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- Radnet goes for the whole group - Groupware software company Radnet is refocusing its traditional workgroup and departmental market strategy to concentrate on enterprise-level products. [News.com]
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- 25% of French firms online - A quarter of France's 1,000 biggest companies are present on the Internet, according to a study published today in Le Monde Informatique, a weekly magazine. [News.com]
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- 3Com cards turn PCs into Net PCs - 3Com has begun shipping network interface cards (NICs), devices that will allow an ordinary PC to function like a managed PC or Net PC. [News.com]
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- 3Com offers NT speed from a distance - 3Com is betting that users of Microsoft Windows NT Server will jump on easy ways to implement the operating system's remote access capabilities. [News.com]
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- 3Com reroutes traffic - Networking giant 3Com (COMS) plans to expand its scheme to relieve network routing bottlenecks by including gear from third-party makers by next year, according to the company. [News.com]
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- 3Dlabs teams with Intel - 3Dlabs announced it is cooperating with chipmaking giant Intel in the design of 3D graphics processors for next-generation 64-bit computing. [News.com]
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- 6 PC leaders preview notebooks - Hewlett-Packard (HWP), Dell Computer (DELL), IBM (IBM), Digital (DEC), NEC, and Toshiba are announcing new notebook PCs today, paving the way for a high-profile exhibition of these products at Comdex in November. [News.com]
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- 64-megabit DRAM prices fall - Prices for 64-megabit DRAM memory chips have fallen to four times the cost of 16-megabit chips in the Japanese spot market, a harbinger that 64-megabit DRAM may be incorporated into desktops sooner than expected. [News.com]
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- @Home user files may be at risk - @Home (ATHM) has updated its software to prevent subscribers of its cable-modem service from sharing each other's files or viewing them without permission. [News.com]
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- @Work Remote for telecommuters - @Work, the @Home division that provides high-speed Net access to businesses, said today it struck a deal with Tele-Communications Incorporated, Cox Communications, and Comcast Corporation to roll out @Work Remote, extending the local area network to telecommuters. [News.com]
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- A Windows-savvy object database - Object Design (ODIS) is making its object database software Windows friendly. [News.com]
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- A ".nu" player on domain scene - When Jenni Baier accidentally punched in the wrong address on her Web browser, she inadvertently discovered something new. Make that .nu. [News.com]
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- A complex teen Net scam - Four teenage whiz kids hacked their way into an online auction house, stole credit card numbers, and went on a shopping spree for some $20,000 worth of computer equipment, police said yesterday. [News.com]
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- A glimpse of the PC's future - The PC-TVs exhibited at Comdex may point toward the future of home computing. [News.com]
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- A glimpse of the PC's future - The PC-TVs exhibited at Comdex may point toward the future of home computing. [News.com]
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- A home for Ethernets - Microsoft (MSFT) has teamed up with a small networking equipment maker to bring big-system networking to home users. [News.com]
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- A Netscape-only Actra - Netscape Communications' (NSCP) recent buyout of GE Information Systems' share in Actra, their Internet commerce joint venture, is drawing renewed attention to the business-to-business e-commerce space. [News.com]
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- A one-SET-fits-all approach - IBM (IBM) and Internet payment firm VeriFone today said they are cooperating to assure that their software for secure card transactions over the Internet will be compatible. [News.com]
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- A softer side of HP - Hewlett-Packard (HWP), stepping up its pursuit of sales, today will unveil a $40 million worldwide advertising campaign designed to soften its technical image. [News.com]
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- A speedier switch from 3Com - 3Com (COMS) has been talking the talk of an enterprise-class networking vendor. Soon it will be able to walk the walk. [News.com]
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- ABC site adds news search - ABCNews.com will announce next week a new audio and video search tool to help users navigate the multimedia-heavy site. [News.com]
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- Acer expands notebook line - Acer America expanded its notebook offerings with the introduction of two high-end models featuring large screens and long battery life. [News.com]
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- Adobe sees revenue shortfall - Adobe Systems (ADBE) shares fell sharply today after the company said its revenues for the fiscal fourth quarter would be lower than expected, an analyst said. [News.com]
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- AGIS turns back on spam - Last spring, while skeptical Netizens watched in horror, backbone Internet service provider AGIS opened its virtual doors and welcomed spammers, the pariahs of the Net. [News.com]
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- AlterNIC founder arrested - An FBI official confirmed today that AlterNIC founder Eugene Kashpureff was arrested Friday in Toronto on U.S. charges related to wire fraud. [News.com]
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- AlterNIC founder faces extradition - AlterNIC founder Eugene Kashpureff's extradition hearing was again delayed today, this time until December 12. [News.com]
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- Amazon fights back for holidays - Online bookseller Amazon.com today announced holiday discounts on selected merchandise, following rival BarnesandNoble.com by a day. [News.com]
