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- Adobe fund pays dividends - Adobe Systems (ADBE) yesterday announced its first dividend of venture investment stock under its venture dividend program. [News.com]
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- AGIS moves to bag spam - Executives at Apex Global Information Services, who have been criticized for hosting spam-generating companies, think they've found a solution their dilemma: create a master list for people who don't want to get junk email. [News.com]
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- Amnesty International hacked - Hackers broke into the Amnesty International home page over the weekend, altering it with a highly stylized, futuristic-looking graphic of a small child or baby smoking a cigarette. [News.com]
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- Antispam plan discounted - Antispammers aren't putting a lot of faith in Internet service provider Apex Global Information Services' plan to manage spam. [News.com]
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- AOL leads in busy signals, study says - Just how hard is it to log on to America Online? Very hard, according to a new Web measurement company Inverse. [News.com]
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- Apple Tunes Up PowerBooks - Apple Computer (AAPL) will refresh its PowerBook 1400 notebook lineup with a 166-MHz model, the first significant addition to the line since it was introduced late last year. [News.com]
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- Apple walks latest Cyberdog - Apple Computer (AAPL) today released a new version of its Cyberdog Net software. [News.com]
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- Apps built without writing code - Netscape Communications and Forte Software said they will work together to help customers develop high-performance applications that can work with the Internet. [News.com]
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- AST taps Samsung exec - AST Research (ASTA) and Samsung Electronics' merger got under way in earnest today as AST tapped a Samsung executive to replace its CEO. [News.com]
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- Autodesk picks new CFO - Autodesk (ADSK) has picked up a Silicon Graphics (SGI) VP to round out its executive staff. [News.com]
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- Baan moves into new terrain - Baan, a business applications maker based in the Netherlands, has long toiled in the shadow of its better-known competitor, SAP. But the company is now making a move into new markets that could give it a higher profile. [News.com]
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- Back rent may be due on domains - When the National Science Foundation closes up shop on the Internet next year, it may be looking to collect some back rent. [News.com]
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- Bay in restart, CFO says - Bay Networks (BAY) expects to post revenues this year that will be largely flat from the previous year, according to chief financial officer David Rynne. [News.com]
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- Big brokers behind online - Large investment brokerages are falling behind in the chaotic world of online trading, apparently content to make money the old-fashioned way. [News.com]
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- Boeing to help build satellite network - Boeing (BA) announced today that it would invest up to $100 million for a ten percent stake in Teledesic and act as the chief contractor for the company's satellite network for telephony and Internet access. [News.com]
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- Borland spins off consulting - Less than six months after purchasing Open Environment in a $30 million stock swap transaction, struggling software tools maker Borland (BORL) today said it will spin off the company's consulting arm into an independent, privately held company. [News.com]
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- CA sales propelling earnings - Bolstered by a jump in sales of client-server products, Computer Associates (CA) expects to beat the street when it reports its earnings next month. [News.com]
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- CD-R backup made easier - Recordable CD-ROM drives could become more commonly used as a means of mass data storage as manufacturers ship drives bundled with new software, which claims to make recording to a CD as easy as writing to a floppy disk. [News.com]
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- CIOs to cash in on e-commerce - The number of chief information officers using electronic commerce is expected to more than double in the coming year, despite security concerns, according to a survey by IDG Research. [News.com]
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- Cirrus: Losses mean layoffs - Cirrus Logic (CRUS) has announced it will cut 15 percent of its workforce as part of its effort to focus on core products and edge back towards profitability. [News.com]
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- Cisco merges network traffic - Interop Cisco Systems (CSCO) will use the Spring Networld+Interop '97 stage next week to unveil a new line of networking hardware that enables voice, data, and multimedia traffic to run over the same pipe, CNET NEWS.COM has learned. [News.com]
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- Companies covet tech grads - IBM (IBM) hit the beach this year, setting up a tent near sunbathers at Florida college spring break hot spot Daytona Beach. [News.com]
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- Compaq launches PC Theater - Compaq (CPQ) today announced a PC-TV hybrid, called the PC Theater, as part of a plan to dominate the emerging convergence market of computers and consumer electronics. [News.com]
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- Compaq unveils new notebooks - Compaq Computer (CPQ) today introduced a new MMX Pentium-based notebook computer that replaces the long-standing corporate flagship LTE line. [News.com]
