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- 100% pure Java watered down - Viewers of cable news network MSNBC may recently have seen a commercial for Sun Microsystems (SUNW) in which a man tells a priest that he's been thinking "pure" thoughts. When the beatific man exits the confessional, he passes a queue of anxious programmers--one wearing a Visual Basic shirt--ready to admit their sins. [News.com]
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- 20 million love Net, 9 leave it - Although more than twenty million Americans consider the Internet "indispensable" to their daily lives, almost half that number have decided they can live without it for now, a new survey says. [News.com]
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- 3Com chief stumps for merger - 3Com (COMS) chairman Eric Benhamou is taking his show on the road to sell 3Com's $6.6 billion merger with U.S. Robotics (USRX). [News.com]
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- 4.4-pound PowerBook debuts - Apple Computer (AAPL) introduced a new 4.4-pound ultraportable notebook today manufactured by IBM Japan. [News.com]
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- 56-kbps standard expected soon - U.S Robotics (USRX) expects an international standard for 56-kbps modems to be set by early next year, the company said at a press conference today. [News.com]
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- 5GB hard disk in IBM notebooks - IBM (IBM) has developed the largest-capacity compact hard disk drive to date, allowing the storage of massive amounts of data in diminutive portable computers. [News.com]
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- A guide to privacy in cyberspace - Everyone from federal agencies to grassroots advocates wants to protect consumers' online privacy, but a new guide released today shows surfers how to guard their own personal data in cyberspace. [News.com]
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- A royal bore in Silicon Valley - His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, Duke of York and currently the fourth heir to the English throne, and California's Governor Pete Wilson kicked off a four-day conference here that aims to be an intercontinental schmoozefest for U.K. high-tech companies and their Silicon Valley counterparts. [News.com]
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- ABC News takes on the Net - Today ABC News officially jumps into the hotly competitive Net news fray with a news supersite that competes head-on with established players like CNN and MSNBC. [News.com]
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- Acer box foreshadows NetPC - Acer America announced a new line of network-ready business PCs with Pentium processors that will sell for under $800, presaging the arrival of the NetPC. [News.com]
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- Acer extends Extensas - Acer continues to rapidly add to its line of notebooks, acquired earlier this year from Texas Instruments, by adding a new Extensa model today with a 150-MHz Intel Pentium processor. [News.com]
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- Actra launches e-commerce software - Actra Business Systems, the newest arrival on the Internet commerce scene, today debuted its first e-commerce software product after more than a year of development. [News.com]
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- Adobe readies PageMill for 95, NT - Fighting for its share of the low end of the Web publishing tool market, Adobe Systems (ADBE) today is shipping its first PageMill Web authoring program for Windows 95 and NT with a scaled-down version of Photoshop as an enticement. [News.com]
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- Agencies review Net drug market - Just as the United Nations-sponsored World Health Organization is taking a hard look at Web sites that push pills, U.S. officials are preparing guidelines for online drug advertisements to come out this summer. [News.com]
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- Agents come in from the cold - Intelligent agents, one of the most hyped technologies of the '90s, are making a comeback, but don't expect them to be as clever as originally promised. [News.com]
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- Akia: Fastest Mac in the East - Akia, a Japan-based manufacturer of Mac clones, will introduce in May one of the fastest desktop Macintoshes going as it fleshes out its offerings in Japan, one of the largest Mac markets in the world. [News.com]
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- All-in-one intranet nears beta - IntraNetics, a small Massachusetts start-up, will begin beta tests next week for an intranet-in-a-box bundle designed to get small businesses up and running in a hurry. [News.com]
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- Alleged pyramid case settled - The company that operated an alleged online pyramid scheme that promised hundreds of surfers big cash returns on donations to charities settled with the Federal Trade Commission today over false-advertising charges. [News.com]
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- AltaVista rebuilds its engine - AltaVista Internet Software today rolled out a new souped-up search engine technology designed for corporate users. [News.com]
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- Amazon.com IPO skyrockets - Silencing any doubts about its chances on the public market, Amazon.com (AMZN) ended the day $54 million richer as its long-awaited initial public offering soared 30 percent above its opening price. [News.com]
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- Amelio's right-hand man quits - The hand-picked lieutenant that CEO Gil Amelio brought with him to Apple Computer is quitting after slightly more than a year. [News.com]
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- Analyst pinpoints MMX price cuts - Intel (INTC) will drive the price of its MMX Pentium processors down to the "sweetspot" of the market in the third quarter of this year, while it introduces fast but pricey mobile processors and eases pricing for the Pentium II. [News.com]
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- Analysts bullish on AOL meeting - America Online (AMER) is hosting a two-day meeting with analysts next Wednesday and Thursday at its corporate headquarters and the gathering could prove to be a catalyst for interest in the stock, Cowen & Company said. [News.com]
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- Analysts say AOL has its act together - Abhishek Gami, an analyst with Nesbitt Burns Securities, knows how to get a rise from people who follow America Online's (AOL) fortunes. [News.com]
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- Analysts smile on AOL profits - America Online (AOL) today bucked Wall Street's predictions by posting a slight third-quarter profit, primarily due to its slowing marketing expenses as part of a legal settlement. [News.com]
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- Another bug in Explorer - Microsoft's (MSFT) respite from the wave of security bugs that hit Internet Explorer in March is over. [News.com]
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- AOL gives away messaging - America Online (AOL) is offering all Net users a service previously reserved for its 8 million members. [News.com]
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- AOL starting strong in Japan - America Online (AOL) is off to a strong start pitching its services in Japan, chairman Steve Case said. [News.com]
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- AOL to add ABC sports area - America Online (AOL) says that it will produce an ABC Sports area on its Sports Channel. [News.com]
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- AOL users conned for credit data - America Online (AOL) members who responded to a forged email may have inadvertently given out their credit card numbers to thieves disguised as AOL officials. [News.com]
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- Apple drops Exponential chip - Apple will not ship a computer that uses the X704 processor from Exponential Technology in the next year, an Apple executive said today at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference, dealing yet another blow to the beleaguered chipmaker. [News.com]
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- Apple sells developers on openness - Gil Amelio is betting that openness to Intel and compatibility with Macintosh will drive Apple Computer's (AAPL) return to profitability. [News.com]
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- Apple slices PowerBook prices - Apple Computer (AA PL) has quietly cut prices on PowerBook 3400s, as the company pushes to aggressively compete with Intel-based notebooks in both price and performance. [News.com]
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- Apple spins off Newton division - Apple (AAPL), in an effort to stem the flow of red ink and refocus its operations, today said it will dress up its Newton unit for sale or an initial public offering by making it into a new, wholly owned subsidiary. [News.com]
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- Apple's cross-platform Net gamble - While Apple Computer (AAPL) tries to win back the hearts and minds of developers with its next-generation operating system, the company is betting on two other Internet technologies to lift it from its doldrums: WebObjects and Java. [News.com]
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- Area code switch threatens ISDN - An estimated 15 to 20 percent of Pacific Bell's 124,000 ISDN lines in California are threatened by new area codes, a user group disclosed today. [News.com]
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- Ariba software helps enterprise buyers - Start-up Ariba Technologies has jumped into the emerging market to help large companies take control of spending on routine items to run their operations. [News.com]
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- Arrest in Gates extortion plot - The FBI has reportedly arrested a 21-year-old Illinois man on charges that he threatened Bill Gates's life in an attempt to extort more than $5 million from the Microsoft chairman. [News.com]
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- Artisoft embraces NT for networking - Beleaguered software maker Artisoft (ASFT) today announced a strategy to embrace Microsoft's increasingly popular Windows NT operating system in an effort to regain a foothold in the ultra-competitive networking market. [News.com]
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- Ascend tackles remote access - Ascend Communications (ASND) will next week tackle the remote access side of network management and provide a bridge to administration of backbone networking gear. [News.com]
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- Ascend-Cascade merger approved - Ascend Communications (ASND) and Cascade Communications (CSCC) said shareholders have approved their merger. [News.com]
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- AST to roll out Pentium II PC - When Intel announces the Pentium II processor on May 7, AST (ASTA) will announce a high-end Pentium II Bravo desktop PC. [News.com]
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- AT&T cancels satellite plans - AT&T (ATT) says it has withdrawn its application with the U.S. government for a license to launch a new generation of communications satellites. [News.com]
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- AT&T in merger talks with SBC - AT&T (T) is in merger talks with regional telephone company SBC Communications (SBC), seeking to fashion a deal that could be worth at least $50 billion, according to a published report. [News.com]
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- AT&T, SBC talks draw fire - Reports that AT&T (T) was in merger talks with regional Baby Bell SBC Communications (SBC) have drawn sharp criticism from telecommunications and antitrust experts. [News.com]
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- Autodesk in dip of business cycle - Acquisition charges and a slow product cycle pulled down first-quarter results today for Autodesk (ADSK), but new products and strategies may revitalize the company in the near future, analysts say. [News.com]
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- Aventail secures Net communications - Interop Aventail is shipping software tools that let corporations set up secure communications across the Internet. [News.com]
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- Bandai drops unsuccessful Pippin - Toy maker Bandai has stopped producing its "Pippin Atmark" multimedia terminal in the face of disappointing sales, a Japanese business daily reported over the weekend. [News.com]
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- Bandai still in multimedia terminals - Countering earlier press reports, Bandai executive vice president Shin Unoza denied the company has withdrawn from the multimedia terminal business. [News.com]
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- Banks warned of millennium bug - The Federal Reserve will scrutinize proposed bank mergers to make sure the institutions involved will prepare computers for the year 2000. [News.com]
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- Banyan looks to rebound - Microsoft is talking about scalability. Novell is hyping tools for the junction of the Internet and internal corporate networks. But lost in the buzz is Banyan Systems (BNYN), the struggling networking software player that can't seem to get out of its funk. [News.com]
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- Barnes & Noble launches book site - One day after suing its biggest online competitor, giant bookseller Barnes & Noble (BKS) today opens its own online bookshop. [News.com]
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- Bay plans Instant Internet upgrade - Bay Networks (BAY) will show off some new features for its all-in-one Instant Internet access box at next week's Comdex Spring '97 show in Atlanta. [News.com]
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- Bay works to regroup - Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--Networking player Bay Networks (BAY) delivered a plan to regain lost momentum in key markets today at Spring Networld+Interop '97. [News.com]
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- BBN deal hurts GTE stock - GTE (GTE) saw its stock dip today after it announced that it will purchase Internet service provider BBN (BBN) for roughly $616 million. [News.com]
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- BEA Systems joins NT stampede - BEA Systems (BEAS) is joining the stampede of big system software vendors to Windows NT. [News.com]
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- Belgian site offers quotes, news - A Belgian start-up plans to sell real-time stock prices and financial news on a Web site, saying it will give retail investors access to information previously enjoyed only by professional traders, at about a tenth of the price. [News.com]
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- Bell Atlantic shifts to high speed - Bell Atlantic announced today plans to offer high-speed Internet access to homes using new technology that can send data-heavy graphics over standard phone lines. [News.com]
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- Big Blue backs SET with TV ads - IBM (IBM) has launched a consumer-oriented TV ad campaign to promote shopping over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Bill to enforce digital TV rules - A bill introduced in the Senate today would require broadcasters to adhere to a timetable for digital TV standards set recently by the Federal Communications Commission. [News.com]
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- Book giant attacks Amazon - Barnes & Noble (BKS) hit online bookseller Amazon.com with a one-two punch today, filing a lawsuit against the company and opening its own Web site to conduct sales. [News.com]
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- Book site wars bring price cuts - One day after Amazon.com (AMZN) garnered $54 million with its initial public offering, another Internet bookstore is slashing its prices. [News.com]
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- Borland hires new CFO - Borland International (BORL) today named a new chief financial officer as part of the struggling toolmaker's efforts to rebuild its management team. [News.com]
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- Borland sues Microsoft over brain drain - Saying that he "just wants Microsoft to leave us alone," Borland International (BORL) CEO Delbert Yocam today filed a lawsuit against Microsoft (MSFT), claiming that the software giant is hiring away Borland's key employees to put it out of business. [News.com]