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- AMD bundles K6, cuts prices - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), hoping to spark sales of its K6 MMX processors, said it will sell its processors with bundled components, even as it cut K6 processor prices, as reported last week by CNET's NEWS.COM. [News.com]
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- AMD near deals with PC makers - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) may soon begin supplying K6 processors to two more major PC manufacturers, though others still resist its chip. [News.com]
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- AMD near deals with PC makers - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) may soon begin supplying K6 processors to two more major PC manufacturers, though others still resist its chip. [News.com]
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- AMD struggles with chip production - During a meeting with analysts, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said today that its K6 processor production problems have not gone away, and that those troublesome issues are going to affect profitability and production goals. [News.com]
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- AMD's Dham resigns - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said yesterday that Vinod Dham, one of the top executives responsible for the company's flagship K6 computer chip, had resigned for "personal reasons." [News.com]
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- Analysts don't bother with Comdex - With a trained eye befitting their profession, Wall Street analysts are looking past the glitz and hype of Comdex and seeing that its influence is on the wane. [News.com]
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- Analysts don't bother with Comdex - With a trained eye befitting their profession, Wall Street analysts are looking past the glitz and hype of Comdex and seeing that its influence is on the wane. [News.com]
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- Another email lapse on AOL - A day after America Online (AOL) announced that it reached its 10 million member mark, the online giant suffered a brief network and email outage. [News.com]
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- Another Oracle 8-savvy tool - Oracle (ORCL) continues its roll out of tools intended to make it easier for companies to build new applications on top of the company's Oracle 8 database. [News.com]
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- Antispam efforts heat up - Spammers who thought they had a virtually free ride on the Net are increasingly having to pay for the resources they use. [News.com]
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- Antitrust cases taken overseas - A dispute before the European Commission that ultimately ended with Microsoft abandoning a controversial contract provision illustrates what attorneys say is a growing trend: U.S. companies turning to foreign governments to enforce antitrust laws against competitors. [News.com]
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- AOL checks up on chat leaders - America Online (AOL) is now conducting background checks on the community leaders who work in its "Kids Only" area. [News.com]
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- AOL competes abroad - The cost of logging on to the Net is falling in countries outside the United States as foreign markets get wired and competition heats up. [News.com]
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- AOL denies password theft - A top America Online executive denies that users could have their passwords stolen when using the service's "instant message" feature. [News.com]
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- AOL earnings, membership up - America Online (AOL) today reported its third straight profitable quarter and came within a breath of hitting its membership goal earlier than expected. [News.com]
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- AOL expands 56-kbps access - America Online (AOL) today announced the expansion of its 56-kbps access to 410 cities, using 3Coms x2 technology. [News.com]
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- AOL hits 10 million mark - America Online (AOL) today announced that it has signed up its 10 millionth subscriber, achieving that subscription milestone six weeks in advance of its New Year's target date. The growth was fueled by a booming overseas market as well as continued growth at home. [News.com]
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- AOL offers voice contest - If the folks at America Online (AOL) know the whereabouts of the guy who recorded the original "Welcome, you've got mail" greeting played millions of times a day, they're not telling. [News.com]
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- AOL settlement challenged - A proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by America Online (AOL) subscribers who had trouble accessing the network earlier this year should not be accepted because it will not benefit most of the subscribers, attorneys argued. [News.com]
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- AOL speech ruling cuts both ways - Online service providers had good reason to cheer last week when a federal appeals court ruled that America Online (AOL) was not liable for defamatory remarks posted by its subscribers. Champions of unfettered Net speech, however, shouldn't be quite so sanguine. [News.com]
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- AOL suffers email lapse - America Online (AOL) suffered its second email outage in two weeks this morning when a router failed after routine system maintenance, according to the company. [News.com]
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- AOL to put software on music CDs - If listening to Michael Bolton gives you that sudden urge to, well, go online, then America Online (AOL) has just the thing for you. [News.com]
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- AOL, Time Warner target teens - Time Warner (TWX) and America Online (AOL) announced a deal today to offer content from a new magazine to be called Teen People exclusively on AOL, executives said. [News.com]
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- AOL, Time Warner target teens - Time Warner (TWX) and America Online (AOL) announced a deal today to offer content from a new magazine to be called Teen People exclusively on AOL, executives said. [News.com]
