strengthened last year. [News.com]
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- SAP says top exec won't retire - German software group SAP today denied a report that its co chief executive, Dietmar Hopp, planned to leave the company. [News.com]
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- SAP shares jump after report - Shares in German software group SAP AG (SAPHY) climbed sharply today, boosted by an upbeat report about its R/3 software, dealers said. [News.com]
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- Schools apply for Net access deals online - Schools and libraries competing for lucrative Net access discounts can now apply for the federal program--get this--online. [News.com]
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- Schwab online gets research area - Schwab is adding third-party research services to its site tomorrow in an effort to hold rival E*Trade at bay. [News.com]
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- Schwab site won't feature research - Just days after announcing that it would add third-party research services to its site, Charles Schwab (SCH) has changed its plans in response to objections raised by some titans of the financial community. [News.com]
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- Scientific-Atlanta touts set-top box deal - Following closely on the heels of other deals to deploy next-generation set-top computers, Scientific-Atlanta (SFA) today announced that seven cable companies will be rolling out services based on its digital set-top box design. [News.com]
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- Scientologists in trademark disputes - The Church of Scientology International is accusing two Web sites of trademark violation and is taking action to stop it. [News.com]
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- SCO exec gets raise despite shortfall - Santa Cruz Operation (SCOC), which last week saw its stock plummet after announcing that it would fall short of analysts' first-quarter expectations, last year gave its chief executive a salary increase and bonus amid falling revenues and layoffs. [News.com]
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- Seagate sees major Q2 loss - Seagate Technology (SEG) says it will report a substantial second-quarter operating loss due to severe pricing pressure and weaker-than-expected disk drive demand. [News.com]
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- Seagate sees red in Q2 - A large restructuring charge and slower-than-expected demand for storage products pushed Seagate Technology (SEG) into the red for the December quarter. [News.com]
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- Seagate to lay off thousands - Seagate Technology (SEG) today said it will slash another 8,600 jobs worldwide, greatly expanding cost-cutting efforts as demand for its products continues to stall. [News.com]
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- Search engines, online services meld in 1997 - Call it the "Year of the Channel." [News.com]
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- SEC steps up urging Y2K fixes - Under fire from critics claiming it has dragged its feet on the Year 2000 issue, the Securities and Exchange Commission has intensified its efforts to prod public companies into solving computer glitches expected to arise at the turn of the century, in the process adopting some of the ideas of those same faultfinders. [News.com]
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- SEC to issue Net business guide - The Securities and Exchange Commission soon will issue guidance spelling out how federal securities laws will apply to business conducted on the Internet, an agency official said. [News.com]
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- SGI names HP executive as CEO - Silicon Graphics (SGI) new chairman and chief executive is described as a strong performing steady Eddie, but analysts question whether he can equally carry the role as a turnaround king. [News.com]
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- SGI posts loss but gets new CEO - Silicon Graphics (SGI) reported a second-quarter loss and flat revenue growth today, but hopes to offset that gloomy news with an announcement that it has found a new chief executive. [News.com]
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- SGI posts loss, gets new CEO - Silicon Graphics (SGI) reported a second-quarter loss and flat revenue growth yesterday, but today it hopes to offset that gloomy news by announcing a new top dog for the company. [News.com]
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- SGI to name HP executive as CEO - Silicon Graphics (SGI) tomorrow morning is expected to name the general manager of Hewlett-Packard's computer organization as its new chief executive officer. [News.com]
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- Siemens, Motorola fund chip plant - Siemens and Motorola today said they will invest 1.5 billion marks ($822.5 million) in a new center to develop memory chip production technology that slashes manufacturing costs. [News.com]
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- Siemens, Motorola in memory pact - Siemens AG said it will team up with Motorola to develop new technology for producing advanced memory chips at a facility to be located in Dresden, Germany. [News.com]
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- Site exposes doctors in debt - In the latest attempt to use the threat of public humiliation on the Net as a crime deterrent, the federal Health and Human Services Department has posted a site busting doctors who have defaulted on their student loans. [News.com]
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- Site owner won't charge IE users - The great Internet Explorer boycott has ended, for now. [News.com]
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- Site Server 3.0 goes to beta - [News.com]
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- Site to be Financial Times hub - British media group Pearson Plc. said today it was uniting all its electronic publishing for business markets under one roof as part of a drive to capitalize on its Financial Times brand. [News.com]
