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- @Home stock climbs higher - Shares of the @Home Network (ATHM) continued to soar today, climbing over 31 percent in trading. [News.com]
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- "Dumb" terminals for Windows - Microsoft (MSFT) is embarking on yet another initiative to lower the cost of owning and operating computers, this time proposing Windows-based computers similar to low-cost network computers and the "dumb" computer terminals of yore. [News.com]
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- 3 firms weigh in with EDI products - As the Internet becomes more popular as a medium for commerce, three companies that make electronic data interchange software today released new versions to shore up their market position and secure a place atop the e-commerce wave. [News.com]
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- 3Com ships card modem with cell link - 3Com has started shipping a new 56K PC Card modem with both cellular and standard dial-up features. [News.com]
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- 80% Microsoft growth expected - Microsoft (MSFT) is expected to report Thursday that earnings in its latest quarter grew more than 80 percent, but industry analysts say the company's growth inevitably will slow over the next year. [News.com]
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- @Home IPO seen as hot money - @Home Network plans to set its much-anticipated initial public offering price Thursday, perhaps at more than $10 a share, sources said today. [News.com]
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- @Home pipes in audio - @Home Network (ATHM) isn't just for email and Web surfing anymore. [News.com]
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- @Home prices IPO at $10.50 - @Home Network, sensing hot demand for its initial public offering, late today set its IPO price at $10.50 a share and bumped up the number of shares offered by 1 million, according to sources. [News.com]
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- @Home stock soars in first day of trading - Underwriters may have underestimated the excitement around the @Home Network's (ATHM) highly anticipated IPO. The company's stock jumped over 130 percent on the first trade of the day. [News.com]
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- A software-based synthesizer - Yamaha today announced a synthesizer that is completely software-based, using a personal computer's processor to produce realistic sound production. [News.com]
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- Adviser to Paul Allen resigns - Vern Raburn, a top adviser to Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, has resigned to pursue other interests, representatives of the multibillionaire entrepreneur said today. [News.com]
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- After losses, NetManage slumps - Shares of NetManage (NETM) fell more than 10 percent today, as the company continued to post mounting losses after reporting its second-quarter results. [News.com]
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- Air Force deal boosts NT - An Air Force decision paves the way for the potential sale of tens of thousands of computers running Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows NT operating system, a software company executive said. [News.com]
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- AirMedia buys IFusion - Bankrupt push media vendor IFusion is being purchased by AirMedia for approximately $250,000, according to sources inside IFusion and close to AirMedia. [News.com]
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- Alexa makes the Web history - Confused or swamped Web surfers will soon have yet another tool at their disposal as the Alexa Internet Web navigation service goes into beta next week. [News.com]
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- AlterNIC takes over InterNIC traffic - A rival domain name registry to the official Internet registrar, InterNIC, redirected users from "www.internic.net" to its own site last weekend in what is being called a "protest." [News.com]
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- Amazon up on buy recommendation - Amazon.com (AMZN) shares soared 20.3 percent today after an investment firm initiated coverage with a "buy" recommendation. [News.com]
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- Amazon.com making book - The frenzy among search engines and Internet directories to sign new content deals won't abate, and Amazon.com (AMZN) has been a beneficiary of late. [News.com]
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- Amazon.com stock drops off - After announcing a smaller-than-expected loss, Amazon.com's (AMZN) stock dropped nearly 14 percent in early trading today. [News.com]
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- AMD chips away - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to push the design envelope on its K6 microprocessor with new versions showcasing higher speeds and more features, in an effort to keep up with the performance and growing popularity Intel's (INTC) Pentium II. [News.com]
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- AMD earnings miss mark - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today reported second-quarter profits that fell far short of Wall Street expectations, following the company's recent release of its multimedia chip technology. [News.com]
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- AMD makes severe price cuts - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will cut prices on its K6 processors up to 50 percent as the processor price war escalates with Intel (INTC). [News.com]
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- AMD undercuts Intel pricing 25% - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) cut prices on its K6 chips over 40 percent today as the processor price war escalates with Intel (INTC). [News.com]
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- Amelio proud of his legacy - Outgoing CEO Gilbert Amelio defended his tenure at Apple Computer (AAPL) in his first public address since his resignation was announced earlier this month, saying the company is now poised to again become a leader in the high-tech industry. [News.com]
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- Amelio, Hancock leave Apple - Apple Computer (AAPL) announced today that embattled chief executive Gilbert Amelio has resigned. [News.com]
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- Andreessen: MS will capitulate on CORBA - Getting into verbal skirmishes on standards and protocols is getting to be a ritual for Microsoft, and today's Catalyst conference here was no different. [News.com]
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- Another deal combines voice, data - Add another partnership to the list of networking companies attempting to provide voice and data networks in a single package. [News.com]
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- ANS, Netcom market to small firms - Perhaps because they seem less glamorous than either home consumers or Fortune 100 markets, small and medium-sized businesses sometimes are overlooked in the rush by high-tech companies to wire the world. [News.com]
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- Antispammers slam first spam law - The Nevada state legislature has signed the first law of the land on spam, or unsolicited junk email. [News.com]
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- AOL about-face - When word got out that America Online planned to give out members' telephone numbers to its business partners, members, privacy experts, and attorneys general reacted. They weren't happy. Today, AOL's CEO Steve Case also reacted. [News.com]
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- AOL dumps new member policy - America Online (AOL) has tossed its "TOS," as its terms of service are known, in the wake of last week's controversy about one of the contract's provisions. [News.com]
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- AOL preps premium charges - America Online (AOL) members got a two-day reprieve from running up their service bills while playing premium games. [News.com]
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- AOL to charge merchants rent - With subscriber income virtually capped at $19.95 a month, America Online (AOL) is shifting its merchant revenue model to charge rent for storefronts on its private online service. [News.com]
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- AOL to give out phone numbers - On July 31, America Online (AOL) will start making its members' telephone numbers available to telemarketers who do business with the online giant. [News.com]
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- AOL to post photos of missing kids - America Online (AOL) today teamed up with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to launch a "digital milk carton." [News.com]
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- AOL warns against Trojan horses - America Online (AOL) wants users to beware of email messages bearing gifts. [News.com]
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- AOL won't sell phone numbers - In response to outcry from customers and privacy advocates alike, America Online (AOL) announced that it is dropping plans to give out members' telephone numbers to its business partners. [News.com]
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- AOL, SportsLine team up for traffic - America Online (AOL) and CBS SportsLine today announced a partnership to make SportsLine a prominent tenant on the AOL Sports Channel. [News.com]
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- AOL: Businesses benefit, members grouse - America Online (AOL) members might complain about all the little annoyances associated with being online. But for the most part, they've been willing to put up with it all: pop-up screens, ads in chats, and junk email. [News.com]
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- Apple ally seeks independence - Rising Macintosh clone maker Power Computing is making plans to get out from under Apple's (AAPL) thumb and looking to protect itself on a couple of fronts, as evidence surfaces about Apple's unyielding ways. [News.com]
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- Apple expected to lose big in Q3 - Apple Computer (AAPL) could report a loss as big as $100 million for its fiscal third quarter amid plunging sales of its Macintosh computers, industry analysts said today. [News.com]
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- Apple faces education threat - It's no coincidence that Bill Gates spoke at the National Educational Computing Conference this week. The education market, the crown jewel of the Apple Computer (AAPL) marketing department, has become the latest growth market for the Windows world. [News.com]
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- Apple licensees in limbo - Apple (AAPL) is not making it easy for clone vendors to compete with Apple, putting the clone market at risk. [News.com]
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- Apple recharges Mac notebooks - Apple Computer (AAPL) next week will finally refresh its PowerBook 1400 notebooks with a 166-MHz model and reduce prices on the 133-MHz versions, the first significant changes to this model since it was introduced late last year. [News.com]
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- Apple retains executive search firm - Apple Computer (AAPL) said today it has retained the executive search firm of Heidrick & Struggles to help it find a new chief executive officer. [News.com]
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- Apple seeks Internet status - Treading close upon the release of a new operating system yesterday, Apple (AAPL) is seeking to rev up its Internet strategy too with the announcement of improved Java and multimedia technology as well as a new server software package. [News.com]
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- Apple stock hits ten-year low - Shares of Apple Computer (AAPL) today hit a ten-year low, following news that its largest Macintosh clone vendor will also build computers on the Microsoft-Intel platform. [News.com]
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- Apple stock rebounds - Apple Computer (AAPL) stock rebounded today after sliding to a 12-year low yesterday. [News.com]
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- Apple stock stays up despite false rumors - Apple Computer's (AAPL) stock is trading high today, even after Steve Jobs rejected the post of chairman of Apple's board. [News.com]
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- Apple stock up on earnings report - Investors polished Apple Computer's (AAPL) stock today, temporarily pushing it up more than 10 percent in morning trading a day after the troubled computer maker posted a smaller third-quarter loss than analysts expected. [News.com]
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- Apple to unveil fast Mac lines - Apple Computer (AAPL) will try to generate some excitement at Macworld Boston in August with the introduction of desktop systems using new high-powered PowerPC processors. [News.com]
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- Apple unveils OS 8 software for servers - Apple Computer (AAPL) has introduced new server software that will work with Mac OS 8. [News.com]
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- Apple, cloners still at odds - Apple Computer's (AAPL) new operating system, which debuted today, is not getting into the hands of everybody wanting a copy. [News.com]
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- Aria Web tool gets a tune-up - Andromedia will unveil a new version of its Aria Web site tracking software later this month that lets ISPs and hosting services monitor traffic on multiple Web sites. [News.com]
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- Ascend stock jumps on upgrade - Ascend Communications (ASND) shares jumped 5-3/8 today after an analyst expressed faith in the company after its megamerger with Cascade Communications. [News.com]
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- Ascend's growth short of mark - While strong second-quarter demand for 56-kbps products drove big revenues for Ascend Communications (ASND), the networking company nevertheless came in under Wall Street estimates for the quarter. [News.com]
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- Asymetrix will buy fellow toolmaker - Tools developer Asymetrix today announced plans to buy competitor Aimtech in a stock transaction, creating the world's largest developer of online learning tools and services. [News.com]
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- AT&T alleges reselling scam - The telco giant files suit for $7 million against several California companies for reselling toll-free service to Internet service providers. [News.com]
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- AT&T alleges reselling scam - AT&T (T) has filed suit for $7 million against several California companies, alleging that they have committed fraud by reselling the telephone giant's toll-free service to Internet service providers. [News.com]
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- AT&T deal to boost HP resellers - In a move that will boost HP's resellers, Hewlett-Packard (HWP) and AT&T (T) announced today they will cooperate to create and market Internet commerce products and services. [News.com]
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- AT&T heir apparent quits - The heir apparent to AT&T, John Walter, unexpectedly quit today after the board decided it was not ready to promote him to chief executive officer from president in January. [News.com]
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- AT&T profits plunge 36% - Editor's Note: A reader alerted us to the incorrect AT&T earnings on July 21. Since this was a Reuters story (a wire service we subscribe to), and since we could not immediately verify the facts, we decided to take down the story until we sorted out the details. The story was supposed to have been republished with the correct figures, but due to an oversight, it was not. The error is now corrected. [News.com]
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- BackWeb buys Lanacom - In an effort to bolster its push technology offerings, BackWeb today acquired a small software company, Lanacom. [News.com]
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- Banyan earnings disappoint - Good news is a stranger right now to networking software maker Banyan Systems (BNYN). [News.com]
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- Bay makes a high-speed link - Bay Networks (BAY) will fill in another piece of its networking strategy next week with a new switch that can provide connections to large corporate networks. [News.com]
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- Bay revamps pricing on Ethernet gear - Network managers may have to hire an extra person just to keep track of pricing in the Ethernet-based networking gear market. [News.com]
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- Bay's stock up, Fore's flat on earnings - While Bay Networks (BAY) appears to be enjoying the fruits of a rebound on Wall Street with a new share-price high, Fore Systems (FORE) stock was virtually stagnant in trading the day after both networkers announced quarterly results. [News.com]
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- BeOS hits the stands - A preview release of Be's operating system will be distributed in special issues of major Macintosh and PowerPC magazines in five countries over the next two months. [News.com]
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- Big Blue to open the till - IBM's (IBM) Internet division expects to announce September 9 that it's bringing out a payment server that will allow Web merchants to accept a variety of forms of payment at their Internet storefronts, IBM officials disclosed this week. [News.com]
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- Bill to OK Net copyright treaties - Congress is moving one step closer to protecting intellectual property on the Net now that legislation has been proposed to ratify last year's global pact aimed at curbing software piracy and the unlawful copying of audio, text, and video in cyberspace. [News.com]
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- Bill to take ISPs off copyright hook - Internet access providers would not be responsible for software pirates or copyright thieves who break the law using their services if a bill introduced yesterday in the House of Representatives becomes law. [News.com]
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- Boca cuts workforce to stem red ink - Struggling data communications company Boca Research (BOCI) today announced a plan to streamline its operations and cut at least 60 positions. [News.com]
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- Boom in multimedia chips seen - A report released today by market research firm Dataquest predicts double-digit growth this year for the international PC graphics and audio processors. [News.com]