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- AOL-CompuServe deal cleared - The antitrust division of the Justice Department has cleared the way for America Online (AOL) to acquire CompuServe's (CSRV) interactive services division from WorldCom (WCOM). [News.com]
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- Apple offers rebates to schools - Apple Computer (AAPL) finished off a spate of price cuts today with the news it will extend a rebate program to include sales to higher education customers. [News.com]
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- Apple peels off new systems - As Apple Computer (AAPL) prepares to roll out its first desktop systems with the new PowerPC 750 processor next week, the company today announced plans that could help customers get those systems more quickly. [News.com]
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- Apple readies Mac OS 8 upgrade - Apple Computer (AAPL) is readying a minor upgrade to the Macintosh operating system that will offer performance increases and allow the company to incorporate what is expected to be one of the hotter technologies of 1998: DVD-ROM drives. [News.com]
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- Apple snags deal with CompUSA - In a move to bolster flagging sales, Apple (AAPL) has landed a deal with CompUSA (CPU) that will expand its floor space and presentation in the retailer's superstores. [News.com]
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- Apple to name CEO this year - Choosing a new chief executive officer by the end of 1997 is still a high priority for Apple Computer's (AAPL) board of directors, industry sources said. [News.com]
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- Apple's new plan for profits - At least it's a start. [News.com]
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- Apple-Power deal back on track - After being temporarily delayed by a Justice Department inquiry, Apple Computer's (AAPL) acquisition of Power Computing should be completed by the end of the month, a lawyer for the Texas company said today. [News.com]
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- Ascend sees slowing growth - Ascend Communications (ASND) said yesterday that it expects several quarters of unpredictable growth because of price reductions, consolidation among Internet service providers, and slower international demand. [News.com]
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- Asia high on IT - When Malaysia recently deferred some $20 billion in building projects at the height of an economic crisis, its leaders were quick to tell the world that information technology investments would forge ahead. [News.com]
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- Asia ripe for Internet commerce - Just as Pacific Rim nations gathered in Vancouver last week to back a global framework aimed at governing and encouraging electronic commerce, a group of Internet providers, advertisers, and marketers were touting the opportunities for e-commerce in Asia. [News.com]
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- Asia's turmoil affects Intel - Intel (INTC) said today it was starting to feel the impact of financial turmoil in Southeast Asia, but was still unclear on what the long-term effects would be. [News.com]
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- Asia-Pacific Net, PC use low - Half the people in the world live in the Asia-Pacific region, but they don't use computers or log on to the Net at nearly the same rate as U.S. consumers. [News.com]
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- Asia-Pacific PC shipments up - Shipments of personal computers grew 23 percent in the third quarter of 1997 compared to the same period last year, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said today. [News.com]
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- AT&T opens private network - AT&T (T) announced a new service today for Net access customers that can guarantee levels of service on both sides of the connection. [News.com]
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- AT&T opens private network - AT&T (T) announced a new service today for Net access customers that can guarantee levels of service on both sides of the connection. [News.com]
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- AT&T tests Net music delivery - AT&T will begin testing its A2B Music platform today, delivering a compressed and encrypted single from the band The Verve Pipe to trial participants. [News.com]
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- AT&T to offer 3Com's 56-kbps access - In a move to jump on the high-speed bandwagon, AT&T WorldNet Service said it will provide 56-kbps access technology starting today. [News.com]
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- Baan expects growth to continue - Baan (BAANF), which emerged from obscurity three years ago to become one of the world's biggest software groups, said it expects to remain on a fast-growth track for the foreseeable future. [News.com]
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- Baan plots component future - Baan, an European enterprise software company, unveiled a new component architecture for its Baan IV product and outlined the company's latest acquisitions yesterday. [News.com]
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- Barksdale dismisses MS defense - Microsoft has misrepresented the chronology of events in defending itself against charges by the Justice Department that it violated a 1995 consent decree on its marketing practice, Netscape Communications (NSCP) chief executive James Barksdale said today. [News.com]
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- Bay builds faster backbone - Just in time for the holiday season, Bay Networks (BAY) will take the wraps off new equipment for building high-speed networks. [News.com]
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- Bay calls on cable modem market - Counteracting fellow networking competitor 3Com, Bay Networks will release its plans for the cable modem market tomorrow, with initial products due in the second quarter of next year. [News.com]
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- Bay Networks hedges its bets - In an effort to simplify the process of adopting faster modems, Bay Networks released a software upgrade that incorporates 56-kbps technology into the servers accessed by remote users. [News.com]
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- Bay's box connects small offices - Bay Networks (BAY) will release a new version of its integrated hardware and software package for Net access targeted for small offices that connect to the Web through a dial-up account. [News.com]