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- BOSnet users left in the lurch - Hundreds of frustrated Net users have been left out in the cold. Again. [News.com]
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- Browsing for dollars - As if the Web weren't commercial enough already, more ventures are getting under way that pay Netizens to surf. [News.com]
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- C-Cube stock takes a plunge - Shares of C-Cube (CUBE) plunged as low as 24 percent today, after the company said its second-quarter earnings and revenues will fall short of Wall Street expectations. [News.com]
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- CA, Novell to manage networks - Interop Computer Associates (CA) has announced a partnership with Novell (NOVL) to integrate their management products. [News.com]
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- Cabletron adds partners, support - Interop Corporate networking power Cabletron Systems (CS) will be busy at next week's Spring Networld+Interop 97 show, announcing two significant partnerships and augmenting its line of switching hardware and software, CNET's NEWS.COM has learned. [News.com]
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- Cadence settles with FTC - Competition is key, according to the Federal Trade Commission. In that spirit, it has reached a settlement with Cadence Design Systems (CDN) to ensure that manufacturers of software used to automate the design of integrated circuits have the ability to break into the market without disadvantages. [News.com]
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- Calif. colleges building own Net - A group of universities in California are building their own information highway to exchange data from libraries and laboratories at least 100 times faster than over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Calif. lobbying directory online - California politics are coming out of the dark ages. [News.com]
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- Calif. proposes certification rules - Sidestepping a White House initiative, the state of California proposed its own regulations today that allow public authorities to authenticate digital information without the type of "key recovery" system that has raised objections among privacy advocates. [News.com]
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- California No. 1 in high-tech jobs - California still leads the nation when it comes to high-tech jobs, a new report disclosed today. [News.com]
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- CD-ROM drive races ahead - Drive maker Teac today announced a new 24X CD-ROM drive, adding its name to a growing list of vendors bringing out super-fast CD-ROM drives. [News.com]
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- Centaur enters cheap chip market - Centaur Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Device Technology (IDT) today announced the IDT-C6, a Pentium-class Intel-compatible MMX microprocessor designed for the sub-$1,500 personal computer market, adding yet another competitor to this increasingly crowded market. [News.com]
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- CEOs learn importance of IT - Executives who attended Microsoft's (MSFT) CEO summit in Seattle got what they expected: more than your average technology trade show and a greater sense they need to take an even greater role in setting their companies technology strategy. [News.com]
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- Cerf: Names in public domain - Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--The man credited with creating the Internet blasted Network Solutions today, saying the company is abusing the public trust by claiming that the database of Internet addresses, called domain names, is its property. [News.com]
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- Check Point, AST in firewall deal - Internet security company Check Point Software Technologies (CHKPF) next week will announce a firewall bundling deal with AST Research (ASTA), its first with a PC manufacturer. [News.com]
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- Chicago Exchange to test Net trading - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange plans to debut testing of Internet-based futures order routing in late June, a CME executive said. [News.com]
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- Christian ISP has a mission - Catholic Telecom, an Internet service provider with a uniquely ecumenical mission, opened business today to bring Net access and long distance service to the nation's "estimated 160 million" Christians by June. [News.com]
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- Cisco buys into push company - Cisco Systems (CSCO) continues to make strategic investments in companies it sees as complementary to its overall vision. [News.com]
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- Cisco earnings bellwether for industry - Wall Street is anxiously awaiting next week's announcement of third-quarter earnings from Cisco Systems (CSCO) to see if the networking giant's results will herald better times for the industry. [News.com]
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- Cisco earnings on track - Networking industry bellwether Cisco Systems (CSCO) reported that its third-quarter revenue and earnings growth stayed on track today, despite skepticism among investors. [News.com]
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- Cisco leads Nasdaq charge - Bolstered by the earnings performance of Cisco Systems (CSCO), networking stocks today pushed up the Nasdaq index. [News.com]
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- Cisco router emerges from vapor - Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--The next-generation router from Cisco Systems (CSCO), long-awaited hardware intended to alleviate Internet bottlenecks and silence critics and rivals, finally made a public appearance on the show floor here at Spring Networld+Interop 97. [News.com]
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- Cisco untangles access policies - Cisco Systems (CSCO) plans to offer a uniform way for administrators to set policies for accessing applications that run across a network. [News.com]
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- Cisco updates firewall package - Cisco Systems (CSCO) is shipping an updated version of its firewall product that includes enhanced management and address translation features. [News.com]
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- Cisco, Microsoft team on networks - Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Microsoft (MSFT) will join forces in an effort to unify the manner in which networks provide access and offer services to customers. [News.com]
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- Cisco-Microsoft deal sorted out - | Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--Did the market for directory services in operating systems just get more complicated? [News.com]
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- Citrix, Compaq join on NC servers - Compaq (CPQ) and Citrix (CTXS) are joining forces to promote "thin client" computing with software and server hardware. [News.com]
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- Clause could rescue crypto bill - A last-minute amendment to lessen penalties on the use of encryption in a crime could push the SAFE Act through a House Judiciary Committee vote tomorrow. [News.com]
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- Clinton crypto plan called unsafe - A group of 11 cryptographers and computer scientists released a report today that casts doubt on the economic and technological feasibility of the Clinton administration's goal to establish a worldwide system to crack encrypted messages. [News.com]
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- Cloners in Mac OS talks risk delays - Discussions about licensing the upcoming version of Apple Computer's (AAPL) Mac OS are reaching an important stage, as clone vendors run the risk of having to delay the introduction of new systems until after the biggest selling season of the year. [News.com]
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- CMP files for IPO - Computer media giant CMP Media, which carries such magazines as Windows, Computer Reseller News, and HomePC, today filed an initial public offering registration to raise up to $115 million in capital. [News.com]
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- Communicator beta now has push - Netscape Communications has posted the first public beta version of its Communicator Internet software to include Netcaster, the company's push technology software. [News.com]
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- Communicator out for Mac, Unix - Netscape Communications (NSCP) may not waste any affection on Microsoft (MSFT), but Windows 95 and NT are still at the top of its development checklist. [News.com]
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- Compaq cuts prices across board - Compaq (CPQ) announced wide-ranging price cuts today on everything from business desktop PCs to notebook PCs, and rolled out new server computers. [News.com]
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- Compaq releases sub-$1,000 PC - As part of a push to remain one of the top computer companies in the world, Compaq (CPQ) announced a new sub-$1,000 consumer PC model today that boasts a 150-MHz processor from Cyrix (CYRX). [News.com]
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- Compaq targets public agencies - Compaq Computer (CPQ) will begin offering reduced-priced software and hardware bundles aimed at the education, government, and nonprofit markets in reaction to the success that systems makers such as Dell (DELL) and Gateway 2000 (GATE) have enjoyed recently. [News.com]
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- Compaq, Digital talked merger - Compaq Computer (CPQ) held high-level talks with Digital Equipment (DEC) in both 1995 and 1996 about a possible takeover of Digital but discussions broke down last summer, the Wall Street Journal said in today's electronic edition. [News.com]
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- Compaq, Gateway visions differ - Gateway 2000 (GATE) CEO Ted Waitt said his company's vision of doing business in the PC market was "a lot different" from that of its recent suitor, Compaq Computer (CPQ). [News.com]
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- Compaq-Gateway deal off - Compaq Computer (CPQ) has reportedly stepped away from a deal with Gateway 2000 (GATE), but questions remain over what the PC maker will do as it feels the heat from fast-rising competitor Dell Computer (DELL). [News.com]
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- Computer beats Kasparov to tie match - The supercomputer Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov today to tie their six-game re-match at one victory each. [News.com]
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- Concentric, @Home file for IPOs - The initial public stock offering frenzy among high-tech companies is back in full swing, with Concentric Network and @Home as the latest companies to step up to the public trough. [News.com]
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- Congress considers two spam fixes - Spam is clogging Congress's agenda today. [News.com]
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- Congress targets class-action suits - Rep. Rick White (R-Washington) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California) today will introduce a bill to close a loophole on shareholder lawsuits that have been flooding state courts since Congress established rigorous requirements for federal court filings. [News.com]
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- Connect reconfigures purchasing - Internet commerce firm Connect (CNKT) on Monday will release PurchaseStream, a packaged application that lets employees of large companies bypass corporate purchasing departments. [News.com]
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- Consumer group attacks Microsoft - Another Microsoft foe has stepped up the plate, accusing the software giant of violating antitrust laws. But this time, it's not a competing software company that is crying foul. [News.com]
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- Corel changes its Office tune - Software maker Corel (COSFF) has quietly dropped the "Office" moniker from its productivity application suite, which will begin shipping at the end of this month. [News.com]
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- Cox in the red but beats forecast - Cox Communications (COX) fell into the red last quarter after expanding its telecommunications services but beat Wall Street analysts' earnings estimates by a penny. [News.com]
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- Credit card hacker busted - The FBI has charged a computer hacker with the theft of more than 100,000 credit card numbers from a database on the Internet. [News.com]
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- Criminals' privacy rights weighed - Florida residents can use the Net to look up the addresses of sexual predators released from prison. But they can no longer look up their Social Security numbers. [News.com]
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- Crypto export called small step - An export license for 128-bit cryptography issued to Pretty Good Privacy may create a selling opportunity for PGP but doesn't signify much in the national encryption debate, analysts say. [News.com]
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- Crypto showdown this month - With spring in the air, the struggle over the use of encryption enters what could be its most crucial month yet. [News.com]
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- CyberCash covets vice income - Online gambling and adult entertainment will drive the growth of electronic cash transactions over the Net and thereby the use of CyberCash's (CYCH) own e-cash technology, said chairman and chief executive William Melton. [News.com]
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- Cyrix introduces MMX chip - Cyrix (CYRX) introduced its first MMX-capable processor today, hoping to turn heads by offering a high-speed chip at a low price. [News.com]
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- Cyrix to take on Pentium II - Cyrix (CYRX) will announce in the next few weeks its long-awaited MMX processor, intended to compete with the low end of Intel's Pentium II line of chips. [News.com]
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- Deep Blue humbles chess master - The supercomputer Deep Blue made chess history today by defeating Garry Kasparov for an overall victory in their six-game rematch, the first time a computer has triumphed over a reigning world champion in a classical match. [News.com]
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- Deep Blue rematch Saturday - The world's best chess player and its most powerful chess-playing machine resume their historic battle on Saturday, a rematch between brain cell and silicon, a test of mankind's relationship with computers. [News.com]
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- Dell fuels tech stock rally - Dell Computer (DELL) today fueled a tech rally after reporting that its first-quarter net income soared 157 percent over a year ago. [News.com]
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- Dell markets Managed PCs - Leading computer maker Dell (DELL) announced today that all of its future corporate laptop and desktop lines will use "Managed PC" technologies in an effort to convince corporate IS departments that the company is working to lower the cost of owning and maintaining PCs. [News.com]
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- Dell questions Compaq sales plan - Dell Computer (DELL) chairman Michael Dell says he's more confused than threatened by rival Compaq Computer's (CPQ) move to a build-to-order sales strategy. [News.com]
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- Dell takes edge off servers - Dell (DELL), a rising star in the server business, announced that it is cutting prices on a number of Pentium Pro-based servers in its PowerEdge line by up to 16 percent. [News.com]
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- Details emerge on Pentium Pro bug - An engineer dedicated to tracking inside information about Intel processors reported today that Intel's Pentium Pro and its upcoming Pentium II processors have a bug that could result in a PC producing bad data. [News.com]
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- Details of Oracle 8 emerge - Oracle (ORCL) continues to dribble out details of Oracle 8.0, its long-awaited database server upgrade slated to be unveiled on June 24. [News.com]
