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- $999 HP NetPC to ship in August - Hewlett Packard (HWP) will announce next week that it will ship its NetPC in August, according to industry sources. [News.com]
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- $999 HP NetPC to ship in August - Hewlett Packard (HWP) will announce next week that it will ship its NetPC in August, according to industry sources. [News.com]
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- 12 firms commit to NetPC initiative - A dozen computer makers unveiled their respective plans for NetPCs today at the anticipated yet quite sedate NetPC rollout hosted by Intel (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT) at PC Expo. [News.com]
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- 12 vendors commit to NetPC initiative - A dozen computer makers unveiled their respective plans for NetPCs today at the anticipated yet quite sedate NetPC rollout hosted by Intel (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT) at PC Expo. [News.com]
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- 233-MHz Pentium spawns new PCs - Several major computer manufacturers today announced new consumer models based on Intel's new 233-MHz Pentium processor with MMX technology. [News.com]
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- 300-MHz workstations from Tatung - Tatung Science & Technology has released three new 300-MHz workstations built around chips from Sun Microsystems, outdoing Intel-based competitors in speed but not price. [News.com]
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- 350-MHz PowerPC chips in works - Motorola's RISC Microprocessor Division and IBM's Microelectronics Division are gearing up to produce next-generation PowerPC processors that will reach speeds of 350-MHz and beyond with leading-edge technology. [News.com]
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- 3Com debuts e-commerce site - 3Com (COMS) wants to blaze a new Internet commerce trail. [News.com]
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- 3Com earnings grow threefold - Networking industry leader 3Com (COMS) today reported a threefold rise in fourth-quarter earnings, but warned that kind of growth is increasingly harder to maintain. [News.com]
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- 3Com to debut Net gear - The market for lower-cost, Ethernet-based networking hardware that can automatically determine the speed for data traffic is heating up. [News.com]
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- @Home launches Web guide - @Home Network today struck a pact with leading Internet companies to create a search and directory guide. [News.com]
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- @Home resolves Netcom suit - @Home has settled a lawsuit filed by Netcom On-Line Communications Services that alleged the theft of trade secrets and unfair competition, @Home representatives told CNET's NEWS.COM today. [News.com]
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- @Home sets IPO range - @Home, a high-speed Internet access provider, today filed a pricing range of $7 to $9 a share for its initial public offering, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing today. [News.com]
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- Action to fight Novell patent ruling - Action Technologies said today it will appeal a U.S. District Court's ruling that found one of its patent invalid after the company claimed Novell's GroupWise software infringed on that patent. [News.com]
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- Ad agency bids Apple farewell - Citing an impasse over direction, Apple Computer's (AAPL) long-time advertising firm is stepping away from the struggling computer maker, after Apple said it will review the account and allow other ad firms to make their best bid. [News.com]
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- Alcatel, Hayes in high-speed modem pact - Alcatel Alsthom (ALA), the European telecom equipment group, said today it is teaming up with U.S. modem maker Hayes Microcomputer in a deal to develop high-speed Internet access equipment. [News.com]
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- All-in-one home services roll out - A much-hyped benefit of utility deregulation--one-stop shopping for phone, energy, and Net access--is starting to catch on. [News.com]
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- Amazon.com offers book discounts - Less than a month after its hot initial public offering, Amazon.com (AMZN) today announced significantly lower prices on its books. [News.com]
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- AMD to lower K6 chip prices - Advanced Micro Devices will cut prices of its K6 processor when rival Intel lowers the cost of its chips this summer, a spokesman said. [News.com]
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- Analysts: Microsoft, Nokia deal unlikely - An ownership deal between Finnish telecommunications group Nokia and Microsoft (MSFT) is an unlikely prospect even though it would make sense, equity analysts said today. [News.com]
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- AOL email has second outage - America Online's (AOL) email network suffered its second mini-outage in two weeks this morning when the system was down for four hours instead of the scheduled two. [News.com]
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- AOL email outage hits 500,000 - America Online's (AOL) suffered another problem today with its email hardware, which affected 500,000 people. [News.com]
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- AOL foreign membership grows - America Online (AOL) said today it has surpassed the 750,000 member mark outside of the United States, 18 months after launching its first international service. [News.com]
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- AOL members threaten to walk - An Internet user's wish list is short: efficient access, reliable email, and quality customer service. But providers just can't seem to get it right, and customers are taking action. [News.com]
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- AOL offers 56-kbps modems - AOL Networks, the network subsidiary of America Online (AOL), today said it would begin broadly deploying 56-kbps x2 modem technology from U.S. Robotics, now part of 3Com (COMS). [News.com]
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- AOL rolls out pay-for-play gaming - America Online (AOL) is expected to announce tomorrow its pay-for-play-based online gaming unit, one of the company's first premium service offerings since it unveiled its flat-fee, unlimited-usage plan. [News.com]
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- AOL sells airtime to Auto-By-Tel - America Online (AOL) proved again today that its strategy of charging companies for airtime is working. [News.com]
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- AOL signs major online shopping deal - Undaunted by the failure of IBM's World Avenue, America Online (AOL) announced plans today for a $50 million online shopping network. [News.com]
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- AOL unit, Nynex sign intranet deal - America Online's (AOL) network service unit ANS Communications said today it has agreed to a comprehensive relationship with Nynex (NYN). [News.com]
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- AOL users may pay as they play - America Online (AOL) may soon be turning its attention to the tough market of fee-based online gaming. [News.com]
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- AOL users warned of hackers - America Online (AOL) and the National Computer Security Association jointly warned today that would-be thieves are continually targeting members of the world's largest online service with programs that can be used to swipe passwords and steal accounts. [News.com]
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- Apple makes push deals - As Microsoft rushes to convert Windows into a tuner for receiving Internet information broadcasts, Apple Computer (AAPL) is following suit by partnering with leading push companies. [News.com]
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- Apple makes push deals - As Microsoft rushes to convert Windows into a tuner for receiving Internet information broadcasts, Apple Computer (AAPL) is following suit by partnering with leading push companies. [News.com]
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- Apple makes up with clone makers - The chill between clone vendors and Apple over Mac OS licensing is beginning to thaw, a process that is expected to free the Mac market to adopt a next-generation PowerPC processor. [News.com]
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- Apple sees profits by September - Apple Computer (AAPL) said today it wanted to return to profitability by the end of September under a structure based on annual sales of about $7.5 billion. [News.com]
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- Apple to ship Mac OS 8 next month - Apple Computer (AAPL) expects to unveil its latest upgrade to the Macintosh operating system in late July. [News.com]
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- Armada sails into retail channel - Compaq (CPQ) today released a business notebook for the retail channel as part of its never-ending quest to grab market share. [News.com]
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- Artisoft halves workforce - Aiming to cut costs amidst continued losses and shrinking revenue, network software maker Artisoft (ASFT) today said it will cut over 50 percent of its workforce as part of a restructuring effort. [News.com]
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- AT&T, iMall open bargain store - AT&T's (T) Internet access service, WorldNet, and Web mall operator iMall (IIML) opened a new bargain storefront for brand-name merchandise. [News.com]
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- Avant wants prosecutor removed - Avant (AVNT), whose executives face felony charges of stealing business secrets, filed a court motion to disqualify the district attorney handling the case, citing conflict of interest and unfair access to evidence. [News.com]
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- Avant's stock soars on Lucent deal - With rumors of a big contract with Lucent Technologies (LU) swirling, Avant's (AVNT) stock soared nearly 20 percent today. [News.com]
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- Back to the desktop for WebTV - Although the WebTV was originally marketed as a device that brought Net access to the masses, the second generation of the set-top box may turn out to be more like a computer after all. [News.com]
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- Backbone providers call a truce - After three weeks of feuding, backbone Internet providers CRL and AGIS are now talking to each other, at least virtually. [News.com]
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- BackWeb, AirMedia push together - New York--"Partner or perish" is shaping up to be the new mantra of the push technology industry. [News.com]
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- Barksdale outlines Net progress - The fast adoption of "push" technologies caught even Netscape Communications (NSCP) by surprise, Netscape chief executive Jim Barksdale told a conference today. [News.com]
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- Bay nabs Gigabit Ethernet maker - The worst-kept secret in the networking industry was finally announced today as Bay Networks (BAY) nabbed Rapid City Communications for $155 million in stock, one of several start-ups working on next-generation Gigabit Ethernet technology. [News.com]
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- Bay Networks forges Net tools - Bay Networks (BAY) will release a major upgrade of its network management suite by the end of the summer. [News.com]
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- Big names back e-commerce protocol - A raft of Internet commerce companies are backing a new protocol aimed at boosting consumer sales on the Net. [News.com]
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- Bill to protect children's privacy - Online privacy is advancing on the government agenda as the White House's e-commerce policy and an influential legislator both say surfers should control their private data on the Net. [News.com]
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- Book publishers accused of piracy - Total Management, a client-server-based business software developer, announced today that it has filed a $1 billion software piracy lawsuit against computer publishing giants Que, Macmillan Computer Publishing, and Simon & Schuster. [News.com]
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- Boundless targets dumb terminals - Poor, dumb terminals. [News.com]
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- Bounty attracts bug busters - Psst! Wanna buy some details on a big, bad browser bug? [News.com]
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- Bringing old networks up to speed - Networking hardware player Cabletron Systems (CS) is giving companies a way to migrate from old Token Ring technology that they may be outgrowing. [News.com]
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- Britain pursues banned report - British authorities trying to regain control of a report let loose online last week are telling an American professor to take the report--along with any links to it--off the Net. [News.com]
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- Brother's handheld may not sell - Brother International has released a notebook-sized handheld called the GeoBook with a word processor, spread sheet, browser, and other productivity applications that give the system computer-like functionality for $599. Too bad, say observers, that its software could make it an unattractive purchase for many users. [News.com]
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- Business e-commerce on the rise - Demand to connect manufacturers with their suppliers online is booming in the United States and Asia, but Europe is lagging, according to Harvey Seegers, CEO and president of GE Information Systems, which both uses and facilitates such online connections for customers. [News.com]
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- CA launches OpenIngres 2.0 - Computer Associates (CA) has revamped its OpenIngres database server with Java support and better data management tools. [News.com]
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- Cable access gains speed - Cable Internet access is creeping up on dial-up providers, as Cox Communications gets ready to wire 100,000 more houses to the @Home Network. [News.com]
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- Cable, Windows 95 don't mix - Subscribers to a cable Internet access service who run Windows 95 on their computers may be inadvertently exposing their hard disks to other customers. [News.com]
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- Cabletron speeds Net access - Cabletron Systems (CS) today announced new technology to tie existing local switching hardware to wide area networks, along with an increased focus on management software geared toward the telecommunications market. [News.com]
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- Cabletron stock plunges - Cabletron Systems' (CS) stock was hit hard in morning trading as it added its name to the growing list of companies that anticipate lower-than-expected revenue and profits for the June quarter. [News.com]
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- Calling Bill Gates, the dance remix - Bill Gates is now officially a cultural icon. He has his own pop song. [News.com]
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- Campaign data drive accelerates - Internet access to campaign finance data is advancing in seven states, according to a report issued by the California Voter Foundation today. [News.com]
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- Campaign reform coming online - The fat cats who fund American politics are increasingly being forced to open their books to the Net as states push campaign finance reform into the digital age. [News.com]
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- Canadian bank invests in smart cards - Supporters say a new trial in Canada for "cashless" automatic teller machines may jumpstart the moribund smart card industry in North America. [News.com]
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- Canceled spammer sues ISP - On April 15, spam purveyor Cyber Promotions issued a press release saying it had signed a three-year contract with WorldCom, a provider that would allow it to spam the Net with relative impunity. [News.com]
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- Candle ships MQSecure middleware - Software maker Candle has shipped MQSecure, a new tool for securing networked communications using IBM's MQSeries message queuing middleware. [News.com]
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- CarPoint to crib local ad dollars - Microsoft's (MSFT) CarPoint has added new auto shopping features today, which could put greater pressure on newspapers looking to keep their lucrative advertising revenue. [News.com]
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- CD-ROMs turn rent-to-own - Wave Systems (WAVX) is trying to take the gamble out of CD-ROMs for customers and publishers. [News.com]
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- CDA reaction: No surprise - Netizens are cheering today's Supreme Court's decision to kill the Communications Decency Act, but their reactions seem more restrained compared with the heady celebrations that followed the Philadelphia lower court's ruling last summer. [News.com]
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- CDA's death sparks legislation trend - The Communications Decency Act hadn't even hit the canvas after the Supreme Court's knockout punch yesterday before new legislation sprung up to safeguard young surfers from "harmful material." [News.com]
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- CDA's loss is gain for software - One unlikely group of free-speech advocates--filtering software makers--say they won on two counts today: The defeat of the Communications Decency Act and the promise of increased sales of their products. [News.com]
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- Chat goes beyond online services - Net surfers' constant gabbing is driving companies to create a slew of new features for real-time digital chatter. [News.com]
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- Children at center of privacy debate - As it wraps up a week of hearings on privacy policies, the Federal Trade Commission is focusing on concerns over the rights of children, which could influence the agency's recommendations to Congress on the role of government in broader privacy issues. [News.com]
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- China denies computer diversion - China today dismissed U.S. charges that it had diverted U.S.-made supercomputers for military use, saying the purchases were used for scientific research. [News.com]
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- China develops supercomputer - China has a new computer, and this one's not for your desktop. [News.com]
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- China regulates business Net access - China has enacted tougher rules on Internet access, requiring all units doing business related to the global computer network to apply for licenses, the official Xinhua news agency said. [News.com]
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- Chip upstarts battle Intel - One of several challengers to launch clones of Intel's (INTC) flagship Pentium chips conceded today that the U.S. giant was all but unstoppable, but said the market opposed an Intel monopoly. [News.com]