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- Bell keeps lines clear of Y2K bug - Bell Atlantic (BEL) said it has begun offering services to address the problems corporate computer networks may face in the year 2000. [News.com]
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- Bell Labs touts new transistor - Bell Laboratories researchers say they've built the world's tiniest practical transistor, or "nanotransistor." [News.com]
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- BellSouth offers 56-kbps access - BellSouth said today it is rolling out 56 kilobits-per-second Internet access for its BellSouth.net Internet service. [News.com]
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- Big bankers flock to Silicon Valley - Merrill Lynch is belatedly joining the ranks of big-house banking firms opening up shop in Silicon Valley after finding that a San Francisco shingle just doesn't cut it in wooing technology clients. [News.com]
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- Big computer vendors pick Cyrix - Burgeoning chip competition appears to be accomplishing more than any disciplinary action the Federal Trade Commission might impose on Intel, as Cyrix (CYRX) appears to have lined up two new major computer vendors for its chips. [News.com]
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- Big computer vendors pick Cyrix - Burgeoning chip competition appears to be accomplishing more than any disciplinary action the Federal Trade Commission might impose on Intel, as Cyrix (CYRX) appears to have lined up two new major computer vendors for its chips. [News.com]
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- Bigger CE devices to rival mini-notebooks - Larger Windows CE-based handheld computers to rival mini-notebooks in size, price, and performance will make their debut at Comdex, but there are questions regarding their viability and whether they might further confuse the already jumbled "subnotebook" sector. [News.com]
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- Bill seeks online federal forms - Newly introduced legislation by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California) would compel all government agencies to make their forms available online, but also would allow constituents to file those forms electronically, using electronic signatures. [News.com]
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- Bittersweet results for Rockwell - Rockwell International (ROK) reported higher fourth-quarter earnings, but warned that its profit growth for the coming year would slow from an expected 15 percent to less than 10 percent. [News.com]
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- Blair promises action on Y2K bug - Prime Minister Tony Blair said problems adjusting computer systems to the year 2000 are serious but manageable in Britain. [News.com]
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- BMUG plans a comeback - Times have been tough for Macintosh users. [News.com]
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- Boca modem doubles speed - Boca Research (BOCI) hopes to double Internet connection speeds for consumers and small businesses with a modem technology that "glues" together two modems dialed into separate phone lines. [News.com]
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- Borders enters Net book war - Borders Books has announced plans to launch an online bookstore in mid-January to compete with established players such as Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com, joining the parade of traditional retail companies fighting for electronic commerce dollars. [News.com]
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- Borland buys Visigenic - Software development tool maker Borland International (BORL) sees its future as a supplier of distributed object technology. Today, the company went shopping for the technology it needs to make that happen. [News.com]
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- Borland buys Visigenic - Software development tool maker Borland International (BORL) sees its future as a supplier of distributed object technology. Today, the company went shopping for the technology it needs to make that happen. [News.com]
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- BroadVision supports Net banking - E-commerce software firm BroadVision (BVSN) today shipped new software to let financial institutions offer online banking, stock brokerage, and financial transactions, a booming market, particularly outside the United States. [News.com]
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- BT gets MCI stake in joint venture - Just two days after MCI Communications (MCIC) and WorldCom (WCOM) agreed to merge, former suitor British Telecommunications (BTY) said today it will acquire MCI's stake in their joint venture to develop the world's largest private backbone network. [News.com]
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- Budget doubled for wiring schools - To reach the goal of providing every K-12 classroom with computers and Net connections by the year 2000, President Clinton has approved $425 million for education technology spending--more than doubling the 1997 budget. [News.com]
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- Cable modems to retail - 3Com (COMS) is expected to announce tomorrow that it has started shipping cable modems destined for the retail channel and the complementary equipment to enable a new generation of standards-based cable modems. [News.com]
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- Cabletron drives into hot markets - Cabletron Systems (CS) will address two of the hottest markets in networking this week with rollouts for desktop connections and remote corporate users. [News.com]
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- Canada to get high-speed Net - Much of the recent focus on high-speed Net access rollouts over copper phone lines, dubbed DSL, has been in the United States. But Canada, one of the world's most Net-savvy countries, is getting into the act, too. [News.com]
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- Canada's Net usage nearly doubles - The number of Canadian households surfing the Internet has almost doubled this year, according to an official government study. [News.com]
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- Canon printer aims at graphics - The digital photography market is said to be stalled while it waits for a printer that can match photographic quality. Now Canon Computer Systems says it will not only match the photograph, but beat it. [News.com]