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- Diba lets ISPs try before they buy - Set-top software maker Diba today announced a new program to deliver set-top Internet access boxes to ISPs for testing, figuring that users will want to sample TV-based Internet access before they buy. [News.com]
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- Digital has 600-MHz workstation - New Digital Equipment (DEC) workstations will use a 600-MHz version of the company's Alpha RISC processor to latch onto the growth of the Windows NT platform while appeasing the traditional Unix workstation customer. [News.com]
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- Digital joins NT stampede - Digital (DEC) today expanded its lineup of software for managing large networks of Windows NT-based systems. [News.com]
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- Digital runs ads on Intel suit - Digital Equipment (DEC) took out large advertisements in two prominent newspapers today to put its case before the public in its lawsuit against Intel (INTC). [News.com]
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- Digital shareholder meeting set - A shareholder activist has organized a meeting of institutions that own stock in Digital Equipment to discuss the beleaguered company's poor performance. [News.com]
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- Digital shareholders complain - A shareholder activist will meet with institutional shareholders of Digital Equipment (DEC) who are disappointed with the company's performance, the Boston Globe reported today. [News.com]
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- Digital suit trouble for Intel? - Intel (INTC) may be in for a tougher battle with Digital (DEC) over alleged patent infringements than it first appeared, according to legal experts and a preliminary report from a major marketing research firm. [News.com]
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- Digital, Cyrix sue Intel over patents - In an unprecedented development, Intel has been socked with two major law suits in one day. [News.com]
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- Direct marketers trumpet success - Micron Electronics (MUEI) introduced one of the first consumer desktop PCs with the Pentium II processor, highlighting the advantages direct marketers have in getting the latest and greatest PCs to users. [News.com]
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- Dirtybirds.com defies Microsoft - What appears to be a small Los Angeles company continues to thumb its virtual nose at Microsoft this morning. [News.com]
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- Disk drive stocks head south - Stocks of disk drive companies continued their decline today after two brokerages cut their estimates on Seagate (SEG) and investors expressed fears that disk drive prices will decline further, traders said. [News.com]
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- DOJ probes Microsoft-WebTV deal - The Justice Department has requested additional information from Microsoft (MSFT) and WebTV in an examination of antitrust issues related to their merger. [News.com]
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- Domain plan to be revised - A plan to expand the Internet's naming system will be losing some of the features criticized by a White House task force, the Internet Society announced today. [News.com]
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- Dr. Weil bails on HotWired - HotWired is losing its popular Ask Dr. Weil Web site to Time Warner's Pathfinder megasite. [News.com]
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- Drugs dispensed by modem - A Massachusetts company has developed a telepharmacy system combining a computer, modem, and drug-dispensing unit to allow patients in rural towns without pharmacies to get medication at local doctors' offices. [News.com]
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- Dusting for digital fingerprints - As theft of sensitive data grows so does the need to dust for culprits' digital fingerprints. [News.com]
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- Egghead adapts to regain revenue - Working to regain market share among a plethora of software superstores and boost its flagging revenues, Egghead (EGGS) is taking a shot at expanding its hardware business and online presence. [News.com]
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- Egghead swallows Surplus - Egghead Software (EGGS) today announced the acquisition of Surplus Software, a direct marketer of computers, in a $31.5 million stock swap deal. [News.com]
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- Email delays at Prodigy - Hundreds of thousands of users of the Prodigy Classic online service have experienced delays in receiving electronic mail from the Net since Sunday. [News.com]
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- Encryption export rules eased - Companies that manufacture software used for secure transactions over the public Internet and corporate intranets can now receive a license after a single review of their products, the Commerce Department announced today. [News.com]
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- EU mulls rules on Net phone calls - The European Commission, eager to create a level playing field for businesses, sought comments today on whether it should propose legislation on telephone calls carried on the Internet. [News.com]
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- European PC sales growth slows - Sales growth of personal computers in Europe lost momentum in the first quarter, held back by stagnant conditions in France and a lackluster reception for the latest Intel (INTC) Pentium MMX technology, a survey published today said. [News.com]
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- Evergreen offers notebook upgrades - Evergreen Technologies announced today that it will offer notebook PC owners an option to upgrade systems with 486 processors to Pentium-class 586 chips. [News.com]
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- Exchange to get new features - Microsoft (MSFT) will focus on strengthening scalability and Internet protocol support in the next release of Exchange, code-named Osmium, according to sources close to the company. [News.com]
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- Excite chat gets personal - Excite is set to launch a new online chat service today that lets consumers know whether friends are online and exchange messages with them. [News.com]
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- Excite enters European markets - Excite (XCIT) said today it launched European editions of its Internet search engine, which will extend the reach of the Excite network, increase functionality, and meet specific advertising requirements. [News.com]
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- Exponential lays off 25% - Exponential Technology, which has been developing a highly touted 533-MHz PowerPC processor for Apple Macintosh computers, announced today that it is laying off 25 percent of its workforce, casting a pall over its entire market strategy. [News.com]
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- Fastest PowerPC boxes ship - After a false start caused by limited availability of the processor, Power Computing today officially unveiled the fastest PowerPC-based Mac clones yet. [News.com]
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- FBI puts out Crime Alert - The FBI is using the Net in yet another nationwide manhunt--this time, to track down a suspected killer. [News.com]
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- FCC chief to step down - Reed Hundt will resign as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. [News.com]
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- FCC phone line fees called onerous - A large online industry group is asking the Federal Communications Commission today to reject the so-called "modem tax," which could apply a monthly fee for each extra phone line in homes and business. [News.com]
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- FCC pushing through toll cuts - The Federal Communications Commission is near agreement on a plan designed to deliver consumers the largest cut in long distance phone rates ever, the chairman of the agency said. [News.com]
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- FCC votes on universal service for Net - The Federal Communications Commission voted today to give 50 million students and teachers up to 90 percent off their public school Net access. The FCC also approved a flat rate that will be charged on extra phone lines for homes and businesses. ISPs will also be exempt from access fees charged by phone companies to hook their customers to other networks. [News.com]
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- Feds respond to crypto criticism - A Commerce Department official sprang to the government's crypto plan today after the release of a report today that calls into question the wisdom of Clinton's policy. [News.com]
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- Firms join to build notebooks - Umax Data Systems, the Taiwan-based parent company of Mac clonemaker Umax Computer, will join forces with Japan's Sotec to produce notebook computers. [News.com]
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- Fore denies merger rumors - Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--Fore Systems (FORE) has had a rough ride recently. But despite persistent rumors, the company's CEO says Fore will not be the latest acquisition in the merger mania sweeping the networking business. [News.com]
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- Fore readies network concentrator - Fore Systems (FORE) will ship a new device next month that handles a variety of wide area traffic. [News.com]
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- Former IBM exec arrested - The Yokohama Prosecutors' Office said today that it had arrested a former director of an IBM (IBM) Japan subsidiary and two others for suspected breach of trust. [News.com]
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- Fourth Communicator beta out - Netscape Communications (NSCP) today posted a new "preview release"--the fourth so far--of its Communicator browser and email suite, though it does not include its Netcaster Webcasting software. [News.com]
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- French paper follows Web, breaks law - A French newspaper today flouted a law barring publication of opinion polls just ahead of elections. The paper said the rules were hypocritical because such surveys are available on the Internet. [News.com]
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- FTC looks into airline bookings - The Federal Trade Commission is "seriously" looking into charges that airlines are unfairly cutting the commissions of online travel agents and thereby stifling the growth of one of electronic commerce's biggest potential moneymakers, sources told CNET's NEWS.COM today. [News.com]
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- FTC settles with online services - The Federal Trade Commission said today that it has settled with three of the nation's largest online services over allegations that their heavily advertised "free trial offers" caused consumers to rack up unforeseen charges. [News.com]
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- Fujitsu in China semiconductor deal - Fujitsu said today it would form a joint venture in China in June to assemble and test semiconductor products. [News.com]
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- Gaming firms bet on conduct code - An industry group trying to persuade surfers to roll their dice on the Net issued a code of conduct today for online casinos. [News.com]
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- Gates diagnoses technology - Already a software guru and one of the world's richest men, Bill Gates took on a new role today: doctor. [News.com]
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- Gates distributes Windows - Microsoft's (MSFT) Bill Gates today dispelled any confusion over where the battle lines are drawn in the war to control distributing computing architectures. [News.com]
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- Gates has 100 CEOs for dinner - Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates will host over 100 chief executives of domestic and international companies and U.S. vice president Al Gore this week at a conference to discuss the future of technology. [News.com]
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- Gates: Manageability is No. 1 - Microsoft (MSFT) chairman Bill Gates today minimized the threat of network computers and said making personal computers easier to manage was the software giant's top priority. [News.com]
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- Gateway CEO takes on Goliath - When Larry Ellison rails against the Microsoft-Intel power axis, the general reaction is that Larry is just being Larry. But when Ted Waitt implies the same, you had better listen. [News.com]
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- Gateway has cutting-edge notebook - Gateway 2000 (GATE) announced today a new cutting-edge notebook computer with a 13.3-inch display, a combination CD-ROM and floppy disk drive, and a new Intel processor module containing a 166-MHz MMX Pentium chip. [News.com]
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- Gateway lures businesses with NetPC - Gateway 2000 (GATE) will jump the gun a bit and announce tomorrow the first NetPC from a top PC vendor that is also the company's first PC specifically designed for business use. [News.com]
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- Gateway makes its way into workstations - Gateway 2000 (GATE) has entered the market for personal workstations, making it the third PC vendor in two weeks to announce its first workstation. [News.com]
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- Gateway moves to the Big Board - Gateway 2000 (GATE), a direct marketer of personal computers, said its board authorized a two-for-one stock split and that its shares will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange, fueling a jump in its stock. [News.com]
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- Geeks go for gold in Atlanta - Comdex The technology Olympics open in steamy Atlanta next week, where 100,000 laptop lovers are expected to converge to hear the latest in consumer products, information technology, and telecommunications. [News.com]
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- General Magic losses mount - General Magic (GMGC) today reported a widening first-quarter loss and a whopping 82.5 percent drop in revenues. [News.com]
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- Gerstner to meet with analysts - IBM (IBM)Chairman Louis Gerstner will hold his annual meeting with Wall Street analysts tomorrow, the computer giant said, and analysts said they expected the session to focus on corporate strategy. [News.com]
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- Global Village ships 56K modems - Global Village (GVIL) says it is now shipping all models in its TelePort 56 family of 56-kbps modems. [News.com]
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- Gore: High tech is shaping policy - After revolutionizing the economy and introducing the Information Age, high technology is now forcing major changes in government and policy worldwide, Vice President Al Gore told industry leaders today. [News.com]
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- Gov. Wilson backs Net tax ban - California Gov. Pete Wilson today endorsed federal legislation that would temporarily halt state and local taxes on Internet transactions. [News.com]
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- Growth of chip industry slows - The global chip industry is projected to grow by 4.6 percent in 1997 to $138 billion, weighed down by a flat first quarter, with the yearly growth rate then spiking above 20 percent for the next three years, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Monday. [News.com]
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- GTE aims for one-stop shopping - With its surprising acquisition of BBN (BBN) today, GTE (GTE) is putting on a full-court press to become a one-stop shop for communications services. [News.com]
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- GTE starts new ADSL trials - High-speed ADSL technology is alive and kicking, according to GTE (GTE). [News.com]
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- Happy days for IPOs not here again - Two IPO success stories don't make a trend, high-tech players say. [News.com]