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- CompuServe indictment protested - International cyberliberties groups are protesting the indictment of a German CompuServe executive who's being held accountable for pornography found on the online service. [News.com]
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- CompuServe overhauls service - In the midst of its search for a new owner, CompuServe (CSRV) has announced a major redesign of its online service. [News.com]
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- CompuServe, Time settle suit - Time and CompuServe (CSRV) today settled a lawsuit the magazine filed against the beleaguered online service last month. [News.com]
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- Computer industry to grow 19% - Dataquest said the worldwide personal computer industry will grow significantly this year led by high-growth companies such as Dell Computer (DELL) and IBM (IBM). [News.com]
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- Confusion reigns on Wolf Mountain - A newly hatched start-up launched by former Novell engineers is causing confusion over Novell's (NOVL) Wolf Mountain project, a critical set of clustering technologies intended to push the company's operating system into new business markets. [News.com]
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- Cyber Promotions hosts hate site - One of the Net's most controversial Web sites has found a new place to call home: one of the Internet's most hated hosts. [News.com]
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- Delivering wireless access - Modem maker Hybrid Networks today teamed with start-up Warp Drive Networks in an ambitious plan to offer high-speed Net access over low-power television frequencies by October 1. [News.com]
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- Dell follows workstation lead - Dell Computer (DELL), not one to buck trends in the PC industry, will make its first foray into the workstation market with systems based on Intel's Pentium II processor. [News.com]
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- Developer CD-ROM delayed - Apparently, Microsoft's (MSFT) developer support organization is not abiding by one of its own slogans: Time is money. [News.com]
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- Digital plans China NC venture - Digital (DEC) and China Aerospace Corporation (CASC) are planning to work together to develop, manufacture, and sell network computers (NCs) in China. [News.com]
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- Digital to use AMD K6 chip - Advanced Micro Devices(AMD) has enlisted Digital Equipment as a customer for its K6 processor, the first major U.S. computer manufacturer to sign on. [News.com]
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- Electric Minds trims workforce - Electric Minds, the brainchild of well-known technology writer Howard Rheingold, is temporarily laying off 10 of its 17 employees because of a cash shortfall. [News.com]
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- Ellison drops Apple buyout - Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has dropped his much-publicized bid to buy struggling Apple Computer, the third time that his Apple takeover plans have come to naught. [News.com]
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- Ellison drops bid to buy Apple - Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced today that he has dropped his much-publicized bid to buy Apple Computer. [News.com]
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- Fear drives banks to the Net - Fear, not greed, will drive banks onto the Internet, according to a new Internet banking report from Jupiter Communications. [News.com]
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- FedEx goal: 100 percent online - Federal Express (FDX) has set its sights on weaning all its customers from paper and voice transactions and moving them to the Internet and other electronic conduits like corporate intranets, said Steve Braun, FedEx's manager of electronic marketing commerce. [News.com]
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- Fighting vandals online - Don't call 'em hackers. They're vandals. [News.com]
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- First Cyrix 6x86 notebook ships - Direct reseller TigerDirect has begun selling the first notebook PCs based on Cyrix (CYRX) 6x86 processors. [News.com]
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- Fore disappoints Wall Street - Fore Systems (FORE) today missed Wall Street's fourth-quarter expectations due to increasing competition and a strong dollar. [News.com]
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- Free access gets another player - As a growing number of Internet service providers can attest, offering free Internet access has its costs--overwhelming customer demand and uncertain revenue potential among them. [News.com]
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- Free tools to boost Rhapsody - Apple (AAPL) says it will provide free software to attendees at its upcoming developers' conference, which will help programmers write applications for Apple's next-generation operating system, code-named Rhapsody. [News.com]
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- FTC guns for online scams - The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on get-rich-quick schemes on the Net, and 37 online ads already have vanished. [News.com]
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- FTP won't meet growth target - FTP Software (FTPS) posted another loss for its first quarter and pushed off its goal of reaching 25 to 30 percent growth this year due to slower-than-expected sales of its gateway products. [News.com]
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- Full-motion video on phone lines - Start-up Objective Communications (OCOM) has developed a new technology that will allow PCs to send and receive full-motion, high-quality video and data communications over ordinary telephone lines, thereby freeing up network bandwidth. [News.com]