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- Chromatic eludes Intel's grip - Gateway 2000 (GTW) announced today that it will use Chromatic Research's Mpact media processor, much to the relief of Chromatic executives. [News.com]
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- Cigar sites smoking hot on Net - There was always a suspicion that Internet surfers were smoking something. Now it has been proven conclusively. [News.com]
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- Circumstance brought out MS bug - For Todd Fast, a software consultant in Austin, Texas, last Thursday started out innocently enough. [News.com]
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- Cisco buys backbone - Networking powerhouse Cisco Systems (CSCO) continued to fill gaps in its technology portfolio with acquisitions, grabbing network hardware maker Skystone Systems for nearly $90 million. [News.com]
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- Cisco courts ISPs with new gear - Cisco Systems (CSCO) fired a shot at competitors such as Ascend Communications with a new remote dial access hardware package intended to help Internet service providers battle the busy signal. [News.com]
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- Cisco cuts Fast Ethernet costs - Striving to keep up with aggressive cost-cutting from its competitors, Cisco Systems (CSCO) today announced new, less expensive 100-mbps Ethernet gear and cut prices on existing models. [News.com]
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- Cisco melds routing and switching - Cisco Systems (CSCO) next week will join the stampede to meld routing functions with increasingly popular switching hardware. [News.com]
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- Cisco plans thin server - Not wanting to be left out of an emerging market, networking monolith Cisco Systems (CSCO) announced that it will provide a "thin server" component for network computers. [News.com]
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- Cisco shops to fill technology holes - Cisco Systems (CSCO) today plunked down nearly $200 million on two companies, furthering its aim to fill technology holes through acquisitions (See table). [News.com]
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- Cisco tacks on server connections - Cisco Systems (CSCO) will unveil several new modules for its corporate branch office servers tomorrow, part of the company's ongoing effort to tighten its focus on remote access hardware and software. [News.com]
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- Cisco, Alcatel cut two-year deal - As part of a concerted partnership push, networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO) announced an expanded relationship with telecommunications monolith Alcatel Telecom (ALA). [News.com]
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- Citrix improves WinFrame - Citrix Systems (CTXS) said today that it will offer an enhanced version of the WinFrame system software to improve performance, security, and management features. [News.com]
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- CitySearch to guide L.A. Times - Times Mirror said today that it will team up with CitySearch to create a local online guide for its flagship Los Angeles Times newspaper, the latest instance of "old" media brands venturing into the new online world. [News.com]
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- Clinton stumps for e-commerce - President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore aren't likely to spring any surprises Tuesday when they unveil the White House's long-awaited framework for global Internet commerce. But the ceremony will almost certainly serve as a bully pulpit for the administration's efforts. [News.com]
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- CNET launches online service - CNET (CNWK) wants to make it a snap to get online. [News.com]
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- CNN, Oracle open Custom News - CNN Interactive and Oracle have opened a new cobranded site on the Web--dubbed Custom News--that provides personalized news from CNN and more than 100 other magazines and media organizations. [News.com]
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- Coalition warns of cyberthreats - A group of computer security companies today announced an initiative for a six-month education campaign to warn U.S. firms against "cyberthreats." [News.com]
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- Communicator bug alleged - Netscape Communications (NSCP) thinks it may be faced with the first major bug in its just-released Communicator software suite, but it is having trouble confirming the problem's existence. [News.com]
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- Communicator, IE crypto cleared - Both Netscape Communications (NSCP) and Microsoft (MSFT) said today that they received permission from the Commerce Department to export 128-bit encryption in their Internet software, including Netscape's Communicator suite and Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but only banks and their online customers will be able to take advantage of the full security in the browsers. [News.com]
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- Compaq buys Tandem - Hoping to bolster its position as a computing solutions provider for enterprise networks, Compaq Computer (CPQ) announced an agreement today to acquire Tandem Computers (TDM) for approximately $3 billion in stock. [News.com]
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- Compaq doubles tape drive size - Compaq Computer (CPQ) has doubled the capacity of its standard Digital Linear Tape drive to 70GB and complemented the release with a new line of tape arrays and libraries. [News.com]
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- Compaq edges closer to AMD - Compaq Computer (CPQ) is using chipsets from Advanced Micro Devices in some computers, possibly hinting of a closer relationship with the chip maker. [News.com]
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- Compaq edges closer to AMD - Compaq Computer (CPQ) is using chipsets from Advanced Micro Devices in some computers, possibly hinting of a closer relationship with the chip maker. [News.com]
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- Compaq hasn't forgotten networks - Amid a flurry of talk concerning acquisitions and direct sales of PCs, Compaq Computer (CPQ) continues to roll out products that connect its PCs and servers to networks. [News.com]
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- Compaq insiders take profits - Inside profit-takers sold nearly 200,000 shares in Compaq Computer (CPQ) in May, according to documents filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [News.com]
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- Compaq makes gains in notebooks - Compaq Computer (CPQ) has made gains against long-time market leader Toshiba. [News.com]
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- Compaq makes move on Unix market - Compaq Computer's (CPQ) two latest Windows NT personal workstations, which use the fastest Pentium II chips, pose an increasingly serious threat to the likes of Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics. [News.com]
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- Compaq mounts all-out assault - Compaq (CPQ) threw down the gauntlet in the consumer PC arena today, releasing a new line of Presario home computers with lower prices, higher-performance, and new designs. [News.com]
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- Compaq sales made to order - Compaq Computer will next month release a new line of desktops that will look and act like any other Compaq desktop. The difference is that the machines won't actually get assembled until a customer orders one. [News.com]
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- Compaq shortage in business PC - Forget trying to get some of Compaq's most popular business PCs. [News.com]
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- Compaq sticks with Intel - Compaq Computer (CPQ) said today it currently has no plans to make products based on Cyrix's (CYRX) latest 6x86MX microprocessors. [News.com]
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- Compaq to debut Net PC, new strategy - Compaq (CPQ) will unveil its Net PC as a new member of its Deskpro line of computers at PC Expo later this month to great fanfare and, possibly, some customer indifference. [News.com]
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- Compaq to debut Net PC, new strategy - Compaq (CPQ) will unveil its Net PC as a new member of its Deskpro line of computers at PC Expo later this month to great fanfare and, possibly, some customer indifference. [News.com]
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- Compaq: High goals for high end - Compaq Computer expects to exceed its goal of shipping 100,000 professional workstations within 12 to 15 months of its entry into the fiercely competitive market, according to a senior executive. [News.com]
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- Compaq: The next IBM? - Compaq Computer (CPQ) wants to play with the big boys. [News.com]
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- Component debate moves to next level - The war to define Internet-ready component software models may be just about over. But a new battle over applications that use those models has just begun. [News.com]
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- CompuServe losses widen - CompuServe (CSRV) today reported a wider fourth-quarter loss than expected as the online company's revenues continued to lag. [News.com]
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- ComputerVision names new CFO - Software services firm ComputerVision has announced William Wilson has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer. [News.com]
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- Corel launches NC spin-off - Corel (COSFF) has officially spun off a company that will focus on network computer hardware and videoconferencing software. [News.com]
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- Corel postpones Office for Java - Canadian software company Corel (COSFF) is pushing back its release of Office for Java, its Java-based productivity applications, until October, a company spokeswoman said today. [News.com]
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- Corel still on shaky ground - Despite better second-quarter operating results, Corel remains on shaky ground as it branches out from battling Microsoft (MSFT) in the desktop software market, analysts said on Tuesday. [News.com]
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- Corel warns of poor earnings - Charges of $113.7 million may push Corel's (COSFF) second-quarter results into the red. [News.com]
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- Corporate Net banking to grow - Use of the Internet as a key channel for financial transactions is expected to grow dramatically over the next several years, according to some recent studies, which also warn that the shift to new technology is accompanied by risks. [News.com]
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- Counterfeit DRAM chip ring found - South Korean chip manufacturer LG Semicon claims it has discovered a ring of Southeast Asian counterfeiters who are sending fake memory chips into the U.S. distribution pipeline. [News.com]
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- Court rejects N.Y. decency law - A federal judge has struck down New York state's online indecency law. [News.com]
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- Courts block state speech laws - In cases that could foreshadow the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming CDA decision, federal judges in New York and Georgia overturned two state laws that banned indecent and pseudonymous speech online. [News.com]
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- Creative suit against Cyrix fizzles - Creative Technology (CREAF) has lost the latest round in its 11-week legal battle with Cyrix and OEM buyers of Cyrix's MediaGX processor, including Compaq Computer. [News.com]
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- CrossRoads to link front and back ends - CrossRoads Software yesterday announced its first middleware products, which promise to connect a company's front-end business applications with older "legacy" back-end applications. [News.com]
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- Crypto bill seeks domestic rules - Two senators today introduced a bipartisan bill that would for the first time impose domestic controls on encryption used by government-funded institutions. [News.com]
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- Crypto foes have day in court - Both sides of a landmark court battle over the use of encryption made their final arguments here today before a federal judge, who now will decide if the government's restrictions on encryption exports go too far. [News.com]
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- Curtis Mathes turns to Net TVs - In a move to remake itself into a high-tech company, Curtis Mathes (CRTM), one of the oldest names in the television set business, is showing off large-screen TVs with built-in Internet and telephony capabilities at Spring Comdex, its first appearance at this computer industry trade show. [News.com]
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- Cyrix sees big gains in Asia - U.S.-based chipmaker Cyrix (CYRX), a rival to Intel (INTC), expects the Asian market to contribute a sharply higher share of its global revenue this year, a company executive said today. [News.com]
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- Dangerfield sues his ISP - Rodney Dangerfield may be a comic, but when it comes to protecting his image, he is dead serious. [News.com]
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- Danish bug buster defends himself - In the past 24 hours, he's been accused of terrorism, extortion, and blackmail. He also lost out on at least a thousand bucks. [News.com]
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- Data General introduces superserver - Data General (DGN) today announced a high-capacity server that can use up to 32 Intel Pentium Pro processors, rivaling some of the most powerful large-scale computers on the market. [News.com]
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- DataBeam opens conferencing to millions - Taking control of another user's applications over the Net sounds spooky, but DataBeam says online conferencing might save companies the expense of a plane ticket. [News.com]
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- Deep Blue looks for a job - The Deep Blue chess whiz that stumped Garry Kasparov is ready to parlay its experience into a job on Wall Street. [News.com]
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- Delay sends Ascend stock down - Ascend Communications' (ASND) stock took a hit today because of a glitch that will delay shipment of a modem software upgrade and increased competition in the remote access market. [News.com]
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- Dell improves its memory - Dell's (DELL) memory is improving. [News.com]
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- Dell sees no slowing in Europe - Dell Computer (DELL) vice chairman Mort Topfer said its momentum remains strong and the company is "very pleased" with the current quarter and its position in the direct PC business. [News.com]
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- Dell sings Net's praises - At PC Expo today Dell Computer (DELL) CEO Michael Dell sang the praises of the Internet, saying a growing share of its business is predicated on explosive sales growth on the Net. [News.com]
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- Dell sings Net's praises - At PC Expo today Dell Computer (DELL) CEO Michael Dell sang the praises of the Internet, saying a growing share of its business is predicated on explosive sales growth on the Net. [News.com]
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- Dell sticks with Intel chips - Dell Computer (DELL) chief executive Michael Dell said today that the company would continue using microchips from Intel (INTC), despite the arrival of less expensive, equally powerful alternatives. [News.com]
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- Dell trims OptiPlex prices - Dell is turning up the pricing pressure on Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard. [News.com]
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- Dell widens Latitude line - Dell Computer today announced a new generation of its Latitude notebook line, which will include enhanced multimedia features and is targeted at the corporate, educational, and government markets. [News.com]
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- Diamond, Xircom crowd 56-kbps market - Diamond Multimedia (DIMD) today announced a new 56-kbps PC Card modem for notebooks, while Xircom (XIRC) initiated a program to upgrade users of slower PC Card modems to the new faster rate. [News.com]
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- Did Jobs sell stake in Apple? - A 1.5 million-share block of Apple (AAPL) stock was sold yesterday, leading to speculation that founder Steve Jobs was the seller. [News.com]
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- Digex bought for $150 million - Intermedia Communications (ICIX), a telecommunications provider for the Southeast, announced an agreement to purchase Internet service provider Digex (DIGX) for $150 million. [News.com]
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- Digital camera fits in a pocket - Japan's Olympus Optical has unveiled a pocket-sized, high-resolution digital camera. [News.com]
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- Digital City rolls out WebGuide - To mark its coming-out party on the Web, Digital City today announced the launch of WebGuide, a listing of local links to guide Netizens around major U.S. cities. [News.com]
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- Digital investors plan revolt - In an effort to come up with a viable solution to Digital Equipment's (DEC) continued losses and falling stock, investors held an informal meeting today that centered on appointing new board members and a possible merger. [News.com]
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- Digital may file antitrust suit - Digital Equipment (DEC) is hinting it may be willing to file an antitrust lawsuit against Intel (INTC), according to a report in today's New York Times. [News.com]
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- Digital photos from the road - Japan's Ricoh says it will soon launch a digital camera that will be able to transmit data through a mobile telephone device and into computers. [News.com]
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- Digital pushed into AMD's arms? - In the wake of some legal sparring with Intel (INTC), Digital Equipment (DEC) is preparing to launch new systems with processors from Intel competitor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). [News.com]
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- Digital shelves AltaVista IPO - Despite signs that the initial public offering market for high tech is heating up, Digital Equipment (DEC) today called off IPO plans for its AltaVista Internet Software division. [News.com]
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- Digital turns to Intel rival - Digital Equipment (DEC) today launched low-priced PCs for businesses that use the K6 processor from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), an announcement with added significance in light of the legal battle between Digital and Intel (INTC). [News.com]
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- Digital's investors ready to vent - The institutional shareholders of Digital Equipment (DEC) will have plenty to grumble about when they meet this week in New York. [News.com]