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- Site to charge IE 4.0 users - A manager of a free lost-and-found Web site plans to charge Internet Explorer 4.0 users as a way to protest what he calls Microsoft's "monopolistic tendencies." [News.com]
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- Small business gets low-cost PC - NEC announced the release of its PowerMate series, its latest line of build-to-order PCs designed for the small business. [News.com]
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- Small PC makers under fire - If you are not a top-tier PC vendor, the road ahead will be rough and may lead ultimately to a dead end, according to analysts speaking today at a conference sponsored by a major investment banking firm. [News.com]
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- Softbank, Yahoo fund GeoCities - Personal Web page provider GeoCities has received $25 million in a deal with Softbank and Yahoo (YHOO), strengthening its chances for an initial public offering this year and putting to rest--for now--rumors of a possible Yahoo buyout. [News.com]
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- Software for Rhapsody due at Macworld - Applications for Apple Computer's next-generation operating system, called Rhapsody, will crop up at Macworld Expo next week, with demonstrations of new server software for the publishing markets due from a German company called Helios Software. [News.com]
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- Software packaging OK'd by judge - In the first court decision of its kind, a California judge has ruled that software makers may use large boxes to package smaller computer disks without running afoul of a state law that prohibits misleading marketing practices, an attorney involved in the case said. [News.com]
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- Software sends Web over TV - Intel's (INTC) Intercast technology for broadcasting data to computers has surfaced again, this time in software from Network Computer Incorporated (NCI). [News.com]
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- Software start-up focuses on Web - Software start-up Micromuse will provide a view into the daily performance of Web-based services with a set of management applications that track availability and performance. [News.com]
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- Software to help Net stores - Several e-commerce software vendors are joining major Web publishers to propose a new standard for exchanging information among Internet sites to boost the growth of Web superstores. [News.com]
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- Solaris server drops below $4,000 - EIS Computers announced an ultralow-cost Solaris-based server, taking advantage of Sun's inexpensive new UltraSparc II(i) processor to challenge increasingly popular Windows NT-based servers on one of their key selling points: price. [News.com]
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- SonicNet to relaunch music site - SonicNet on Monday will announce plans to relaunch its popular music site, part of a strategy to create a music-oriented Web community and battle intense competition. [News.com]
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- Sony, Fujitsu to develop chips - Japanese electronics giants Sony and Fujitsu said they will cooperate on a new type of microprocessor to cut the heavy burden of development costs. [News.com]
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- SPA meets over antitrust - Amid Microsoft's legal battle with the Justice Department, an influential technology trade group today took the first step in defining what constitutes fair play in the cutthroat software industry. [News.com]
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- Spam fight spreads to new fronts - From antispam legislation to Net crimes, email increasingly is at the center of online regulatory debates and legal test cases. [News.com]
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- Spam site killed under threats - When word got out Friday on a spam-fighting newsgroup that its members' nemeses Sanford Wallace and Walt Rines had launched a Web site, the postings started flying. Then came the email. And the phone calls. [News.com]
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- Sports Web sites keep scoring - The good news for sports-dedicated Internet programming keeps on coming. [News.com]
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- SportsLine scores with page views - SportsLine USA (SPLN) shares today jumped by double-digits--for the second consecutive day--as an announcement of a 251 percent increase in fourth-quarter page views spurred this morning's boost. [News.com]
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- SportsLine USA to acquire GolfWeb - SportsLine USA, publisher of CBS SportsLine, will acquire GolfWeb in a stock deal valued at $14.8 million, the companies announced today. [News.com]
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- Sprint to launch 56-kbps access - Sprint Internet will announce next Wednesday that it is finally offering customers 56-kbps Net access. [News.com]
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- Spyglass on track to break even - Internet software company Spyglass (SPYG) today posted a smaller-than-expected loss for its fiscal first quarter, and is on track to break even ahead of analysts' earlier projections. [News.com]
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- Star Trek open to Navigators - Bowing to Netizens' complaints of an exclusive deal with Microsoft, Paramount is making more content from its highly popular Star Trek Web site available for Macintosh and Netscape Navigator users. [News.com]
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- Start-up debuts XML-based server - Start-up webMethods today announced an XML-based server to help companies integrate Web browser-based applications and data with new and existing applications. [News.com]
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- Start-up offers proactive caching - CacheFlow, a start-up with impressive executive talent, is hoping that its system for speeding up Web access through a unique caching method can bear fruit in an increasingly crowded marketplace. [News.com]