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- High tech pushes scalability - Scalability is the hot buzz word in the industry these days, mostly because Microsoft (MSFT) is using the term as if they invented it. [News.com]
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- Hitachi drops to No. 2 in Japan - Hitachi (HIT), long the king of Japan's integrated electronics firms, was toppled from the top post in profits last year as a protracted free-fall in memory chip prices threw a wrench into its moneymaking engine. [News.com]
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- Hole in Windows 95, NT fixed - Microsoft (MSFT) says it is providing patches for a security glitch in its Windows NT and 95 operating systems that could allow malicious hackers to crash users' computers over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Homes to be dedicated to Net - Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--IP dial tone, tech jargon for dedicated connections to the Internet from homes, will characterize the next generation of Internet usage, Ipsilon Networks founder Tom Lyon told attendees at the Spring Network+Interop '97 trade show here. [News.com]
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- House committee OKs crypto bill - Surviving longer than any other bill to ease encryption export rules so far, the SAFE Act was approved by a key congressional committee today. [News.com]
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- HP courts small business users - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today announced new printers and software bundles for under $400 that are aimed at a fast growing audience of small business users. [News.com]
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- HP cuts PC, notebook prices - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) said today it cut list prices by up to 13 percent on its small business and commercial HP Vectra PC and HP OmniBook notebook PC lines in the United States and Canada. [News.com]
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- HP drops cable modem business - Hewlett-Packard has jumped out of the consumer cable-modem business. [News.com]
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- HP graphics tools to speed NT - Hewlett-Packard plans to speed up graphics for Unix and Windows NT workstations with a new toolkit by the end of the year, the company said today. [News.com]
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- HP ratings cut after missing target - Shares of Hewlett-Packard (HWP) fell today, as analysts cut their earnings estimates and recommendations after the company failed to meet Wall Street's expectations with its first-quarter performance. [News.com]
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- HP readies radical new PC design - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) is gearing up for a radical shift in computer architecture when it begins using Intel's (INTC) 64-bit Merced chip. [News.com]
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- HP ships Windows handhelds - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) is now shipping its first Windows CE handheld devices, the company announced today. [News.com]
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- HP slashes printer prices - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) said today it is cutting prices on its entire monochrome line of network LaserJet printers, a move that it says represents savings of up to 20 percent. [News.com]
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- HP to roll out Unix servers - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) took the wraps off a new series of high-end Unix-based server systems today targeted at enterprise commercial accounts, where rival Sun Microsystems is nipping at its heels. [News.com]
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- HP, IBM notebooks due in June - June will be a hot month for new notebook PCs from manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard (HWP) and IBM (IBM). [News.com]
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- HTML goes to handhelds - A leaner version of HTML for mobile devices called HDML, or handheld device markup language, may be on its way to becoming an official Internet standard. [News.com]
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- Hybrid modems developed - U.S. Robotics (USRX) and Texas Instruments (TXN) will announce a partnership Tuesday to deliver "hybrid" modems supporting both 56-kbps and ADSL high-speed technologies. [News.com]
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- IBM buys rest of Advantis network - IBM (IBM) plans to become the sole owner of the Advantis data network services by purchasing the 30 percent stake held by its partner Sears (S) for $450 million. [News.com]
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- IBM claims crypto breakthrough - IBM (IBM) said today that its researchers have developed a new encryption method that takes a big step toward a "truly invincible" system for protecting data traveling over the Internet. [News.com]
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- IBM cuts prices on net printers - IBM (IBM) said Wednesday it is cutting prices on two models of its network printers by up to 20 percent. [News.com]
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- IBM debuts all-in-one ThinkPad - IBM (IBM) today unveiled a new ThinkPad notebook that includes a new all-in-one design, underscoring the company's reputation for innovative notebook design. [News.com]
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- IBM demos Bluebird technology - Not to be outdone by Microsoft (MSFT), IBM (IBM) today demonstrated its own technology for centrally managing PCs and dumb-terminal systems. [News.com]
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- IBM freed of antitrust regulation - The Justice Department officially ended a 40-year-old antitrust regulation of IBM (IBM) yesterday. [News.com]
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- IBM fuses Java, mainframes - IBM (IBM) is bringing cutting-edge Java technology and 30-year-old mainframe systems together to simplify new system development. [News.com]
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- IBM hits second record close - Shares of IBM (IBM) closed today at a new all-time high, its second in a week, the day before Big Blue's much-anticipated two-for-one stock split. [News.com]
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- IBM licenses Voxware technology - Voxware today said that IBM (IBM) has licensed its MetaSound audio compression technologies for an undisclosed amount. [News.com]
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- IBM readies PC with DVD-ROM - IBM (IBM) is expected to ship in June one of the first consumer PCs with a built-in DVD-ROM drive. [News.com]
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- IBM reinvigorates servers - IBM (IBM) today announced a new entry-level server targeted at small businesses, as well as unveiling new versions of the IBM PC Server 310 and the IBM PC Server 704 systems. [News.com]
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- IBM sheds stake in Swedish PC firm - IBM Svenska AB, a Swedish unit of IBM (IBM), said it sold its 5.3 percent stake of capital in Swedish computer company International Business Systems (IBS). [News.com]
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- IBM takes the x2 plunge - IBM's (IBM) Global Services ISP has installed U.S. Robotics' (USRX) high-speed x2 technology at more than 500 North American locations and 1 in Japan, the firms said. [News.com]
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- IE 3.01 for Mac steals 4.0 features - In a fast-moving market, a company's browser plans can change in the blink of an eye. [News.com]
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- Informix investors blast chairman - Phil White, chairman of struggling database software company Informix Software (IFMX), faced an hour of blistering questioning here yesterday from angry shareholders, some of whom called for his resignation. [News.com]
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- Informix lays off 100 - Informix Software (IFMX) has laid off 100 employees as part of an ongoing cost-cutting program intended to return the database maker to profitability. [News.com]
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- Informix reels from $140 million loss - Informix Software's (IFMX) CEO said today the company has been overzealous in promoting a new database design and is now suffering the consequences of the mistake. [News.com]
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- Informix, Oracle trade legal barbs - Troubled database software company Informix Software (IFMX) and its giant rival Oracle (ORCL) clashed in court today in a high-profile hearing over 13 programmers who switched employers. [News.com]
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- Infoseek launches targeted ads - Advertisers and Internet directories are getting to know you, better than ever. [News.com]
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- Infoseek names Motro CEO - Infoseek (SEEK), which has been fighting to move ahead among the crowded field of search engine companies, today named a new chief executive. [News.com]
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- Intel action threatens Digital's PCs - Digital isn't the only one playing hardball. Now it's Intel's turn at bat. [News.com]
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- Intel aims Pentium II at Java - Business users expecting Java-based applications to run on low-cost computers or network computers (NCs) may be in for a surprise, at least as Intel (INTC) sees it. [News.com]
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- Intel may sue Digital, Cyrix - The computer industry's reaction to Digital Equipment's (DEC) suit against Intel (INTC) underscores the challenges Intel faces as a result of its overwhelming dominance in microprocessors. [News.com]
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- Intel posts bug explanation - Intel (INTC) has posted an explanation to a widely reported bug in its Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors today, stating that the glitch could generate wrong answers in some cases. [News.com]
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- Intel stands by Pentium II - Intel (INTC) promised today to stand behind its new Pentium microprocessor if it turned out to have a glitch or "errata" like the one that bedeviled its first-generation Pentium. [News.com]
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- Intel to boost investment in China - Intel (INTC) plans to boost its investments in China and introduce its latest technology to the country, which has one of the world's fastest-growing computer industries, Intel's chief said today. [News.com]
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- Intel to post chip bug report - Intel (INTC) will announce on Friday the results of an investigation into reported problems with its new Pentium II microprocessor chips, Patrick Gelsinger, vice president and general manager of Intel's desktop products group, told reporters in Tokyo today. [News.com]
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- Intel to unveil Pentium II - Intel (INTC) on Wednesday will unveil its Pentium II microprocessor, a speedy computer chip that will help the world's biggest chipmaker break into new markets and stave off rivals. [News.com]
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- Intel, Lucent don't follow Sun - Lucent Technologies (LU), Intel (INTC), and AMP (AMP) have joined a growing list of companies opposing Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) plan to turn Java into an official standard. [News.com]
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- Internet: the Next Generation - The Clinton administration's $100 million plan to build the Next Generation Internet edged forward this week as the public comment period on the project came to a close. [News.com]
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- Intranet kit to post data for browsers - Microsoft (MSFT) and Wall Data (WALL) today introduced a software bundle to jump-start intranet development in large companies. [News.com]
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- Intranets made easy with program - Web toolmaker NetDynamics wants to make it really easy for companies to move their business applications to the Net. [News.com]
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- Intuit betters revenues, sells unit - Intuit (INTU) posted improved third-quarter earnings today and announced plans to sell its Parsons Technology unit to Broderbund Software (BROD). [News.com]
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- Intuit transfers BankNow to Net - Personal finance software vendor Intuit (INTU) has moved its online banking program, BankNow, to the Internet. [News.com]
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- Investors beware: Net scams abound - Rule No. 1 for using the Internet to scout out investment opportunities: If an offer sounds too good to be true, it is. [News.com]
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- Investors give Netcom thumbs-up - Netcom (NETC) assuaged the doubts of investors today by laying out a strategy for profitability that focuses on an "untapped" market. [News.com]
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- IPIX gets the big picture - Taking a virtual tour through a photo-realistic house will get a bit easier today. [News.com]
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- IPOs may ride market wave - Companies hoping to go public may try to ride the high-tech stock market's bull stampede, industry analysts say. [News.com]
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- Ipsilon CTO: Goal is to go public - Start-up Ipsilon Networks is at the heart of a fierce religious debate over how networks are constructed. [News.com]
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- ISDN for road warriors - Smart Modular Technologies and Ascend Communications (ASND) today announced a joint agreement to develop ISDN PC Card modems for use in portable computers. [News.com]
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- ISDN rate plans draw fire - BellSouth (BLS) has already altered its ISDN rates in five states, but when it started pushing the same plan in Alabama, it faced unexpected opposition. [News.com]
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- ISP battles for rebels' rights - Todd Jagger, owner of what he calls the "world's smallest" Internet service provider, doesn't like the secessionist Republic of Texas rebels. But he has sued the state attorney general to protect their privacy. [News.com]
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- ISPs form focus group - Nine Internet providers today formed a group called Iops.org, largely to focus on industry-wide technical issues. [News.com]
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- ISPs win spam lawsuits - Two major Internet service providers have managed to block junk email company Cyber Promotions from sending unsolicited email to their members. [News.com]
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- ISPs: Content vs. connections - Internet access companies like America Online (AOL) and CompuServe (CSRV) have been trying hard to be all things to all customers. [News.com]
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- It's official: Apple off top five - Apple Computer was knocked off of the list of top-five worldwide PC vendors in the first quarter of this year for the first time in several years, research company Dataquest officially confirmed today. [News.com]
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- Italian piracy rate falls slightly - Over half of computer software applications used in Italy last year were pirated, an industry study said today. [News.com]
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- Japanese tech firms expect profits - Strong demand for computer networks and a stable semiconductor market are expected to lift profits this year for NEC and other Japanese electronics makers hit hard last year by a spectacular collapse in chip prices. [News.com]
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- Java hype aside, C++ still rules - Java may be getting all of the ink these days when it comes to application development, but C++ is still the tool most developers use to get their work done, according to analysts who follow the development tool market. [News.com]
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- Java kit includes security patch - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has freshened up its Java Development Kit to fix a security bug discovered late last month, sources said today. [News.com]