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- Dirty domain spree no joke - It wasn't a prank and it wasn't a publicity stunt, says the 21-year-old college student who has been registering naughty domain names to the Microsoft Network. He says he's just casting his net as widely as possible to draw Web surfers to his site. [News.com]
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- Disney shows off D-mail - The Walt Disney Company (DIS) today gave a sneak preview of new features, including D-mail, D-phone, and a 3D virtual-reality meeting place, which will appear starting around December in its children's online service. [News.com]
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- Domain name fetches record price - The Internet equivalent of an uptown address just got a little bit pricier. [News.com]
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- Domain plan called power grab - Leaders of an Internet industry coalition want the International Ad Hoc Committee's domain-name plan stopped in its tracks. [News.com]
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- Domain planners dismiss critics - The president of the Internet Society today dismissed charges that a plan to expand Net domain names is a "power grab." [News.com]
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- DRAM sales boost Micron earnings - Shifting into high gear, Micron Technology (MU) today beat third-quarter expectations due to strong sales of memory products and increased production of its latest 16-megabit DRAM chip. [News.com]
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- DVD to drive Pentium II sales - Intel (INTC) wants users to buy PCs with DVD-ROM drives, but not just any PC: a Pentium II-based system. [News.com]
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- DVD-ROM momentum builds - Diamond Multimedia (DIMD) is set to ship a new DVD-ROM drive kit by the end of June, joining the score of vendors announcing DVD-ROM drives. [News.com]
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- DVD-ROM momentum builds - Diamond Multimedia (DIMD) is set to ship a new DVD-ROM drive kit by the end of June, joining the score of vendors announcing DVD-ROM drives. [News.com]
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- E*Trade crashes as Dow soars - As the Dow Jones Industrial Average roared back with a rebound today, users of E*Trade's online investment service were locked out of online trading for the last hour of the market due to the failure of a recently installed backup system. [News.com]
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- E-commerce policy ready July 1 - Who should collect taxes in cyberspace? Do children need special protections in electronic transactions? On July 1, The White House will formally unveil a policy framework for considering these and other explosive questions about the Information Age. [News.com]
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- E-Minds can't make e-money - Cash-strapped Electric Minds, the experiment in online community, may be just weeks away from closing shop. [News.com]
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- EarthLink may change flat rates - Following a similar move by Netcom, another Internet service provider is planning to move beyond the $19.95 flat monthly charge that has become the industry standard. [News.com]
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- Email gets a bodyguard - Tumbleweed wants to cash in on consumers' frustration with receiving garbled or evaporated email attachments with the release of its document shipping system Posta. [News.com]
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- End of the road for CyberFreeway - Cheap Net access for life may sound like a sweet deal. The trouble is the party never seems to last. [News.com]
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- English-only Web case dismissed - The first test of whether France's disputed language law applies to the Internet ended in fiasco today when a court threw out the case on a technicality. [News.com]
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- Ethernet start-up signs NEC - Alteon Networks is moving fast out of the gigabit networking starting gate, lining up key partnerships in its bid to be among the few start-ups left standing when the Ethernet market shakes out. [News.com]
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- EU urges caution with Net business - Big business is dreaming of burgeoning sales across the Internet, but the European Commission is saying "not so fast," delegates to a conference were told yesterday. [News.com]
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- EU, China in tech working group - The European Union and China signed a joint declaration Wednesday that creates a working group of officials and businessmen to discuss information and telecommunication technologies. [News.com]
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- Eudora stays private with PGP - Qualcomm (QCOM) has bundled encryption software from Pretty Good Privacy with its popular email software Eudora Pro and freeware Eudora Lite. [News.com]
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- Exchange server gets service pack - Microsoft (MSFT) will next week post the first service pack for the Exchange 5.0 groupware server, which includes more than 150 fixes and enhancements, by the end of the week. [News.com]
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- Excite inks Ticketmaster deal - Excite (XCIT) announced today that it will provide direct online ticketing and live event information through an agreement with Ticketmaster (TKTM), the search engine's second big step this month to bolster its content offerings. [News.com]
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- Excite offers custom search tools - Excite (XCIT) said it will roll out custom search features today that make it easier for users to take advantage of the company's technology for finding information on the Web. [News.com]
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- Excite, IDG feud over ad - When Excite executive Joe Kraus saw a familiar-looking billboard teasing another company's new online service, he couldn't decide if he was tickled or perturbed. [News.com]
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- Execs find life after Novell - Two executives who have left Novell have found new homes in the high-tech industry today. [News.com]
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- Execs: Don't panic on tech stocks - Don't panic. [News.com]
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- Explorer 4.0 to rival Castanet - Microsoft (MSFT) is quietly preparing to take on push technology from Marimba with the next version of its Web browser. [News.com]
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- Explorer security deadline nears - It's no dawn of the millennium bug, but June 30 does bring a deadline for Internet Explorer users to upgrade a security component in their browsers. [News.com]
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- Explorer to get safe zones - Following a rash of security-related glitches in its products earlier this year, Microsoft (MSFT) is stepping up its efforts to protect Net surfers from potential online risks. [News.com]
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- Exports to Hong Kong raise concerns - A U.S. congressional watchdog agency has raised concerns about the protection of sensitive technologies exported to Hong Kong after control reverts to China. [News.com]
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- Fast modems, slow upgrades - U.S. Robotics may have been at the leading edge as the first to market with 56-kbps modems, but the company appears to be lagging in its effort to deliver upgrades to older modems. [News.com]
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- Faster Net access comes at a price - At Spring Comdex, representatives from Hayes Microcomputer, Paradyne, and 3Com (COMS) gathered here to discuss future Internet connection technologies, reaching a consensus that cable modems will be the technology of choice for consumers while digital subscriber line (DSL) products will be aimed at businesses. [News.com]
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- Filing details MS, WebTV deal - When Microsoft (MSFT) announced its plans earlier this year to acquire WebTV Networks in a $425 million deal, the maker of TV set-top boxes was facing the prospect of a cash crunch by March 1998, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission document filed yesterday. [News.com]
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- Final Mac Communicator 4.01 out - Netscape Communications (NSCP) has shipped the Macintosh version of its Communicator Internet client software. [News.com]
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- First Union locks up e-banking - First Union (FTU), a bank-holding company with 12 million banking customers, today said its launching a four-month trial to test the use of digital certificates in home banking over the Internet. [News.com]
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- For small vendors, a bizarre bazaar - Giants such as Microsoft, Lotus, Toshiba, Kodak, and Oracle dominated this week's Spring Comdex show. But that didn't stop smaller businesses, even entrepreneurs, from showing their wares too. [News.com]
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- FTC has answers on privacy - After hearing every angle in the online privacy debate this week, the Federal Trade Commission has emerged with some potential paths to govern the collection of personal information on the Internet. [News.com]
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- FTC searches for spam solution - Spam is the email people love to hate, but it's also a big moneymaker on the Net, and federal regulators are searching for middle ground. [News.com]
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- FTP Software stock slips - Shares of FTP Software (FTPS) fell nearly 8 percent in trading today, following the company's announcement that second-quarter results are expected to fall "substantially" below expectations and plans for revenue growth in 1997 may not materialize. [News.com]
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- Fujitsu in new software venture - Fujitsu and systems integrator McDonnell Information Systems of Britain will jointly establish a software development company on July 1, the two companies announced today. [News.com]
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- Gamer Electronic Arts buys rival - Electronic Arts agreed to buy rival video game software company Maxis and its hot-selling line of "SimCity" products for about $125 million in stock, the companies said today. [News.com]
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- Gates meets the masses - Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Bill Gates scoffed at Java and touted Windows NT at Spring Comdex today as part of a wide-ranging keynote that covered everything from browser security to federal encryption policies. [News.com]
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- Gates: Hot Net growth coming in Asia - Microsoft (MSFT) chairman Bill Gates said today the Internet is so big and attracting so much investment it will keep growing and overcome its current drawbacks. [News.com]
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- Gateway buys credibility with ALR - PC maker Gateway 2000 (GTW) is about to overnight become the twelfth-largest server vendor in the world. [News.com]
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- Gateway debuts new PC-TV - Gateway 2000 will announce a new version of its Destination PC-TV with a DVD drive today at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Atlanta, according to industry sources. [News.com]
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- Gateway debuts new PC-TV - Gateway 2000 today announced a new version of its Destination PC-TV with a DVD drive at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Atlanta. [News.com]
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- Gateway shares level out - Gateway 2000 (GATE) shares stabilized today as the company's chief financial officer failed to release any dour reports that earnings would suffer a shortfall, which had earlier sparked a sell-off of its stock. [News.com]
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- Gateway stock bounces back - Gateway 2000's (GTW) stock made an unexpected turnaround after dropping 10 percent yesterday on warnings that second-quarter results will miss analysts' estimates. [News.com]
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- Gateway to buy Advanced Logic - Personal computer maker Gateway 2000 (GTW) today said it will acquire PC and server manufacturer Advanced Logic Research (AALR) in a transaction worth $194 million. [News.com]
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- Gateway to inaugurate servers - Gateway 2000 will introduce a line of servers early next year as part of its plans to increase sales of business systems, marking the company's bona fide entry into the server computer business. [News.com]
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- Gateway, Compaq pitch low-cost PC-TVs - Compaq Computer (CPQ) and Gateway 2000 (GTW) representatives said here today that they are hoping to help PC-TVs reach a broader audience by making cheaper models. [News.com]
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- GE to buy Brazilian IBM unit - General Electric (GE) said today its GE Capital Information Technology Solutions unit has signed a deal to buy the shares of IVIX Sistemas Abertos de Informatica, a Brazilian unit of IBM (IBM). [News.com]
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- German CompuServe head quits - The man Bavarian prosecutors are blaming for distributing pornography on CompuServe's (CSRV) system has resigned as the head of the online service's German operations. [News.com]
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- German hyperlink trial delayed - In Germany's latest battle against extremism and smut in cyberspace, a court today delayed a trial against a politician accused of aiding guerrillas by linking to their site from her home page. [News.com]
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- German law may halt porn case - A German Internet bill scheduled for a parliamentary vote in the next two weeks could undermine controversial pornography charges against a local CompuServe (CSRV) executive, his lawyer said. [News.com]
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- German Net regulation moving - Germany's parliament passed Internet-related legislation today that sets standards for child protection in cyberspace and defines which activities require regulation. [News.com]
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- Girls part of children's market, too - Sit your average adult today in front of a computer screen and tell him or her to start navigating, and the person will look at you like you're nuts. [News.com]
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- Go abroad for growth, Net firms - Just like McDonald's and Coke before them, American Internet companies cannot underestimate the opportunities that exist in foreign markets, a new report by Hambrecht & Quist says. [News.com]
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- Gore frees access to medical info - A new service providing all Americans free access to cutting-edge medical research on the Web has been launched by Vice President Al Gore. [News.com]
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- Governments strive to keep lid on the Net - If Daniel Ellsberg were to release the Pentagon Papers today, he probably would do it on the Net. [News.com]
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- Great Plains IPO takes off - Great Plains Software (GPSI) took advantage of a renaissance in high-tech initial public offerings today, launching an IPO that bolted out of the starting gate. [News.com]
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- Group cracks 56-bit encryption - Thousands of computers linked over the Internet managed to crack a message coded through 56-bit encryption, a feat that will earn the group $10,000 and give RSA Data Security one more piece of ammunition to use in its ongoing war against export encryption regulations. [News.com]
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- Group shuns government on spam - A leading online industry group today came out against federal legislation to restrict unsolicited email, even though many of its members staunchly oppose spam. [News.com]
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- Group sues for crypto czar records - The Electronic Privacy Information Center today filed a lawsuit seeking public disclosure of the travel records of ambassador David Aaron, the "crypto czar" for the Clinton administration. [News.com]
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- Groups to debate Net privacy issues - Industry and consumer advocacy groups will square off this week before the Federal Trade Commission over the best way to protect user privacy online: industry self-regulation or federal legislation. [News.com]
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- Grove to gamers: Focus on the PC - Intel Chairman and CEO Andrew Grove today encouraged the video game software industry to think of the PC as more important than games consoles. [News.com]
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- Hackers jam Microsoft's site - Hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft's (MSFT) server software, jamming the company's Web site since yesterday. [News.com]
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- Hancock: Apple making real headway - PC Expo attendees are mostly Windows users. But that didn't stop Apple Computer's chief technologist, Ellen Hancock, from preaching the Mac OS gospel here today. [News.com]
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- Hancock: Apple making real headway - PC Expo attendees are mostly Windows users. But that didn't stop Apple Computer's chief technologist, Ellen Hancock, from preaching the Mac OS gospel here today. [News.com]
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- Hayes cuts modem pool prices - Hayes Microcomputer today announced price cuts of up to 40 percent on its Century 2 line of remote access products. [News.com]
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- Hayes to go public through Micronics - Hayes Microcomputer Products' merger talks with Micronics Computers (MCRN) are part of a strategy to take Hayes public and give the modem maker a war chest for acquisitions, Hayes Chairman Dennis Hayes said. [News.com]
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- Hayes, Micronics in merger talks - Just as two wrongs don't make a right, one troubled company plus another troubled company does not make a healthy company. [News.com]
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- High hopes hurt Oracle stock - Oracle (ORCL) saw its stock fall today despite reporting record fourth-quarter revenues yesterday that matched Wall Street's expectations. [News.com]
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- Hitachi shows off convergence hardware - Hitachi's vision of multimedia convergence between consumer devices and PCs took shape at Spring Comdex today. [News.com]
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- Hotmail porn spam reported - According to conventional wisdom, free email services were created for members to send and receive personal messages, not for sending out pornography ads for free. But that's apparently what some Netizens say happened with Hotmail, one of the leading free email providers. [News.com]