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- Start-up to unveil all-Java software - Extensity, a closely held start-up, will unveil a software product tomorrow that is aimed at helping big companies cut costs associated with expense reports, time cards, and purchase orders. [News.com]
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- Starwave to try selling Web tools - Internet publisher Starwave, which runs the popular ESPN SportsZone and ABCNews.com among 13 online properties in its stable, said today it plans to license the publishing tools for its sites to other Web publishers. [News.com]
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- State bill aims to curb spam - A California state legislator today introduced a bill aimed at curbing spam not only in the Golden State, but on the Internet as a whole. [News.com]
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- Stocks flat despite Intel upside - U.S. stocks rose only modestly in early trading today as the market appearing to have discounted the stronger-than-forecast earnings of computer bellwether Intel (INTC). [News.com]
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- Stolen PC registry comes online - Consumers looking to buy used computers now have a free resource for making sure they are not unwittingly purchasing stolen merchandise. [News.com]
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- Store, e-commerce in one box - Looking to simplify customers' access to its e-business software package, Pandesic has joined up with the Web-based storefront developer The Vision Factory. [News.com]
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- Study claims Explorer is leading - The latest study to measure who is winning the Internet browser wars estimates that Microsoft (MSFT) has made handsome gains in the last four months, boosting its "usage" market share from 42 percent to more than 63 percent. [News.com]
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- Sun begins sales on Web - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has adopted online sales and overseas contract manufacturing, two key concepts from the PC arena, in its effort to make Unix workstations more competitive with workstations running the Windows NT operating system. [News.com]
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- Sun expands, embeds security - Look out firewall vendors--here comes Sun Microsystems (SUNW). [News.com]
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- Sun names new COO from within - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) promoted Edward Zander to the newly created position of chief operating officer. [News.com]
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- Sun proclaims it is No. 1 - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) fired back today, responding to a report from a major marketing research firm stating that Hewlett-Packard (HWP) was the No. 1 one overall workstation vendor for 1997. [News.com]
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- Sun selects Netscape for Solaris - Netscape Communications (NSCP) saw a little Sun through the clouds of bad news today. [News.com]
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- Sun, Microsoft ink streaming deals - As corporate intranets increasingly employ multimedia technologies, streaming multimedia providers are clamoring to supply them with solutions. [News.com]
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- Sun, TCI tune to set-top boxes - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) and Tele-Communications Incorporated (TCOMA) announced this afternoon that the cable company will use Sun's PersonalJava software for TCI's next-generation digital set-top boxes. [News.com]
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- Survey: Execs choose MS - Microsoft (MSFT) now overwhelmingly dominates the desktop software market, beating out former market leaders such as Lotus and Corel, according to a survey of corporate executives released today. [News.com]
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- Swedish teen hackers caught - Two young Swedish hackers who turned a Swedish county's home page into an advertisement for pornography and cannabis and broke into the U.S. space agency's computer system have been found, local media reported. [News.com]
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- Sybase boosted despite bad news - Sybase (SYBS) investors apparently think the worst is over. [News.com]
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- Sybase posts loss, warns of layoffs - Sybase (SYBS) today announced a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter loss, gave the final tally of its restated results from the previous three quarters, and said it anticipated layoffs in the current quarter. [News.com]
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- Sybase reeling from snafu - Shares of Sybase (SYBS) plummeted 26.4 percent in morning trading after the company announced yesterday that it would take a larger-than-anticipated fourth-quarter loss and would restate previous quarters. [News.com]
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- Sybase warns of shortfall - Database software maker Sybase (SYBS) said today that it expects to report fourth-quarter earnings that are well below analysts' estimates, sending its share price plummeting 33.3 percent in morning trading. [News.com]
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- Symantec posts Norton bug fix - As expected, utility software maker Symantec (SYMC) has posted a patch to fix three problems with its Norton Utilities 3.0 software, the company said today. [News.com]
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- Symantec to post Norton patch - Utility software maker Symantec (SYMC) next week will post a patch to fix at least two problems with its Norton Utilities 3.0 software, a company executive said today. [News.com]
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- TCI boxes to run Windows - Tele-Communications Incorporated (TCOMA) and Microsoft (MSFT) announced that TCI will use Windows in 5 million interactive TV set-top boxes, a surprise victory for the software giant that countered a deal disclosed only a day earlier with rival Sun Microsystems. [News.com]
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- Technology blocks DVD copying - Think again about trying to make bootleg copies of movies from the DVD-ROM drive on your computer. [News.com]