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- Gemplus boosts smart cards - In a big boost to the slow-moving smart card initiative, French manufacturer Gemplus says it will license chips for smart-card readers to high-volume manufacturers of keyboards, PCs, phones, vending machines, and personal digital assistants, for less than $10 per device. [News.com]
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- General Magic details strategy - Putting some specifics on a new strategy, General Magic (GMGC) is previewing a subscription-based service that lets mobile workers retrieve email, voice mail, and faxes using any information appliance, including a cellular phone. [News.com]
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- Handhelds read handwriting - ParaGraph International is bringing its handwriting recognition software to Windows CE-based handheld computers, giving them the same capabilities as sophisticated "digital assistant" devices. [News.com]
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- House panel approves crypto bill - A House subcommittee today approved a bill that would remove most of the Clinton administration's current restrictions on the export of encryption technology. [News.com]
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- HP debuts sub-$1,000 PCs - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) will begin selling sub-$1,000 PCs for small businesses based on inexpensive K5 processors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). [News.com]
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- HP now an e-commerce power - Call it a one-two punch. [News.com]
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- HP security admits VeriFone - As an early result of this week's acquisition of VeriFone (VFI), Hewlett-Packard (HWP) will adapt VeriFone's vGate software to let credit card processors connect securely to the Internet within HP's security framework. [News.com]
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- IBM leads tech stock charge - Shares of IBM (IBM) jumped ahead nearly 8 percent today, but failed to propel the technology-laden Nasdaq to great heights or move the Dow forward. [News.com]
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- IBM may keep dividends slim - IBM (IBM) chairman Louis Gerstner will address his fourth annual meeting tomorrow and shareholders are expected to grill the CEO on the computer giant's seemingly paltry dividend. [News.com]
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- IBM rolls out NC software - IBM (IBM) today announced software that makes its Network Station network computers easier to set up and manage. [News.com]
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- Indonesian site attacked - Portuguese hackers yesterday capped a two-month protest over the Indonesian government's treatment of East Timor by breaking into the Indonesian Military Network Homepage and altering the page. [News.com]
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- Informix hit with 5th class action - Informix Software (IFMX) has been slapped with yet another shareholder lawsuit as the company's financial disclosures come under increased scrutiny. [News.com]
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- Ingram revenues grow 33 percent - Computer component distributor Ingram Micro (IM) said strong PC sales and continued strength in its distribution channel helped to boost its quarterly earnings. [News.com]
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- Intel breaks ground in Latin America - U.S. microchip giant Intel (INTC) expects to export more than $300 million worth of goods from Costa Rica in 1998 during its first year of operations, Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres said yesterday. [News.com]
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- Intel cuts chip prices - Intel (INTC) made price cuts Monday ranging up to 48 percent on its Pentium and Pentium Pro processors, making way for its brand-new line of Pentium II processors to be announced next week. [News.com]
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- Iomega recalling Jaz disks - Iomega (IOM) is recalling approximately 75,000 recently manufactured Jaz disks. [News.com]
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- Iowa students still surf free - Free Internet access for Iowa's public universities was salvaged today by the state governor, Terry Branstad, when he vetoed a bill that would have made students pay to surf. [News.com]
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- Ireland's high-tech success - Silicon Valley is not unique to California. The tiny Republic of Ireland, with its population of 3.6 million, has attracted a list of major international names that reads like a "who's who" in the high-technology arena. [News.com]
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- ISP says sorry for delays - Internet service provider BOSnet Communications admits that it got more that it bargained for when it took over thousands of USFreeway accounts for customers who were promised free Net access. [News.com]
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- ISPs ding domain name plan - A consortium of Internet service providers has changed its mind about endorsing a plan to create new top-level Net domains. [News.com]
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- Low-bandwidth push is on - Facing predictions that the push technology market is headed for a shakeout, companies are searching for ways to differentiate themselves by addressing concerns over bandwidth. [News.com]
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- Macromedia hit hard - Macromedia (MACR) posted a loss of $15 million today, the second loss in a row for the multimedia and Internet software company. [News.com]
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- Market limited for data phones - Motorola (MOT) is planning to announce a new phone that will let users check email and surf the Web. But it doesn't want anyone to get too excited about it just yet. [News.com]
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- McAfee targets ownership costs - Interop Software maker McAfee (MCAF) will address much-publicized issues involving the cost of computer ownership at Spring Networld+Interop '97 when it releases the Zero Administration Client Suite. [News.com]