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- Jobs can now trade Apple stock - Steve Jobs's 1.5 million shares of Apple Computer (AAPL) stock can now be publicly traded, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission registration filing today. [News.com]
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- Kasparov beats computer in first game - World chess champion Garry Kasparov slowly squeezed the best chess-playing supercomputer into submission on Saturday to win the first game of their $1.1 million rematch in New York. [News.com]
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- Kasparov vs. Deep Blue: The rematch - Kasparov vs. Deep Blue: The rematch Deep Blue wins match 3.5 to 2.5. [News.com]
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- Kasparov wants another match - Just days after a stunning defeat by the IBM (IBM) supercomputer Deep Blue, world chess champion Garry Kasparov said today he wanted to play the machine again before the end of the year. [News.com]
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- Kasparov, Deep Blue draw again - IBM (IBM) supercomputer Deep Blue and world chess champion Garry Kasparov fought out their second consecutive draw today in the fourth game of their $1.1 million rematch. [News.com]
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- Kasparov, Deep Blue draw again - Supercomputer Deep Blue dug deeper into its database last night to push world chess champion Garry Kasparov into accepting the third consecutive draw of their absorbing $1.1 million rematch. [News.com]
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- Kerrey crypto bill to require keys - Universities and other online networks funded by the federal government would have to give up keys to their encryption data, according to an outline of a new bill by Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Nebraska)that is circulating on the Net. [News.com]
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- Kids have say in Internet Caucus - Without skipping school, kids from California to Montana used the Net to question witnesses in a congressional hearing about Internet access today. [News.com]
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- Kit to cut Communicator costs - Netscape Communications (NSCP) is beefing up a tool that promises to reduce the cost of installing and managing its browsers. [News.com]
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- Lane says Oracle 8 on track - The next version of Oracle's (ORCL) database software, Oracle 8, is "on track" to be launched worldwide on June 24, Oracle president Ray Lane said today. [News.com]
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- LAPD suffers mystery hack - Call it the case of the unexplained hack. [News.com]
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- Laptop gets 14.1-inch screen - Twinhead will begin selling a laptop with a 14.1-inch display in Taiwan this July, the first on the market with a screen this large. [News.com]
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- Libraries resist censorship - The American Library Association today released loose guidelines to help its members resist demands that they filter Net access for kids--for now. [News.com]
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- Library won't face porn charges - Two antiporn activists lost their short-lived campaign to censor Net access at a public library in Northern California today after a county prosecutor said they had no case. [News.com]
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- LookSmart steps into traffic - LookSmart, hoping to position itself as the trailblazer of Reader's Digest's expanding Web presence, is announcing three new online ventures on Monday. [News.com]
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- Lost World, LAPD: Hacks or hoaxes? - Hack or hoax? Seems like that question's been cropping up all over the Net this week. [News.com]
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- Lotus defends turf, speeds release - IBM (IBM) subsidiary Lotus Development today stepped up its messaging software release schedule in an effort to upstage its competitors, announcing pricing and availability for both client and server software. [News.com]
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- Lotus finds bugs in 1-2-3 - The latest version of Lotus Development's 1-2-3 spreadsheet has bugs that could in rare instances make the program yield wrong results, the company said today. [News.com]
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- Lotus to beef up enterprise support - When IBM (IBM) chairman Louis Gerstner promised to improve customer service at its Lotus Development subsidiary four months ago, customers cheered, and the thunder of clapping hands set changes in motion that will bear fruit next month. [News.com]
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- Low-end notebooks get MMX - Intel (INTC) today announced a new 133-MHz Pentium processor with MMX technology for notebooks to move the multimedia chip into the low end of the market. [News.com]
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- Lycos numbers approach profitability - Lycos (LCOS) today beat Wall Street's expectations and narrowed its loss in its most recent quarter, leading some analysts to believe that Lycos is on track to reach profitability in less than a year. [News.com]
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- Lycos searches European market - German media conglomerate Bertelsmann and the U.S. Internet search engine company Lycos said today they formed a European joint venture. [News.com]
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- Making it all add up - Bean counting is part art, part science. [News.com]
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- March chip sales up 4.9% - Worldwide chip sales rose 4.9 percent in March over February levels, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported. [News.com]
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- Market retreats from high tech - High tech's swirling rumors, disappointing earnings, and a securities filing pushed down the markets in trading today. [News.com]
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- McAfee, Symantec sued - Trend Micro is suing its two largest competitors, McAfee Associates (MCAF) and Symantec (SYMC), for alleged patent infringement of its computer virus detection techniques. [News.com]
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- Memphis: TV guide on the PC? - If Microsoft (MSFT) has its way, PC users will soon cancel their subscriptions to TV Guide. [News.com]
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- Merger fiasco will hurt Bandai - Japanese toy maker Bandai was hit by a double blow of a drop in its share price and poor earnings, a day after calling off its planned merger with Sega. [News.com]
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- Micron expects lower sales - Personal computer maker Micron Electronics (MUEI) said yesterday that its third-quarter sales will be about ten percent below the previous three months, adding that its gross margins will slide by two to three percentage points. [News.com]
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- Microsoft antitrust file grows - There is no rest for the weary in Microsoft's (MSFT) legal department. [News.com]
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- Microsoft concerns delay hearings - Sen. Conrad Burns is delaying confirmation hearings on a key Justice Department appointment until he has discussed issues involving Microsoft and telephone competition, a Senate aide said today. [News.com]
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- Microsoft deal propels Citrix stock - Software maker Citrix Systems (CTXS), which saw its stock free-fall by nearly 60 percent after Microsoft (MSFT) announced plans to step into its business earlier this year, today saw its share price skyrocket for the second straight day after heralding a licensing and development agreement with the software giant. [News.com]
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- Microsoft fixes Java bug - Microsoft (MSFT) has posted a new version of its Java virtual machine that remedies a number of potential security flaws discovered last week. [News.com]
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- Microsoft gets pushy in content fight - They're like two TV networks vying for the hottest prime-time lineups. [News.com]
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- Microsoft makes scalability pitch - Microsoft (MSFT), determined to show that its Windows NT-based technology is capable of handling the largest enterprise-scale tasks, today introduced new high-end versions of its Windows NT operating system and BackOffice applications. [News.com]
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- Microsoft plugs Windows 95 hole - Help is on the way for Windows 95 users whose computers are still vulnerable to "denial of service attacks" from hackers that can cause their computers to crash unexpectedly. [News.com]
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- Microsoft pushes for business - Microsoft (MSFT) will use its "push panel" tomorrow to focus on how businesses, rather than consumers, can exploit its Webcasting technology. [News.com]
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- Microsoft rolls out Sidewalk N.Y. - Microsoft today rolled out the second of its Sidewalk local entertainment guides, this time in the Big Apple. [News.com]
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- Microsoft schmoozes CEOs at summit - Executives attending Microsoft's (MSFT) CEO summit in Seattle today expect more than your average technology trade show. [News.com]
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- Microsoft slams Lebanese piracy - U.S. software giant Microsoft (MSFT) said that almost all software in Lebanon is pirated and international companies would not invest in the country until it provided copyright protection. [News.com]
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- Microsoft ties systems to ActiveX - Microsoft (MSFT) this week began beta-testing data integration technology that ties existing host-based systems into the company's ActiveX component strategy. [News.com]
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- Microsoft to buy Dimension X - Microsoft (MSFT) said today that it will acquire Java software developer Dimension X and incorporate the company's technology into its Direct X multimedia development interface. [News.com]
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- Microsoft, Citrix ink thin-client deal - Microsoft (MSFT) announced a licensing and development agreement with Citrix Systems (CTXS) to provide Windows-based terminal support for the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system. [News.com]
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- Microsoft, Shanghai to cooperate - Microsoft (MSFT) has signed two agreements with China's city of Shanghai to increase cooperation in software technology and technical education, according to a statement. [News.com]
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- Motorola reshuffles chip group - Motorola (MOT) says it is restructuring its semiconductor products sector (SPS) into four market-based groups and a separate semiconductor components group. [News.com]
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- Mpact destined for DVD - Chromatic Research announced that its Mpact media processor will appear in DVD add-in cards. [News.com]
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- MS details Memphis, NT 5.0 - Microsoft (MSFT) today showed off several new features planned for its Windows 95 update and Windows NT Workstation 5.0, which is due early next year. [News.com]
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- MS e-commerce strategy shifts - Microsoft's (MS FT) announcement of new Internet commerce software marks a turnabout for the company from what it espoused in its first e-commerce release late last year, according to industry analysts and software competitors. [News.com]
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- MS fixes latest IE bug - Microsoft (MSFT) has posted a fix for a security glitch that affects users of its Internet Explorer and PowerPoint presentation software. [News.com]
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- MS posts email bug fix - Microsoft (MSFT) yesterday posted a patch to repair a bug in its Outlook email client in Office 97. [News.com]
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- MS sales boom in Latin America - Microsoft (MSFT) sees Latin America and the Far East as areas of "very high growth", according to Chairman Bill Gates. [News.com]
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- MS security plugs not airtight - Microsoft (MSFT) is still struggling to completely patch Windows 95 and NT against Internet hacker attacks. [News.com]
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- MS server attack gets personal - Microsoft (MSFT) is intensifying its assault on the Internet server market with a new product for managing and creating personalized Web sites. [News.com]
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- MS to post intranet starter kit - Microsoft (MSFT) will post a 60-Minute Intranet Kit on Monday to encourage users to build intranets with its Office 97 application suite and FrontPage 97 HTML authoring tool. [News.com]
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- MS to sell Office in China - Microsoft (MSFT) will officially launch Office 97 in China this month. [News.com]
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- MS, Compaq, HP: Sun closed on Java - Microsoft (MSFT), Compaq Computer (CPQ), and Hewlett-Packard (HWP) say that Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) isn't being totally upfront about its plan to turn Java into an officially recognized standard. [News.com]
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- MS, HP, VeriFone deal for e-commerce - Microsoft (MSFT), Hewlett-Packard (HWP), and HP's prospective acquisition VeriFone (VFI) announced today a turnkey system based on the SET protocol for banks and merchants that want to handle credit card payments over the Internet. [News.com]
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- MSN finds a place, @Home - Customers of high-speed ISP @Home will be able to get the Microsoft Network starting in the third quarter of this year for $6.95 a month, the companies said today. [News.com]
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- MSN tries out 56-kbps service - The Microsoft Network today joined other online services and Internet service providers in announcing field trials of 56-kbps modems--another step toward providing consumers with faster Net access. [News.com]
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- MSN woos CompuServe users - Microsoft Network is hungry for CompuServe's leftovers. [News.com]
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- Multicast backers show off - Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--Claiming a first, the IP Multicast Initiative today showcased the Webcasting protocol with eight IP multicast companies sending high-quality audio and video over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Multimedia index brings Web order - A little-known Silicon Valley start-up called Magnifi today unveiled software that organizes a searchable index for multimedia content on and off the Net. [News.com]
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- Name game with Microsoft - Over the past few days, someone has been registering dirty domain names in the name of Microsoft. It's enough to make Bob blush. [News.com]
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- Narrowing an AltaVista search - There's a growing trend in cyberspace: software that lets users filter the information that Web search engines dig up. [News.com]
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- Nasdaq posts more gains - The Nasdaq ($COMPQ) today recorded another 30-point-plus gain, fueled by the technology stocks that dominate the index. [News.com]
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- NCR plugs new SMP servers - NCR (NCR) today announced new single-, dual-, and quad-processor servers based on Intel's Pentium Pro that emphasize reliable operation for use in retail, financial, and communications industries. [News.com]
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- NEC includes videophone with PC - NEC's computer systems division announced today a new model in its Ready series of home PCs, offering videophone capabilities along with either an MMX-enabled Intel 166-MHz Pentium or a 233-MHz Pentium II processor. [News.com]