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- Telco error causes ISP outage - It only took moments for a Bell Atlantic Internet employee to accidentally cripple a fellow online provider's service. But it was 27 hours before the company's Net access was fully restored. [News.com]
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- Telcos get new shot at ISP fees - Concern is mounting in the online industry over a pending Federal Communications Commission report that could result in new fees for Internet service providers. [News.com]
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- The battle of Big Apple city guides - The battle of the city guides in the Big Apple is about to begin. [News.com]
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- The PC as home electronics hub - A start-up company with financial backing from technology giants such as Intel (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT) aims to develop systems to link home appliances and personal computers. [News.com]
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- The year in browsers - If Hollywood made a movie about Web browsers in 1997, it would strike an eerie resemblance to the hit sci-fi flick Starship Troopers: dark clouds of war, aggressive government maneuvers, the latest techno-gadgets, and hordes of big, ugly bugs. [News.com]
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- TI joins DSL rush with new chip - Texas Instruments (TXN) today said it will begin offering new a chipset for use in products that offer Internet access and other data services via high-speed DSL (digital subscriber line) technologies. [News.com]
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- TI looks to processors for growth - Texas Instruments (TXN) expects continued strong growth from its digital signal processing business, a product line that now accounts for nearly 40 percent of its overall revenues, chief financial officer Bill Aylesworth said on Wednesday in a telephone interview. [News.com]
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- TI operating profits rise - Texas Instruments (TXN) today reported that fourth quarter profits from continuing operations more than doubled from a year earlier, but the semiconductor maker voiced continued caution on the near-term outlook for the chip industry. [News.com]
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- Time Warner set-top box ahead of TCI - While TCI (TCOMA) has lately stolen the limelight by inking TV set-top box technology deals with Sun Microsystems (SUNW) and Microsoft (MSFT), some cable companies are ready to field test advanced boxes similar to the ones proposed by TCI. [News.com]
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- Time Warner, ISPs face libel suit - A Los Angeles banker has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Time Warner that also named online services America Online and Prodigy as well as ISP EarthLink as codefendants for carrying an allegedly libelous story online. [News.com]
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- Tool protects Y2K-compliant systems - Network security and e-commerce systems provider CyberGuard today rolled out a new enforcement tool for protecting Year 2000-compliant systems from contamination from noncompliant applications. [News.com]
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- Toshiba cuts prices up to 26% - Toshiba announced today that it is slashing prices by up to 26 percent on selected notebook and desktop models, as the company struggles to maintain its position as the leading notebook supplier. [News.com]
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- Toshiba to up 64M chip production - Toshiba today said it plans to triple production of 64-megabit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips to 10 million chips per month by March 1999, up from the 3 million per month planned from March 1998. [News.com]
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- Toshiba: U.S. market hurts profits - Toshiba said cutthroat price competition in the U.S. market will cause an earnings nose-dive in the current business year. [News.com]
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- Trade group calls for Korean help - An international trade group representing semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers today called for continued international support for South Korea's efforts to overcome its financial crisis. [News.com]
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- Travel sites vie for lead - The online travel business is expected to take off this year, and companies are relying on Web site redesigns, partnering, and even cash from initial public offerings to keep from being left on the ground. [News.com]
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- TV set-top box uses Windows CE - Windows CE continued its steady march into the consumer electronics market today with the demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) of the first prototypes of CE-based television set-top boxes. [News.com]
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- Two charged with insider trading - Federal prosecutors have brought the first insider trading charges after an investigation into possible illegal trading that occurred in shares of Lotus Development before it was bought by IBM (IBM) in a $3 billion deal in 1995, according to reports. [News.com]
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- Two-way Sidewalk: Growth, layoffs - Just in case folks forgot what the Internet is all about these days, they need only look at the reorganization of Microsoft's localized service Sidewalk. [News.com]
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- U.S. stocks fall in London - London--U.S. stocks in London slid today following a warning from software giant Microsoft (MSFT) that the current financial turmoil in Asia would impact its earnings in 1998, dealers said. [News.com]
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- Umax ships small-business Mac clone - Umax, the last major vendor of Mac OS-compatible computers, rolled out a newly architected system that offers Mac users a glimmer of hope that Apple will continue to license the Mac OS, albeit on a much smaller scale than once hoped. [News.com]