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- HP adds smart card keyboards - New PCs from Hewlett-Packard (HWP) may help to boost the use of smart cards among U.S. corporations. [News.com]
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- HP completes VeriFone merger - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today completed its $1.29 billion merger with Internet commerce software vendor VeriFone (VFI). [News.com]
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- HP exec wants Euro telco competition - Liberalized telephone markets will provide cheaper prices and innovative new products, and finally turn Europeans on to the delights of high technology, according to Hewlett-Packard (HWP). [News.com]
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- HP looks hard at digital imaging - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today debuted an Internet imaging initiative that targets everybody from content producers and software developers to families building photo albums. [News.com]
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- HP moves toward direct sales - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) will overhaul its sales structure to make it more like a direct sales model, following a strategy that has been key to the success of rival Dell Computer (DELL). [News.com]
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- HP plans 1,000 new Irish jobs - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) said today it will create 1,000 new jobs at its Leixlip plant in County Kildare, Ireland, as part of a $151 million expansion plan. [News.com]
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- Hundt may question megamergers - In what is being billed as a major speech on merger policy, the top U.S. phone regulator is expected to raise warning flags today about the kind of deal being proposed between AT&T (T) and SBC Communications (SBC). [News.com]
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- IBM Argentina chief out on high bail - A judge investigating an alleged bribery case involving IBM's (IBM) local unit set bail at $1 million yesterday for the former head of the computer giant in Argentina, state news agency Telam reported. [News.com]
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- IBM box to manage Mars mission - There may not be life on Mars, but soon there will be artificial intelligence. [News.com]
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- IBM builds DVD into new PCs - IBM (IBM) has introduced a consumer PC with a built-in DVD-ROM drive, the first such system from a major vendor. [News.com]
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- IBM debuts email server for ISPs - IBM (IBM) today announced a program aimed at easing email congestion for Internet service providers. [News.com]
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- IBM exec may be next Xerox CEO - Xerox (XRX) has named Richard Thoman, the No. 2 executive at IBM (IBM), to the post of president and chief operating officer. [News.com]
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- IBM offers DVD compromise - IBM (IBM) says it has software that will make PCs with DVD drives cheaper and better protect DVD titles from pirating. [News.com]
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- IBM rethinks ThinkPads - IBM (IBM) today added a new line of ultraportable 560 series notebooks with MMX processors and introduced a new high-end 765 notebook, packing an extra-large 13-inch screen. [News.com]
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- IBM South Africa shares dumped - Over two million shares in information technology firm IBM South Africa were sold into the Johannesburg market from offshore on Thursday morning, depressing the firm's share price, dealers said. [News.com]
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- IBM speaks up with voice product - IBM today unveiled an expansion of its family of voice-recognition software products. [News.com]
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- IBM stacks storage building blocks - IBM (IBM) today announced a new system of storage devices and software for applications such as data warehousing and data mining. [News.com]
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- IBM to refresh ThinkPad lineup - IBM (IBM) is set to refresh its line of ultraportable 560 notebooks and introduce a new high-end notebook next week, company representatives said today at Spring Comdex. [News.com]
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- IBM's online mall latest to go - IBM's (IBM) decision to close its online shopping mall, World Avenue, has again raised questions about how to sell retail products online. [News.com]
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- IBM, Intel work on new workstation - IBM is working with Intel to design a next-generation workstation that will include a new version of the Pentium II processor. [News.com]
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- IBM, Intel work on new workstation - IBM is working with Intel to design a next-generation workstation that will include a new version of the Pentium II processor. [News.com]
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- ICOMS unbundles e-commerce - An e-commerce service called Internet Commerce Services (ICOMS) launched today to handle payment and orders for Web merchants, letting them run their own Web storefront or outsource it to another vendor. [News.com]
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- In the trust model we trust? - Trust is an essential part of relationships. Without trust, depositing your paycheck at the bank, asking a friend to take care of your house, and countless other everyday tasks and decisions would be frightening, high-risk ventures. [News.com]
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- Incentive programs meet email ads - Steve Markowitz thinks he has found a foolproof way of not only delivering email advertising to Netizens but also getting them to ask for it. The idea: Pay surfers to receive the ads. [News.com]
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- Individual buys Delphi unit - Net content provider Individual (INDV) has acquired CompanyLink, a subsidiary of Delphi Internet Services. [News.com]
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- Individual on a buying spree - Individual (INDV) today announced that it will buy electronic newspaper ClariNet Communications, its second acquisition of a Web news service in two weeks. The company also announced an upgrade to its NewsPage service. [News.com]
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- Industry makes its case on privacy - As federal regulators open four days of hearings on consumer privacy on the Internet, industry groups today unveiled programs, products, and principles designed to show that the Net can regulate itself without government interference. [News.com]
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- Informercials spawn on Web - Just as life imitates art, the Web imitates television. [News.com]
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- Informix debuts MMX tools - Informix (IFMX) and Intel (INTC) today announced a cooperative effort to make Informix's database software work with Intel's MMX multimedia chips. [News.com]
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- Informix drops Oracle lawsuit - Informix Software (IFMX) has dropped its lawsuit against Oracle (ORCL) and 13 engineers who resigned from Informix in January to join the database rival. [News.com]
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- Informix to cut 200 jobs in Europe - Informix Software (IFMX) plans to cut 200 jobs in Europe through layoffs and attrition, a spokesman at the software company said yesterday. The cuts affect 17 percent of the 1,200-employee work force there. [News.com]
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- Informix withdraws Oracle suit - Ending a highly publicized four-month conflict, Informix Software (IFMX) has withdrawn its lawsuit against rival Oracle (ORCL) and 13 former Informix engineers. [News.com]
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- Infoseek loses two top execs - In its latest round of management musical chairs, Infoseek (SEEK) today announced the departure of two top executives. [News.com]
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- Infrastructures called vulnerable to hacks - The United States lacks the tools to fight a possible computer assault on critical infrastructure such as telecommunications, banking, and power grids, the head of a White House panel said. [News.com]
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- Insurers fear year 2000 bug - Insurance companies should check their portfolios to make sure they are not exposed to potentially catastrophic claims stemming from the year 2000 software bug, a leading law firm warns. [News.com]
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- Intel CEO sees major chip transition - Intel (INTC) chairman and chief executive Andrew Grove said today that the semiconductor maker is going through a "monumental" product transition this year. [News.com]
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- Intel chief: Japan PC use lags - Japan's use of personal computers in homes and small businesses is lagging behind the United States by four to five years, Intel's (INTC) president said today. [News.com]
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- Intel demands plans from Digital - Intel today filed a request in federal court asking the judge to make Digital Equipment (DEC) return certain product plans before the two companies get embroiled in a highly contentious legal dispute. [News.com]
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- Intel helps notebooks catch up - Intel (INTC) is demonstrating to PC Expo attendees this week that it has plans for much faster mobile chips that will lessen the performance gap between desktops and notebooks. The plans include a mobile version of the Pentium II processor. [News.com]
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- Intel helps notebooks catch up - Intel (INTC) is demonstrating to PC Expo attendees this week that it has plans for much faster mobile chips that will lessen the performance gap between desktops and notebooks. The plans include a mobile version of the Pentium II processor. [News.com]
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- Intel inside Indonesia - Growth in the number of Indonesians using the Internet could expand above predictions if advertisers and local language products enter the Web, Intel (INTC) executives said today. [News.com]
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- Intel launches fastest Pentium yet - Intel (INTC) today announced its fastest Pentium processor yet. [News.com]
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- Intel prods India on high tech - India must boost investment and education in computers to achieve its goal as a world leader in information technology, according to the president of Intel. [News.com]
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- Intel sees no PC slowdown - Intel (INTC) president Craig Barrett said today that U.S. computer sales were growing at a reasonable rate and dismissed industry concerns about a significant slowdown. [News.com]
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- Intel steps up Java accelerator - Intel chief executive Andy Grove today announced a new version of the company's Vtune product, which is designed to accelerate the performance of Java programs on Intel hardware. [News.com]
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- Intel stock closes down again - Intel's (INTC) troop of investors continued their withdrawal from the company's stock today, driving down its price for the third consecutive day of trading. [News.com]
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- Intel takes a meeting - Intel (INTC) introduced a Pentium II-based system for professional videoconferencing today, designed to deliver a full range of conferencing functions in a single product. [News.com]
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- Intel to unveil first Net PC systems - Intel (INTC) will host an event on June 16 to showcase the first systems based on the new Network PC (Net PC) specifications. IBM will roll out its first Net PC and showcase an array of Net PC technologies. [News.com]
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- Intel weighs down tech stocks - A drop in Intel (INTC) overshadowed the over-the-counter market today, with Nasdaq shares posting only slim gains, traders said. [News.com]
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- Intel, Digital in settlement talks - Intel (INTC) and Digital Equipment (DEC) are in talks to see if they can settle Digital's patent-infringement lawsuit against Intel, the Wall Street Journal said. [News.com]
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- Intel, HP target digital imaging specs - Intel (INTC) and Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today announced an agreement to develop industry specifications for digital imaging hardware and applications. [News.com]
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- Intel, HP target digital imaging specs - Intel (INTC) and Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today announced an agreement to develop industry specifications for digital imaging hardware and applications. [News.com]
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- Interactive news from CNN, Oracle - The interactive news site that CNN Interactive and Oracle will unveil at Spring Comdex on Wednesday is expected to provide customized news and information for users, sources told CNET's NEWS.COM today. [News.com]
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- Intergraph enters NT server fray - Workstation vendor Intergraph is jumping into the high-end server market with two new NT systems designed to compete with arch rival Compaq. [News.com]
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- Intergraph NT servers target Compaq - Workstation vendor Intergraph announced new Windows NT servers today to compete with arch rival Compaq. [News.com]
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- Intermind to push relevant content - Intermind says it has come up with a way to make push technology more personal. [News.com]
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- Internet phones cheap but dirty - Phoning via the Internet is fast and costs a fraction of ordinary international calls, but the quality is still poor and must improve before people will hang up their traditional handsets, industry experts said today. [News.com]
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- Intersect crawls for copyrights - Online copyright cops got a new tool today that tracks down unauthorized music and video clips on the Internet. [News.com]
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- Intuit buys 19% of Excite - Intuit (INTU) will pay $40 million for a 19 percent stake in Excite (XCIT), prompting the search engine company to cancel a much-anticipated secondary offering. [News.com]
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- Intuit pares staff - Software maker Intuit (INTU), faced with slower growth, today announced it would cut 270 jobs worldwide, as it looks to squeeze more efficiency out of its operations. [News.com]
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- Investor activists target high tech - Three members of Digital Equipment's board of directors are over 70 years old. If Digital shareholders had their way, they would be fired. [News.com]
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- Investors bless 3Com-USR merger - Shareholders, as expected, today gave a thumbs-up to the megamerger of networking giant 3Com (COMS) and modem maker U.S. Robotics (USRX). [News.com]
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- Investors sue to halt ISP buyout - Internet service provider Digex (DIGX) and Florida-based telecommunications provider Intermedia Communications (ICIX) have been hit with two shareholder lawsuits seeking to halt their upcoming merger, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing today. [News.com]
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- Iomega trades on buyout rumors - Portable storage maker Iomega (IOM) has seen stock trading soar to some of its highest levels for the year amid rumors that Hewlett-Packard (HWP) is interested in buying the company. [News.com]
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- Ireland: Silicon Isle of Europe - Unemployed youth are usually considered a social problem. In Ireland, they are becoming the backbone of Europe's high-tech industry. [News.com]
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- ISDN companies told to shape up - The promise of faster Net access hasn't killed ISDN, but the threat has its backers boning up on Marketing 101. [News.com]
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- ISDN targeted at home office - Once plagued by consumer complaints and poor marketing, ISDN providers are trying to spin the midband Net connection into the ultimate tool for telecommuters. [News.com]
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- ISP customers pass 17 million - The number of people using Internet service providers has more than tripled to 17.6 million since last year, eclipsing the total who use online services such as America Online, according to a study released today by Computer Intelligence. [News.com]
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- ISP touts T1 speeds over standard lines - In another effort to meet the demand for services offering fast Internet connections, CAIS Internet is rolling out a new high-speed Internet technology that uses existing copper phone lines to deliver speeds of 1.54 mbps and up to 10 mbps. [News.com]
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- Japan pushes for more bandwidth - The Japanese government has asked the country's biggest telecommunications company to adopt ADSL, a high-speed data transmission technology comparable in speed to optical fiber links. [News.com]
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- JavaScript stamped standard - JavaScript has received the Internet's equivalent of the Good Housekeeping seal of approval. [News.com]
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- JavaSoft supports Net standard - Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) JavaSoft division said today it will simplify development of cross-platform Java applications by adopting a standard industry communications protocol. [News.com]
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- JavaStation sales delayed - A variety of problems with Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) version of the network computer have pushed back release of the boxes until fall, while the JavaStation OS won't be released until October or November. [News.com]
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- Judge blocks Georgia speech law - A federal judge today granted a temporary injunction against a Georgia law that forbids use of pseudonyms and anonymous speech on the Internet, according to the plaintiffs in the case. [News.com]
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- Laptop CD-ROM drive nears 20X - Toshiba today debuted a new 20X CD-ROM that is the fastest drive currently available for use in portable computers. [News.com]
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- Leaders want crypto rules lifted - Computer industry captains called on President Clinton yesterday to drop efforts to regulate data-encryption technologies, a move the FBI warned would cripple law enforcement and leave the country more vulnerable to terrorism. [News.com]
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- Lexis-Nexis to let public see files - Amid mounting concern about online privacy, Lexis-Nexis has agreed to let the public see certain information that it keeps about it on file. [News.com]