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- Canon printer aims at graphics - The digital photography market is said to be stalled while it waits for a printer that can match photographic quality. Now Canon Computer Systems says it will not only match the photograph, but beat it. [News.com]
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- CAs cooperate to cross-certify - A coalition of certificate authorities and software vendors, led by Canada's Entrust Technologies, is scheduled to announce Monday that they will cooperate to cross-certify their digital IDs so that certificates from one CA can be authenticated by another. [News.com]
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- CDA sequel introduced - The senator who vowed to protect children from indecent material on the Net has spawned a son of the now-defunct Communications Decency Act. [News.com]
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- CEO rebuilds Bay Networks - A sleeping giant has risen to compete for networking dollars. [News.com]
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- Certicom offers crypto contest - Taking a cue from a competitor, Canadian encryption vendor Certicom has issued a challenge to cryptographers, mathematicians, and hackers to try to break its elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) algorithms. [News.com]
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- China sets smart card standards - China is expected to unveil standards for microchip or "smart" cards by the end of this year, Visa International said today. [News.com]
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- Chipset combines audio, modem - Rockwell Semiconductor Systems announced a PCI-based chipset that combines modem technology and audio features. [News.com]
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- Cirrus to design system on a chip - Cirrus Logic says it is refocusing its unprofitable PC products division to develop a "system on a chip" design that will consolidate three chips into one. [News.com]
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- Cisco CEO: Net is revolution - So what drove the CEO of the largest enterprise internetworking equipment Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers firm to speak at the annual Mecca for consumer gadgetry? [News.com]
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- Cisco CEO: Net is revolution - So what drove the CEO of the largest enterprise internetworking equipment Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers firm to speak at the annual Mecca for consumer gadgetry? [News.com]
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- Cisco reports runaway profits - The Cisco Systems (CSCO) profit engine is still firing on all cylinders. [News.com]
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- Cisco to enter consumer market - The Internet backbone. Corporate enterprise networks. High-priced routers. These are the things most often associated with monolith Cisco Systems (CSCO). [News.com]
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- Clarification: Spam backbone company - Clarification: The backbone Internet service provider being formed by Sanford Wallace in concert with another junk emailer and an unnamed third party, reported by NEWS.COM on November 20, will be called Global Technology Marketing Incorporated. [News.com]
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- Clean slate for Slate - In the nearly 15 months since Microsoft (MSFT) launched its online magazine, Slate, Michael Kinsley, like a lot of new Web editors, has learned some interesting lessons, as he explains in a letter posted on the company's Web site. [News.com]
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- Climbing virtual mountains - Ever wonder what it feels like to climb, say, Sea of Holes in Hueco Tanks, Texas? [News.com]
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- Clinton task force calls for key recovery - A presidential commission on cyber-terrorism released a report on encryption today, recommending the creation of a system to store the keys that decrypt coded messages that court-authorized law enforcement could access. [News.com]
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- CNET launches new Web site - CNET: The Computer Network (CNWK) said it will start an advertising-supported Internet guide to buying computer hardware with links to computer retailers today. [News.com]
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- Colleges to give Windows top billing - Microsoft is quietly positioning itself to become the dominant application software, operating system, and browser supplier for California State University, the world's largest higher-education system, according to angry teachers and competitors. [News.com]
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- Color handhelds come to the fore - Three leading manufacturers unveiled "oversized," color-screen handheld PCs today at Comdex. [News.com]
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- Color handhelds come to the fore - Three leading manufacturers unveiled "oversized," color-screen handheld PCs today at Comdex. [News.com]
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- Comdex draws overseas crowd - The international crowd keeps getting bigger at Comdex. [News.com]
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- Comdex draws overseas crowd - The international crowd keeps getting bigger at Comdex. [News.com]
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- Comdex fails to push tech stocks - There was glitz, gourmet food, and product demos galore. [News.com]
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- Comdex for the corporate crowd - Enterprise corporate software and Comdex don't usually go together, but with a potential audience of over 200,000 computer addicts swarming into Las Vegas next week, why not? [News.com]
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- Comdex for the corporate crowd - Enterprise corporate software and Comdex don't usually go together, but with a potential audience of over 200,000 computer addicts swarming into Las Vegas next week, why not? [News.com]
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- Comdex marketing an art form - Comdex grabs a big slice of the marketing pie for many high-tech companies. But industry watchers say there's an art to serving up a Comdex message in order to get the biggest return on a marketing investment and to avoid getting lost in the shuffle. [News.com]