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- Borland on the comeback trail - Financial problems and "brain drain" lawsuits have overshadowed product development in recent months at software tool maker Borland International (BORL). But at the company's annual user meeting this week in Nashville, Tennessee, top management is spreading the word that the company is returning to its roots in building hardcore development tools, and is forging ahead with new products and a partnership with IBM intended to put it on solid ground. [News.com]
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- Borland profits crank up stock - Borland International (BORL), after posting its first break-even earnings in a year, saw its stock jump more than 11 percent today. [News.com]
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- BT board to mull MCI merger - British Telecommunications directors will probably discuss the terms of its troubled $20 billion merger with America's MCI Communications (MCIC) when they meet to approve first-quarter results this week, analysts said. [News.com]
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- BT-MCI merger approved - The Justice Department today granted British Telecommunications permission to buy MCI Communications in a $24 billion deal that would be one of the biggest foreign takeovers of a U.S. company. [News.com]
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- Business e-commerce to top $8 billion - Manufacturers, middlemen selling computers, and services will drive business-to-business commerce over the Internet to $8 billion this year, a tenfold increase from 1996, according to a new study from Forrester Research (FORR). [News.com]
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- Businesses increase Java use - The Java programming language is finding a niche among enterprise application developers, leading to higher demand for Java-based software development tools, according to two reports today from competing high-tech research groups. [News.com]
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- CA ascends to big leagues - Computer Associates (CA) may be the most successful company that many have never heard of. [News.com]
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- CA beats earnings expectations - Computer Associates (CAI) today beat expectations for the June quarter, as client-server product revenues grew over 50 percent. [News.com]
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- CA breaks out management framework - Software giant Computer Associates (CA) plans to cook up a strategic jambalaya for its flagship Unicenter TNG enterprise management software system next week at CA World 97 in New Orleans. [News.com]
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- CA chief draws software road map - Computer Associates (CA) chairman and CEO Charles Wang kicked off the company's CA World 97 user conference here with strong words for competitors in the enterprise management software market. [News.com]
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- CA's new strategy: build on Unicenter - New Orleans--Computer Associates (CA) is as hot as a bevy of cajun spices. [News.com]
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- Cabletron vies for Token Ring clients - Networker Cabletron Systems (CS) announced the latest additions to its all-in-one hardware today. [News.com]
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- Canon cuts digital camera prices - Canon Computer Systems, a subsidiary of both Canon USA and Canon, says it reduced the prices of two of its PowerShot digital cameras. [News.com]
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- CBS taps nascent Latin market - Hoping to tap a budding audience, CBS TeleNoticias, a 24-hour Spanish-language cable news channel, will take its growing operation to the Net later this year. [News.com]
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- Centra teaches intranet education - Centra Software thinks that it can teach corporations a thing or two. [News.com]
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- CEO expects Excite to break even - As Excite (XCIT) watches its net loss shrink, the company's chief executive said he's comfortable with analysts' projections the search engine will break even in the first or second quarter of fiscal 1998. [News.com]
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- Cheaper Gateways to get DVD - Gateway 2000 will use DVD hardware from Chromatic Research and Toshiba in its desktop computers, according to an announcement today by Chromatic. [News.com]
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- CheckFree sells management business - CheckFree (CKFR) today said it will sell its management business for $35 million, tightening its focus on a core strategy of electronic commerce. [News.com]
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- Chip sales continue rebound - Global semiconductor sales are continuing to rebound, with monthly figures rising by 3 percent to $11.41 billion in May, according to a new Semiconductor Industry Association's survey. [News.com]
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- Chipping in for chip factories - Two Japanese chipmakers intend to cooperate with foreign partners in building fabrication facilities for next-generation 256-megabit memory chips, according to a report in The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's largest business daily. [News.com]
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- Cisco module melds routing and switching - The marriage of simple network switching functions with complex routing in a single box gained legitimacy today when networking kingpin Cisco Systems joined the emerging market, announcing plans to offer a routing module for its popular Catalyst switch line. [News.com]
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- Cisco still on spending spree - A new month, another acquisition for Cisco Systems (CSCO). [News.com]
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- Claris revenue drops - Claris, a wholly owned software subsidiary of Apple Computer (AAPL), said that it had revenue of $53.9 million for its third fiscal quarter which ended June 27. [News.com]
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- Clinton sets e-commerce course - After years of courting the Internet, the Clinton administration today is announcing its long-awaited electronic commerce policy, which would make buying and selling easier and more popular online. [News.com]
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- Clinton to back tighter shareholder law - The Technology Network, a bipartisan high-technology lobbying group launched earlier this month, today said it won the support of President Clinton in drafting legislation to curb shareholder lawsuits brought under inconsistent state court standards. [News.com]
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- Clinton: Technology is the answer - In the first government Internet content effort since the death of the Communications Decency Act, President Clinton told parents today that technology, not another federal law, is the best way to keep their children from peeking at porn and other "objectionable" online material. [News.com]
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- Cloners bypass Apple on OS - Tired of waiting for Apple to act, frustrated clone vendors have taken it upon themselves to ship the Mac OS 8 operating system without Apple's official imprimatur. [News.com]
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- Closing time at AOL's Web Diner - America Online (AOL) is closing the doors on one of the online service's last remaining areas to get Web design tips. [News.com]
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- CMP aggregates with CMPnet - CMP Media, publisher of online and print publications such as Information Week, Communications Week, Computer Retail Week, and EE Times, today launched CMPnet, integrating its two dozen separate sites into one offering. [News.com]
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- CMP Media goes public - CMP Media (CMPX), taking advantage of a resurgent market for technology IPOs, today thrust itself into the public realm, raising $110 million in capital. [News.com]
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- CMP sets IPO sights for $95 million - CMP Media today set its initial public offering pricing range at $17 to $19 a share, in hopes of raising up to $95 million in capital, according to the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filing. [News.com]
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- CNET Special Feature: Law and the Web - As more companies latch on to the commercial potential of the Internet, they're looking to protect their assets. Citing terms like trademark infringement,copyright violation, and unfair competition, artists, agents, and their attorneys are sending out swarms of "cease-and-desist" letters. Some are more polite than others, and the missives vary in their threats and demands. But the point is generally clear: Remove the unauthorized material from your Web site or we'll take legal action. [News.com]
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- CNET Special Feature: Dark side of the Web - The Internet has proved to be a wellspring of news, resources, and information for business, academia, and community. The new users, companies, organizations, and media outlets rushing online help the Net grow, but the corollary to that is that its wild and woolly side is still lurking in the virtual basement. [News.com]
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- CNN list recipient pushes porn - Some subscribers to CNN Interactive's CNN Plus email list complained today that they received unauthorized email, including some pornographic pictures, resulting in charges of a security breach at the popular Web site. [News.com]
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- CNNSI.com enters online ring - Let the online sports games begin. [News.com]
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- Colleges criticized for posting student data - To avoid embarrassment, college students may prefer to see their grades posted next to their Social Security numbers rather than their names. But this sensitive data is now leaking past ivy-covered walls and onto the Internet, heightening nationwide concerns about online privacy. [News.com]
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- Color printer breaks $150 mark - Hewlett-Packard today announced a new ink jet printer targeted at home buyers on a tight budget for under $150. [News.com]
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- Committee seeks new domain registrars - The interim Policy Oversight Committee (iPOC) announced today that it is accepting applications from parties interested in serving as registrars for Internet domain names. Yet it is unclear how much power the committee has to actually implement its plan to establish new registrars for domains. [News.com]
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- Communicator, Netcaster beta don't mix - Net surfers anxious for the latest beta software from Netscape Communications (NSCP) were stymied this weekend when they discovered that the just-released beta version of Netcaster doesn't work with the company's newest Web browser. [News.com]
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- Compaq announces stock split - Compaq Computer (CPQ) today announced a five-for-two stock split in the form of a stock dividend. [News.com]
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- Compaq beats earnings estimates - Computing juggernaut Compaq Computer (CPQ) continues to beat Wall Street expectations, announcing second-quarter earnings today that exceeded estimates by more than 5 percent. [News.com]
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- Compaq confident on Europe - Compaq Computer (CPQ) said today that business in Europe was "relatively good" in the second quarter as it neared release of a quarterly earnings report this week. [News.com]
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- Compaq distributes its PC making - Compaq (CPQ) has signed up distributors for its channel configuration program, a sort of distributed-PC-making scheme that cuts costs, lowers inventory, and allows for quick and easy customization. [News.com]
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- Compaq renews push in Japan - Compaq Computer (CPQ), the world's top seller of personal computers, says it plans an ambitious push to increase its market share in Japan, where it has been struggling to compete. [News.com]
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- Compaq restructures China operation - Hoping to capitalize on the exploding yet daunting Asian market, Compaq Computer (CPQ) has formed an integrated sales and service division that will solely cater to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. [News.com]
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- Compaq to deploy 300-MHz chip - Compaq (CPQ) said today it plans to introduce desktop computers powered by a 300-megahertz Pentium II processor from Intel. [News.com]
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- Compaq to unveil new strategy - The powers that be from Compaq Computer (CPQ) will unveil long-awaited details surrounding the company's build-to-order strategy Thursday in New York. One immediate result will be lower prices. [News.com]
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- Compaq's plan spells lower costs - "ODM" is the new mantra at Compaq Computer (CPQ), and translates to lower prices for consumers. [News.com]
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- Compass automates content filtering - Netscape Communications (NSCP) is preparing to tackle an elusive goal--automatic filtering of online content--with a new server it plans to introduce on July 14. [News.com]
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- CompUSA to make PCs again - Despite one failed attempt at its own computer brand, CompUSA (CPU) said it will come out with a new line of PCs in September aimed at taking away market share from Dell Computer (DELL) and Gateway 2000 (GTW). [News.com]
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- CompuServe creates adults-only forum - CompuServe (CSRV) announced today that it is segregating its site, cordoning off the adult content and putting it into a protected area that is intended to be out of the reach of children. [News.com]
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- CompuServe stock up on rumors - CompuServe (CSRV) stock jumped 12 percent in trading today on speculation that online giant America Online's (AOL) has renewed its buyout bid and another suitor has entered the field. [News.com]
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- CompuServe tests buffet pricing - CompuServe (CSRV), which has reinvented itself more than once in the past year, is now testing the waters for a flat-rate pricing structure. [News.com]
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- Concentric shows sharp growth - Internet service provider Concentric Network, which is planning to launch an initial public offering, today provided a peek at its latest quarterly performance with a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. [News.com]
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- Congress may extend Microsoft probe - A request by three senators for an antitrust probe of Microsoft licensing practices could be the beginning of much larger inquiries into the threat of monopolies in the age of media convergence, including congressional hearings this summer. [News.com]
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- Construction jams Net traffic - Work meant to increase Net capacity caused a three-hour slowdown this morning, especially for those trying to connect to West Coast Web sites. [News.com]
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- Consumer report bucks Web trend - Consumer-oriented Web sites that generate revenue are proliferating so fast that they'll be the hottest segment of the e-commerce market in the next few years, according a new report from market research house ActivMedia. [News.com]
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- Court guts local phone rules - A federal appeals court today overturned key parts of landmark federal rules designed to pry open to competition the $100 billion local telephone market controlled by the regional Baby Bell companies. [News.com]
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- Court says MS owes temps benefits - A federal appeals court ruled that certain temporary and contract workers at Microsoft (MSFT) are eligible for the company's stock purchase plan and may be entitled to pension benefits. [News.com]
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- Creative launches DVD kit - Multimedia company Creative Technology said it has launched its next-generation PC-DVD kit. [News.com]
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- Credit data taken off NBA, ESPN sites - Starwave, which hosts the popular NBA and ESPN sports sites, is warning customers to contact their creditors in the wake of news about an "intruder" who took credit card numbers from the ESPN and NBA Web sites and then sent messages to the card owners, warning them about the alleged security flaws. [News.com]
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- Crypto export fight to resume - The battle in Congress over export limits on encryption technology will heat up again with a House International Relations Committee vote on a bill to dramatically relax the current restrictions. [News.com]
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- Crypto high on Congress agenda - The debate over encryption is firing up even as Congress gets ready for its summer recess next week. [News.com]
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- CyberCash reports loss - CyberCash reported a net loss of $6.3 million, or 58 cents a share, for the second quarter ending in June, compared to a loss of $6.2 million or 59 cents a share for the same quarter last year. Revenue was $812,361, up from $16,086 last year. [News.com]
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- CyberCash value soars - After scraping the bottom of the barrel last month, CyberCash's (CYCH) stock has powered forward to gain about 80 percent over the last several weeks on news that it is seeking additional funding and partnerships. [News.com]
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- Cyrix shrinks losses, misses mark - Cyrix (CYRX) CYRX) today shrunk its losses, but missed expectations for the June quarter as demand fell for older chips. [News.com]
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- Cyrix stock down on missed earnings - Cyrix (CYRX) stock fell as much as 12 percent in early trading today following yesterday's announcement that it would fail to meet second-quarter expectations. Cyrix blamed the shortfall on sluggish sales and price competition on non-MMX processors. [News.com]