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- Long road to high court - CNET's NEWS.COM has covered the circuitous path of the Communications Decency Act since its creation last year. [News.com]
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- Lotus chief gets Java fever - Lotus Development president Jeff Papows today went on a crusade for 100 percent pure Java, calling the programming language our "last and best hope for a cross-platform solution." [News.com]
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- Lotus develops Domino Web server - IBM (IBM) subsidiary Lotus Development today expanded its Domino groupware server lineup with new rentable versions of the application, as well as new tools and distribution options. [News.com]
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- Lotus develops Domino Web server - IBM (IBM) subsidiary Lotus Development today expanded its Domino groupware server lineup with new rentable versions of the application, as well as new tools and distribution options. [News.com]
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- Lotus manages Web documents - New tools to be released later this month by Lotus Development will allow users to store personal productivity documents on Web servers and allow selective access to their work. [News.com]
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- Lotus to ship new Organizer - Lotus Development will ship Organizer 97 GS, an upgrade to its Organizer personal information manager, Tuesday at PC Expo. [News.com]
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- Lotus to ship new Organizer - Lotus Development will ship Organizer 97 GS, an upgrade to its Organizer personal information manager, Tuesday at PC Expo. [News.com]
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- LSI, Micron in special chip venture - LSI Logic (LSI) and Micron Technology (MU) have agreed to jointly develop and manufacture specialized microprocessors for a variety of consumer electronics, the companies said today. [News.com]
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- Lucent first in new Oracle niche - Oracle thinks the deep-pocketed telecommunications hardware makers need its extra-special attention. [News.com]
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- Lucent, Philips form consumer company - Telecommunications company Lucent Technologies (LU) and electronics giant Philips Electronics (PHG) today said they agreed to merge their consumer communications products businesses into a jointly owned company valued at $2.5 billion. [News.com]
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- Mac advocates launch new publication - A new magazine will hit newsstands later this week that will argue the case that Apple (AAPL) isn't in trouble, it's just misunderstood. [News.com]
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- Magaziner: Net cuts income gap - The divide between rich and poor nations could widen if developing countries do not join a U.S. initiative to create a global framework for Internet trade, a senior White House adviser said. [News.com]
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- Many in survey say chat's too dirty - Think there's too much filth in chat rooms? You're not alone, according to a survey released today by Cyberdialog. [News.com]
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- Marengi ousted from Novell - Novell (NOVL) president Joe Marengi will be among the 1,000 workers losing their jobs at the struggling networking software company, according to sources. [News.com]
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- Matsushita stretches DVD storage - Matsushita Electric announced today it has developed technology to produce high-definition DVD discs with more than five times the storage capacity of standard DVDs. [News.com]
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- Mayors ding bill to ban Net taxes - While federal legislation to halt local taxes on the Net awaits a crucial vote tomorrow, hundreds of city mayors have lined up to stop the bill. [News.com]
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- Memphis beta testing next week - The Windows 95 successor, an upgrade code-named Memphis, will enter its first full-scale beta program next week, Microsoft officials said yesterday during a conference here. [News.com]
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- Mercury Mail follows the money - Mercury Mail, one of the largest email publishers on the Internet, plans to announce Monday that it's teaming up with Money magazine to offer stock quotes and a wider breadth of financial stories. [News.com]
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- MGM to do show on MSN - MGM Interactive, the computer game unit of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has agreed to provide an Internet show called Paul Is Dead for broadcast on the Microsoft Network. [News.com]
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- Micro Express speeds notebook - Micro Express is raising the speed limit for Intel-based mobile computing. [News.com]
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- Micron builds for DVD - Micron Electronics (MUEI) will unveil new boxes with built-in DVD drives tomorrow, becoming the fourth PC maker to enter the new age of CD-ROMs. [News.com]
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- Micron chip prices edging up - Micron Technology (MU) said the average selling prices for its computer memory chips had improved slightly in its fiscal third quarter compared with the previous three months. [News.com]
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- Micron to include Zip drive in notebook - Iomega (IOM) said its internal notebook Zip drive will be included as an optional feature in Micron Electronics' (MUEI) new TransPort XKE notebook computers. [News.com]
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- Micron-NetFrame deal hurts stock - PC maker Micron Electronics (MUEI) said today that it would acquire network server manufacturer NetFrame Systems (NETF) for $14 million--a move that didn't sit well with NetFrame investors, who immediately dumped the stock. [News.com]
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- Microsoft again forecasts slower '98 - Microsoft (MSFT) said it is spending more than $2 billion on research and development (R&D) in the current fiscal year. [News.com]
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- Microsoft buys email help - Continuing its recent shopping spree, Microsoft (MSFT) today gobbled up technology that will allow users of the Exchange message server to share addresses and send attachments to users of other messaging systems. [News.com]
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- Microsoft continues shopping spree - Microsoft (MSFT) continues to dip into its bulging financial vault, today nabbing an object-oriented software development tools maker for an undisclosed sum. [News.com]
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- Microsoft e-commerce threatens banks - Microsoft's (MSFT) bid to enter the online bill payment services market through a joint venture with First Data (FDC) could put the software giant at odds with banks. [News.com]
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- Microsoft files copyright suit - Microsoft (MSFT) sued New York City-based B. Computer International for alleged copyright and trademark infringement, according to a complaint filed by Microsoft in U.S. District Court. [News.com]
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- Microsoft fishes for small businesses - Users will soon be able to reel in Steelhead, the latest version of Microsoft's (MSFT) routing and remote access software for the Windows NT Server 4.0 operating system. [News.com]
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- Microsoft funds U.K. research lab - Microsoft (MSFT) said today that it will invest $80 million to establish a research laboratory at Cambridge University. [News.com]
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- Microsoft patches bug - Microsoft (MSFT) has apparently fixed a bug in its server software that had been exploited by hackers to cut off access to the company's Web site. [News.com]
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- Microsoft posts Agents tool beta - Microsoft (MSFT) has posted a second beta version of its Agents software for building animated characters into Internet and ActiveX applications. [News.com]
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- Microsoft push embraces Netcaster - Saying it wants to avert a standards skirmish, Microsoft (MSFT) has decided to extend its push technology so that it works with Netscape Communications' (NSCP) Netcaster software. [News.com]
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- Microsoft readies for PC-TV boom - Microsoft will be ready when PC-TVs begin to replace traditional television sets within a few years, a senior executive said here on Wednesday. [News.com]
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- Microsoft to raise NT pricing - A new enterprise version of Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows NT Server 4.0 will probably cost more than the current offering but still undercut comparable Unix pricing. [News.com]
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- Microsoft, Amex team for travel - In another sign of the online travel boom, Microsoft and American Express today previewed a new reservation service for companies. [News.com]
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- Microsoft: Cable Net access savior? - Cable companies have been working to upgrade their systems for Net access since 1995. [News.com]
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- Mitnick faces 22-month rap - A U.S. District judge said she is planning to sentence notorious computer hacker Kevin Mitnick to a total of 22 months in prison, according to her court clerk. [News.com]
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- Mitsubishi shows 2.2-lb. notebook - Mitsubishi weighed in this week here at 2.2 pounds. [News.com]
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- Mitsubishi shows 2.2-lb. notebook - Mitsubishi weighed in this week here at 2.2 pounds. [News.com]
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- Mitsubishi to enter U.S. PC market - Mitsubishi Electric will make its entrance into the U.S. PC market with a Net PC at PC Expo, where Dell Computer will also debut its first Net PC. [News.com]
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- Mitsubishi to enter U.S. PC market - Mitsubishi Electric will make its entrance into the U.S. PC market with a Net PC at PC Expo, where Dell Computer will also debut its first Net PC. [News.com]
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- Mobile NC standard released - IBM (IBM), Sun Microsystems (SUNW), Oracle (ORCL) subsidiary Network Computer Incorporated, and others joined today to release specifications for building portable network computers, which are expected to appear next year. [News.com]
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- Monorail seals case on business PCs - Monorail, already known for its inexpensive line of consumer PCs, said today it will begin selling a line of "sealed-case" PCs for businesses. [News.com]
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- More support for 56-kbps modems - Bay Networks (BAY) will give users of dial-up access a speed boost by adding support for U.S. Robotics' x2 56-kbps modem technology to its enterprise remote access server. [News.com]
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- Most firms report workplace porn - A new survey released today says almost three-fourths of 100 companies contacted reported that their workers were accessing sexually explicit Web sites. [News.com]
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- Motorola ships 300-MHz Mac clone - Motorola Computer Group (MOT) announced today that it is shipping its 300-MHz Mac clone to power-hungry Mac users. [News.com]
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- Motorola to launch satellite system - Motorola (MOT), looking to raise its profile in the satellite-systems business, is planning to launch a $12.9 billion network that would deliver high-speed data and video to businesses, broadcasters, and telecommunications companies, the Wall Street Journal said. [News.com]
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- Motorola, IBM eye India investments - IBM and Motorola have shown interest in making fresh investments in India, the chief minister of the southern state of Karnataka said today. [News.com]
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- MS betas support ECMA Script - Microsoft (MSFT) may not have been the first to introduce a scripting language for the Internet, but it says it's the first to support a standard Internet scripting language. [News.com]
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- MS gets tough on Net security - Following a rash of security-related glitches in its products earlier this year, Microsoft (MSFT) is stepping up its efforts to protect Net surfers from potential online risks. [News.com]
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- MS invests $1 billion in Comcast - Apparently, things aren't moving fast enough for Microsoft (MSFT). [News.com]
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- MS posts IIS 4.0 beta - Microsoft (MSFT) this will week introduce a major upgrade to its Internet Information Server, the company's Web server. [News.com]
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- MS-Netscape feud turns to cable - The cutthroat battle between Netscape Communications (NSCP) and Microsoft (MSFT) seems to have expanded to a new playing field: high-speed cable Internet access. [News.com]
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- MS: Pure Java doesn't pay bills - Microsoft (MSFT) is about to marry Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) Java technology more closely to its Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems. [News.com]
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- MSN sticks with online access - Expect Microsoft Network to continue making deals to bundle its content with access, but don't expect it to get out of the online access business any time soon. [News.com]
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- Multicasting trial planned - A group of companies pushing IP Multicasting next week will select vendors for a wide-scale trial of the technology, a means of distributing multimedia content over the Internet or corporate intranets. [News.com]
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- Nashville's @Home uses Motorola modems - A massive infrastructure upgrade will provide the backbone for the launch of the @Home Network service in Nashville, Tennessee, this fall using cable modems supplied by Motorola (MOT). [News.com]
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- NC server plan takes shape - Key pieces of Oracle (ORCL) chairman Larry Ellison's long-promised Network Computer framework will finally ship this summer. [News.com]
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- NCI to compete with WebTV - Oracle (ORCL) subsidiary NCI plans to introduce devices to compete with WebTV, possibly late this summer, executives revealed here today at Spring Comdex. [News.com]
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- NCR lowers expectations - NCR (NCR) said today its earnings for the second quarter will likely fall short of analysts' estimates. The company blamed weak services revenues and disappointing orders for its hardware systems. [News.com]
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- NEC, IBM ink hard drive deal - NEC (NEC) and IBM (IBM) announced yesterday that NEC has been licensed to produce specific IBM-developed 3.5-inch high performance desktop hard drives. [News.com]
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- NEC: $285 million more for Packard Bell - NEC will invest an additional $285 million in Packard Bell NEC to crank up plans to sell directly to customers. [News.com]
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- Net box opens TV to any ISP - Green Technologies today announced an Internet box that will allow consumers to access the Internet through their televisions using any Internet service provider. [News.com]
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- Net firms count on accountants - Internet companies are turning to accountants to market both software and services, hoping small businesses will accept advice on crunching bits from the same people who crunch their numbers. [News.com]
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- Net market to top $100 billion by 2000 - Sales of goods and services used to build and access the Internet will top $100 billion by the year 2000, according to a report released today by Zona Research, a firm specializing in tracking the Internet and electronic commerce. The year 2000 figure is nearly triple the $34.97 billion seen in 1996 sales. [News.com]
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- Net plan faces Capitol Hill scrutiny - Scientists working on the next generation of the Internet are finding their first challenge is to convince a skeptical U.S. Congress to fund the project. [News.com]
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- Net service builds CDs to order - A Texas company is combining the Internet with CD-ROM technology to develop a software subscription service for the booming children's CD-ROM market. [News.com]
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- Net-It follows Web document trend - Net-It Software next week will announce Net-It Central, a new software application that will allow users to link and share documents using the Web. [News.com]
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- NetFrame: Micron's path to server - Micron Electronics' (MUEI) plans to acquire network server manufacturer NetFrame Systems (NETF) will allow Micron to rapidly extend its reach into the server market, where it has been practically absent. [News.com]
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- NetGuide magazine shut down - Technology publisher CMP Media, which is looking to launch an initial public offering, has pulled the plug on print publication NetGuide magazine. [News.com]
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- NetHomes closes, mysteriously - Web-hosting company NetHomes has abruptly cut off its customers, citing vandalism as the reason. [News.com]
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- Netiva ships Java database tool - Netiva Software today began shipping Netiva 1.0, its Java-based development software for network-based workgroup databases. [News.com]
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- Netizens debate bomb verdict - The talk was heartfelt and vicious, sympathetic and vindictive. It was also conspiratorial and patriotic, argumentative, and consoling. [News.com]
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- NetPCs are coming; who'll buy? - | video The Net PC is coming. That was made perfectly clear yesterday when 12 of the largest computer vendors in the world announced that they plan to ship these newfangled corporate computers later this year. [News.com]
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- NetPCs are coming; who'll buy? - video The Net PC is coming. That was made perfectly clear yesterday when 12 of the largest computer vendors in the world announced that they plan to ship these newfangled corporate computers later this year. [News.com]
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- Netscape completes acquisitions - Netscape Communications (NSCP) said it has completed the acquisition of two private companies--DigitalStyle and Portola Communications--as part of its bid to become the top supplier of Internet software to networked businesses. [News.com]