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- McAfee to stake out new markets - McAfee wants to be more than the antivirus savior of personal computers. So the company is planning to move into the enterprise business, focus on its "Internetcentric" business model, and grow its overseas business, the company said today at an analyst conference. [News.com]
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- Merger rumors fuel BBN stock - Internet provider BBN (BBN) saw its stock jump nearly 9 percent today to 21-7/8 on continued speculation that it may be bought by AT&T (T). [News.com]
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- Micron aims for high end - Micron Electronics (MUEI) jumped into the workstation market for the first time today, introducing a line of Windows NT-based personal workstations. [News.com]
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- Microsoft tries to toughen NT - Microsoft (MSFT) wants to prove it can tip the scales. [News.com]
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- Microsoft: '98 is PC-TV's year - Foreshadowing sharper focus on PC-TV convergence, a senior executive at Microsoft (MSFT) said today that next year will be pivotal for the hybrid concept. [News.com]
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- Mitsubishi to enter U.S. PC market - Mitsubishi Electric plans to enter the U.S. PC market, possibly as early as this year, making it the latest Japanese electronics giant to make a stab at the largest PC market in the world. [News.com]
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- MMX sales spur Gateway profits - Even as competition heats up in the direct-sales market, Gateway 2000 posted a 34 percent jump in profits, due to strength in international markets and the popularity of Intel's (INTC) processor with MMX capabilities. [News.com]
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- Monitor makers settle over size - When Keith Long unpacked his new Packard Bell computer monitor in September of 1993, there was one thing missing. An inch. [News.com]
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- Motherboards put PCs at risk - Personal computers may be at risk for system crashes and data loss because of low-cost motherboards from small firms that aren't following all the manufacturing rules, according to a company that makes parts for the boards. [News.com]
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- MS link irks Ticketmaster - Microsoft (MSFT) has been slapped with a lawsuit by Ticketmaster (TKTM) that claims the software giant is engaging in "electronic piracy" by placing links to Ticketmaster's Web site on its Seattle Sidewalk guide. [News.com]
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- MS posts Net telephony tools - Microsoft (MSFT) today launched an update to its NetMeeting conferencing software, which includes Internet telephony features soon to become part of the company's Web browser and operating systems. [News.com]
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- Mustang bucks losses - Mustang Software (MSTG) narrowed its first-quarter net loss as it tightened company spending. [News.com]
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- NEC launches server barrage - NEC Computer Systems, a division of Packard Bell NEC, today announced new plans to attack the Intel-based server market. [News.com]
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- Net blackout hits some regions - A major outage shut down Internet access in some parts of the country today for as long as two hours. [News.com]
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- Net brings new era of terrorism - The threat of terrorism is likely to increase in the United States as the Internet provides easier access to information on making bombs, Defense Secretary William Cohen said today. [News.com]
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- Net gamers rethink fees - Charging subscriptions for Internet game playing is proving to be a tough proposition. [News.com]
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- Net printing standard in queue - The Internet Engineering Task Force has announced that a new working group aims to establish a standard protocol for sending print jobs over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Netcom belt-tightening pays off - Netcom (NETC) today posted a smaller loss than expected due to tightened up operating expenses and ramped up revenues. [News.com]
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- NetPC specifications final - A coalition of the PC industry's heavyweights have completed the long-awaited specification for the NetPC, a specification they hope will define a new generation of networked PCs. [News.com]
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- Netscape gets encryption OK - Netscape Communications (NSCP) is the latest vendor to receive federal approval to begin exporting products that use stronger encryption. [News.com]
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- Netscape goes on buying spree - Netscape Communications (NSCP) today acquired two small firms to help bolster its Web design and messaging products. [News.com]
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- Netscape: Intranets slow abroad - As U.S. corporations ramp up their efforts to launch intranets and extranets, Europe and Japan are falling behind, said Marc Andreessen, chief technology officer at Netscape (NSCP). [News.com]
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- New spam filters arrive - Antispammers today unleashed more weapons to combat what has become the scourge of the Net: unsolicited email. [News.com]
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- NSF bows out of domain names - The National Science Foundation will bow out of assigning domain names no later than March 1998, the federal agency announced today. [News.com]
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- NYU student pulls Web site - An online trademark spat with New York University is teaching fist-year law student Barry Edwards more about his future profession than any professor could. [News.com]