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- Dearth of DVD? - A new survey from DVD Report, a trade publication covering the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) industry, says that retailers are having trouble keeping DVD-video titles and hardware in stock, reflecting a trend that may repeat itself in the PC industry. [News.com]
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- Death marks The Spot - Beset by unrelenting financial woes, the adored Web episodic The Spot is taking its final bow, its producers confirmed yesterday. [News.com]
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- Deep Blue team awarded - IBM's Deep Blue team received the $100,000 Fredkin Prize for Computer Chess today in recognition of their victory over world chess champion Garry Kasparov this May. [News.com]
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- Dell business PCs get cheaper - Dell will keep the heat on the rest of the PC industry by cutting prices on its high-end desktop computers. [News.com]
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- Dell enters workstation arena - Dell Computer (DELL) introduced its first line of personal workstations today in New York, becoming the latest in a string of recent entrants into the fast-growing market. [News.com]
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- Dell servers get Pentium II - Dell (DELL) is officially revamping its PowerEdge 4000 series of servers with the new Pentium II processor introduced by Intel. [News.com]
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- Dell to strut NT workstations - Dell (DELL) will introduce its first line of personal workstations next Monday in New York, becoming the latest in a string of recent entrants into the fast-growing market. [News.com]
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- Device turns printer into scanner - Canon has released a new device that turns a printer into a scanner. [News.com]
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- Digital beats estimates--barely - Digital Equipment (DEC) beat Wall Street estimates today for its fiscal fourth quarter, buoyed by strong sales of systems running Microsoft Windows NT. [News.com]
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- Digital calls Intel a monopoly - Intel (INTC), which threatened to stop shipping Pentium chips to Digital Equipment (DEC) in a battle over copyrights last spring, has agreed to continue shipping them through year-end, Digital said today. [News.com]
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- Digital in talks to sell printer business - Digital (DEC) is in talks to sell its printer business to Genicom (GECM), as a part of its continuing effort to find a formula to return to profitability. [News.com]
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- Digital Library goes to big screen - IBM (IBM) is reworking Digital Library, its multimedia content management system, with revamped pricing and packaging intended to appeal to a broader audience. [News.com]
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- Digital slashes PC prices - Digital Equipment (DEC) is selling business systems with the K6 processor from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for close to $1,300 as the company makes steep price cuts on all its desktop computers. [News.com]
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- Digital to return Intel documents - Digital Equipment (DEC), capitulating to part of a lawsuit filed by Intel (INTC), has agreed to return secret documents to Intel about a planned powerful chip, a Digital spokesman said. [News.com]
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- Digital to return secret papers - SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Digital Equipment (DEC), capitulating to part of a lawsuit by Intel (INTC), has agreed to return secret documents to Intel about a powerful chip that the company has in the works, a Digital spokesman said. [News.com]
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- Digital updates notebooks - Digital Equipment (DEC) announced new additions to its HiNote notebook line and cut prices on older models. [News.com]
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- DigitalThink to reveal new capital - Online information technology training company DigitalThink is expected to announce tomorrow it has received a $5.8 million second round of financing, giving it the capital to more than double its course offerings by the end of the year and ramp up its sales force. [News.com]
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- Domain deletion called forgery - Thomas Leavitt of WebCom knows what it's like to wake up and discover you have virtually disappeared. Now he wants to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. [News.com]
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- Domain players sit down - A diverse array of Internet groups is meeting today to try to hash out a consensus on the contentious issue of expanding Internet addresses. [News.com]
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- Domain reseller confuses users - Some Netizens, who thought they were registering domain names with the official InterNIC, say they paid more than twice the usual registration fee to a private company whose Net name was so strikingly similar to the InterNIC's that it was hard to tell the difference. [News.com]
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- Domino gets new locks and keys - IBM (IBM) subsidiary Lotus Development plans to add multilayered encryption capabilities from Entrust Technologies to its Domino server by the end of 1998, the company said today. [News.com]
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- Durand acquires Electric Minds - Electric Minds said today that it has sealed a deal with a buyer, saving the online community from near-certain death. [News.com]
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- DVD, Pentium II for home PCs - Toshiba today announced four new consumer PCs featuring, for the first time, DVD drives and Pentium II processors. [News.com]
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- E*Trade makes the grade - Online broker E*Trade (EGRP) made analyst expectations today for its fiscal third quarter, and anticipation of positive results pushed the stock up over 11 percent in active trading. [News.com]
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- E*Trade plans secondary offering - E*Trade Group (EGRP) is going back to the public trough again, looking to float out a secondary offering that may raise upwards of $181 million. [News.com]
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- E*Trade suffers a.m. outage - E*Trade (EGRP) inadvertently cut off investors this morning as it experienced a software application error. [News.com]
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- E*Trade to issue digital certificates - Online stock brokerage E*Trade (EGRP) said today that it will provide its 180,000 customers with digital certificates from VeriSign to simplify online trades. [News.com]
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- E-cash minted for NCs - A new entrant in the e-commerce software market today released a "network wallet" payment service designed for low-memory network computers and NetPCs. [News.com]
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- E-commerce blitz by Oracle - Aiming to make its Internet commerce product line stand out in an increasingly crowded market, Oracle next week will announce partnerships with several companies for personalizing and managing content on e-commerce sites. [News.com]
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- E-Minds was food for thought - Howard Rheingold is feeling good but a little pensive these days now that Durand Communications will acquire the company he started with venture capital funds, Electric Minds. [News.com]
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- Earnings boost TI stock - Shares of Texas Instruments (TXN) jumped nearly 12 percent this morning after the company reported higher-than-expected second-quarter earnings, driven in part by strong digital signal processing (DSP) chip sales and improved operating margins. [News.com]
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- Ellison showcases his NC baby - With the network computer, the people of the world will no longer have to pay Bill Gates billions of dollars, Oracle (ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison told the Newspaper Association of America today. Instead, they will pay Ellison himself. [News.com]
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- Enhanced Pentium II on the way - Intel (INTC) is expected to announce on Monday that it will come out with Pentium II technology that will make the chip more suitable for use in servers and high-end workstations. [News.com]
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- ESPN tries out First Virtual - As First Virtual Holdings announced today that it has secured a position on the popular sports site ESPN SportsZone, ESPN is currently reevaluating its relationship with First Virtual's competitor, CyberCash. [News.com]
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- EU calls for market-driven Internet - European ministers issued a declaration supporting a market-driven Internet today, agreeing in principle with U.S. policies but leaving key issues such as encryption and content regulation open to further debate. [News.com]
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- EU gives 2 cents on e-commerce - Economics, trade, and technology ministers opened an international conference on Internet commerce here today, less than a week after President Clinton released a White House policy calling for a "free trade zone" in cyberspace within a year. [News.com]
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- Euro IT spending expected to rise - As the millennium bug looms, the European information systems market is expected to increase its spending as solutions are sought with increasing panic. [News.com]
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- Evslin to leave WorldNet for start-up - The founder and head of AT&T's (T) WorldNet service, Tom Evslin, will leave to head start-up ITXC Corporation, a venture backed by AT&T and Net telephony firm VocalTec Communications. [News.com]
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- Ex-Informix CEO passes torch - Informix (IFMX) chairman Phillip White, who yesterday resigned his post as chief executive, today outlined the management changes that newly named CEO Robert Finocchio, Jr. will put into place as he takes the reins of the troubled database software company, then turned the podium over to his successor. [News.com]
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- Excite deals mean smaller loss - Excite (XCIT) today reported a smaller second quarter loss than expected, as partnerships and new initiatives bring the company into position to grow revenue and reduce costs. [News.com]
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- Excite to offer free email - Excite (XCIT) today announced that it is getting into the free email business, taking on established players such as Juno, HotMail, and NetAddress. [News.com]
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- Execs learn political realities - Throughout the debate over the Communications Decency Act, the high-tech industry's stance was simple: Let technology and the industry take care of it, and everything will be fine. But as Internet leaders descended on Washington this week, some began to realize that politics may not be as easy as they'd thought. [News.com]
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- Execs: End wasteful tech funding - A group of prominent Silicon Valley executives, led by outspoken Cypress Semiconductor Chief Executive T.J. Rodgers, has repeated its call for an end to U.S. funding for technology programs it considers wasteful. [News.com]
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- Experts say existing laws work on Net - About 180 lawyers meeting in San Francisco earlier this week to discuss evolving legal ramifications of the Internet concluded that cyberspace was virtually no different from "terra firma" when it comes to the applicability of the law. [News.com]
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- Explorer beta ready to channel - Microsoft (MSFT) launched a full-scale beta of Internet Explorer 4.0 today, with support for more than 30 "push" channel partners shipping with the browser. [News.com]
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- Falling prices mean more memory - There's nothing like low prices to push technological change. [News.com]
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- False alarm: The Net's not falling - It was scene worthy of the Hollywood blockbuster Independence Day: While fireworks light up the sky on July 4, the global Internet goes black. But, like the movie, this story was fiction. [News.com]
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- Fast modems target business - Hayes Microcomputer today announced a new line of 56-kbps modems specifically targeted at business users. [News.com]
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- Fax it to my PC - A new application from Mitek Systems lets small businesses with heavy fax traffic route faxes directly to desktops. [News.com]
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- FBI wants domestic crypto keys - After months on the fence, Federal Bureau of Investigation director Louis Freeh is making it clear that controlling the domestic use of encryption software is a greater priority than limiting its export. [News.com]
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- FCC eyes Baby Bell merger - The Federal Communications Commission is carefully eyeing the Bell Atlantic-Nynex merger in what critics said was a rebuke of the Justice Department's decision to give the combination unconditional approval. [News.com]
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- FileNet reports second-quarter loss - Citing one-time restructuring charges, FileNet (FILE) today reported a net loss for its second quarter. [News.com]
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- FileNet sees second-quarter loss - Document management company FileNet (FILE) said today it expects to report a second-quarter net loss of about $3.8 million or 25 cents per share, including restructuring and other charges of $6 million, on revenue of about $62.5 million. [News.com]
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- Final Netcaster due next month - Who will make the final push? Netscape Communications (NSCP) has set its sights on an August final release of its Netcaster "push" client software, the company said. [News.com]
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- Firewalls double Check Point earnings - Beating analysts' expectations, Check Point Software Technologies (CHKPF) today reported earnings that more than doubled last year's results, citing strong demand for security and firewall products. [News.com]
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- FireWire lights storage devices - Lucent Technologies has announced a new chip that will make it easier for manufacturers of storage devices such as disk drives and CD-ROM drives to adapt current products to the upcoming high-speed FireWire standard, also known as "1394." [News.com]
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- Firms take on content standards - Digital Equipment's (DEC) AltaVista software group and Net Shepherd said today that they will work toward creating a standard for Internet content tagging and filtering. [News.com]
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- First legal brief filed on CD-ROM - Lawyers and judges who despise mounds of paperwork may be seeing the light soon if the legal community follows the first-ever decision allowing legal briefs to be distributed via CD-ROM. [News.com]
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- First millionaire for Net lottery - The International Red Cross said today its new Internet lottery had made its first millionaire. [News.com]
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- First U.S. SET trials under way - Two major U.S. banks, Bank of America BAC) and First Union (FTU) today announced they will test the Secure Electronic Transaction protocol for credit card purchases over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Fore misses the mark--again - Fore Systems (FORE) will miss again. [News.com]
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- Free emailers canning spam - Free email services including Hotmail, RocketMail, and NetAddress want to make sure that spammers don't equate free email with freedom to spam. [News.com]
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- FTC addresses children's privacy - Responding to mounting pressure from children's advocates, the Federal Trade Commission set guidelines today for the collection of personal data from young surfers. [News.com]
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- FTC backs industry on privacy - The Federal Trade Commission today told Congress how it plans on better protecting Net surfers' privacy: by mainly relying on industry self-regulation. [News.com]
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- FTC commissioner returns to law - The Federal Trade Commission's Internet guru, Christine Varney, will resign from her post in August, she said today. [News.com]
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- FTC won't probe Microsoft - The Federal Trade Commission has officially rejected three senators' request to reopen an investigation of Microsoft's alleged antitrust practices, according to a letter sent to the congressmen by the FTC chairman. [News.com]
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- Fujitsu rolls out build-to-order notebooks - Fujitsu PC confirmed today that it will begin to make notebook PCs under a build-to-order program designed to lower customer costs and make computers more customized for buyers. [News.com]
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- Gates gains $3 billion in 2 days - He's rich and he's getting richer. [News.com]
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- Gates's net worth tops $36 billion - Microsoft (MSFT), cofounder and chairman Bill Gates's software empire, has made him the richest person in the world for the third year in a row--and his fortune has doubled, according to Forbes magazine. [News.com]
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- Gates, Ballmer tout corporate strategy - Microsoft (MSFT) executives Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer came armed to their annual meeting with financial analysts--in one hand they held the "digital nervous system" hammer, and the "Web lifestyle" in the other. [News.com]
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- Gates: Apple still strong in schools - The Microsoft Windows operating systems are making inroads in the education market, but Chairman Bill Gates acknowledged Monday that rival Apple Computer remains a significant force in schools. [News.com]