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- Netscape components get JavaBeans - Netscape Communications' (NSCP) love affair with Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) Java technology just won't end. [News.com]
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- Netscape finds bug, promises fix - Netscape Communications (NSCP) says it will post a fix next week for a security vulnerability in its Web browser that could allow a malicious hacker to swipe data from computers over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Netscape inks power industry deal - Connext, a private Seattle-based utility services company, and Netscape Communications (NSCP) have agreed to jointly develop products aimed at a deregulated electricity industry, Connext president and CEO Maura O'Neill said yesterday. [News.com]
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- Netscape looks to Apple technology - Netscape Communications (NSCP) is increasingly putting its weight behind a technology that could ultimately provide a unified graphical interface to data on hard disks and the Internet. [News.com]
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- Netscape mum on bug details - Netscape Communciations (NSCP) is working to post a fix next week for a potentially serious security problem in several versions of its Web browser, but the company remains tight-lipped about the nature of the problem. [News.com]
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- Netscape points to Compass - Netscape Communications (NSCP) evangelized its current lineup of Internet server and client products today and provided a glimpse of the future. [News.com]
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- Netscape preaches standards - Netscape Communications (NSCP) today went public to defend its reputation as a supporter of open standards, a move that some saw as a veiled snipe at arch-rival Microsoft. [News.com]
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- Netscape puts data on the road - Users of Netscape Communications' (NSCP) Communicator Internet client soon will be able to take their data on the go. [News.com]
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- Netscape sees Q3 bonanza - A senior Netscape Communications (NSCP) executive said the company's newly shipped Communicator and SuiteSpot 3.0 products will provide a big boost to results in the third quarter. [News.com]
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- Netscape sets shipping dates - The time has arrived for Netscape Communications (NSCP) to ship. [News.com]
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- Netscape sets shipping dates - The time has arrived for Netscape Communications (NSCP) to ship. [News.com]
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- Netscape won't fix all Navigators - Netscape Communications (NSCP) has posted the first fix for its Communicator software suite with a newer version of the software, plugging a security hole found last week in the company's Web browser. [News.com]
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- Netscape, Concentric show hospitality - Netscape Communications and (NSCP) and Concentric Network want a chunk of the largely untapped market for connecting small businesses to the Internet. [News.com]
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- Netside seats for the big fight - As Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield prepare for their heavyweight championship boxing rematch Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, fans are turning to the Web to read all about it, enter contests, cast their votes, and chat to their heart's content. [News.com]
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- Network computers to take on PCs - Oracle subsidiary Network Computer Incorporated (NCI) today introduced a hardware and software package for its network computers as other hardware vendors chimed in with NC-related announcements. [News.com]
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- New CDA legislation expected - The Supreme Court's rejection of the Communications Decency Act today made at least one thing certain: more legislation. [News.com]
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- New chips for low-cost PCs - Cyrix and SGS Thomson today announced new processors for consumer computers that unite system functions and multimedia features on a single processor. [News.com]
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- New content service for ISPs - A new service that allows ISPs to offer consumer-oriented information to their subscribers goes live this week, coming as many Internet access providers try to differentiate themselves from their larger rivals and online services like America Online or Microsoft Network. [News.com]
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- New crypto bill clears committee - Just three days after it was introduced, a bill that seeks to impose restrictions on the domestic use of encryption sailed without hearings through the Senate Commerce Committee. [News.com]
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- New Net access hot in Atlanta - Judging by all the complaints about jammed phone lines and dropped connections at hotels during this week's Spring Comdex show, most attendees still rely on dial-up access to reach the Internet. [News.com]
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- New Netscape mantra: Extranets - Netscape Communications (NSCP) hopes to convince developers this week that extranets are key to corporate communications and that its brand-new Communicator provides the key to the extranet. [News.com]
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- New online auction site launched - HSN's Internet Shopping Network (ISN) has launched an online auction site on the Web, competing with sites like Onsale for the dollars of high-tech consumers. [News.com]
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- New server to run NT and Unix - Hitachi has agreed with Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), and Hewlett-Packard (HWP) to jointly develop a server capable of running software based on both Unix and Windows NT operating systems, a Japanese financial daily reported Saturday. [News.com]
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- New site is company-neutral - With Web founder Tim Berners-Lee on its advisory board and thousands of corporate subscribers already signed up, Mainspring will launch its Web site Monday to offer vendor-neutral intranet and Internet information. [News.com]
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- New standard for corporate buying - American Express (AXP) and other major companies today unveiled a new standard designed to streamline the process of making corporate purchases over the Internet. [News.com]
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- New, cheap Mac clone for Japan - While the number of U.S. companies making Macintosh clones has peaked, the number of Asian companies selling these machines continues to expand in a market where interest in the Mac platform remains strong. [News.com]
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- Nexar PCs follow component model - Stuck with last year's microprocessor? You may not have to be with a PC from Nexar Technologies (NEXR). [News.com]
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- Nexar PCs follow component model - Stuck with last year's microprocessor? You may not have to be with a PC from Nexar Technologies (NEXR). [News.com]
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- Next decency fight: libraries - Antipornography advocates used to protest objectional material that was circulating in libraries by burning books. In the digital age, they seek to ban access to Internet content instead. [News.com]
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- Next Windows goes into full beta - The Windows 95 successor, an upgrade code-named Memphis, has just entered its first full-scale beta-testing program. [News.com]
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- Nickelodeon site launches - The market for online services aimed at children heated up yesterday with the launch of a Web site from television powerhouse Nickelodeon. [News.com]
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- No MS earnings surprise seen - An analyst with a major investment banking firm is estimating that Microsoft (MSFT) is likely to meet Wall Street expectations for the quarter, according to a source, but investors shouldn't expect the estimate-busting performance of past quarters. [News.com]
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- No NC winner declared at Comdex - There were no winners at a Spring Comdex '97 shoot-out among companies diving into network computers, but the midday forum did serve as a good barometer for the slowly emerging NC market. [News.com]
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- Notebooks dominate PC Expo - The Net PC set off the biggest buzz at this year's PC Expo, but the newest of business boxes wasn't the only technology drawing attention on the show floor. [News.com]
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- Notebooks dominate PC Expo - The Net PC set off the biggest buzz at this year's PC Expo, but the newest of business boxes wasn't the only technology drawing attention on the show floor. [News.com]
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- Notebooks may get built to order - Fujitsu PC may translate some of the build-to-order techniques used to cut desktop PC costs to its notebook production process. [News.com]
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- Notebooks upgrade to MMX - Notebook vendors took a while to get around to it, but they are now rushing to incorporate the multimedia MMX Pentium processor in their new models. [News.com]
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- Notebooks upgrade to MMX - Notebook vendors took a while to get around to it, but they are now rushing to incorporate the multimedia MMX Pentium processor in their new models. [News.com]
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- Novell execs join Novonyx - Novonyx, the private company formed by Novell (NOVL) and Netscape Communications (NSCP) in March, said today that it had named Robert Hicks and four other former Novell executives to top positions. [News.com]
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- Novell president quits - Novell (NOVL) president Joe Marengi today announced his resignation, marking the highest-ranking departure among the 1,000 workers losing their jobs at the struggling networking software company. [News.com]
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- Novell wins $200,000 patent case - Novell (NOVL) said today that it has won a summary judgment in its case against RTI of Killeen, Texas, granting Novell's request for $200,000 in statutory damages, as well as attorney's fees. [News.com]
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- Novell: Europe in high-tech drift - European companies are in danger of falling behind U.S. competitors because managements are slow to embrace new technology, U.S. software group Novell said today. [News.com]
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- Novellus buys into thin films - Novellus Systems (NVLS), a maker of equipment to manufacture computer chips, said today that it has acquired the thin films systems business of Varian Associates (VAR) for about $150 million in cash. [News.com]
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- Now, a PC that controls your home - IBM (IBM) is broadening its effort to make the PC the center of a home network. [News.com]
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- NT erodes Unix workstations - The Windows NT operating system has taken another bite of the Unix workstation market, according to a Dataquest report released today. [News.com]
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- NT server from HP crowds Unix space - New, very-high-end Windows NT servers, announced today by Hewlett-Packard (HWP), will set the stage for NT servers to begin replacing powerful Unix systems at large corporations. [News.com]
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- Oberon expands app integration - Oberon Software is adding new support for enterprise and vertical applications to its Prospero application integration environment, with applications from J.D. Edwards and Primavera the first to be supported. [News.com]
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- Ohio bill rewrites library law - Winning a partial victory against state-ordered Net censorship, Ohio libraries will earn the right to decide locally how to address children's access to online porn if a proposed law is passed. [News.com]
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- Old media make big moves online - The television networks scoffed at Ted Turner when he launched CNN in 1980. But the brash Southerner won over many of their loyal viewers and taught them a costly lesson. [News.com]
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- One-time charge puts Corel in red - After warning investors two weeks ago of a big one-time writedown, software maker Corel (COSFF) today reported a second-quarter net loss of $105.7 million. [News.com]
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- Online ad revenues break records - Online ad revenues surged to $129.5 million in the first quarter, a rise of more than $20 million, or 18 percent, from record fourth-quarter 1996 levels, the Internet Advertising Bureau reported. [News.com]
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- Online ads adding up - Ad spending is due to reach $2.57 billion in the year 2000, significantly higher than last year but still a small fraction of total ad dollars, according to a Cowles/Simba Information report to be issued tomorrow. [News.com]
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- Online trading firm opens - PC Financial Network, a pioneer in online trading for the individual investor, this week rolled out a new subsidiary to spread technology know-how to other financial institutions. [News.com]
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- OnLive trims a third of workforce - OnLive Technologies is laying off 23 of 70 employees--one-third of its workforce--as part of a corporate restructuring, chief executive Betsy Pace told CNET's NEWS.COM today. [News.com]
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- Open Market plans coupon craze - The next version of Internet commerce software vendor Open Market's (OMKT) flagship Transact software, due next week, is designed to create a coupon craze on the Internet. [News.com]
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- OpenView tool adds Web interface - A new management tool will allow users of Hewlett-Packard's (HWP) OpenView platform to take the pulse of their Web servers. [News.com]
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- Oracle 8 falls short of promises - Oracle (ORCL) will detail features of its long-awaited Oracle 8 database server upgrade tomorrow in anticipation of a formal launch slated for June 24. [News.com]
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- Oracle details object upgrade - Oracle (ORCL) today finally gave details of object support planned for its Oracle 8 database upgrade, set to ship later this month. [News.com]
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- Oracle exec details pro-consumer plan - Oracle debuted its Network Computing Architecture (NCA) in a glitzy extravaganza yesterday at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall. The $2 million-plus spectacle even managed to impress a crowd of jaded reporters. [News.com]
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- Oracle hawks NC framework - Oracle (ORCL) today made its boldest--and most public--declaration of war on the Microsoft-dominated PC market with the introduction here of its Network Computing Architecture (NCA). [News.com]
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- Oracle now in the oil business - Oracle (ORCL) has agreed to buy British Petroleum's (BP) specialized software for the oil refining industry. [News.com]
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- Oracle OLAP tools embrace Web - Oracle (ORCL) is set to release revamped Web versions of its Express data analysis tools next week. [News.com]
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- Oracle shelves Sedona tool - The only product to receive more hype from the Oracle (ORCL) spin machine than the Network Computer or Oracle 8 has been the company's long-promised next generation development toolset, code-named Sedona. [News.com]
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- Oracle wants to be a household name - Oracle's (ORCL) Network Computing Architecture rollout yesterday also served as a coming-out party for the company, the first step in a quest to establish Oracle as a household name. [News.com]
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- Oracle, IBM, Sun take NC on road - The powers-that-be behind the network computer will on Monday announce a new design for the traveling NC. [News.com]
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- Packard Bell gets direct - Packard Bell NEC will launch direct sales to business customers later this year, in an attempt to keep up with the successful direct sales models of companies such as Dell Computer, Gateway 2000, and Micron. [News.com]
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- Packard Bell gets direct - Packard Bell NEC will launch direct sales to business customers later this year, in an attempt to keep up with the successful direct sales models of companies such as Dell Computer, Gateway 2000, and Micron. [News.com]
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- Papows: Notes sales exceed estimates - Lotus Development said yesterday that sales of its Lotus Notes and Domino groupware and messaging software products are on target with the company's 1997 estimates. [News.com]
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- Pay-to-play could spread on Net - America Online (AOL) members will have to pony up $1.99 an hour to play premium games, but they won't be the only Netizens paying surcharges to get in on Internet gaming action. [News.com]
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- PC Expo: Promises on display - PC Expo kicks off next week, and Net PCs, PCs with DVD-ROM, and mobile PCs will be the hot topics of conversation. [News.com]
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- PC Expo: Promises on display - PC Expo kicks off next week, and Net PCs, PCs with DVD-ROM, and mobile PCs will be the hot topics of conversation. [News.com]
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- PC makers faring well - Shares of Compaq (CPQ) and other computer companies continued to rise, bolstered by bullish comments by Merrill Lynch and a strong outlook for the quarter, analysts said. [News.com]
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- PC prices coming down - Personal computer manufacturers are expected to cut prices in their mainstay product categories as PCs continue to get cheaper and cheaper. [News.com]
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- PC vendors take the direct challenge - In the face of a successful onslaught of direct marketers led by Dell Computer, most of the top PC makers are overhauling their outdated methods of selling computers. The result could be even lower PC prices. [News.com]
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- PCs find place with families - The PC is now up there with the dog, Twister, and the Weber barbecue. [News.com]
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- Pentium II servers search for market - Intel's (INTC) Pentium II processor doesn't yet pass muster as the chip of choice for server computers, which form the backbone of a corporation's computer network. [News.com]