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- NEC joins chip project in China - NEC will join a major national microchip project in China with the aim of building up China's semiconductor chip industry. [News.com]
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- NEC to offer new midrange server - NEC Computer Systems on Tuesday will announce a new midrange server designed to offer features found on more expensive computers. [News.com]
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- Net antitax bills move ahead - Legislation is moving ahead to prevent state and local governments from imposing new taxes on Internet transactions, with hearings expected in the next few weeks, congressional staff said. [News.com]
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- Net broadcasting to feature stars - Interop IBM (IBM), Microsoft (MSFT), and others will demonstrate Internet-based video broadcast technologies at Networld+Interop next week. [News.com]
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- Net gear consolidation coming - The Gigabit Ethernet cat is out of the bag. [News.com]
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- Net gear does double duty - A new access device company, debuting today, is offering hardware that could cut the costs for providing voice and data capabilities with one network pipe. [News.com]
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- Net naming plan signed - A pact to extend the Internet's naming system was signed by 57 attendees of a meeting hosted by the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva this week. At the same time, a California court denied a company's bid to halt the pact's implementation. [News.com]
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- Net printing standard advances - Microsoft (MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (HWP) have submitted a proposed Internet printing standard to the Internet Engineering Task Force working group that is studying Web-based printing proposals. [News.com]
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- Net privacy proposal launched - Netscape Communications (NSCP), Firefly Network, VeriSign, and other leading Net technology providers have proposed a global standard for sending and receiving personal information across the Net. [News.com]
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- Net service traces family trees - Digging through dusty public records isn't the only way to trace your roots. Net surfers can now find their family trees online. [News.com]
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- Net tax freedom bill debated - Don't tax the Net--yet. [News.com]
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- Net telephony waits for call - Internet telephony advocates are mounting a large-scale demonstration of voice communications over the Net through ordinary telephones. [News.com]
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- Net TV race still wide-open - "April 6, when Microsoft announced it was buying WebTV, my phone started ringing off the hook," said Philip Monego, chief executive of NetChannel, a service and content provider for Internet TV. [News.com]
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- Net venture capital doubles - Internet-related companies got an A+ on Price Waterhouse's quarterly report card on venture capital investments. [News.com]
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- NetAddress patches email bug - A free Internet email service, NetAddress, says it has patched up a security vulnerability that could have exposed its users' email accounts to rogue Web sites. [News.com]
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- NetApp readies monster server - Hoping to tap into the unquenchable thirst for faster access to data over the Internet, Network Appliance (NTAP) will announce a new enterprise-class server next week, code-named Mothra, that accelerates information retrieval, CNET NEWS.COM has learned. [News.com]
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- Netcaster tunes in Marimba - Netscape Communications (NSCP) said today that it will feature Marimba's 100 channel partners in the "channel finder" feature of its new push technology, Netcaster. [News.com]
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- NetChannel inks content deals - NetChannel, a Bay Area start-up aiming to deliver personalized Internet services over standard televisions, has inked a number of strategic partnerships, according to the trade industry publication Variety. [News.com]
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- NetChannel joins Net TV crowd - NetChannel today becomes the latest in a series of companies with broad consumer electronics backing to dive into the market for providing Internet access over the television. [News.com]
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- Netcom stock up before meeting - Investors are expecting Netcom (NETC) to say very clearly tomorrow how and when the company is going to become profitable. [News.com]
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- NetMeeting headed to the Mac - Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--Macintosh users will soon be able to collaborate with their Windows friends-if they're patient. [News.com]
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- Nets Inc. files for Chapter 11 - Nets Incorporated has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is laying off most of its 200 employees, the company said today. [News.com]
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- Netscape brags of big orders - Netscape Communications (NSCP) has secured critical orders from more than 100 large customers since October, representing more than 1 million individual users, a senior executive said yesterday. [News.com]
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- Netscape investors want more - At their annual meeting here today, Netscape Communications' (NSCP) shareholders made clear that they are enthusiastic about the company's strategy and think its financials are solid. [News.com]
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- Netscape plans high-speed links - Netscape Communications (NSCP) is moving to develop high-performance links between its software and mainstream business applications such as databases, industry sources said. [News.com]
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- Netscape pushes Netcaster to few - The "push" race began in earnest today between Netscape Communications (NSCP) and Microsoft (MSFT) as Netscape posted the beta version of its Netcaster technology to its developer Web site. [News.com]
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- Netscape pushes privacy standard - Netscape Communications will next week propose a global standard for sending and receiving personal information--everything from users' names to their hobbies--across the Net. [News.com]
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- Netscape puts BeOS on FastTrack - Tiny Be is about to get a boost from Netscape Communications (NSCP). [News.com]
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- Netscape puts BeOS on FastTrack - Be has garnered the support of its first big name software developer, Netscape Communications (NSCP), which said it will adapt its Web server for the BeOS. [News.com]
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- Netscape stock hit on SEC filing - Netscape (NSCP) shares fell 15.5 percent today following a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in which it cited a potential slowdown in growth. [News.com]
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- Netscape unveils Directory Server - Netscape (NSCP) today introduced a new version of a product designed to make it easier for corporations to conduct business over the Internet. [News.com]
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- NetSpeak dials for IPO dollars - NetSpeak (NSPK) launched its initial public offering as scheduled today, but analysts say others may take the plunge sooner than expected. [News.com]
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- New chips value cost over speed - The bottom-feeders are starting to surface. [News.com]
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- New Gateway E-1000 means business - Gateway 2000 (GATE) today announced that it is entering the business PC market in earnest with a line of NetPC-like systems designed specifically for large corporations. [News.com]
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- New Java security bug found - Researchers at the University of Washington have found a bug in Sun Microsystems' Java technology that could allow hackers to crash Java programs, Sun said today. [News.com]
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- New server lets many see many - White Pine Software (WPNE) will soon release MeetingPoint, the next generation of the company's videoconferencing reflector software. [News.com]
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- New strings attached to Windows 95 logo - Software developers will have to comply with a host of new technical guidelines before they can paste a Windows 95 or Windows NT logo on their boxes. [News.com]
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- Next-generation PCs still to come - Intel (INTC) unveiled the Pentium II today, a new generation of its Pentium processor that is supposed to carry the company to the next century. But true next-generation PCs are not here yet and won't be for a while. [News.com]
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- Nickelodeon follows kids online - The market for online services aimed at children heats up next week with the launch of a Web site from television powerhouse Nickelodeon. [News.com]
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- No insider trading, SAP says - German software titan SAP today downplayed an insider trading investigation being conducted by German securities regulators. [News.com]
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- Nortel backs voice mail standard - Northern Telecom will introduce a product tomorrow that could make voice mail systems a little more flexible and cheaper to use. [News.com]
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- Norwegian brothel a hit on Web - A group of Norwegian hackers has taken a $75 Web cam, focused it on a brothel, and broadcast it on the Net for anyone who had access to see. [News.com]
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- Not all tickets fare well online - Ticket booths on the Net will bring in $10 billion a year by 2001, but in some locales using the phone will remain simpler for consumers, a new report states. [News.com]
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- Notebook PCs spell trouble - Gartner Group has released a report stating that there is a crisis in the notebook PC industry rooted in the tendency of manufacturers to frantically ship systems because of the fast pace of processor introductions. [News.com]
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- Notebooks get new 56-kbps modem cards - Global Village (GVIL) today announced new 56-kbps PC Card modems for both Mac and Windows-based notebook computers. [News.com]
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- Notebooks log on to 56 kbps - Lucent Technologies (LU) has announced a 56-kbps modem chipset for notebooks that features a space-saving design and requires less power than current sets. [News.com]
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- Notebooks near desktops in price - Prices for Intel Pentium notebooks from top-tier manufacturers are diving below $1,300, close to the price of low-cost desktop PCs. [News.com]
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- Novell execs put on good face - Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--New Novell (NOVL) CEO Eric Schmidt promised at this week's Spring Networld+Interop 97 that the beleaguered company will be a leader in the Internet/intranet market by the time the conference reconvenes next year. [News.com]
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- Novell lays off 15% in Europe - Struggling to revive falling profits and revenues, Novell (NOVL) plans to slash its European workforce by at least 15 percent. [News.com]
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- Novell plots Microsoft trump - Novell (NOVL) plans to steal Microsoft's (MSFT) thunder by introducing its enterprise technology one day before Microsoft's day-long event to address the scalability of its Windows NT Server operating system. [News.com]
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- Novell stock bounces back - Shares of troubled networking software maker Novell (NOVL) fell slightly today following the company's announcement yesterday of pending layoffs and larger-than-expected losses. [News.com]
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- Novell stock up on layoff rumors - Shares of Novell (NOVL) were up slightly today, as the company prepared to report its second-quarter results--including expected layoffs--tomorrow. [News.com]
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- Novell sues ex-employees - Novell (NOVL) is set to fight a trade-secrets suit against former Novell engineers who launched a start-up that competes directly with Novell. [News.com]
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- Novell to revamp groupware - Novell (NOVL) is prepping an upgrade to its groupware package for a public beta test next month and a summertime release. [News.com]
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- Novell woos high-end networks - Novell (NOVL) started its run for the border today. [News.com]
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- NYT bookshop picks Barnes & Noble - Who said the Net was the end of books? On the contrary, online bookshops are engaged in a heated battle over who will control valuable virtual shelf space. [News.com]
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- Online gambling goes global - Just like the crowded strip in Las Vegas, Nevada the Net is becoming home to a slew of money-hungry casino operators. [News.com]
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- Online gamer abandons retail - Despite all the hype, multiplayer online gaming still is a tough sell. [News.com]
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- Online services control Net access - Online services are connecting 70 percent of U.S. surfers to the Net, with ISPs picking up the rest, according to this year's Consumer Survey Report by the Software Publisher's Association. [News.com]
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- Oracle breaks silence on Apollo - Breaking a conspicuous silence, Oracle (ORCL) will on May 19 unveil Project Apollo, its electronic commerce software for companies that want to reach consumers through the Web. [News.com]
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- Oracle debuts e-commerce server - Oracle (ORCL) today began shipping its much-ballyhooed Internet commerce software for selling goods online. [News.com]
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- Oracle links host data, Java apps - Oracle (ORCL) will announce new tools today for bringing the vast majority of corporate host-based data to the Web. [News.com]
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- Oracle ready for e-commerce - Oracle (ORCL) will ship its long-awaited Internet commerce software for selling consumer goods online next week. [News.com]
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- Oracle to build Philippine network - Oracle (ORCL) is set to announce a joint project to build a nationwide computing infastructure based on the network computing (NC) platform in the Philippines, CNET's NEWS.COM has learned. [News.com]
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- Oracle to take control of Navio - Oracle's Network Computer Incorporated is expected to acquire Netscape's major equity stake in Navio Communications in a stock swap to be announced Monday, according to sources familiar with the deal. [News.com]
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- Oracle, Netscape merge NC units - Aiming squarely at Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL) and Netscape Communications (NSCP) announced today that they will merge their subsidiaries focused on Network Computer-based technologies. [News.com]
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- OzEmail falls short of expectations - Australian and New Zealand Internet service provider OzEmail (OZEMY) announced a jump in revenue and a diminishing net loss as customers and usage increased, but it still missed expectations. [News.com]
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- Pac Bell Internet steamrolls ahead - Pacific Bell Internet has signed up 100,000 subscribers during the past year and is planning to roll out Net access to 11 new California markets by year's end, executives said today. [News.com]