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- Comdex marketing an art form - Comdex grabs a big slice of the marketing pie for many high-tech companies. But industry watchers say there's an art to serving up a Comdex message in order to get the biggest return on a marketing investment and to avoid getting lost in the shuffle. [News.com]
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- Comdex: 21 and over only - Here in Sin City, you must be 21 to gamble, to drink alcohol, and now to walk on the show floor at Comdex. [News.com]
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- Comdex: 21 and over only - Here in Sin City, you must be 21 to gamble, to drink alcohol, and now to walk on the show floor at Comdex. [News.com]
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- Commerce questions computer export bill - Commerce Department undersecretary William Reinsch today lambasted legislation before the president limiting the export of computer equipment as both harmful to domestic businesses and difficult to enforce. [News.com]
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- Communicator buddies with AOL - Netscape Communications (NSCP) will post an updated Communicator client software bundle to its Web site this week. [News.com]
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- Compaq adds DVD to PC-TV - Using the same chip as a rival Gateway 2000 product, Compaq has upgraded its PC Theatre PC-TV to include a DVD-ROM drive. [News.com]
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- Compaq adds DVD to PC-TV - Using the same chip as a rival Gateway 2000 product, Compaq has upgraded its PC Theatre PC-TV to include a DVD-ROM drive. [News.com]
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- Compaq aims for PC nirvana - Technology that computer users have been pleading for since the PC was invented is being demonstrated by Compaq at Fall Comdex '97. [News.com]
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- Compaq aims for PC nirvana - Technology that computer users have been pleading for since the PC was invented is being demonstrated by Compaq at Fall Comdex '97. [News.com]
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- Compaq becomes notebook leader - Aggressive pricing and wider array of products boosted Compaq Computer into the No. 1 market share position for notebooks, the first time in roughly three years that the notebook leader has not been Toshiba, acccording to a major market research firm. [News.com]
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- Compaq bolsters server lineup - Compaq (CPQ) will beef up its server lineup on Monday with four new models based on Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors that include new technology for boosting overall system performance. [News.com]
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- Compaq cuts home PC prices - Compaq Computer (CPQ) cut prices on its Presario line of consumer PCs by up to 25 percent, a move which kicks off holiday PC sales. [News.com]
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- Compaq cuts monitor prices - Compaq Computer (CPQ) is promoting its workstation computers by reducing the cost of large-screen monitors by 50 percent when purchased with a workstation. [News.com]
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- Compaq cuts notebook prices - Compaq Computer (CPQ) today announced price cuts up to 16 percent on notebook computers. [News.com]
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- Compaq cuts server prices - Compaq Computer (CPQ) cut server prices from 6 to 18 percent today as a follow-up to its introduction of new models last week. [News.com]
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- Compaq debuts advanced servers - Compaq Computer (CPQ) unveiled an ambitious clustering strategy today, combining its own technology with that of Microsoft and Tandem, into a package that the company says will allow it to graduate to advanced server "clustering" in a relatively short period of time. [News.com]
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- Compaq describes India market - Compaq Computer (CPQ) said it could double its investment in India by 2002. [News.com]
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- Compaq maintains low-cost lead - Capitalizing on the popularity of low-price computers sold in retail outlets, Compaq has boosted its desktop market share over the last three months. [News.com]
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- Compaq passing on Windows terminals - Despite agreements with Citrix to promote computing on Windows-based "dumb terminal" machines, Compaq Computer (CPQ) has no plans itself to come out with these minimalist computers and instead will concentrate its efforts on the Net PC. [News.com]
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- Compaq showcases handheld - Compaq will show off a new handheld device at Comdex next week that, although not ground breaking, will put the Houston manufacturer back in the mainstream of the small device market. [News.com]
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- Compaq showcases handheld - Compaq will show off a new handheld device at Comdex next week that, although not ground breaking, will put the Houston maker back in the mainstream of the small device market. [News.com]
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- CompuServe "death penalty" lifted - Spam fighters today lifted the so-called Usenet Death Penalty (UDP) against CompuServe, after the company released a new acceptable-use policy prohibiting spam in newsgroups. [News.com]
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- CompuServe given "death penalty" - Spam fighters today declared war against CompuServe (CSRV) and imposed a so-called Usenet Death Penalty on the service for allowing its members to send spam to newsgroups. [News.com]
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- CompuServe readies "C" service - CompuServe is expected to launch its new Web-based online service, dubbed "C," by mid-December and charge less than $10 per month for access to all its features, including email, more than 500 forums, and e-commerce. [News.com]
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- CompuServe readies "C" service - CompuServe is expected to launch its new Web-based online service, dubbed "C," by mid-December and charge less than $10 per month for access to all its features, including email, more than 500 forums, and e-commerce. [News.com]
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- CompuServe reports loss - CompuServe (CSRV) today reported a narrower loss than Wall Street expected in its second quarter, as revenue growth from its network services helped its financial picture. [News.com]