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- Gateway delivers DVD - Gateway 2000 is now shipping desktop systems with built-in DVD drives, one of the first PC manufacturers to do so. [News.com]
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- Gateway president steps down - Richard Snyder, president and chief operating officer at Gateway 2000 (GTW), resigned from the company today to head up a venture capital fund. [News.com]
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- Geac announces earnings - Geac Computer today announced revenues for the fourth quarter that ended April 30 of $135.1 million, up 152% from the $53.6 million reported in the fourth quarter last year. The networking company's income was $20.5 million, or 70 cents a share, up 131 percent from the same period last year. [News.com]
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- GeoCities takes down site rating students - GeoCities has shut down a Web site that rated the looks and sex appeal of students and teachers at a Palo Alto, California, middle school. [News.com]
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- Germany urges strong encryption - Germany's economics minister today called on governments to give Internet users easy access to strong encryption, raising the specter of international conflict over U.S. policy limiting crypto exports. [News.com]
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- Good news ups Security Dynamics stock - Security Dynamics Technologies' (SDTI) stock traded higher today on strong earnings and news yesterday that the enterprise security firm is buying Sweden's DynaSoft for about $115 million in stock and cash. [News.com]
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- GTE seen as takeover target - GTE (GTE) is seen as an attractive takeover target as long distance carriers aim to enter local telecommunications markets and capitalize on the company's strength in Internet and data transmission, Business Week reported in its July 28 issue. [News.com]
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- Hackers attack Mac sites - A Swedish site that dared Netizens to crack its Macintosh Web server was hit by a "denial of service" attack. [News.com]
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- Hardware vendors top M&A list - Hardware deals were the hottest sector for high-tech mergers and acquisitions during the first six months of 1997, according to a survey of information technology activity from investment bank Broadview & Associates. [News.com]
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- Have projector, will travel - Wedge Technologies has a solution for business travelers tired of carrying both a laptop and projector to presentations: a laptop with an LCD screen that converts into an overhead projection panel for presentations. [News.com]
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- Hayes does merger, private placement - Privately held modem producer Hayes Microcomputer Products today announced a merger agreement with remote access player Access Beyond (ACCB) and a $30 million private placement by an unnamed Asian investor. [News.com]
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- Healtheon names new CEO - Healtheon announced today that Mike Long, former chief executive of CSC Continuum, has joined the company as its president and chief executive. [News.com]
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- High tech christens lobby group - Technology executives, investment bankers, and venture capitalists officially came of political age today with the formation of a bipartisan lobby group called the Technology Network. [News.com]
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- High-speed rollouts under way - By Jeff Pelline High-speed Net access is on a roll, both via cable and phone lines. [News.com]
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- Hitachi delivers 24X CD-ROM - Hitachi today announced a new high-speed CD-ROM drive for personal computers that reads at speeds up to 24X and can access data in 90 milliseconds. [News.com]
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- Hitachi plays the blues on DVD - Hitachi will use blue laser technology to triple the data capacity of DVD-ROMs and DVD-RAMs by the year 2001, according to a report in Nikkei Byte, a Japanese publication. [News.com]
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- Hong Kong slip reveals press info - The Hong Kong government has apologized for accidentally posting the personal information of hundreds of journalists on the Internet. [News.com]
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- House members back off crypto bill - Members of the House National Security Committee are vowing to oppose legislation to dramatically relax strict U.S. export controls on computer encoding technology. [News.com]
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- HP console manages databases - Users of Hewlett-Packard's (HWP) popular OpenView enterprise management software got a boost today as the company announced that it is adding database administration to the package. [News.com]
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- HP eases communication pain - Hewlett Packard (HPW) has introduced a software protocol that will take a good portion of the pain and guesswork out of sending images from one device to another. [News.com]
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- HP home PCs dip to $999 - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today debuted several new systems in its Pavilion line, adding DVD players to the high end of the series and two sub-$1000 models to the low end. [News.com]
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- HP launches color copiers - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) introduced today a line of InkJet-based digital color copiers that analysts say could help it win a sizable share of the U.S. personal copier market. [News.com]
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- HP rethinks notebook strategy - After years of lackluster performance, Hewlett-Packard (HPW) is trying to light a fire under its notebook computer division. [News.com]
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- HP slashes Vectra prices - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) said it cut list-prices up to 24 percent across its entire Vectra family of small business PCs, commercial PCs and PC workstations. [News.com]
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- HP to bundle Unicenter - Extending their current partnership, Computer Associates (CA) and Hewlett-Packard (HWP) have unveiled an agreement to bundle the Unicenter TNG Framework in all Unix-based workstations and servers and in Intel-based systems running Microsoft Windows NT. [News.com]
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- HP whistle-blower files suit - A former Hewlett-Packard (HWP) employee has sued the computer company, contending he was demoted and then fired after discovering environmental and safety violations. [News.com]
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- HP's goal: strongest workstation - Hewlett Packard (HPW) will commercialize advanced workstation technology early next year designed to reduce the time required to render complex graphical blueprints from hours to minutes. [News.com]
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- HP, Nu-Kote saga continues - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) said today a ruling by a federal judge allows it to continue marketing a new design of popular Ink Jet printer cartridges geared to be more reliable than earlier versions. [News.com]
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- HP: Court OKs printer package fix - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today said a court had accepted the company's proposal for revising the product illustration on the packages of two of its black inkjet cartridges. [News.com]
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- HTML 4.0 public for first time - One of the main arbiters of Net standards has updated the basic publishing language of the Web, HTML. [News.com]
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- IBM bets on SCO for servers - The Santa Cruz Operation (SCOC) will announce tomorrow that IBM (IBM) has selected SCO's Unix operating system for use on its personal computing servers. [News.com]
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- IBM brews new Java tools - IBM (IBM) is making good on its promise to supply corporate programmers with cutting-edge Java-based tools. [News.com]
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- IBM deal to aid Net TVs in Italy - Italian media group Fininvest SpA's computer services outsourcing deal with IBM announced today will help Fininvest develop new offers like electronic shopping, home banking, online insurance, and video on demand, managing director Ubaldo Livolsi said. [News.com]
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- IBM delivers Java framework - IBM (IBM) today delivered the first pieces of its San Francisco project, a building-block approach for delivering Java-based business applications on legacy systems. [News.com]
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- IBM earnings on track - IBM (IBM) is expected to post solid, on-track second-quarter earnings today, though some analysts foresee an upside surprise. [News.com]
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- IBM expected to issue $1 billion debt - International Business Machines (IBM) is expected to tap the corporate bond market with a $1 billion debt offering, dealers said today. [News.com]
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- IBM moves servers to Pentium II - For those who find the Pentium Pro passe, IBM will offer a Pentium II upgrade card to its 325 and 330 servers this month, as well as a Pentium II server later in the quarter. [News.com]
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- IBM reorgs, shuffles execs - IBM (IBM) announced yesterday a reorganization of some of its major lines of business, a day after reporting earnings that met expectations on Wall Street. [News.com]
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- IBM rounds out NC line - IBM (IBM) filled out its network computer line today, announcing two new systems with greater capabilities than its original offering. [News.com]
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- IBM shifts server assembly plans - Raising the stakes in the PC server business, IBM (IBM) has become one of the first companies to tinker with its manufacturing methods to reduce system cost and delivery time. [News.com]
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- IBM slashes notebook prices - IBM(IBM) cut prices on ThinkPad notebook PCs today, with some plummeting as much as $1,500. [News.com]
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- IBM South Africa stock rising - IBM South Africa's stock continued to rise today amid perceptions the firm's planned restructuring could enhance future earnings growth, traders said. [News.com]
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- IBM speeds up workstations - IBM gave its professional workstations a boost today, announcing a 300-MHz version of its IntelliStation M Pro line and giving users of traditional Unix workstations another reason to consider Intel-based computers running Windows NT. [News.com]
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- IBM unveils intelligent agent - IBM (IBM) has released a software agent called Web Browser Intelligence that makes it easier for users to obtain, distribute, and control information on the Web. [News.com]
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- IBM, 3Com expand Net gear alliance - IBM (IBM) and 3Com (COMS) announced several enhancements to their ongoing working relationship today, each company shoring up the technology shortcomings of the other. [News.com]
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- IBM, Gemplus team on smart cards - IBM (IBM) and French firm Gemplus signed an agreement today to expand their business in the smart card market. [News.com]
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- IBM, SCO join forces on servers - The Santa Cruz Operation (SCOC) and IBM (IBM) said today that they will combine technological and marketing resources to promote SCO's Unixware on IBM's Intel (INTC) servers. [News.com]
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- IDC bullish on e-commerce growth - Expectations for electronic commerce were given another boost in a report released today by International Data Corporation (IDC). [News.com]
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- Idealab loses star player - Bill Gross has garnered tons of ink of late for Idealab, a company he bills as an incubator for start-ups. But at least one of his ideas is not firing on all cylinders. [News.com]
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- IE 4.0 beta is risky business - If you're raring to download the just-released version of Internet Explorer from Microsoft (MSFT), the browser could be quite a shock to your system. [News.com]
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- IGC takes down Basque site - The politically progressive Internet service provider, Institute for Global Communications, or IGC, suspended "under protest" today a Web site that was the focus of a denial of service attack. [News.com]
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- IGC under attack for Basque site - Net demonstrators have been crippling a politically progressive Internet service provider with a denial of service attack, which is being waged in protest of a Basque separatist Web site. [News.com]
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- Informix reworks tools strategy - Informix Software (IFMX) today delivered a revamped tool lineup along with partnerships intended to boost the appeal of its Universal Server database. [News.com]
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- Infoseek losses miss mark - In the midst of an executive makeover, Infoseek (SEEK) reported earnings that fell short of Wall Street's expectations, as larger-than-expected restructuring charges cut into profits. [News.com]
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- Ingram Micro meets analysts' hopes - Thanks to robust PC sales, Ingram Micro (IM) hit analysts' expectations for the June quarter and attained a new record high. [News.com]
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- Inktomi searches Latin universe - Inktomi is expected to announce an alliance Monday with Universo Online (UOL), Brazil's leading online content provider, to launch a commercial search engine for the South American Net market, company sources said today. [News.com]
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- Innovative Trek rolls out NovaStation - Innovative Trek Technology, a Singapore-based multimedia company, has announced a new multimedia MMX software product called NovaStation. The software was developed to upgrade any Sound Blaster-16 or compatible 16-bit sound card to a 128-Voice Midi Wavetable Synthesizer. This software utilizes the power of the Intel Pentium MMX processor to generate high-quality MIDI music. [News.com]
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- Intel has bug-repair program - Intel (INTC) confirmed today that it has been operating a special bug-repair program for its chips on a limited basis for some time. [News.com]
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- Intel releases server management specs - Intel has released the server computer section of the Wired for Management (WFM) baseline specification, which prescribes an infrastructure for PC manufacturers to implement better server management technology. [News.com]
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- Intel revs it up - Intel (INTC) will likely release a 266-MHz version of the Pentium MMX processor toward the end of the year or early next year, which could spawn fast Pentium systems costing $1,500 or less by the first half of 1998. [News.com]
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- Intel slashes prices across board - Intel (INTC) officially reduced the prices on its chips today, a move that will likely keep the Pentium maker well ensconced as the processor supplier to the world. [News.com]
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- Intel to buy graphics chip leader - Intel (INTC) has reached an agreement to purchase Chips and Technologies, a buyout that will instantly make the company one of the largest suppliers of graphics processors, an increasingly important chip market where Intel has been virtually absent. [News.com]
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- Intel to cut chip prices up to 50% - Aggressive, across-the-board price cuts on Intel (INTC) Pentium processors next month should keep Intel well ensconced as the processor supplier to the world. [News.com]
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- Intel to pay rebates on Pentium processors - An overambitious performance benchmark on two processors will allow some Intel (INTC) customers to qualify for a $50 rebate on an upgrade, while their attorney will walk away with $1.5 million. [News.com]
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- Intel wants cheap digital cameras - Intel (INTC) today will announce guidelines for new low-cost digital cameras, in an attempt to make these devices as commonplace as printers. [News.com]
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- Intel works on antidote to bugs - Intel (INTC) is working on new technology that makes it easier to fix bugs found in its chips. [News.com]
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- Internet jam tip of iceberg? - Yesterday's Net traffic slowdown couldn't have come at a worse time for Network Solutions. The company, which caused the backup in email and Web service, doesn't need any more bad publicity as it tries to go public. [News.com]
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- InterNIC problems slow Net - Netizens have been encountering widespread difficulty reaching Web sites, sending email, and using the Internet in general today due to the ripple effect of a database problem combined with "human error" at the InterNIC. [News.com]
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- Internic.com clarifies disclaimers - The domain name registration site that some Netizens mistook for the official InterNIC has added more prominent disclaimers to its site, letting people know it is not the actual registry. [News.com]
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- Intuit embeds IE in Quicken - In a blow to Netscape Communications (NSCP), Intuit (INTU) said today it will build Microsoft's (MSFT) Internet Explorer browser into future versions of Intuit's market-leading personal finance software. [News.com]