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- Partners precede Microsoft push - Its "push" technology isn't baked yet, but that didn't stop Microsoft (MSFT) from announcing today a collection of partnerships with publishers who will provide business "channels" for the Internet Explorer 4.0 browser. [News.com]
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- PC market to remain strong - Intel (INTC) senior vice president Albert Yu says that worldwide personal computer shipment growth rates are likely to continue to grow at levels of 18 to 19 percent this year. [News.com]
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- PC of the future - Next year's basic PC will look much like today's high-end workstation--packed with technologies such as 300-MHz MMX chips and powerful 3D graphics technology. [News.com]
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- PC users unlikely to buy Net TVs - More than a third of Americans already surfing the Internet with personal computers would like to do the same with Net TVs, screen phones, and handheld computers, but only five percent of them are willing to fork over the money for such devices, according to a new survey released today. [News.com]
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- PC, smart card standard nears - A group representing top makers of personal computers and smart cards expects to issue a specification by year's end to define how the two devices will interact. [News.com]
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- Pentium II hits the streets - Intel (INTC) today introduced its Pentium II microprocessor family, a processor line that includes advanced multimedia capabilities and faster computing speeds. [News.com]
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- Pentium II shift hurts Intel earnings - Intel (INTC) has got to go down before it can come back up. [News.com]
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- PGP crypto approved for export - The U.S. government has granted an encryption export license to one of the biggest thorns in its side. [News.com]
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- Pilot gives road warriors Net security - Calling itself the first "secure ISP," Pilot Network Services will add a secure telecommuting option to its service menu for large companies that want secure Internet connectivity for corporate road warriors. [News.com]
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- Pippin @World gets Ethernet - Bandai Digital Entertainment has announced plans to add Ethernet connectivity to its Pippin @World system in a bid to sell the device for corporate intranets. [News.com]
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- Piracy in Middle East, Africa still high - Piracy of computer software in Gulf Arab states is among the highest in the world, costing legitimate firms nearly $68 million in lost revenues in 1996, a trade watchdog body said. [News.com]
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- Playboy readies for-pay Cyber Club - Playboy Enterprises is gearing up for the reopening of its flashy Cyber Club today by naming an editor and unveiling new features. [News.com]
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- PointCast 2.0 to help business - As the push technology market becomes more competitive, PointCast is preparing a new version of its client software that may remedy some of the chief complaints about the product, including lagging performance and lack of controls for information systems managers, sources said. [News.com]
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- PointCast goes to college - PointCast is trying to expand the market for its "push" technology beyond its core audience of corporate workers. [News.com]
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- PointCast names CFO, weighs IPO - PointCast, a pioneering push technology company, today named an executive experienced in initial public offerings to its newly created position of chief financial officer. [News.com]
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- Polese pushes for Net change - Interop LAS VEGAS, Nevada--In her opening keynote at Spring Networld+Interop '97, Marimba CEO Kim Polese echoed the now-familiar theme of huge change and challenge as the Net gains popularity. [News.com]
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- PowerBook prices to drop - Apple Computer (AAPL) is expected to cut prices on PowerBook 3400s, according to some resellers, as Apple pushes to aggressively compete with Intel-based notebooks in both price and performance. [News.com]
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- PowerPC chipmaker shuts down - Exponential Technologies, the maker of high-performance processors slated for Macintosh computers, is closing its PowerPC operations today, the company confirmed. [News.com]
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- Pretty Good Privacy CEO quits - Security software firm Pretty Good Privacy announced today that its chief executive and president has resigned as the company matures from its start-up status. [News.com]
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- Prodigy email outage fixed - In the wee hours of this morning, Prodigy finished delivering backlogged mail to hundreds of thousands of members of the Prodigy Classic online service. [News.com]
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- Prodigy email outage toll mounts - Hundreds of thousands of users of the Prodigy Classic online service have experienced delays in receiving electronic mail from the Net since Sunday. [News.com]
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- Prodigy gets a cash infusion - Prodigy today said it has sold stock to its majority shareholders worth up to $179 million. [News.com]
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- Progressive fine-tunes video - Tuning in to video on the Net is still a far cry from the simplicity of flicking on the boob tube. Still, Progressive Networks is trying to take some of the hassle out of watching video online. [News.com]
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- PSINet: Stop domain name rush - Internet provider PSINet wants the main player in the online domain-name game to halt its "mad rush" to enforce a plan endorsed by international groups in Geneva last week. [News.com]
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- Quantum earnings soar - Shares of Quantum (QNTM) were up slightly in morning trading, after the disk storage drive maker reported record fourth-quarter earnings and an agreement to spin off its recording heads operation in a joint-venture with Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics (MKE). [News.com]
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- Questions raised on Pentium chips - The publisher of a Web site that posts a wealth of technical information on Intel (INTC) processors claims that the chipmaker may be facing another glitch in its processors, reminiscent of the Pentium floating-point unit bug that plagued the company a few years back. [News.com]
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- QuickTime: Apple's golden egg? - Amid the past year's staff cuts, project cancellations, and huge losses at Apple Computer (AAPL), the QuickTime team has been one of the few shining lights. The division's popular group of software products has become the de facto standard for storing, transporting, and playing back multimedia files--indeed, one of Apple's greatest software triumphs in the 1990s. [News.com]
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- Rambus IPO takes off - Growing chip interface technology developer Rambus (RMBS) today rolled out a highly successful initial public offering, the largest first-day gainer of any IPO since October of last year. [News.com]
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- Readers pick man over machine - poll Two-thirds of CNET's NEWS.COM readers believe that world chess champion Garry Kasparov will ultimately prevail in his six-game rematch against IBM's Deep Blue. [News.com]
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- Recruiting king recruited - A king among recruiters has been recruited. [News.com]
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- Report: Intel didn't copy Digital chip - A report released by a marketing research firm today is backing up what many in the industry already think: Digital Equipment's (DEC) claim against Intel (INTC) based on patents allegedly used unlawfully is not tenable and may be driven more by its weak position in the market. [News.com]
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- Ride for FreeLoader is over - Citing a "market chill," Individual (INDV), said today it has discontinued the operations of its FreeLoader service and laid off about 28 employees in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. [News.com]
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- S&P portfolio service nears Net - McGraw-Hill plans to launch an Internet-based service that will allow individual investors to manage their stock portfolios, President Harold McGraw III said. [News.com]
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- Salon to syndicate articles - With the advent of the Web, newspapers and magazines have been repurposing their content and putting up sites to draw more readers. Now Web sites are turning that around, taking their content and putting it in newspapers. [News.com]
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- SAP pilot to serve utilities - SAP is looking to expand its vertical market strategy with new business applications to help electric companies and other utilities run their complex, large-volume businesses. [News.com]
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- Scalability Day falls short - Microsoft (MSFT) today gathered a number of big names in the PC server business at what it called "Scalability Day" here, all in an effort to prove Windows NT is ready to tackle enterprise-size jobs. [News.com]
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- Search engines get smart - For many Net users, search engines are too powerful. They get a blast of information but without any logical breakdown of what they're looking for. [News.com]
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- SEC warns of online scams - The Securities and Exchange Commission's top enforcement official said he is concerned investors are more likely to be lured into bad investments pitched to them over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Secondary Check Point offering - Security software firm Check Point Software (CHKPF) said today that its shareholders will sell $61.2 million in a secondary offering. [News.com]
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- Security companies merge - Spyrus, which makes smart cards and other security hardware, is acquiring Internet security software firm Terisa Systems in an all-stock deal of undisclosed value. [News.com]
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- Sega, Bandai merger off - Japan's Sega Enterprises said today it had accepted Bandai's request to cancel their planned merger, which would have created the nation's largest game company. [News.com]
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- Semiconductor firms merge - Advanced Technology Materials (ATMI) said today it is in a definitive agreement to acquire Lawrence Semiconductor Laboratories through a stock swap valued at $78 million. [News.com]
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- Server anchors small-shop network suite - Micron Electronics today announced it will offer both a new midrange server and a selection of network components for small and midsized businesses. [News.com]
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- Service to give away set-top box - American Interactive Media says it expects to unveil in August its set-top box that will give a regular television access to the Internet. [News.com]
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- SET e-commerce spec ready - After a delay of nearly six months, the Secure Electronic Transactions protocol is finally finished. [News.com]
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- Set-top box challenges WebTV - Curtis Mathes (CRTM) today introduced a new television Internet access box to compete with market leader WebTV. [News.com]
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- SGI chief wants to start over - Silicon Graphics (SGI) is ready to start over, changing the way it makes workstations as well as delving into network servers and supercomputers. [News.com]
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- SGI reorganizes, CFO resigns - Silicon Graphics (SGI) today announced a restructuring of its operations and the resignation of its chief financial officer. [News.com]
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- SGI speeds chip development - Silicon Graphics (SGI) said it will unveil a stepped-up microprocessor development schedule today to boost use of its products by large technical and commercial customers. [News.com]
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- SGI to buy ParaGraph - Hoping to bolster its Windows development tools business, Silicon Graphics (SGI) today said it will purchase tiny 3D Internet software developer ParaGraph International. [News.com]
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- Shareholder suit nixed again - In what analysts say could be a precedent-setting case, a federal judge in California dismissed for a second time a shareholder class-action case against Silicon Graphics (SGI). [News.com]
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- Shiva connects remote 56-kbps users - Shiva (SHVA) introduced today a new server computer that delivers 56-kbps connection speeds. Hayes Microcomputer also introduced a server capable of similar speeds. [News.com]
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- Sidewalk link to Ticketmaster fizzles - Microsoft Sidewalk tried to sneak its users past Ticketmaster's blocks this week, but faulty search engine links frustrated its efforts. [News.com]
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- Sidewalk sidesteps Ticketmaster - Ticketmaster (TKTM) found out today that Microsoft (MSFT) knows how to get its way. [News.com]
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- Sidewalk strategy shifts - Less than two months after its launch, Microsoft's (MSFT) Sidewalk is shifting its strategy, the company said. [News.com]
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- Sigma Designs deals DVD card - Sigma Designs (SIGM) has announced it will begin shipping a new DVD playback card this summer for PC users that want a DVD-capable system. [News.com]
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- Site leaks U.S. jobless data - Visitors to a government-sponsored Web site were able to get an advance peek Tuesday at revisions to the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims economic report. [News.com]
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- Small ISP sells business clients - Plagued with customer service complaints, BOSnet Communications sold off its corporate clients on Friday, but couldn't get the buyer go for an alleged sales pitch to also purchase thousands of "free Net access" dial-up customers. [News.com]
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- Smart-card makers join Java team - The Java train just keeps on rolling. [News.com]
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- Smith's in at PlanetOut - Megan Smith has raced across the Australian outback in a solar-powered car that she helped build, worked in Japan for Apple, traveled through Europe for General Magic, and addressed deforestation in South America--not necessarily in that order. [News.com]
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- Snail mail stamps coming online - It took the U.S. Postal Service 20 years to develop a mechanical postage meter. But at least one company expects to introduce Internet postage stamps by 1998. [News.com]
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- So where are the 300-MHz Macs? - Despite announcements from Apple Computer (AAPL) and Motorola Computer Group that boxes with the 300-MHz PowerPC processor 603e are supposed to be here, resellers still don't have them. [News.com]
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- Software piracy rife in Latin America - Nearly seven of every ten computer software programs sold in Latin America is an illegal copy of an original one, a study by the accounting firm Price Waterhouse said. [News.com]
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- Software puts e-commerce on trial - E-commerce software vendor SpaceWorks will unveil a program next week that sets up trial e-commerce or extranet sites for customers within 30 days for a cost of $25,000 to $50,000. [News.com]