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- Congress approves copyright bill - Pirating online material will be a serious felony offense, if President Clinton signs a bill approved by Congress Friday. [News.com]
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- Connect raises cash, buys time - Buying more time, cash-strapped e-commerce software vendor Connect (CNKT) will raise $10 million in a private placement to offset its continuing financial losses. [News.com]
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- Cookies used on federal sites - A government watchdog organization has learned that three federal agencies' Web sites were using cookies to retrieve information about citizens using the sites. [News.com]
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- Corel plans Java-based NC software - Canadian software maker Corel, not content to stand by while competitors tout Java strategies, plans to revive its own Java-based products for Network Computers. [News.com]
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- Cyber Patrol deflects Yahoo rumor - A rumor circulated quickly online today that the Internet screening program Cyber Patrol was blocking access to the entire Yahoo directory, which by many counts is the most-visited site on the Net. [News.com]
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- Cyrix breaks Pentium II monopoly - Cyrix today said that it may break Intel's hammerlock on the Pentium II architecture, opening up this huge market for competing chips. [News.com]
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- Cyrix breaks Pentium II monopoly - Cyrix today said that it may break Intel's hammerlock on the Pentium II architecture, opening up this huge market for competing chips. [News.com]
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- Cyrix chip hit by bug too - A great deal of attention has lately been paid to the discovery of a new bug that causes Intel (INTC) Pentium-based computers to crash, but now a similar bug that afflicts certain Cyrix (CYRX) processors has surfaced. [News.com]
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- Cyrix chip targets convergence - Chipmaker Cyrix and a host of electronics partners are trying to drum up support for a new all-in-one computing and entertainment device that they say will be far more versatile than a set-top box and cost much less than than pricey PC-TVs from the vendors such as Gateway 2000. [News.com]
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- Cyrix chip targets convergence - Chipmaker Cyrix and a host of electronics partners are trying to drum up support for a new all-in-one computing and entertainment device that they say will be far more versatile than a set-top box and cost much less than than pricey PC-TVs from the vendors such as Gateway 2000. [News.com]
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- DEC sells network unit to Cabletron - Digital Equipment (DEC) has sold its network products division to Cabletron Systems (CS) for $430 million in cash, stock, and product credits. [News.com]
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- Dell CEO invests in start-up - Networking start-up Jato Technologies said it has raised $3.5 million from private investors, including Michael Dell, chief executive officer of Dell Computer. [News.com]
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- Dell reduces desktop prices - Dell Computer (DELL) reduced prices on its corporate desktops by up to 20 percent, the latest in a flurry of pricing announcements today from vendors including Compaq, Digital Equipment, and Toshiba. [News.com]
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- Dell releases Net PC - The Net PC platform today received a shot in the arm when Dell announced two "sealed case," manageable PCs built around the Net PC standard and also a server to tie a Net PC network together. [News.com]
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- Dell relying more on indirect sales - Although it made its name as a direct vendor, Dell (DELL) is acting more like a traditional computer company every day. [News.com]
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- Dell reports $248 million profit - Boosted by strong sales of servers and workstations, Dell Computer (DELL) today posted better-than-expected third-quarter results. [News.com]
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- Demand drives larger laptop screens - Both Compaq (CPQ) and Gateway (GTW) announced today at Comdex that they are rolling out new versions of their notebooks with larger, easier-to-read screens. [News.com]
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- Demand drives larger laptop screens - Both Compaq (CPQ) and Gateway (GTW) announced today at Comdex that they are rolling out new versions of their notebooks with larger, easier-to-read screens. [News.com]
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- Deutsche Telekom offers refunds - German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom AG said yesterday it would reimburse subscribers of its online service, T-Online, for failed attempts to log on to the service. [News.com]
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- Digital cameras shoot high - Digital cameras are going upscale, with features similar to their film counterparts. [News.com]
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- Digital cameras shoot high - Digital cameras are going upscale, with features similar to their film counterparts. [News.com]
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- Digital may sell unit to Cabletron - Reports that Digital Equipment (DEC) is close to an agreement to sell its computer-network equipment business to Cabletron Systems (CS) have elicited little response from either company and have analysts wondering what the two would attain from such a deal. [News.com]
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- Digital offers PC help debit card - Digital Equipment (DEC ) said today that it is launching a prepaid debit card through which customers can buy telephone support service. [News.com]
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- Digital vs. shareholder proposals - Digital Equipment chief Robert Palmer said he was opposed to proposals approved by shareholders to scrap a "poison pill" provision and shorten the terms of directors. [News.com]
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- Digital-Cabletron deal pending - Talks between Digital Equipment (DEC) and Cabletron Systems (CS) are progressing, but the deal's closing date is still unknown, a source close to the negotiations said. [News.com]