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- Investors sue over Fujitsu-Amdahl deal - A shareholder lawsuit has been filed seeking to stop Japanese computer conglomerate Fujitsu from acquiring shares of mainframe maker Amdahl (AMDL) that it does not yet own, lawyers for plaintiffs said today. [News.com]
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- Iomega earnings beat estimates - Relying on the strength of demand for their Zip drives, storage maker Iomega (IOM) overcame analysts low expectations and posted an 86 percent increase in second-quarter earnings. [News.com]
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- Iomega execs head for Software AG - Iomega (IOM) today announced that Tim Hill, vice president, worldwide marketing and sales, has resigned to become vice president of marketing for Software AG Americas, a privately held software firm. [News.com]
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- Iomega sues SyQuest over patent - Iomega (IOM) has charged competitor SyQuest Technology (SYQT) with patent infringement for both its Jaz and Zip products. [News.com]
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- Irish Net speech debate closes - A United Kingdom cyberliberties group today was among the first to make itself heard in the early stages of a debate in Ireland over how to control smut on the Internet. [News.com]
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- Is Microsoft eyeing CBS? - Microsoft (MSFT) is reviewing the finances of Westinghouse Electric's CBS unit as it considers making a bid to buy the network, the New York Post reported today. [News.com]
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- ISPs may eclipse telcos on fast lines - Internet service providers may give telecommunications carriers a run for their money in the race to provide high-speed Net access over phone lines, a technology known as DSL (digital subscriber lines), according to a study released today. [News.com]
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- ISPs may lose intranet revenues - Internet service providers, struggling to supplement income from Net access fees, may have hit upon a golden opportunity by running corporate intranets for business customers. But that opportunity could prove fleeting as customers that begin to bring that function in-house, according to a new report issued by the Business Research Group. [News.com]
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- IT Informer calls it quits - Readers of Internet IT Informer who went to the site looking for technology news today were in for a surprise. [News.com]
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- Japan firm jumps into e-commerce - Oki Electric Industry says it has started developing next-generation electronic commerce applications. [News.com]
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- Japanese target advanced chip-making - Semiconductor Leading Edge Technologies, a confederation of ten Japanese chipmakers, has started researching advanced chip production technology, according to a report in Nikkei Microdevices [News.com]
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- Java standard voted down--for now - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has run into new roadblocks in its efforts to make its Java programming language an international standard. [News.com]
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- JavaScript bug could be worse - A security hole that can be exploited with JavaScript to glean information from Web forms apparently is harder to fix than first expected. [News.com]
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- JavaScript hole exposes form data - A researcher at Bell Labs has discovered a serious security hole in the JavaScript language used by popular Web browsers from Microsoft and Netscape Communications. [News.com]
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- Jobs rejects Apple chairman post - Apple Computer (AAPL) cofounder Steve Jobs has reportedly rejected offers to become chairman and chief executive of the company. [News.com]
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- Jobs to keynote Macworld Expo - Apple Computer cofounder Steve Jobs will underscore his reascension to power when he replaces ousted CEO Gil Amelio as keynote speaker for the opening of next week's Macworld Boston trade show. [News.com]
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- Judge stays Cadence suit vs. Avant - Avant (AVNT) today announced that a federal judge has granted its motion for a stay in a trade secret civil lawsuit brought against it and two of its employees by competing electronic design automation software maker Cadence Design Systems (CDN). [News.com]
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- Junk emailer fights for access - Junk emailer Cyber Promotions is getting the boot from another Internet access provider, but it isn't going without a fight. [News.com]
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- Justice probes Network Solutions - The company responsible for issuing the Internet's most popular domain names is the object of an antitrust investigation by the Justice Department. [News.com]
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- King of spam meets its maker - Sanford Wallace is laughing today. [News.com]
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- LCD screens to be in short supply - Liquid crystal display screens used in notebooks and desktop monitors will be in short supply until early 1999, continuing to affect the availability of laptops, according to a market research firm. [News.com]
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- Libraries reject blocking software - Riding the coattails of the Supreme Court's historic rejection of the Communications Decency Act, the American Library Association has adopted a resolution against the use of filtering software in libraries. [News.com]
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- Link to explicit poem deemed OK - Police in the United Kingdom have decided not to bring charges against the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, whose Web site provided a link to a controversial poem. [News.com]
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- Live Picture buys Olivr - Live Picture today announced that it has acquired the Olivr Corporation in a stock exchange deal. [News.com]
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- Logo program to boost SET - Seeking to turn an obscure payment protocol into a real business, Visa and MasterCard today kicked off a campaign to convince consumers that they can soon make credit card purchases safely over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Looking out browser windows for weather - Before getting battered by high winds this summer, some hurricane watchers are logging on to the Net to check out the latest in weather forecasts. [News.com]
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- Lotus gives go-ahead to Web firms - Lotus, a unit of IBM (IBM), will release two new Web servers in its Lotus Go family next month, designed as starter products for companies eager to get on the Web. [News.com]
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- Lotus IE deal pressures Netscape - Lotus Development's pledge to cozy up to Microsoft (MSFT) and its Internet Explorer 4.0 Web browser may be intended to persuade Netscape Communications (NSCP) to unbundle its Navigator Web browser from its Communicator package, analysts say. [News.com]
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- Low tech, high payoff on Mars - The Pathfinder mission to Mars is one of the most technologically advanced in space exploration history, but some of the components used to create its lander and microrover are surprisingly down to Earth. [News.com]
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- LSI profits flat on slow chip sales - LSI Logic (LSI) reported slightly weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings amid slow sales of its computer chips. [News.com]
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- Lucent sues Acer over patents - Lucent Technologies (LU) has sued Acer, claiming the Taiwan-based PC maker has infringed Lucent patents. [News.com]
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- Lucent to buy Octel for $1.8 billion - Lucent Technologies (LU) said yesterday it agreed to buy Octel Communications (OCTL) for $1.8 billion in a bid to beef up its voice mail, fax and messaging business in the United States and abroad. [News.com]
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- Lucent triples earnings - Lucent Technologies says its earnings tripled in the third quarter, blowing past Wall Street's expectations, as demand soared for the former AT&T subsidiary's telecommunications equipment. [News.com]
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- Mac cloner pushes Pentium II - Umax Technologies' first line of PCs based on Intel Pentium II processors will beat Mac clone maker Power Computing to the punch. [News.com]
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- Mac OS 8 has arrived - Apple Computer (AAPL) today is unveiling its most significant upgrade to the Macintosh operating system in several years and will attempt to put the best spin possible on the new software against a backdrop of internal upheaval at the company. [News.com]
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- Macromedia revenues, profits slide - Multimedia software developer Macromedia (MACR) today reported declining revenues and a loss for the first quarter. [News.com]
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- Macs get $300 price cuts - In the first concrete product move since its management upheaval this week, Apple Computer (AAPL) today reduced prices up to $300 on select Power Macintosh 6500 and Macintosh Performa 6400 series computers. [News.com]
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- Major PC vendors riding high - Low prices and strong economies pushed PC sales past expectations for the second quarter, according to two research houses. Dell (DELL), Compaq, and Hewlett-Packard (HWP) were standouts, while smaller vendors are hurting. [News.com]
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- Mars rover awaits close encounter - Scientists hope to learn more about the secrets of Mars today when results of the rover's first encounter with a targeted multicolored rock become available. [News.com]
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- Mars sites still drawing crowds - One week after the Mars mission commenced, traffic on the multitudes of Pathfinder Web sites shows no signs of slowing down. [News.com]
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- Massachusetts may ax ISP tax - Massachusetts legislators could vote to exempt Internet service providers from a sales tax by early next week, adding muscle to the White House's e-commerce agenda. [News.com]
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- McAfee expands security business - Seeking to become a full-service network security firm, antivirus software vendor McAfee Associates (MCAF) next month will ship its first firewall software. [News.com]
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- McAfee stock falls after strong earnings - Antivirus software maker McAfee (MCAF) fell today, even though the company beat Wall Street's expectations for its second quarter earnings when it reported yesterday after the market closed. [News.com]
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- McCain-Kerrey crypto talks continue - In an unusual legislative maneuver, the Senate Commerce Committee will continue negotiating through August over the provisions of an encryption bill approved by the committee on June 19, staffers said. [News.com]
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- MCI mimics White House on e-commerce - Internet companies, hoping to stave off government legislation, are scrambling to create self-regulatory mechanisms on a broad range of Net policy issues. [News.com]
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- McNealy takes aim at Microsoft - News flash: Sun Microsystems (SUNW) chairman, president, and CEO Scott McNealy doesn't like Microsoft. [News.com]
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- Memory chip prices fall - Memory chip prices DRAM slid again in June, continuing a trend that started last year, as U.S. makers become more of a force in the market. [News.com]
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- Memory maintains price free-fall - Memory chips have hit $6 and below in the spot market, a new record that will eventually translate into lower computer and memory prices. [News.com]
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- Memphis is Windows 98 - Without any fanfare, Microsoft (MSFT) has finally said the magic number: 98, as in Windows 98, the official name of the next version of Windows, code-named Memphis. [News.com]
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- Micron beefs up server arsenal - NetFrame Systems today announced a multiprocessor server that should add significantly to the arsenal of Micron, up to now a very small player in the server market. [News.com]
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- Micron cuts prices on PCs - Micron, a major direct-sales PC vendor, today announced price reductions on computers across its corporate desktop and workstation lines. [News.com]
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- Microsoft confused over Memphis - When you're as big as Microsoft, it's hard for the left arm to know what the right arm's doing. But when the subject is as high-profile as the release date of the successor to Windows 95, the level of confusion emanating from the software giant is surprising. [News.com]
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- Microsoft cracks down on piracy - Microsoft (MSFT) has filed lawsuits against two Arizona-based resellers as part of a heightened campaign against piracy of the company's server-based software. [News.com]
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- Microsoft Expedia sales rise - Sales of airline tickets and other travel-related items over the Internet executed using Microsoft's Expedia technology have risen past $2 million per week, a company executive said. [News.com]
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- Microsoft invests in Net phone firm - Navitel, a provider of Net telephone technology, announced that it will build software for Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows CE platform and that Microsoft will make an investment in the company, as reported yesterday by CNET'S NEWS.COM. [News.com]
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- Microsoft jabs Java - Microsoft (MSFT) used today's Windows briefing to take a jab at Java. [News.com]
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- Microsoft looks to year 2000 - The world may come to an end when we reach the millennium, but that doesn't faze Microsoft. In its afternoon-long briefing here yesterday, the software behemoth sketched a picture of where its Windows operating systems and applications will stand in the year 2000. [News.com]
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- Microsoft plans African expansion - U.S. software giant Microsoft (MSFT) is planning to invest millions of dollars to expand its business in Africa, Microsoft managing director for sub-Saharan Africa Rob Katz said today. [News.com]
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- Microsoft plays both sides of Java - Ask Cornelius Willis what he thinks of the Java programming language, and he sounds like a wholehearted convert to the Sun Microsystems technology. [News.com]
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- Microsoft posts another bug fix - Microsoft (MSFT) posted a patch today for the second security hole that hackers exploited in its servers in less than two weeks. [News.com]
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- Microsoft ships site manager - As part of its campaign to prove the high-end flexibility of its Windows NT Server operating system, Microsoft (MSFT) today shipped Site Server 2.0, a new package for Web site management. [News.com]
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- Microsoft shuffles CFOs - Microsoft (MSFT) announced today its chief financial officer, Michael Brown, will retire this year and named treasurer Gregory Maffei as his replacement. [News.com]
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- Microsoft standards: Windows to W3C - Traditionally, Microsoft's (MSFT) forte has been establishing de facto technology standards like Windows, but increasingly the company is positioning itself as a leading supporter of officially sanctioned Net technologies. [News.com]
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- Microsoft still committed to Mac - Microsoft (MSFT) said it remains committed to meeting the needs of Macintosh users, regardless of the latest management shakeup at Apple Computer (AAPL). [News.com]
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- Microsoft stock down - Although Microsoft (MSFT) yesterday posted an 86 percent jump in fourth-quarter earnings, its stock ended today down 6 percent. [News.com]
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- Microsoft sues for OS piracy - Microsoft (MSFT) said today it has sued an Omaha, Nebraska-based computer vendor, contending the company sold unauthorized copies of its Windows 95, Windows NT, and Office software. [News.com]
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- Microsoft to hire 3,600 this year - Microsoft (MSFT) plans to hire 3,600 people in the United States in the coming year, expanding its U.S. workforce by nearly 19 percent, according to company executives. [News.com]
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- Money to launch for-pay finance site - Three months after reorganizing its new media operations and executive ranks, Time Incorporated is taking some major steps to turn around its long-criticized online venture. [News.com]
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- Monitor tracks real-time Web usage - Attention, networked employees: Your boss may be watching your Web surfing habits right now. [News.com]
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- Morgan Stanley eyes Net banking - Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co is considering a direct banking business over the Internet using the Discover credit card brand name, the Financial Times reported. [News.com]
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- Motley Fool, Salon syndicated - Motley Fool had its biggest day of site traffic this weekend. It had nothing to do with the Internet or even computers. [News.com]
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- Motorola debuts new Mac OS - Macintosh clone vendor Motorola (MOT) introduced today the first of the next generation of PowerPC computer systems using an unexpected, modified version of the Macintosh OS, as the company tries to push ahead and break away from Apple. [News.com]
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- Motorola scraps DRAM business - Following up on its promise to cut underperforming business lines, Motorola (MOT) said today that its Semiconductor Product Sector would get out of the dynamic random access memory market. [News.com]