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- Oklahoma court rulings online - In a blow to West Publishing's near-monopoly on court records, the Oklahoma Supreme Court announced today that it will make its entire history of opinions available on the Net for free in citable form. [News.com]
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- Open Market loss widens - Internet commerce software provider Open Market (OMKT) today reported a widening first-quarter loss it attributed in large part on acquisitions. [News.com]
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- Oracle making proxy server line - Furthering its goal of becoming a one-stop source for Web technology, Oracle (ORCL) is building its own proxy server software, which it plans to ship by summer. [News.com]
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- Oracle server features VRML - Oracle (ORCL) next week will ship a revised version of its Web Application Server that will include a demonstration of VRML (virtual reality modeling language) technology. [News.com]
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- Panel explores privacy agency - The Clinton administration has released a draft report outlining various options to strengthen online privacy without stifling electronic commerce, including the possible formation of a regulatory agency. [News.com]
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- Penthouse rolls Net video - As the sex industry continues to thrive on the Net, Penthouse is betting that adult video will also find a huge Web audience. [News.com]
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- Pentium II slated for arcades - Intel (INTC) has its processors inside most of the world's PCs. Now, it wants them inside coin-operated video games as well. [News.com]
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- PointCast curries investor favor - PointCast chief executive Christopher Hassett told a roomful of investors today that the push technology vendor is rapidly growing its revenues and high gross margins. [News.com]
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- Princeton team finds Java glitch - A team of Princeton University scientists have found a new security flaw in Java that could let a hacker gain unauthorized access to a computer by impersonating a "trusted" software publisher. [News.com]
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- Prodigy launches China service - Prodigy today became the first foreign Internet service provider to receive China's endorsement. [News.com]
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- Program gets to heart of mainframe - EMC today unveiled two software products that make it easier for companies to manage and retrieve information stored on their mainframe computers. [News.com]
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- Provision threatens crypto bill - A coalition of privacy and commercial interests endorsed legislation today that would undo restrictions on encryption, but said it might pull its support if a section in the bill, which would penalize the use of encryption in committing a crime, is not scrapped. [News.com]
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- QuarkXPress 4.0 drawn up - Quark is preparing to roll out QuarkXPress 4.0, though it's keeping the release date a secret. [News.com]
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- Results mixed on for-pay content - Information may want to be free on the Internet, yet some Web sites say they are finding success charging users for access to content. [News.com]
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- Rivalries taken to court - After years of feuding, some technology companies seem more ready than ever to tell it to the judge. [News.com]
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- Room for small push players? - Worried push vendors today pressed Microsoft (MSFT) and Netscape Communications (NSCP) on what role small firms will play once push technology is built into their respective browsers. [News.com]
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- Router glitch cuts Net access - What started out as a router glitch at a small Internet service provider in Virginia today triggered a major outage in Internet access across the country, lasting more than two hours in some places. [News.com]
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- SCO earnings disappoint - Unix vendor Santa Cruz Operation (SCOC) today reported a 66 percent drop in second quarter profits and weak revenue growth. [News.com]
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- Server blocks rogue Java applets - Finjan Software today introduced a low-end version of its server software that can block hostile Java applets that sneak through firewalls and routers. [News.com]
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- Software built for construction - Two niche accounting software makers have teamed up to develop a new software suite for the project-by-project accounting requirements of the construction industry. [News.com]
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- Software selloff boosts Wang - Client/server and network service provider Wang Laboratories (WANG) got a boost in quarterly earnings from the sale of its software business. [News.com]
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- Spam clogs Netcom lines - A mass emailing slowed down Netcom's Internet service yesterday, affecting about 5,000 customers, the company confirmed today. [News.com]
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- Study dampens WebTV forecasts - Just because Microsoft (MSFT) bought WebTV, the success of simplified Internet access devices isn't necessarily a sure thing. [News.com]
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- Sun formally enters gigabit race - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) announced its first foray into the lucrative switching market today, sending signals that it may play a larger role in the networking market while buoying the prospects of a Gigabit Ethernet start-up. [News.com]