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- UNICEF site hacked - Unknown culprits invaded the home page of the United Nation's Children Fund (UNICEF) last night, threatening a "holocaust" if famed hacker Kevin Mitnick is not released from prison. [News.com]
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- Unisys to halt PC production - Unisys (UIS) said today that it would stop making personal computers and take a $1.1 billion charge in the fourth quarter, mostly to write off intangible assets from the merger that created the company. [News.com]
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- Unisys, C&T, Quantum report - Currency fluctuations and pricing pressure affected the earnings pictures of several companies reporting their quarterly results today. [News.com]
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- Upping the bid for IS employees - The babble of an auctioneer--going once, going twice--may be resounding in the ears of some computer industry employers as they struggle to staff their systems management departments while facing a shrinking pool of qualified candidates. [News.com]
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- Users react to AOL spam threat - Philip Kirschner isn't depending on America Online to safeguard his email address from spammers. [News.com]
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- Users wild over Disney ride - Never underestimate the power of the Web, even if you're a media giant such as the Walt Disney Company. [News.com]
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- Validating the acquisition strategy - When it rains, it pours. [News.com]
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- VCR seen as PC storage device - A British firm has launched a storage device that enables home users to backup PCs with VCRs. [News.com]
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- Venture capitalists predict wins - Venture capitalists at the NationsBanc Montgomery Securities 15th annual Technology Week conference here today are placing their bets on broadband and infrastructure as among the most promising technology investments of the future. [News.com]
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- VeriFone links smart cards, SET - VeriFone today announced that its vWallet software is being used in France to perform debit transactions under the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol using smart cards. [News.com]
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- VeriSign IPO well-received - With whopping investor interest, VeriSign (VRSN) hit the public market with a bang today, gaining over 80 percent from its target price. [News.com]
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- VeriSign offers services, software - Expanding its market opportunities as it prepares to go public, VeriSign today unveiled new products and announced a series of customers for its digital IDs. [News.com]
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- Versant debuts Java strategy - Recognizing that Java development is on the rise in big corporations, Versant Object Technology (VSNT) today trumpeted a series of partnerships and announced new tools to ease the linking of Java client applications to its database software. [News.com]
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- Visto expands mobile network - Visto will next week debut its latest service for mobile workers, which will provide universal access to email, address books, work files, and other private material. [News.com]
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- VLSI unveils Vista TV chips - VLSI Technology (VLSI), announcing a new set of chips to power the digital television revolution, said yesterday that sales in Europe should hit between 1 and 1.5 million sets in 1998. [News.com]
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- Voxware cuts staff, changes focus - Internet telephony company Voxware (VOXW) has quietly laid off 20 percent of its staff in an effort to refocus its product strategy. [News.com]
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- W3C posts threading proposal - With email use thriving among business and personal Net users, three email software makers are teaming up in an attempt to give Web-based email a new look. [News.com]
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- Wang services Dell accounts - Wang, an integration and services company, says it has signed a deal with to become Dell's service and support provider for federal government customers. Dell gains 700 support personnel and technicians from Wang who have "secret" or higher security clearance to the Department of Defense and other government agencies. Wang says it already provides service capabilities to U.S. government locations in more than 130 countries. [News.com]
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- Watchdog warns Sony on pricing - Japan's anti-monopoly watchdog ordered Sony Computer Entertainment, a unit of Sony Corporation, to stop controlling the retail price of software for its hugely popular PlayStation game console. [News.com]
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- Web caching system launches - Intel (INTC) today announced technology dubbed "Quick Web," which speeds the delivery of Web pages to users' desktops. [News.com]
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- Web site alarms boost security - Moving beyond firewalls, intrusion detection tools that monitor corporate networks for hacker attacks are emerging as a hot new category in the Internet security market. [News.com]
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- WELL leader to step down - Maria Wilhelm, leader of The WELL, a service she once tried to buy, is stepping down as president. [News.com]
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- What the big guys want from DSL - Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT), and Compaq (CPQ) have reportedly agreed to promote digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, but the specific roles the companies are likely to play will be key for advancing the high-speed Net access scheme. [News.com]
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- What will happen to Windows 98? - On the heels of Microsoft's agreement to offer a version of Windows that does not carry the Internet Explorer icon, attention once again is turning to the open-ended and high-stakes question of what the Justice Department's enforcement action against the software giant will mean for its much-anticipated release of Windows 98. [News.com]