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- Motorola ships new Mac clones - Motorola has started to ship a new line of Macintosh-compatible systems based on an updated design it developed jointly with Apple. [News.com]
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- Motorola stock hits all-time high - Following a stock rally that brought Motorola (MOT) shares to an all-time high, the company announced after the market's close that a one-time charge cut into second-quarter profits. [News.com]
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- Motorola to show laptop clone - Motorola will be quietly showing off a Macintosh-compatible laptop behind the scenes at Macworld Expo in Boston next week, according to industry sources. [News.com]
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- Move over Zip? - Safeguard Interactive is offering computer users the ability to back up critical information without having to buy a separate disk drive or tape drive for storage space. [News.com]
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- MS late to service Office 97 - Microsoft (MSFT) is scheduled to ship a set of fixes for its Office 97 software suite in August, missing its original goal by a month. [News.com]
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- MS posts GetAdmin fix for NT - Microsoft (MSFT) has posted a fix to combat a new tool that allows any user with access rights to a local Windows NT machine to gain administrative privileges for that machine. [News.com]
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- MS pushes IE 4 to the Mac - Continuing its browser rollout, on Wednesday Microsoft (MSFT) will post the first public beta of Internet Explorer 4.0 for the Macintosh. [News.com]
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- MS: Windows 98 no blockbuster - Central to Microsofts sober expectations for the coming fiscal year is the companys attitude toward Windows 98--that it'll be a block that builds on its operating system, but not a source of blockbuster sales. [News.com]
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- MSN changing channels - When the new Microsoft Network launched last October, it had a look and feel similar to television. Nine months later, it's not so clear that's what Netizens want. [News.com]
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- MSN upgrade seen as incremental - Microsoft Network announced an software upgrade in its service today. [News.com]
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- MTV, Yahoo unfurl music site - MTV Networks and Yahoo (YHOO) rolled out their online music guide today, dubbed Unfurled, heating up competition in the online music market. [News.com]
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- Music sites sounding off - Although MTV and most radio stations are still light years ahead of the Internet in the market for music's audience, the Net is evolving as a distinct venue for music lovers and as a potential moneymaker for record companies and high-tech firms. [News.com]
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- Naked-eye 3D gets bigger, better - Sanyo said today it had developed a 15-inch, high-resolution 3D display for which users do not need special glasses. [News.com]
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- Nat Semi, Cyrix plan $500 PC strategy - National Semiconductor (NSM) and Cyrix (CYRK) told investors today that they will focus on chips for sub-$500 home computers, NetPCs, and entertainment devices like TVs with new "system on a chip" processors that will meld microprocessors, audio, video, network cards, and other functions onto a single piece of silicon. [News.com]
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- National Semi stock drops - National Semiconductor's (NSM) stock fell today as analysts cut earnings estimates for the company a day after it announced plans to buy Cyrix (CYRX). [News.com]
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- National Semi to buy Cyrix - National Semiconductor (NSM) today announced it will buy Cyrix (CYRX) in a stock deal valued at $550 million. [News.com]
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- NCR narrows loss, sees stock rise - While revenue fell slightly due to weakness in some regions and a strong dollar abroad, NCR (NCR) today reported a narrowed second-quarter loss and beat expectations as total orders increased. [News.com]
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- NEC offers radical PC - NEC is offering home systems with DVD-ROM drives, integrated wireless Internet "radio," and Pentium II processors. But despite all of this, it's the systems' looks that may be noticed first by consumers. [News.com]
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- NEC ships chip for Windows CE - NEC said today that Windows CE, the lightweight version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, is ready to run on a more powerful yet less expensive processor targeted for network computers and TVs with computing capability. [News.com]
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- NEC uses new Pentium II in servers - NEC Computer Systems has announced it will release new Pentium II computers this quarter, now that Intel has released a version of the Pentium II more suitable for servers. [News.com]
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- Net gambling called Pandora's box - Internet gambling was described as an "addictive" vice that will germinate fraud and money laundering if left untouched by federal regulators during a U.S. Senate hearing today on the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act. [News.com]
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- Net may revolutionize British business - The Internet is set to revolutionize the way U.K. financial companies do business within the next five years, according to a Reuters survey. [News.com]
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- Net searching gets eyes and ears - Progressive Networks announced a partnership with search company Netword so that users can type in simple words to link to audio and video clips on the Internet. [News.com]
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- Net stocks up as earnings come in - Long-neglected Internet stocks are returning to favor as real earnings finally start to flow to some of the leading names in the business. [News.com]
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- Netcom serves USR's 56 kbps - Netcom On-Line Communications Services (NETC) today became the latest ISP to offer widespread deployment of 56-kbps modem technology. [News.com]
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- NetObjects founders increase stake - Foreshadowing an initial public offering, NetObjects will announce Monday that its CEO and other founders invested $1.5 million in the maker of Web site building software. [News.com]
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- Netscape fixes Communicator bug - As promised last week, Netscape Communications (NSCP) has just released Communicator 4.01a, an update to the software suite that fixes a JavaScript security hole but does not include push channels. [News.com]
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- Netscape fixes latest bug - Netscape Communications (NSCP) has patched yet another hole in its Communicator browser, the fourth one since the product shipped last month. [News.com]
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- Netscape fixes Netcaster beta glitch - Netscape Communications (NSCP) posted yesterday a new version of its beta Netcaster software that works with the latest version of its Communicator software suite. [News.com]
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- Netscape plans Java tools - Netscape Communications (NSCP) today announced that it is building new Java-based management tools to be included in the next major release of its SuiteSpot servers. [News.com]
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- Netscape posts increased profits - Pulling out of a long product-transition tunnel, Netscape (NSCP) today posted increased second-quarter profits, excluding one-time acquisition charges. [News.com]
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- Netscape stock continues slide - Netscape (NSCP) shares continued their tumble today, dropping as low as 18 percent over two days as analysts lowered their estimates based on the company's second-quarter performance. [News.com]
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- Netscape to overhaul servers - Netscape Communications (NSCP) has revamped its Internet server pricing and packaging to compete more effectively with major software companies like Microsoft and Lotus Development, company executives said today. [News.com]
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- Netscape to use its extranet software - In the world of high-tech marketing, eating your own dog food is essential. Today, Netscape Communications (NSCP) announced plans to do just that. [News.com]
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- Netscape, Excite do foreign news - Netscape Communications (NSCP) and Excite (XCIT) have announced an alliance under which the search engine company will produce a new navigational service providing international information. [News.com]
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- Netscape, Marimba sign distribution pact - Netscape Communications (NSCP) and Marimba have announced a distribution pact that calls for Netscape to market, sell, and support Marimba's Castanet products through its direct and indirect sales force. [News.com]
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- NetSoft buy bucks NetManage stock - Shares of intranet software maker NetManage (NETM) jumped 10 percent in trading today, after the company said it will buy client-server software maker NetSoft, creating one of the largest vendors in the PC connectivity market. [News.com]
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- Network General to acquire toolmaker - Network General (NETG) announced that it has agreed to acquire Cinco Networks for $27 million in order to round out its line of network protocol analysis tools. [News.com]
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- Network management for all - Small offices with little or no management software expertise will soon be able to dissect their networking gear. [News.com]
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- Networks diagnosed through Net - Separating hype from reality on the Web can be tough, but an upcoming slew of management tools from the likes of Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Intel (INTC) show the promise of administration software based on Internet standards. [News.com]
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- New business plan helps Netcom results - Netcom (NETC) today announced a better-than-expected second-quarter, as a result of its higher-price, higher-service business model. [News.com]
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- New line of 200-MHz notebooks - Computer Applications, previously a direct-sales company, has introduced a new line of computers it will offer through resellers, including a 200-MHz notebook and feature-packed multimedia PC. [News.com]
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- News sites worry about filtering - Violence and sex are regulars on the nightly news. (Think Andrew Phillip Cunanan.) But when the same stories appear on the Net, they can easily be blocked by the latest content rating and filtering systems. [News.com]
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- Notebook arena gets two more players - Two Taiwan-based computer makers will enter the notebook PC market with systems running as fast as 233 MHz later this year. [News.com]
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- Novell CFO denies he is leaving - Jim Tolonen, chief financial officer at Novell (NOVL), today denied a published report that he was leaving the company. [News.com]
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- Novell NDS as a standard? - Novell (NOVL) executives have disclosed that they may release elements of the company's Novell Directory Services' software code to the Internet Engineering Task Force before the end of the year. [News.com]
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- Novell rolls out GroupWise beta - The latest version of Novell's (NOVL) GroupWise messaging and collaboration software package with support for Internet collaboration standards has been released to beta testers. [News.com]
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- NPR chief leaves Apple's board - Apple (AAPL) today announced the resignation of board member Delano E. Lewis, president and chief executive officer of National Public Radio. [News.com]
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- NSF adds rural funds to next Net - Seeking to head off a political tussle over appropriations for the government's Next Generation Internet, the National Science Foundation said this week it would pay to connect universities in 18 rural states to the project. [News.com]
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- Oakland to add NCs to housing - To train low-income residents for high-tech jobs, Oakland, California, will put computer terminals in all future public housing units built in the city. [News.com]
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- Object management revamped - Visigenic Software (VSGN) is revamping its object management software to better work with companies' existing applications and databases. [News.com]
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- Olympus flashes digital cameras - Olympus America introduced a new line of digital cameras that are smaller, lighter, and less expensive than previous models, as well as a 'personal' photo printer for use with digital cameras. [News.com]
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- On the road to managed laptops - An industry group next week will deliver a draft specification outlining a standardized way for corporations to manage notebook PCs. [News.com]
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- Online auction firms raising ante - Responding to competition, online auctioneer Onsale (ONSL) split its offerings into two sites today, one for selling consumer electronics and the other for computer products. [News.com]
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- Online giant still on hook - Critics say America Online (AOL) took a step in the right direction today when it dropped plans to give out members' telephone numbers to business partners. Still, they warn that the online giant has a ways to go before they are satisfied. [News.com]
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- OpenMarket drops WebSecure - Open Market (OMKT), just tapped by Software Magazine as the fastest-growing software company in 1996, has ceased marketing its secure Web server software to concentrate on its Internet commerce offerings. [News.com]
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- Oracle retools for thin clients - Attempting to complete a transition of its toolset from client-server to Web-based development, Oracle (ORCL) will on Monday announce an update aimed at generating thin-client applications to its flagship toolset. [News.com]
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- Oracle to demonstrate home NCs - Larry Ellison is coming into your home and, unless market conditions stay the same, there's not a lot you can do about it. [News.com]
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- Oracle's NCI reorg sheds staff - Oracle subsidiary Network Computer Incorporated has quietly eliminated 21 positions and reassigned another 20 workers out of its 130-member workforce, citing a sales reorganization and its pending merger with Navio Communications, CNET's NEWS.COM has learned. [News.com]
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- Pac Bell adds network access - Internet congestion is a growing problem, and California is especially vulnerable as an estimated 40 percent of Net traffic begins or ends in the state known for high tech and Silicon Valley. [News.com]
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- Pac Bell enters fast Net market - Pacific Bell is quietly laying plans to launch high-speed Internet access over phone lines, known as xDSL, in the San Francisco Bay Area in September, invading the turf of access provider @Home just after that firm's highly successful initial public offering, executives told CNET's NEWS.COM today. [News.com]
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- Packard Bell lends a helping hand - Packard Bell NEC has incorporated a new suite of user support software in its new line of PCs to overcome one of the company's chief problems: its reputation. [News.com]
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- Packard Bell-NEC implements direct sales - Packard Bell-NEC will initiate a worldwide direct sales program later this year while maintaining its network of resellers, the company announced. [News.com]
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- Panda uses 500-MHz Alpha chip - Panda Project (PN DA) is now offering new high-performance desktop and server computers that use a faster version of Digital's (DEC) Alpha processor. [News.com]
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- Papows calls for Java truce - Lotus Development president Jeff Papows called on technology buyers to keep Java from becoming a splintered, proprietary technology. [News.com]
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- Paraguay seizes Nintendo fakes - Paraguayan customs officials, under urging from video game giant Nintendo, have seized a $1 million shipment of counterfeit Nintendo software and joysticks, the second big bust in a month. [News.com]
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- Parents find runaway through chat - A 14-year-old girl who ran away from her Missouri home was picked up by California police as she was on her way to visit a boy she had met through an online service, police said yesterday. [News.com]
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- PC makers see mixed results - Earnings for PC manufacturers are expected to be a mixed bag, as overseas economic conditions, stuffed channels, and lower price models take a toll on some companies. [News.com]
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- PC makers target China - PC makers are jostling for market share in China's computer market, which is experiencing an explosive growth rate of almost 50 percent a year. [News.com]
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- PC prices, profits on the way down - Personal computer prices will drop during the second half of the year, and there's a good chance that profits at the main manufacturers may too. [News.com]
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- PC Quote president quits - Online stock quote provider PC Quote (PQT) today said its president and chief operating officer has resigned. [News.com]