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- PeopleLink seeks to clean up chat - If you're having a hard time finding a clean, comfortable place to chat with family and friends online, one start-up company says it has a solution. [News.com]
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- Perspecta to render data in 3D space - With no end to the information glut in sight, more and more software companies are working on radical next-generation interfaces for navigating and sifting through data on the Net. [News.com]
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- Philips helps users record CDs - Philips Electronics said today it will launch an audio recorder by the end of this year or early next year to let consumers record their own compact discs. [News.com]
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- Philips jumps into modem market - Electronics powerhouse Philips Electronics has decided to try its luck in the American modem market with a new 56-kbps fax modem for home users. [News.com]
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- Playboy to tag and track images - Playboy Enterprises is stockpiling new ammunition to catch pirates who illegally reuse its copyrighted images on the Net. [News.com]
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- PointCast 2.0 beta out - While Netscape Communications and Microsoft work on the first editions of their respective "push" technologies, PointCast has posted the second major release of its software. [News.com]
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- PointCast looks for new CEO - As it launches the second major version of its "push" technology, PointCast has decided that it needs a new chief executive. [News.com]
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- PointCast pushes for colleges - Push technology will be invading college campuses this fall. [News.com]
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- PointCast pushes health care plan - Continuing its efforts to tap specialized markets, PointCast will announce a version of its Internet broadcasting service Monday aimed at the health care industry. [News.com]
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- PointCast wants media maven for CEO - Chris Hassett helped pioneer the concept of "push" technology, but he's not the one who will lead his company's planned transformation from software maker into Internet media giant. [News.com]
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- Polese to push software updates - Can software applications be reincarnated? They just might be as the "lifecycle" of applications becomes increasingly accelerated, a phenomenon described today by Kim Polese, chief executive of Marimba. [News.com]
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- Polese to push software updates - Can software applications be reincarnated? They just might be as the "lifecycle" of applications becomes increasingly accelerated, a phenomenon described today by Kim Polese, chief executive of Marimba. [News.com]
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- Polished WordPerfect released - Corel today at PC Expo released WordPerfect Suite 8, the latest upgrade to its office productivity software. [News.com]
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- Polished WordPerfect released - Corel released WordPerfect Suite 8 at PC Expo today, the latest upgrade to its office productivity software. [News.com]
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- Poor earnings hurt Adobe stock - Shares of Adobe Systems (ADBE) took a hit in trading today, after the company reported second-quarter results that fell short of Wall Street estimates. [News.com]
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- Poor Seagate numbers hurt stock - Shares of Seagate Technology (SEG) dropped sharply in morning trading today after the storage company cited declining demand for its high-performance products and noted that its quarterly revenues will fall below expectations. [News.com]
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- Power Computing cuts Mac clone prices - Power Computing said today that it reduced prices on certain midrange Apple Macintosh clone computers by about $100. [News.com]
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- Power Computing files for IPO - Power Computing, the largest Macintosh clone maker, today filed for an initial public offering in hopes of raising as much as $30 million in capital and fueling its push to build on the Microsoft-Intel platform. [News.com]
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- Power Computing goes with Intel - Watch out, Dell. Another computer company in the Lone Star State wants to build Intel-based clones. [News.com]
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- Powersoft founders move to Java - A development tool start-up, staffed by the founders of one-time tools heavyweight Powersoft, will introduce a toolset Monday for building business applications entirely in Java. [News.com]
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- Print to try packaging with NewsWorks - The nation's nine largest newspaper companies, including the New York Times, Times Mirror, and the Tribune Company, are putting the final touches on a Web site that will aggregate their best news and information, dubbed NewsWorks, which will officially launch June 30, the company announced today. [News.com]
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- Privacy advocates question OPS - Skepticism is growing about a new privacy standard announced two weeks ago by Netscape Communications' (NSCP) and endorsed today by Microsoft (MSFT). [News.com]
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- Privacy forum plugs disclosure - Disclosure, disclosure, disclosure was the mantra of today's Federal Trade Commission session on consumer online privacy. [News.com]
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- Private dollars wanted for next Net - A White House official's call was dropped when he tried to patch into a high-tech industry meeting about the Next Generation Internet (NGI) today--a timely demo of the network's need for a facelift. [News.com]
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- Pro-Code bill all but dead - With the swiftness of a palace coup, one encryption bill has replaced its ideological rival as the center of the contentious debate over how much freedom Internet users should have in protecting their private correspondence. [News.com]
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- Pro-spam hacker reported - A mysterious hacker has come to the defense of much-hated junk emailers, allegedly targeting sites and people who are against spam. [News.com]
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- Proxy Server 2.0 crowds firewalls - Though Microsoft (MSFT) says it doesn't plan to compete with firewall vendors, its plans to add firewall security features to the latest version of its Proxy Server software could shake up the firewall software market. [News.com]
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- Public urged to help domain mess - In the face of an impasse, the Commerce Department is asking for public input on the future of the Internet's domain name system, releasing a request for comment on how the administration of the Internet's naming system should be handled. [News.com]
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- Pure Java Communicator vowed - As it underscored its commitment to cross-platform applications, Netscape Communications (NSCP) promised today that it would deliver a "100 percent pure" Java version of its Communicator software next year. [News.com]
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- Quebec demands site use French - Quebec's language police are cracking down on Web sites that don't use enough French. [News.com]
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- QuickTime 3.0 is tardy - Developers waiting for Apple Computer's (AAPL) QuickTime 3.0 will have to wait a little longer, as the popular multimedia authoring and playback software won't ship until the end of summer, company managers said today. [News.com]
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- Report blasts companies on privacy - Companies probably will tell the Federal Trade Commission this week that they're doing enough to safeguard privacy of individuals on the Internet. But they're not, according to a report by the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center released as the FTC holds a privacy hearing this week. [News.com]
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- Report hurts Broderbund stock - Broderbund Software's (BROD) stock closed down 1-11/16 today after the company missed expectations on its quarterly results. [News.com]
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- Report: Government files a mess - Public records are popping up all over the Net, but government databases need major upgrades before people can abandon long lines and copy machines forever, according to a study released today. [News.com]
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- RSA opens vault to crypto code - Faced with a July 1 deadline from a leading Internet standards body, RSA Data Security today published a description of its RC2 encryption algorithm that is key to the company's brand of secure email. [News.com]
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- Rural demands made for Internet 2 - Development of the next generation of the Internet must involve rural states or Congress will not fund it, powerful senators warned President Clinton's technical advisers yesterday. [News.com]
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- Sale of PC Quote service nixed - PC Quote (PQT), a provider of online, real-time stock and market quotes, today announced that negotiations to sell its core business to Track Data have fallen through. [News.com]
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- SAP has eye on Euro business - German software company SAP today announced enhancements to its flagship transaction processing software, R/3, which is due by the end of the year. [News.com]
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- SCO restructures, lays off 120 - The Santa Cruz Operation (SCOC), a leading supplier of Unix server operating systems, said today it will restructure its organization to integrate its multiple product development groups into a single product engineering and marketing division to be headed by Unix pioneer Doug Michels, the company's cofounder, executive vice president, and chief technical officer. [News.com]
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- Screen market becoming clearer - Notebook screens are expected to continue to grow in size this year, but companies such as Toshiba are also looking to introduce new display technologies this year that will make notebook screens brighter, lighter, and more reliable than models now on the market. [News.com]
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- Sculley joins Israeli firm's board - Former Apple CEO John Sculley says he is joining the board of Catalyst, parent company of HK Strategy & Finance, an investment firm specializing in the Israeli high-tech industry. [News.com]
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- Seagate shares down 12% - Seagate Technology's (SEG) stock today dropped 12.65 percent, a day after the company announced that weakness in customer demand would cut into profits this quarter. [News.com]
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- Senate bill seeks to nix games - A Republican senator today proposed banning computer games in federal government offices and requiring a person, rather than a machine, to answer the telephone. [News.com]
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- Senators urge Microsoft OS probe - Three Republican senators are asking the Federal Trade Commission to look into Microsoft's (MSFT) operating system licensing structure. [News.com]
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- Set-top box for PC users debuts - NewCom unveiled today at PC Expo a new kind of set-top box aimed at experienced PC users. [News.com]
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- Set-top box for PC users debuts - NewCom unveiled today at PC Expo a new kind of set-top box aimed at experienced PC users. [News.com]
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- SGI, Kodak help explore Mars - Silicon Graphics and Kodak are providing the technology to drive a high-tech microrover that will traverse the surface of Mars on a mission for NASA. [News.com]
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- Sharp wants to lend a handheld - Sharp Electronics will unveil a new pocket organizer next Tuesday at PC Expo that could steal some of the thunder from U.S. Robotics (USRX) and its PalmPilot organizer. [News.com]
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- Sharp wants to lend a handheld - Sharp Electronics will unveil a new pocket organizer next Tuesday at PC Expo that could steal some of the thunder from U.S. Robotics (USRX) and its PalmPilot organizer. [News.com]
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- Ship date not in Memphis demo - More people than expected showed up for Microsoft's (MSFT) first major public demonstration of Memphis, the code name for its upgrade to the Windows 95 operating system. But executives couldn't answer the conventioneers' most burning question: When will it ship? [News.com]
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- Short City: Electronic Arts to buy Maxis - Electronic Arts has announced plans to acquire Maxis in a stock-swap deal valued at $125 million. Electronic Arts, a publisher of interactive entertainment software, wants Maxis' Sim software line, which includes the SimCity games. Maxis is interested in getting access to EA's worldwide distribution system. [News.com]
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- Shortage of millennium bug fixers seen - A likely shortage of resources to fix millennium bug problems could mean many companies won't be able to afford to solve them, an expert on the issue said today. [News.com]
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- Siltek falls on Hewlett-Packard news - Shares in South African information technology group Siltek fell today as market players digested the firm's move to sell some of its businesses and assets to U.S.-based Hewlett-Packard (HWP), dealers said. [News.com]
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- Site targets aging baby boomers - The start-up Third Age Media today launched its sponsor-backed Web site to appeal to the nation's growing numbers of wired baby boomers over 50. [News.com]
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- Slow sales hurt Cabletron stock - Shares of networking player Cabletron Systems (CS) dipped slightly today, after reporting first-quarter results that reflected a slip in sales. [News.com]
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- Smart cards to drive e-commerce - Hours after his shareholders approved the acquisition of his company by Hewlett-Packard (HWP), VeriFone chief executive Hatim Tyajbi predicted that together Internet commerce and smart cards will fundamentally change the way consumers spend their money. [News.com]
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- Smart cards: Technological wallflowers - It's not the technology's fault that there's no place to use smart cards. [News.com]
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- Smut issues debated in Ireland - Ireland has become the latest country to consider whether to crack down on "harmful and illegal" uses of the Internet, including child pornography. [News.com]
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- Softbank drives hard on commerce - Softbank Net Solutions has detailed its comprehensive system for delivering digital products over the Internet and other networks. [News.com]
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- Software modem hits 56 kbps - Motorola (MOT) said today that it is demonstrating a 56-kbps software modem at PC Expo. [News.com]
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- Software modem hits 56 kbps - Motorola (MOT) said today that it is demonstrating a 56-kbps software modem at PC Expo. [News.com]
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- Software tries to fool cookies - A software company is offering a free utility that it claims can keep your surfing habits and other personal information private. [News.com]
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- Solaris: Sun's answer to NT - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) is abandoning its "one size fits all" strategy and moving forward with plans to customize its Solaris operating system for particular markets. [News.com]
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- Sony camera puts image on disk - A new digital still camera from Sony (SNE) allows users to store pictures on inexpensive floppy disks instead of more common, high-priced storage devices. [News.com]
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- Sony debuts multimedia notebook - Sony Electronics (SNE) today announced it will enter the notebook market with two new models in its VAIO line which go further than most notebooks in closing the gap between consumer electronics devices and PCs. [News.com]
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- Sony, Intel to part ways - Sony has decided to produce personal computers at its San Diego factory in the United States and to end a manufacturing deal with Intel (INTC), the Japanese business daily Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun reported today. [News.com]
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- SportsLine passes to Jordan - CBS SportsLine is trying for a slam-dunk in its competition against ESPN SportsZone and other online sports sites today by announcing a ten-year exclusive contract with basketball great Michael Jordan. [News.com]
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- Sprint mulls new pricing plan - Sprint (FON) Internet Access Services expects to come up with a new pricing plan for its retail Net access product within 60 to 90 days and will soon add chat as a feature, Jim Dodd, vice president of the group, told CNET today. [News.com]
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- Spyglass stock down on earnings news - After announcing it will report a larger-than-expected loss, Spyglass (SPYG) watched its stock slide more than 11 percent in early trading. [News.com]
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- States enforce own Net laws - While the American Civil Liberties Union has been battling the Communications Decency Act, the states have not been idle in regulating red-light districts on the Web. [News.com]
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- States urged to curb gambling - Widespread Internet gambling, potentially raking in hundreds of billions of dollars, could become a reality very soon and authorities must act now to stop it, a state official said today. [News.com]
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- Stock market chaos helps Infoseek - Despite an analyst's neutral rating and the downward trend of the indexes, Infoseek's (SEEK) stock gained over 16 percent in early trading. [News.com]
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- Sun downplays Java bug - Researchers at the University of Washington have unearthed another security bug in Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) Java technology. [News.com]
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- Sun has agenda with Java server - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has shipped a Java-based Web server in an attempt to make Java development more palatable to corporate users. [News.com]
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- Sun licenses NCD network technology - Network Computing Devices (NCD) has licensed its PC-Xware networking technology to Sun Microsystems for use in Sun's network connectivity suite. [News.com]