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- What's Dell to do? - Compaq's acquisition of Digital creates a "big three" of computer companies, leaving Dell out in the cold and leading some to wonder how it will fare in this brave new computing world. [News.com]
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- Whitewater "micro-acres" for sale - While the latest allegations of sexual impropriety buffet the White House, an older and less lurid Clinton scandal is offering an Internet entrepreneur an opportunity to make a buck in real estate. [News.com]
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- Will CDs follow Amazon's lead? - In the perennial battle to gain market share, Net retailers have tried everything from innovative alliances to advertising on other media. But nothing seems to speak to Netizens like a good old-fashioned price cut. [News.com]
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- Will Microsoft bid on BT? - British Telecommunications (BTY) today declined to comment on market speculation that U.S. software giant Microsoft (MSFT) might bid to acquire the company. [News.com]
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- Win 98 marketing cranks up - Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows 98 marketing machine is shifting into full gear after months of uncertainty, with customers now starting to see promotions of the new operating system on the Internet and in retail stores. [News.com]
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- Windows 3.1, NT get new Explorer - Microsoft will release the final version of Internet Explorer 4.0 and Outlook Express email client today for Windows 3.1 and NT 3.51. [News.com]
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- Windows NT seeks new markets - Microsoft (MSFT) is expected to discuss its plans for moving its Windows NT technology into more mainstream markets at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Florida in March. [News.com]
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- Windows NT server market grows - Microsoft NT server broke away from the rest of the server operating environment pack in 1997 with an 80 percent growth in unit sales over the previous year. [News.com]
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- Wintel wins in Compaq deal - Two of the background winners in Compaq's acquisition of Digital will be Microsoft and Intel. [News.com]
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- Wired CEO upbeat on profitability - Wired Ventures chief executive officer Louis Rossetto painted an optimistic picture of the publishing company's future, touting new products and claiming that profitability is around the corner. [News.com]
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- Workstations go mobile - RDI Computer Corporation today announced it is rolling out the first portable workstation based on Hewlett-Packard's RISC chip architecture. [News.com]
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- WorldCom exec banks on MCI deal - Effectively showing his hand, a top WorldCom (WCOM) executive today said he is confident that his company's acquisition of MCI (MCIC) will pass regulatory muster and that the deal will double its Internet business. [News.com]
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- WorldCom eyes Japan market - Telecom giant WorldCom said today it is planning a major push into Japan's telecommunications market, in a move likely to heat up competition and spark mergers in an already unsettled sector. [News.com]
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- Y2K labor shortage looms large - A dearth of workers available to tackle the Year 2000 computer glitch will push costs for fixing the problem higher as the clock ticks toward the new millennium, experts say. [News.com]
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- Y2K, Euro boost India tech industry - The birth pangs of the European currency unit and the death throes of the millennium bug spell boom time for India's software programmers. [News.com]
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- Yahoo December's site to surf - More Internet users surfed to Yahoo's (YHOO) site than any other single Web location in December, according to a report by Internet research firm RelevantKnowledge. [News.com]
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- Yahoo earnings beat expectations - Yahoo (YHOO) today beat analyst expectations for the December quarter, as traffic swelled and permanent ads continued building out its revenue model. [News.com]
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- Yahoo stock service restored - The stock quote service on Yahoo (YHOO) is back up this afternoon, after experiencing difficulties earlier today. [News.com]
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- Yahoo, AudioNet expand deal - Continuing the rapid development of its Web-based services, Yahoo (YHOO) today announced an expansion of its relationship with Internet broadcaster AudioNet. [News.com]
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- Yahoo, MCI strike content deal - Yahoo (YHOO)--the most visited site on the Web by many accounts--is getting into the Net access business today through a partnership with MCI Internet. [News.com]
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- Year 2000 bug draining revenues - What was supposed to be a profit bonanza for technology companies is instead turning into a major revenue drain. [News.com]
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- Year of digital certificates? - This year may go down as the year of the digital certificate, if announcements set for Monday at the RSA Data Security conference are an indicator of things to come in the next 12 months. [News.com]
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- Zulu-tek invests in Softbank firm - In another sign that Internet ad companies are bulking up in order to survive, Softbank Holdings has sold its 65 percent share of Softbank Interactive Marketing, a firm that sells advertising for Web sites, to Zulu-tek. [News.com]
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