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- PC stocks continue surge - PC stocks surged again to new heights, with several factors cited as fueling this week's climb, but some analysts warned that there is an element of "irrational exuberance" in the recent jump. [News.com]
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- PC-like cable boxes coming - There's a battle brewing for control of your television set. [News.com]
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- Pentium II low-end for Compaq servers - Compaq (CPQ) is adopting the Pentium II for its server line but making the processor work its way up the ranks. [News.com]
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- PeopleSoft beats earnings hopes - Citing higher revenues from licensing fees and overseas operations, PeopleSoft (PSFT) today posted higher-than-expected second-quarter earnings. [News.com]
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- Phil White replaced as Informix CEO - Informix (IFMX) announced that former 3Com executive Robert "Bob" Finocchio, Jr. has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the company, and will join the board of directors. [News.com]
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- Playboy cites CDA ruling in new case - Playboy Enterprises said today it filed a motion for summary judgment yesterday to strike down a provision of the telecommunications reform act that it says requires "new redundant and expensive" blocking equipment to filter adult-rated material on cable television. [News.com]
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- Playboy unveils for-pay site - Playboy Enterprises today opened its Web-based subscription service, Cyber Club, the latest example of a well-known media brand undertaking a Web business venture. [News.com]
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- Pol Pot hoax called experiment - A Swedish Internet marketing agency today claimed responsibility for a news hoax that claimed Khmer Rouge guerrilla leader Pol Pot had arrived in Sweden seeking political asylum. [News.com]
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- Portables drive Gateway profits - Gateway (GTW), which recently launched a number of initiatives to capture the corporate market, today announced a 10 percent jump in second-quarter profits, as sales of its Gateway Solo line of portable PCs hit historic highs for the quarter. [News.com]
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- Post-CDA filtering under fire - When Loren Javier, interactive media director at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, heard that the Web browser included with the Sega Saturn game console allowed users to filter for sites containing information on "alternative lifestyles," he was wary. [News.com]
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- Post-merger 3Com to lay off 800 - Networking maker 3Com (COMS) plans to cut 800 jobs as its absorbs its recent acquisition of modem maker U.S. Robotics. [News.com]
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- PowerBuilder embraces Java - Sybase (SYBS) on Monday will introduce a major new version of its PowerBuilder application development tool with built-in support for generating Java and C++ objects. [News.com]
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- Prepping for the millennium bug's bite - The millennium bug's potential to shut down computer systems across the globe is not just the stuff of science fiction, industry analysts said. It's also a market-mover waiting to happen. [News.com]
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- Price cuts worry used-PC sellers - New sub-$1,000 PCs may be eating into the market for used computers, according to a new study. [News.com]
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- Privacy snags campaign finance postings - The big spenders bankrolling U.S. elections may soon find their donations listed in cyberspace, but the scattered legislative efforts to mandate electronic filing of campaign contributions have hit a snag in some states. [News.com]
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- Prodigy blocks child porn - Prodigy is cutting off members' access to some Internet newsgroups that the company says regularly provide access to child pornography. [News.com]
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- ProgNet, Microsoft consolidate streaming - Microsoft (MSFT) today announced a 10 percent investment in Progressive Networks, whereby the companies will support each other's streaming media technology. [News.com]
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- PROMO: NEWS.COM's most popular stories - Here are NEWS.COM's most popular stories this week: [News.com]
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- PSINet focuses on growth - PSINet (PSIX) hit analyst expectations for its second quarter, as it pared away unprofitable and delinquent corporate accounts. [News.com]
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- Push firm BullsEye pulls out - For the second time this week, a push technology operation said it is pulling out of the business. [News.com]
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- Rambus, TI in technology deal - Texas Instruments has purchased a broad license for Rambus's (RMBS) high-speed memory, as an increasing number of major computer companies adopt its technology. [News.com]
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- Ranks of telecommuters soaring - More than 11 million Americans are now telecommuting, up 30 percent from a couple of years ago, according to a report issued at the close of a four-day conference on working from home. The number is expected to reach more than 14 million by 2000. [News.com]
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- RCA launches NC for the home - RCA today announced two network computers for the home, as the television giant enters the market for devices which give TVs computer-like features. [News.com]
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- Real-time needs spur digital photos - Forget family shots. Portraits of freeway on-ramps will sell the public on digital photography, according to Ron Smith, vice president and general manager of the computing enhancement group at Intel (INTC). [News.com]
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- Recording industry digs DVD - Leading record companies and consumer electronics manufacturers have agreed on broad technical guidelines for the DVD audio format, which the recording industry has decided to introduce as a replacement for CDs, the New York Times said. [News.com]
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- Report pooh-poohs push - Despite the current hoopla about new beta software featuring "push" capabilities from Microsoft and Netscape Communications, a report released today questions the real business values of this technology. [News.com]
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- Report refutes Clinton crypto rules - A report released today stating that encryption has not inhibited law enforcement is catching the attention of lawmakers, who have been debating the issue in different bills this week. [News.com]
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- Reward offered to find spammer - Wanted: One spammer. Reward offered. [News.com]
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- Road Runner passes 10,000 mark - Despite concerns about pricing and reliability, high-speed Net access via cable is continuing to catch on. [News.com]
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- Road warriors can log on locally - iPass will launch a new remote Net access service Monday that lets mobile users get online using local ISPs instead of making long-distance calls. [News.com]
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- Rockwell chipsets near 4 million - Rockwell has shipped nearly 4 million chipsets used in high-speed modems after three months of production, the company announced. [News.com]
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- Round 2 in Java standards fight - The day after a crucial poll on Java's status, Sun Microsystems (SUNW) said yesterday that it will pursue its efforts to make its Java development language an official standard, despite a vote against it by a U.S. group last month. [News.com]
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- SAP increases revenues, profits - Enterprise business software maker SAP today reported increased second-quarter revenues and profits, citing a favorable response to its product offerings and foreign currency exchange rates. [News.com]
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- SBC sues for long distance rights - SBC Communications filed a federal lawsuit today seeking to overturn provisions in a new telecommunications law restricting Baby Bells from entering long distance telephone markets, a company lawyer said. [News.com]
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- Schmidt sees info utilities - Internet technologies are creating an opportunity for new "information utilities," but no one yet knows what they will look like, Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive of networking firm Novell (NOVL) said in a speech this morning at Summer Internet World. [News.com]
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- School tech money may double - As part of the 1998 budget, Congress could earmark $450 million for technology-hungry K-12 schools this week for purchasing computers and software. [News.com]
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- Schools work on Internet 2 - Researchers met today to hammer out how they will exploit Internet 2, a speedy network planned to band together more than 100 universities. [News.com]
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- Seagate buys storage developer - Seagate Technology (SEG) today announced a $230 million cash acquisition of Quinta, a developer of high-capacity drive technologies. [News.com]
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- Seagate falls short of expectations - Storage maker Seagate Technology (SEG) posted weak gains across the board for the quarter as expected, but still missed expectations thanks to legal costs and restructuring charges. [News.com]
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- Search engines urged to expand business model - As search engine companies prepare to report quarterly earnings, industry analysts say they want to encourage the companies to bring in revenues from new businesses such as e-commerce and develop more strategic relationships to expand their brands. (See chart below) [News.com]
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- Second beta for NT Enterprise Edition out - Microsoft (MSFT) is putting some of its crucial high-end technology into beta testing this week and is fine tuning critical development tools. [News.com]
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- Second IE 4.0 beta gets channels - Microsoft (MSFT) is racing to complete the second beta version of its Internet Explorer 4.0 browser--the first to include a bevy of "channels" from Web publishers--and is expected to post it next week, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. [News.com]
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- Senate pulls plug on games - The Senate has agreed unanimously to pull the plug on computer games in government offices and bar the government from buying any new computers with preloaded games. [News.com]
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- Service reads email over phones - Just when you thought you had run out of technology to stay connected when you're off the network, Global Datalink has released Liquid Mail, a service that uses text-to-speech software to let subscribers access email and listen to messages over the phone. [News.com]
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- SGI earnings propel stock - Silicon Graphics (SGI) saw its stock jump 9.4 percent after reporting improved fourth-quarter results that blasted past analysts' estimates. [News.com]
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- SGI leads joyous profits club - Call it a grab bag of lucky tech firms. [News.com]
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- Shakeup coming in firewall market - The arrival of behemoths like Cisco Systems (CSCO) into the Internet firewall market could threaten smaller software players in that niche, a new study from International Data Corporation warns. [News.com]
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- Sharp to lower LCD pricing - Sharp will bring the prices of liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors down to more reasonable levels, making these thin, lighweight displays more attractive as an option for desktop monitors. [News.com]
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- Short-take: Rambus says Gateway is using its high-speed memory technology - Rambus announced that its high-speed memory technology is being used for the DVD drive system in Gateway 2000's Destination PC-TV. The Rambus memory architecture offers data rates of 600MB/sec. [News.com]
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- Singapore to issue digital IDs - Singapore's banks and the state-run National Computer Board will form a body to issue electronic identification certificates for Internet commerce, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said today. [News.com]
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- Slim Armadas pack CD-ROM - Compaq today announced two new Armada notebook computers with a slim profile and lower weight yet a full-size screen and a CD-ROM drive. [News.com]
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- Slower times ahead, IBM says - IBM (IBM) today handily beat analyst's expectations for the second quarter, citing continued growth in professional services sales and response to its new System 390 servers. [News.com]
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- Smart cards not smart enough - Visa, the huge credit card conglomerate driving the adoption of e-commerce, told its hardware and software partners today that multifunction smart cards, along with a generation of new devices and software applications to take advantage of them, will be necessary to bring about a card-controlled future. [News.com]
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- Smart cards wise up with Java - Java will put the smarts in chips from Siemens AG that power smart cards, devices that can serve as intelligent personal ID cards. [News.com]
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- Software firms set up shop on Net - Software companies are following the lead of their hardware counterparts and setting up shop on the Web. [News.com]
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- Software maker knocks Clinton summit - Everybody knows that civil liberties groups oppose government content regulation or filtering mandates on the Net. Today, however, a blocking software company has crossed ranks to poke holes in the White House's "virtual toolkit" aimed at keeping youngsters away from lewd Web sites. [News.com]
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- Software scans for rogue applets - CussOut seemed like an ordinary ActiveX control. But instead of twirling animations or some audio, users who downloaded the program from the Internet got a special surprise: CussOut rifled through their email directories and sent obscene email to every address it could find. [News.com]
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- Some hope in Apple products - Despite dire predictions following today's resignation of top Apple Computer executives Gilbert Amelio and Ellen Hancock, a few bright spots in its product lineup indicate that it is rising to the challenge in some critical areas. [News.com]
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- Sony's first-quarter profits soar - Sony said today that a weak yen favoring sales of its mainstay electronics products helped more than double its first-quarter profits. [News.com]
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- Sony, Hyundai get chip design - Processor design company Advanced RISC Machines has licensed technology to electronics giants Sony and Hyundai Electronics. [News.com]
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- Spain to CNN: Don't link to guerrillas - The Spanish government has asked the Cable News Network to remove links between its Web site and the site of the Basque guerrilla group ETA, government sources said. [News.com]
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- Spam makes Netcom block free emailer - Netcom On-Line Communications Services (NETC) was forced to block incoming email from Hotmail last weekend because spam bearing a Hotmail address threatened to clog Netcom's network, its executives said today. [News.com]
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- Spam slows WorldNet mail - A spammer who has clogged AT&T WorldNet customers' outbound email for the past few days has been shut down. [News.com]
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- Sprint buys into network management - Sprint (FON), trying to broaden its network systems management business, announced today it has agreed to buy Houston-based Paranet for $425 million in cash. [News.com]
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- Sprint tries gridiron theme - First it was video rentals, and now it's football as Sprint (FON) has struck another "All-American" partnership to push its Internet service. [News.com]
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- Stock advisers sue regulators - A group of newsletter and book publishers sued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday, charging the agency violates the constitutional right of free speech. [News.com]
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- Summer travel deals online - Air fare bargains are scant as the summer travel season is in full swing, but a growing number of deals are being offered to travelers who book their tickets online. [News.com]
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- Sun posts Java foundation class - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) and Netscape Communications (NSCP) today cemented their Java partnership, but Microsoft (MSFT) says it isn't joining their gang. [News.com]
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- Sun rolls with the punches on Java - Talk about bad timing. Right as Microsoft (MSFT) launched a drive to take on the perceived threat of Java as a platform, Sun Microsystems (SUNW) provided the software giant plenty of ammunition. [News.com]
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- Sun steps up NT embrace - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) continues to walk a fine line between integrating with the growing number of server systems running Microsoft Windows NT and charting its own path. [News.com]
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- Sun to acquire Diba - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has announced that it will acquire Diba, a maker of Internet set-top boxes, in a deal that could pose a threat to Microsoft (MSFT) just as it is poised to enter the set-top market. [News.com]