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- Sony making 12GB CD-ROM - Sony said today that it has developed technology for high-capacity recordable optical discs that can hold nearly five times more information than recordable DVD-RAMs. [News.com]
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- Spam block for voters readied - A privately held Internet company said it is ready to announce a pact with a big sender of bulk commercial email solicitations that can enable registered voters to block junk email. [News.com]
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- Spammers agree to cease-fire - Phil Lawlor of AGIS wants to control spam for the Internet community. [News.com]
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- Spammers don't hold their fire - At least two of the five spammers that had agreed to stop sending out junk email from their backbone provider, AGIS, have continued to spam the Net. [News.com]
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- Speed boost for old networks - Two Net gear companies will debut new equipment this week intended to help companies migrate from legacy Token Ring technology to high-speed ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) pipes. [News.com]
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- Sprint joins roaming crowd - Sprint (FON) is joining the growing flock of Internet service providers that offer Net access for travelers. [News.com]
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- Start-ups go gigabit at Interop - Interop Gigabit Ethernet start-ups hoping to attract users with new high-speed technology will be among the plethora of networking firms converging on the Nevada desert next week for Spring Networld+Interop '97. [News.com]
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- StorageTek ships ATM security - Promising security for high-speed networks, StorageTek (STK) today announced it's shipping its Atlas security product, a combination of hardware and software to guard ATM networks. [News.com]
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- Students look for colleges on Net - Colleges and universities that don't offer information and admissions applications online may lose some of the best and brightest potential students. [News.com]
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- Study: Big AT&T loss to PC phone - AT&T stands to lose $350 million in international calls to the Net by 2001, according to a new study by a British consulting firm released today. [News.com]
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- Study: Handhelds point to growth - Worldwide sales of "smart" handheld devices will enjoy a 77.1 percent increase in 1997, according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation, as consumers begin to look for ways to store and organize information while they are away from their desktop computers. [News.com]
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- Sub-$200 set-top boxes en route - Zilog (ZLG), which supplies semiconductor products to the television industry, and PlanetWeb, a software company, today unveiled a reference design that will allow manufacturers to build an Internet set-top box with a retail price of less than $200. [News.com]
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- Sun acquires storage assets - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) today said it plans to acquire the storage business unit of Encore Computer (ENCC) for about $185 million in cash. [News.com]
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- Sun dodges crypto export limits - Pulling an end-run around U.S. limits on exporting strong encryption, Sun Microsystems (SUNW) announced today that advanced security software based on Sun's SKIP (Simple Key Management for the Internet Protocol) encryption and key management protocol will soon be available outside the United States. [News.com]
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- Sun servers accelerate - Sun (SUNW) will speed up its line of Ultra Enterprise 2 servers with two new 300-MHz models and cut prices on current Ultra Enterprise and Netra boxes. [News.com]
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- Sun thinks Java standard will fly - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) remains confident that its plan to make Java an official standard will fly despite opposition from a growing array of U.S. companies and organizations. [News.com]
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- Sybase crypto OK for export - Sybase (SYBS) said today that the Commerce Department has approved for export several of its software products that use the highly secure 56-bit Data Encryption Standard (DES) even though Sybase doesn't provide some key recovery elements the government has insisted on in the past. [News.com]
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- SyQuest losses shrink - SyQuest Technology (SYQT) shrinks its net loss while revenues plunge 65 percent because of a decline in sales of older products and lower-than-expected shipments of the latest version of its SyJet portable storage drive. [News.com]
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- Tandem software boosts NT clustering - Declaring that "the cluster is the computer," Tandem Computers (TDM) today unveiled new clustering software for its proprietary Himalaya hardware and for Intel-based PC servers running Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows NT operating system. [News.com]
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- Technology shatters glass ceiling - Modern technology--from computers to beepers and cell phones--has leveled the playing field for women in the U.S. workplace, according to a new survey. [News.com]
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- Texas drops demand for ISP logs - Citing concerns that it would be violating citizens' privacy, the Texas attorney general's office has dropped its request for detailed records from two companies that provided Internet access to members of the Republic of Texas separatist group. [News.com]
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- ThinkPad to stack CD-ROM, floppy drive - IBM (IBM) is set to unveil a new ThinkPad notebook computer on May 13 that will underscore the company's reputation for innovative notebook design. [News.com]
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- TI to design chip in India - Texas Instruments plans to develop microprocessors for digital communications in India. [News.com]
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- Time Warner to shutter ITV effort - Time Warner (TWX) will pull the plug on the world's most sophisticated and costly interactive television system by year's end, resulting in a small but undetermined number of layoffs. [News.com]
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- Tools secure internal networks - A handful of Internet security software makers today announced new tools to help companies make sure that only the authorized employees have access to sensitive information on internal networks. [News.com]
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- Tornado tries one-stop messaging - Another company is addressing users' needs in cutting through the blizzard of email, pages, voice mail, and faxes with one message box. [News.com]
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- Toshiba PC built for DVD-ROM - Toshiba has beaten IBM to the punch. [News.com]
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- Toshiba subnotebook U.S.-bound - Comdex Toshiba is expected to announce on Monday a new line of lightweight notebook computers that give new meaning to the word "ultraportable." [News.com]
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- Toshiba to sell PC for DVD, Net - Japan's Toshiba said today it will soon launch a compact, home-use personal computer that can be used with a TV screen to view DVD movies, run PC software, and surf the Internet. [News.com]
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- Trademark service woos lawyers - Infringatek announced today a new service that allows companies to find trademark violations on the Web. [News.com]
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- Twister takes out DejaNews - Not everyone was so understanding about a Texas tornado that knocked out DejaNews's Web site for eight hours yesterday. [News.com]
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- U.S. rejects Net name plan - The federal government today indicated it won't support a pact to expand the Internet's naming system because it might open the door for global Internet regulation. [News.com]
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- Umax faces obstacles in Mac notebooks - Umax Data Systems of Taiwan, the parent company of Mac clone maker Umax Computer, said it will develop a Macintosh-compatible notebook PC. [News.com]
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- Umax rolls out $999 Mac clone - Umax Computer hopes to capitalize on the rapidly growing market for low-cost computers with the introduction today of a new $999 Mac clone, while at the same time cutting prices on current models by up to 20 percent. [News.com]
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- Universal access plan approved - The Federal Communications Commission enacted a plan today to make Net access affordable for all, approving discounted service for schools financed in part by higher fees on additional phone lines in homes and businesses. [News.com]
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- Unix Explorer will jump to 4.0 - The Unix version of Internet Explorer has been missing in action, but now Microsoft (MSFT) says that the 4.0 version of the browser, not 3.0, will be the first available to the public. [News.com]
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- USR eases in ISDN - U.S. Robotics (USRX) announced it is shipping an ISDN modem for notebooks that includes free setup and installation help. [News.com]
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- USR, Nortel target wireless access - U.S. Robotics and Northern Telecom say they have entered into an agreement to jointly develop digital wireless computer access products. [News.com]
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- UUNet snubs small ISPs - UUNet Technologies (UUNT) today made good on its threat to stop interconnecting with smaller Net access providers that can't handle high-traffic levels. [News.com]
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- VCs look to networks, Java for growth - All eyes are focused on network infrastructure and Java as venture capitalists prepare for more big spending into the new millennium. [News.com]
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- Vendors to pitch NT clustering software - A handful of software makers are readying Windows NT clustering announcements for next week, even before Microsoft (MSFT) details its own Windows NT clustering strategy. [News.com]
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- Verio adds cash to buy ISPs - Verio, which is buying ISPs to build a national network of business-oriented Internet service providers, has added $20 million to its acquisition war chest, bringing the total raised to $100 million. [News.com]
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- Verity buying FTP Software arm - Verity (VRTY), which markets software for online searches, is expected to announce tomorrow that it is acquiring the KEYview unit of networking software company FTP Software (FTPS). [News.com]
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- Verity buys FTP Software lineup - Verity (VRTY), which markets software for online searches, announced today that it is acquiring the Keyview product line of FTP Software (FTPS) for $1.5 million cash. [News.com]
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- Video biz grows on Net - While online bookstores are hogging the Net spotlight this week, online video stores are quietly making inroads on the Web. [News.com]
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- Virginia decency law challenged - Six college professors sued the state of Virginia today over a law that forbids public employees from obtaining "sexually explicit" material using state computers. [News.com]
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- VirtualMac for BeOS disappears - One of the hottest programs at January's Macworld conference is no longer. [News.com]
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- Visa, MasterCard split on smart cards - Visa and MasterCard, united in their efforts to finalize a protocol for safe credit card transactions over the Internet, are moving in different directions on smart cards. [News.com]
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- Visa, MC pick e-commerce firms - Visa and MasterCard today picked technology providers for a crucial element of the Secure Electronic Transactions protocol, which is designed to ensure safe credit card transactions over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Wall St. plans year 2000 tests - The U.S. securities industry is aiming to have computer overhauls ready for testing in the year 1999 as Wall Street gets ready to meet the challenge of the year 2000 date, according to Michael Tiernan, vice president of information technology at Credit Suisse First Boston. [News.com]
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- Wanted: Web professionals - Lots of companies that have great jobs for Web professionals but don't want publicize them just call Christopher Marler, a program director at San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program. [News.com]
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- Web mall blasts Yahoo over listing - Yahoo is drawing the ire of a Chicago online mall and entertainment guide for declining to list the site in the city directory section of its Windy City guide. [News.com]
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- Web site moves to TV - Frosty, Rudolph: Better watch out. Ernie the Elf is coming to town, and he's got media giants ABC and America Online (AOL) to back him up. [News.com]
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- Web-savvy pay phones up next - The Web might be coming to a pay phone near you, thanks to a small Canadian multimedia company that teamed up Tuesday with a Hong Kong telecommunications concern. [News.com]
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- WebSecure hit with 4th class action - Legal problems are escalating for WebSecure (WEBS), which this week was slapped with a fourth class-action lawsuit. [News.com]
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- WELL chief departs software arm - Maria Wilhelm, president of The WELL, is stepping down from her position as president of The WELL's sister business, WELL Engaged. [News.com]
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- White Pine losses grow - White Pine Software (WPNE) today attributed widening losses to increased competition and a delay in shipping latest version of its CU-SeeMe video chat software. [News.com]
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- Windows patches stop Mac attacks - Microsoft (MSFT) has posted patches that shield Windows 95 and NT against Internet hacker attacks--for now. [News.com]
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- Word formats fixed this summer - Microsoft Word users will have to wait until July for a comprehensive solution to the program's backward-compatibility problems, Microsoft (MSFT) said today. [News.com]
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- Workstations get double Pentium II dose - Digital Equipment (DEC), Intergraph (INGR), and Netpower all introduced today dual-processor Pentium II personal workstation systems, seeking to move the next-generation Intel chip quickly into the high-end PC workstation market. [News.com]
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- Wyse cruises toward wireless line - Cruise Technologies, the former mobile division of Zenith Data Systems, will license its system software for wireless thin clients to Wyse Technology, a network computer manufacturer that is expected to unveil a Winterm Wireless line this month. [News.com]
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- Xerox slashes printer prices - Xerox today reduced prices by up to 21 percent across its full line of desktop monochrome laser printers in the United States. [News.com]
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- Yahoo tempers investor euphoria - Yahoo's (YHOO) surprising string of two straight quarterly profits has ignited its stock and has led some pundits to declare that Internet companies, at last, are turning the corner to profitability. [News.com]
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