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- Sun Ultras get 300-MHz chip - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has introduced new workstations with a 300-MHz UltraSparc-II processor to bolster its high-performance lineup while cutting prices on older workstations by as much as 30 percent. [News.com]
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- Surfer info to be pushed to Domino - New York City-based Web developer ErgoTech is preparing to enhance its WebLeader software, which routes information collected from Web site visitors, with new browser distribution features that will work with Lotus Development's Webcasting add-on, Domino.Broadcast. [News.com]
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- Survey measures NT explosion - Market research firm Dataquest issued a forecast for the operating system market that states Windows NT will show the largest market growth in 1997 with an estimated sales increase of 156 percent. [News.com]
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- Survey says: We hate spam - Although many online users feel passionately about keeping the Internet free for all types of speech, that doesn't necessarily mean they want it delivered to their electronic mailbox. [News.com]
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- Sybase revamps C++ tool - Sybase (SYBS) is making good on its promise to revamp its tools line, one step at a time. [News.com]
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- Symantec claims McAfee stole code - Symantec (SYMC) has filed a copyright infringement suit against its rival McAfee Associates (MCAF), alleging that McAfee has pirated code from the company. [News.com]
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- Symantec jolted by Cafe - Symantec (SYMC) today reported record revenues that beat analysts' expectations because of a strong showing in U.S. markets and solid demand for its Cafe product line. [News.com]
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- Tax break for PC gifts proposed - U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California) today introduced the Computer Donation Incentive Act, which will sweeten tax breaks to corporations and organizations that donate computers to public schools. [News.com]
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- Tech market to rebound in '98 - Bears may continue to run through the technology market in 1997, but Hambrecht & Quist research director Bruce Lupatkin expects the bulls to charge back in 1998, as corporations make wholesale changes to their infrastructure. [News.com]
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- Toshiba, IBM ready fast PCs - Toshiba and IBM (IBM) will introduce Pentium II workstation-class systems built to run Windows NT when Intel rolls out its new chip next week. [News.com]
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- U.S. concerned by ITU meeting - The U.S. government has expressed concern about a meeting to reform the Internet's domain naming system. [News.com]
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- U.S. Robotics posts gains - Modem maker U.S. Robotics (USRX), which is planning to merge with 3Com (COMS), today reported a stronger second quarter, partly because of better profits on some of its modem products. [News.com]
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- Unisys investors reject spin-off - Unisys (UIS) shareholders voted against a proposal to sell or spin off the company's computer hardware operation at its annual meeting in Philadelphia yesterday. [News.com]
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- USR fills in 56-kbps upgrade gaps - U.S. Robotics (USRX) today expanded its upgrade program for 56-kbps modems, but the experience of current customers indicates that buyers might face hurdles in obtaining rebates. [News.com]
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- UUNet, Whole Earth make up - Whole Earth Networks and UUNet Technologies today said they have agreed to continue the interconnection of their networks, ending a dispute over Net connection fees. [News.com]
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- Valley to join digital TV panel - Over the objections of broadcasters, the Clinton administration today reaffirmed its intention of appointing computer industry reps to a panel that will decide what extra public-interest obligations TV stations will inherit with their new digital licenses, according to the trade publication Variety. [News.com]
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- Web ads appeal to the senses - Online advertisers will try just about anything to get precious clicks. The latest lure: scratch and sniff Net banners. [News.com]
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- Web fonts want for security - It may be hard to imagine, but the future of fonts on the Web--the way letters like these will look on your screen--depends upon Internet security. [News.com]
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- Weblicator delayed again - The software engineers on Lotus Development's Weblicator team hope three times is a charm. [News.com]
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- WebSite jazzes up server pages - O'Reilly and Associates is jazzing up Web server pages in a bid to compete more closely with Microsoft (MSFT). [News.com]
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- Whole Earth dumps president - Whole Earth Networks president David Holub said today that he was terminated by the company's board, a move that came in the wake of a dispute with UUNet Technologies over interconnection fees. [News.com]
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- Xerox sues USR over patents - Xerox (XRX) said today that it is suing U.S. Robotics (USRX) in a patent infringement case involving two of its products. [News.com]
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- Yahoo Netscape guide goes live - Netscape Communications (NSCP) officially unveiled a revamped guide to Web sites today, courtesy of Yahoo (YHOO). [News.com]
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