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- Sun loses round in Java fight - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has lost the first round in its fight to turn the Java programming language into an official standard. [News.com]
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- Sun targets financial applications - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) today announced a Java-based framework for building and deploying Web-based financial services. [News.com]
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- Symantec and the nudists - First it was the nudists. Then it was the environmentalists. Then came the police in riot gear armed with pepper spray and tear gas. [News.com]
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- SyQuest stock up on sales reports - Plagued with continued losses and dropping revenue in recent quarters, SyQuest Technology (SYQT) said today it expects to make a comeback, predicting new-customer sales will bolster its fiscal third quarter. [News.com]
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- Talk City chats up growth plan - Talk City, the chat network founded and funded by some ex-Apple Computer executives, is holding a coming-out party at Spring Comdex here today to introduce new products and features to help spur its next phase of growth. [News.com]
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- Tandem picks Mercantec for e-commerce - Tandem Computers (TDM), which has marketed its fault-tolerant hardware to retailers and banks for many years, today said it will also peddle Internet commerce software from little-known company Mercantec. [News.com]
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- Tandem: Compaq's corporate solution - After talking acquisition with a handful of different computer manufacturers, Compaq Computer (CPQ) today settled on Tandem Computers (TDM), agreeing on a $3 billion stock deal designed to bolster Compaq's position as a computing solutions provider for enterprise networks. [News.com]
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- Technology no panacea - Today's Communications Decency Act ruling leaves it up to parents to protect their children from online smut, but experts say the few tools they have to help them are far from foolproof. [News.com]
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- Technology spending to rise again - While some businesses have turned to technology to regulate their employees' Net access, a study released today says access fuels productivity and that executives place technology spending high on their agendas. [News.com]
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- Telcos to mind ISDN pricing gap - High-speed access to the Net is definitely in demand. But the turf war over which technology will deliver fast connections comes down to dollars and cents for consumers. [News.com]
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- The Net ain't TV - Television and radio broadcasters gingerly dipping their toes into the Internet now have more of an impetus to dive in. [News.com]
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- The Supremes in cyberspace - Bill Clinton's bottom must be stinging just about now. But it's a good kind of hurt. [News.com]
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- Thin client goes on a diet - The so-called "thin" client is getting even thinner at HDS Network Systems. [News.com]
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- Time Warner surfs in Hawaii - Residents and vacationing executives in Oahu, Hawaii, soon will have high-speed access to the Net. [News.com]
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- Tonga gets in on domain game - Capitalizing on the shortage of domain names, the Kingdom of Tonga--the only inhabited South Pacific island never to be colonized--has begun hawking the ".to" designation to Netizens. [News.com]
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- Tool maker overcome by Progress - Application development tool maker Progress Software (PRGS) will acquire Apptivity, a privately held Java tool specialist, in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $13 million. [News.com]
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- Tools improve Windows view - Networking companies are debuting new tools this week to take advantage of Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems. [News.com]
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- Toshiba America names new execs - Toshiba America, which is on a campaign to enlarge its markets, today named several new executives. [News.com]
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- Toshiba joins Net PC rush - Not to be left out of the stampede, Toshiba announced today that it would ship Net PC-class products and servers for the corporate market in the first half of next year. [News.com]
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- Toshiba licenses Net tuner - Toshiba has licensed technology from iReady that will allow the low-cost production of Internet-ready consumer electronics such as pagers, cellular phones, and televisions. [News.com]
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- Toshiba unwraps subnotebook - Toshiba has introduced two new ultralight notebook PCs at the Spring Comdex conference in Atlanta, as the company brings one of the first subnotebooks of its kind to the U.S. market. [News.com]
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- TotalNews, publishers settle suit - In a case that raised difficult copyright questions for hyperlinking to Web sites, TotalNews has reached a settlement with a handful of media companies that had sued the site for displaying their news stories. [News.com]
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- Traffic buckles Microsoft site - Microsoft (MSFT), apparently overwhelmed with users, is having serious problems with its Web site. [News.com]
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- Treasury says hands off e-commerce - The Treasury Department wants electronic commerce to develop with as few restrictions as possible and feels the private sector must lead the way, Treasury Under Secretary John Hawke said. [News.com]
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- Turner, Ellison debut Custom News - update The Custom News Web site unveiled today by CNN Interactive and Oracle (ORCL) will reduce the "information overload" that is stressing out millions of Americans, even ruining their love lives, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison and CNN founder Ted Turner said during a comical Spring Comdex presentation today. [News.com]
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- U.K. child abuse witch-hunt exposed - David Hebditch and two other British journalists knew they were breaking the law when they posted a banned government report detailing a notorious ritual child abuse case on their Web site. [News.com]
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- Umax embraces Rhapsody OS - A Taiwanese firm that has tied its fortunes to Apple Computer's (AAPL) success today cautiously welcomed Apple's planned multiplatform operating system. [News.com]
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- Umax revs up Mac clones - Umax today announced a new technology to increase the performance of its Mac clones. [News.com]
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- Umax trolls for low-end buyers - Umax Computer is expanding its low-end strategy to include business users by introducing two new low-cost Mac clones with networking capability that are priced starting at $1,095. [News.com]
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- Unisys CEO plans departure - Unisys's (UIS) chairman and chief executive today turned in his resignation, even as the company's long-awaited recovery comes into view. [News.com]
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- UPS to deliver on Internet time - United Parcel Service is testing a secure document delivery service over the Internet, a move to push ahead of rival Federal Express by embracing the Net's ability to send data almost immediately. [News.com]
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- USDA site hacked - The Agriculture Department's Foreign Agricultural Service shut down access to its home page yesterday after a major security breach was discovered, a department aide said. [News.com]
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- Users left out in ISP squabble - Politics, Equipment Failure, and Bad Routing: If this were a movie, that could be the title. [News.com]
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- Users slam Hotmail porn spam - According to conventional wisdom, free email services were created for members to send and receive personal messages, not for sending out pornography ads for free. But that's apparently what some Netizens say happened at Hotmail, one of the leading free email providers. [News.com]
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- USR to test cable modems - As part of a nationwide effort to expand cable modem service slowly but surely, U.S. Robotics (USRX) will conduct cable modem trials with two cable operators and launch the first regional retail sales of these modems. [News.com]
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- UUNet Net access restored - UUNet Technologies says Internet access is back up and running for customers in major metropolitan areas across the country that may have experienced outages yesterday. [News.com]
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- VeriFone chooses encryption - In a blow to encryption vendor RSA Data Security, VeriFone (VFI) will announce Monday that it's using encryption technology from Certicom (CIC) for consumer smart card readers. [News.com]
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- Verio adds to war chest - Internet service provider Verio today said it raised $150 million though debt financing to continue its U.S. expansion. [News.com]
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- Verity earnings disappoint - Search engine software company Verity (VRTY) today posted a much larger fourth-quarter loss than Wall Street expected, as sales slowed. [News.com]
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- Vietnam to join Net craze - Vietnam is hoping to license its first Internet provider within weeks as part of a step-by-step opening to the information superhighway, officials said today. [News.com]
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- Visa moves to link chip cards, SET - Seeking to boost the use of smart cards in Internet commerce, Visa said today that it's turning over its work on a "Chip Electronic Commerce Standard" to a standards group that includes MasterCard and EuroPay, Mastercard's European affiliate. [News.com]
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- Vitria debuts smart pull server - With competition in the push technology market reaching a fever pitch, companies are beginning to distinguish between "true push" and "smart pull" technologies. [News.com]
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- Wal-Mart bug allows peep at shoppers - A glitch in Wal-Mart's online storefront is giving customers a peep into other people's shopping carts. [News.com]
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- Wal-Mart fixes site bug - Wal-Mart has patched a glitch in its online storefront that gave some customers a peep into other's shopping carts. [News.com]
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- Wal-Mart SET into stone - Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), the world's largest retailer, today blessed the Secure Electronic Transactions protocol to become its preferred method for Internet customers to make credit card purchases at its Web storefront. [News.com]
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- Wang PC builds in security features - Hoping to tap worries about economic espionage and theft of trade secrets, Wang Labs (WANG) today introduced a secure PC designed for government and commercial markets. [News.com]
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- Warning issued on medical kits - The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to purchase "home abortion kits" and "female sterilization kits" offered for sale on the Internet. [News.com]
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- Weak market sinks PictureTel stock - PictureTel's (PCTL) news today, that continuing softness in the videoconferencing market will push revenues below expectations, caused its stock to list badly in early trading. [News.com]
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- Web firm takes on Cyber Promotions - Gavin Clarkson says notorious spamming outfit Cyber Promotions has picked the wrong stooge this time. [News.com]
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- Webcast meets Wall Street - Webcasting isn't just for concerts anymore. Try shareholder meetings. [News.com]
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- Webcasting Hong Kong's transition - More than 20 major broadcasters launched Webcasts today to help cover Hong Kong's return to China, the latest example of news organizations using the Web to report high-profile events. [News.com]
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- WebCrawler weaves new look - Excite (XCIT) today will dust the cobwebs off its WebCrawler search engine, giving it a facelift and new features. [News.com]
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- WebTV adds crypto for transactions - WebTV Networks, aiming to offer the first Internet appliance to include SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) security for secure transactions, has become the first user of Terisa Systems' new thin SSL client security tools. [News.com]
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- WebTV doesn't fly in Gotham - Holy incompatibility! WebTV is supposed to bring flashy Internet content and online entertainment to televisions everywhere, but most of its users can't see the dynamic Web pages for the upcoming movie Batman & Robin. [News.com]
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- WebTV lures developers - WebTV Networks today announced a developers' program to help content companies create online content for consumers who access the Internet on a WebTV set-top box. [News.com]
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- WebTV tunes in Hitachi, Mitsubishi - WebTV Networks, a maker of TV set-top Internet boxes, today announced deals with both Hitachi Home Electronics and Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics. Under the agreements, the two consumer electronics giants will deliver WebTV products to market. [News.com]
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- WebTV upgrades Net service - WebTV Networks is upgrading its Internet service by adding an electronic programming guide, print features, and secure online transactions. [News.com]
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- WebTV upgrades Net service - WebTV Networks is upgrading its Internet service by adding an electronic programming guide, print features, and secure online transactions. [News.com]
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- White House plays domain referee - After holding back for months, the Clinton administration said it will referee the controversy brewing over domain names and who will control the Internet's logistical underpinnings as the U.S. government withdraws from its supervisory role of the Net. [News.com]
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- White Pine chief calls it quits - White Pine Software (WPNE), the maker of videoconferencing client software CU-SeeMe, announced today that Howard Berke has resigned as chairman, chief executive, and president. [News.com]
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- White Pine to lay off 20% - Plagued by continued softness in the videoconferencing market, White Pine Software (WPNE) has said it will chop its workforce by 20 percent and take a one-time restructuring charge for its second fiscal quarter. [News.com]
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- Will business go to Memphis? - The first full beta of the Windows 95 successor, Memphis, comes out next week. But businesses don't necessarily need to get too excited. [News.com]
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- Windows CE gets Japanese version - Microsoft today unveiled the Japanese version of the Windows CE operating system for handheld personal computers. [News.com]
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- Windows everywhere, even Net PCs - | video NEW YORK--Bill Gates's right-hand man at Microsoft (MSFT), Steve Ballmer, tried to sell an old vision to a standing-room only crowd here at PC Expo: "Windows everywhere." [News.com]
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- Windows everywhere, even Net PCs - video NEW YORK--Bill Gates's right-hand man at Microsoft (MSFT), Steve Ballmer, tried to sell an old vision to a standing-room only crowd here at PC Expo: "Windows everywhere." [News.com]
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- Windows to get faster on Macs - Connectix will ship software next week that will allow Macintosh users to run Windows-based programs with better performance and increased compatibility than other software-based emulators, the company said. [News.com]
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- Wired Ventures updates site - Aiming to provide a new interactive experience to members of its digital community, Wired Ventures is launching a revamped version of its HotWired site on the Web. [News.com]
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- Wireless network growth may have peaked - Growth in personal communication services (PCS) last year spurred business for companies that build wireless networks, but the infrastructure market's expansion may not continue for long. [News.com]
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- Wireless plans ring true for telcos - If you build it, they will come. [News.com]
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- Workers want their LanTV - The local area network can now operate like a miniature broadcast network with a package announced today by Acorn. [News.com]
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- Workstation battle rages - EIS Computers has released a Solaris workstation for under $8,000, the latest salvo in an escalating Unix-Windows NT battle for workstation market dominance. [News.com]
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- Workstations push speed limit - It's Megahertz madness at Tri-Star Computer. [News.com]
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- Worldtalk secures email - Worldtalk (WTLK) today introduced a new firewall for companies that want extra security for email and groupware. [News.com]
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- Wyse introduces wireless NC - Wyse Technologies today announced a new wireless portable network computer designed for use in hospital networks, for example, where traveling workers need continuous access to data residing on local networks. [News.com]
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- Xylan may disappoint in Q2 - Xylan (XYLN) today announced that revenue and earnings per share for the second quarter may be lower than expected due to smaller orders from IBM, one of its largest OEM customers. [News.com]
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- Yahoo-Visa deal on shaky ground - A lot can happen in a year--or not. [News.com]
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- Your fingerprint is your password - Key Tronic (KTCC), a manufacturer of keyboards and other computer input devices, has launched a line of fingerprint scanning devices designed to authenticate the identity of users. [News.com]
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