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- Sun to offer new workstations - For Sun Microsystems (SUNW), the workstation market will be characterized by survival of the fittest--and that means moving closer to the PC camp. [News.com]
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- Sun's fourth quarter jumps 42% - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) today beat analysts' fourth-quarter estimates, as revenues jumped 26 percent as a record number of products were sold. [News.com]
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- Sun, IBM star at Summer Internet World - Microsoft (MSFT) and Netscape (NSCP) may be virtual no-shows, but JavaSoft and IBM (IBM) will use this week's Summer Internet World trade show in Chicago as a major forum for announcements. [News.com]
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- Sun, MS vie for developers - Both Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) JavaSoft division, and Microsoft (MSFT) attempted to turn Java developers' heads with a series of tool-related announcements. [News.com]
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- Sun: No growing pains - Sun Microsystems (SUNW), which last week reported a 21 percent jump in 1997 revenues to $8.5 billion, told a European audience that analysts expect Sun's 20 percent growth levels to continue next year. [News.com]
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- Supercomputer limits assailed - With Congress moving to reimpose strict export controls on supercomputers, industry participants warn that the legislation under consideration would affect a much broader range of machines. [News.com]
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- Suspected killer mobilizes gay sites - Several other gay Web sites and services have joined the online manhunt for alleged serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan, suspected of slaying fashion designer Gianni Versace. [News.com]
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- SWAT team targets hackers - Enterprise security firm Axent Technologies (AXNT) next week will unveil a public Web site designed to help security professionals thwart attacks from hackers. [News.com]
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- Swiss banks reach out on Web - Under scrutiny from the international community for its mishandling of unclaimed funds dating back to World War II, a group of Swiss banks has posted the names associated with these unclaimed accounts on a Web site. [News.com]
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- Sybase chairman resigns - Sybase (SYBS) chairman Mark Hoffman today resigned. [News.com]
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- Sybase posts profits, misses mark - Relational database maker Sybase (SYBS) posted its third consecutive profitable quarter today, but missed expectations as revenues continued to fall. [News.com]
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- Sybase reworks data mart - Looking to prop up its sagging revenues, Sybase (SYBS) has shipped its core data mining tools in versions for Microsoft's increasingly popular Windows NT operating system. [News.com]
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- Symantec earnings beat hopes - Symantec (SYMC) today reported higher-than-expected earnings for its first quarter, boosted by a more focused business plan and growing markets in Latin America and Southeast Asia. [News.com]
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- Tandem profits grow 85 percent - Compaq Computer (CPQ) may be buying more momentum than it thought. [News.com]
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- Tanking tech stocks sink indexes - Like a rock, the technology-laden Nasdaq fell today on news that Microsoft (MSFT) failed to soar past analysts' estimates, prompting the decline of other major indexes. [News.com]
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- Target One to gather data for Web ads - The Web has the potential of being a dream come true for marketers. Unlike television viewers, all Web surfers could be uniquely identified so they can be directly targeted by advertisers. [News.com]
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- Tariffs stall foreign PC trade - The international PC market is lined with massive opportunities, as well as high tariffs, arbitrary bureaucrats, bad roads, cultural gaps, and severe credit shortages. [News.com]
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- Tatung debuts Web servers - Tatung has introduced two high-powered Web servers compatible with Sun's Ultra 2 line of workstations and servers. The 64-bit servers carry one or two 300-MHz processors with 2MB of external cache. [News.com]
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- Tech analyst will test VC waters - One of Wall Street's most respected technology analysts is leaving Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Technology Group to become a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. [News.com]
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- Tech firms have Clinton's ear - Surrounding the White House's "cybertots" summit today, Internet technology companies such as Netscape Communications (NSCP) announced new efforts to limit underage surfing on the Net's naughty side. [News.com]
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- Tech shortfall rattles investors - Investors are increasingly jittery about upcoming second-quarter earnings reports for technology companies after a barrage of earnings shortfall announcements which foreshadow a summer slowdown. [News.com]
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- Teledesic seeks capital from telcos - Teledesic is talking to major telecommunications companies, seeking equity investments that could meet nearly half the $9 billion cost of its planned global satellite network, a company executive said. [News.com]
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- Temporary order issued against AlterNIC - AlterNIC founder Eugene Kashpureff is in hiding. [News.com]
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- Texas, college go after cheaters - Students who get caught cheating in class could be kicked out of school. So to peek at others' papers, some are going online, where their teachers usually aren't looking. [News.com]
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- The online mall that thinks it can - Hoping to shake off the sluggish sales that plague the sector, online mall iMall (IIML) today named a new CEO who outlined a strategy to boost sales. [News.com]
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- Tibco puts CORBA to work - Middleware software specialist Tibco Software is adding CORBA (common object request broker architecture) capabilities to make building distributed object applications easier for corporate developers. [News.com]
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- Time Warner, MGM to launch DVDs - Home video divisions of Time Warner and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer today announced a nationwide DVD launch for this fall, escalating the rollout of the closely watched technology. [News.com]
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- Titanic goes digital on film - Workstation maker Carrera Computers is helping to refloat the Titanic, if only on the big screen. [News.com]
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- Toshiba enters monitor market - Toshiba has entered the computer display market in the United States and added to its business PC line with a Pentium II system, as the No. 1 notebook manufacturer continues to expand its presence in the desktop market. [News.com]
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- Trade group CFO fired, suit says - The chief financial officer of the American Electronics Association was fired last March amid allegations of embezzlement, according to a lawsuit filed by the trade organization. [News.com]
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- Trellix debuts document tool - A Waltham, Massachusetts-based start-up is offering business users a new, Weblike way to create and view documents. [News.com]
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- Trend Micro wages patent war - Trend Micro is on the war path again, alleging that yet another competitor is violating its antivirus software patent. [News.com]
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- TVs that can hang on a wall - Philips Electronics has joined Sony and Sharp in the development of plasma display panels (PDPs), next-generation flat TV screens, Sony said today. [News.com]
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- U.S. cuts into Japan PC market - Three U.S. computer makers, IBM, Dell Computer, and Gateway 2000, ranked high with potential consumers in a survey conducted in Japan. [News.com]
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- U.S. weighs German ISP law - A new German law that defines Internet service providers' liability for illegal material found on their systems has been called both "liberal" and "vague" by legal and industry observers. [News.com]
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- Umax offers new Mac clone line - Umax Computer is riding to the rescue of Apple Computer with new high-end systems powered by 250-MHz 604e PowerPC processors. [News.com]
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- Undaunted Apple offers new lines - Upheaval in Apple Computer's (AAPL) top ranks notwithstanding, the company continues to show that it intends to stay competitive with new products and reduced prices. [News.com]
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- Unisys profits grow eightfold - Unisys (UIS) today reported that profits surged eightfold, in part because of a strong performance by its computer systems group. [News.com]
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- Unix still having its day in Sun - The decline of Unix is making Sun Microsystems (SUNW) very rich. [News.com]
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- US West discounts cable modem service - In one of the first signs of the marketing war to come in cable modems, US West Media Group's MediaOne unit has unveiled a new pricing structure for its Internet service, MediaOne Express. [News.com]
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- US West Media narrows loss - U S West Media Group (UMG) said today it lost $94 million in its second quarter, an improvement from its loss of $119 million a year earlier. [News.com]
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- UUNet repairs Net outages - UUNet Technologies (UUNT) has fixed widespread Internet access problems created by problems with the ISP's routers. [News.com]
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- VDOnet upgrade targets broadband - VDOnet announced an upgrade of its videoconferencing software today with higher-quality sound and images, underscoring the company's move into cable modem and intranet markets. [News.com]
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- Vendors unfazed by Win 98 delay - Yesterday's announcement in Redmond that Windows 98, Microsoft's (MSFT) next iteration of the Windows operating system, won't be out until the first quarter of 1998 elicited reactions ranging all the way from nonchalance to very mild indifference. [News.com]
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- Vendors unveil new security framework - Four network security firms will cross-license their technologies to make it easier for outside developers to build security features into their applications. [News.com]
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- Venture fund nears approval - The Securities and Exchange Commission next week is expected to rule on a new venture capital fund by Technology Funding that would let investors buy shares for as little as $1,000 from the firm's Web site. A preliminary prospectus and marketing materials are posted on the Web site. [News.com]
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- Virtual community quizzes buyer - Durand Communications, which runs CommunityWare, an Internet messaging and communications site, has made an offer to buy the trademark, logo, and domains of struggling online community Electric Minds, according to Electric Minds' founder Howard Rheingold. [News.com]
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- Visa to waive SET fees - In a long-awaited and surprisingly aggressive move, Visa has announced that it will waive charges for credit card transactions over the Internet that use the new Visa-backed Secure Electronic Transactions (SET) protocol. [News.com]
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- Visa, MasterCard to form SET body - Visa and MasterCard next week are expected to announce a new entity to promote their jointly developed Secure Electronic Transactions protocol, CNET's NEWS.COM has learned. [News.com]
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- W3C gets font support - Adobe Systems, Microsoft, and Agfa put their support behind a draft proposal today for making fonts easier to use on the Web. [News.com]
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- Wave Systems shoots for profits in '98 - Wave Systems (WAVX) said it expects higher second- and third-quarter revenues and hopes to see a profit around Christmas 1998. [News.com]
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- Web access, email getting better - Netizens are hooking up to the Net faster with better Web connections and getting their email delivered more quickly than six months ago, according to new statistics released by Inverse Network Technology. [News.com]
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- Web college service expanded - College hopefuls can now apply to hundreds of institutions, receive their acceptance letters, and pay their first semester's tuition on the Net without sending or waiting for thick envelopes in the mail. [News.com]
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- Web Diner may close on AOL - America Online (AOL) members are rallying behind one of the online service's last areas to get tips on designing Web pages. [News.com]
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- Web superstore launched - CUC International (CU), a membership-based consumer buying service, has combined its online consumer, travel, and auto services into a single Web superstore called netMarket. [News.com]
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- Webmaster abducted by aliens! - The National Enquirer, a supermarket tabloid that claims to reach 18 million readers weekly, announced that it is coming to the Web with an interactive edition. [News.com]
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- WebPal maker plans IPO - Another maker of cable modem and Web television products plans to make a public offering of its stock following @Home's successful launch earlier this month. [News.com]
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- Western Digital profits jump - Western Digital (WDC) reported a jump in revenue and profits, but missed expectations by a sliver. [News.com]
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- When a typo leads to porn - Typos, an ordinary occurrence in the fast-typing world of cyberspace, can sometimes turn into a problem when users unwittingly hit adult Web sites. [News.com]
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- White House invites ACLU after all - In a last-minute decision, the Clinton administration has decided to invite the American Civil Liberties Union to its online content summit after leaving the group without a place at the table. [News.com]
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- White resigns as Informix chairman - Informix Software (IFMX) said today that Phil White has resigned as chairman of the company and from Informix's board of directors. Bob Finocchio, who replaced White as CEO nine days ago, has been elected to the chairman's post. [News.com]
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- Wired founder to give up CEO title - Wired Ventures, publisher of Wired magazine, books, and Internet content, announced today that it has begun a search for a new chief executive. [News.com]
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- Wireless options grow for fast access - High-speed Net access is rolling out across America, and it's not just for two-way cable hookups, xDSL, or ISDN. [News.com]
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- Women's Wire gets a boost - US West Interactive Services Group today announced an investment in Wire Networks, publisher and parent company of Women's Wire, making it the largest single investor in the company. [News.com]
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- WorldNet president sees future in IP - Within five years, the telecommunications industry will have consolidated so dramatically that telephone service, Internet access, and wireless phones will be available from a single vendor, Tom Evslin, president of AT&T WorldNet told an audience at Summer Internet World this afternoon. [News.com]
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- Xircom has high-speed modem card - Xircom today announced a new combination modem-Ethernet card, the first capable of operating on high-speed 100-mbps networks, older 10-mbps Ethernet connections, and as a 56-kbps modem. [News.com]
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- Yahoo beats the Street - Beating analyst expectations again, Yahoo (YHOO) turned a profit for its third consecutive quarter. [News.com]
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- Yahoo Europe to raise ad rates - Yahoo Europe, an Internet search and navigation company, will increase its advertising rates in September due to strong demand, marketing director Iain Osborne said. [News.com]
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- Yahoo features NBC star chat - Yahoo (YHOO) and NBC today announced an alliance to let Netizens chat online with stars from the network's prime-time, late-night, and daytime lineup. [News.com]
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- Yahoo UK debunks "lonely nerd" stereotype - A new survey funded by Yahoo UK released yesterday dispels the myth that Internet users are "lonely nerds," showing them instead to be active, affluent adults who use the Internet for work and leisure. [News.com]
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- Yahoo, Visa end e-commerce pact - Yahoo (YHOO) and Visa International have scrapped their e-commerce joint venture for a straight investment and marketing alliance. [News.com]
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- Zeglis front-runner to be AT&T's CEO - John Zeglis, who was named this week to head operations at AT&T (ATT), is the early front-runner to replace John Walter as heir apparent to Chairman Robert Allen, said analysts and observers close to AT&T's board. [News.com]
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