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- Disney to launch email for kids - The Walt Disney Company said it is on course to bring "D-mail," its branded version of email for children, to a personal computer near you in time for Thanksgiving. [News.com]
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- Do Java spec and mantra clash? - A new specification, launched by IBM (IBM) subsidary Lotus Development along with Oracle and Sun Microsystems, is intended to unify the look and feel of Java applications on network computers and PCs. [News.com]
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- Dongbu, IBM cooperate on DRAMs - Dongbu Group, South Korea's 22nd-largest conglomerate, said it will invest in DRAM (dynamic random access manufacturing) manufacturing in cooperation with IBM (IBM). [News.com]
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- Doubling dial-up speeds - Diamond Multimedia Systems (DIMD) plans to unveil today a proprietary technology it says can double the speed of current Internet dial-up connections by using two standard phone lines at once. [News.com]
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- Dow Jones to charge for quotes - Investors turning to financial Web sites to track movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average soon may face increased fees, or may even find that such information is no longer available. [News.com]
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- Dutch ISP won't tap email - A Dutch Internet service provider today has refused to let local police "tap" a customer's online activity. The dispute underscores the growing global conflict between Net users' right to privacy and law enforcement's desire to eavesdrop on those who are under criminal investigation. [News.com]
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- DVD to break through in PCs - DVD technology may turn the personal computer into a primary home entertainment platform, possibly displacing such traditional products as the TV as the focus for electronic recreation, according to a study from a major marketing research firm. [News.com]
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- DVD-Audio standard due by spring - An industry standard for DVD-Audio could be wrapped up as early as next spring, according to industry sources. [News.com]
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- E*Trade falters as rivals cut rates - Shares of online discount brokerage E*Trade Group (EGRP) weakened today after competitor firms announced discount electronic rates that were lower than those of E*trade, analysts said. [News.com]
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- EC acts for safer Net - The European Commission today adopted a proposal for an action plan to promote safe use of the Internet. [News.com]
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- EC gets MS to change contract - Adding to a long list of investigations into its competitive practices, Microsoft (MSFT) agreed today to modify a controversial 1987 contract affecting rival Santa Cruz Operation (SCOC) after the European Commission found that Microsoft had infringed European competition laws. [News.com]
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- Egghead stages a comeback - Hoping to translate traffic into transactions, Egghead (EGGS) has undergone a series of moves aimed at positioning the company among the winners of online commerce while allowing it to be competitive in the physical world as well. [News.com]
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- Ellison: Apple has CEO favorite - Oracle (ORCL) chief executive Larry Ellison said late yesterday the board of Apple Computer (AAPL), on which he sits, has found a favorite candidate for Apple chief executive. [News.com]
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- Eloquent offers Net presentations - A two-year-old private company whose multimedia presentation services have attracted blue chip clients today unveiled its first product for use over the Internet. [News.com]
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- EU to propose Net conduct codes - The European Commission tomorrow will suggest guidelines for codes of conduct aimed at protecting children from harmful material on the Internet or other online networks. [News.com]
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- Europe not addressing Y2K - European governments are failing to address the millennium computer problem, and more than 40 percent of authorities that rely on information technology are likely to fall down on their responsibilities, a report published today said. [News.com]
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- European Net taxes debated - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says it has recruited business to the idea of helping staunch a potential hemorrhage of tax revenues as more commerce is transacted over the Internet. [News.com]
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- European PC sales promising - Personal computer sales in western Europe were better than expected in the third quarter and the rest of the year looks good, according to a report from market research firm Dataquest. [News.com]
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- Evidence needed to snag Microsoft - If you want to catch Microsoft, you've got to squeal. [News.com]
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- Excite launches Net smart shopper - Excite (XCIT) today launched its Jango shopping agent, which lets consumers search the Web for specific products. [News.com]
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- Excite launches showbiz channel - Excite knows that people love TV, music, and tabloid dish. Today the online directory launched a new entertainment channel combining all three. [News.com]
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- Excite polishes auto channel - Excite (XCIT) has unveiled new features on its auto channel, including links to InsWeb for online quotes for auto insurance. [News.com]
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- Expert medical advice online - Finding a medical site on the Internet is easy. There are sites that offer specialized information, sites that specialize in alternative medicine, and sites sponsored by drug companies, to name a few. [News.com]
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- Fast Ethernet drives growth - It's the need for speed, stupid. [News.com]
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- Faster cable modems from Motorola - Motorola (MOT) launched a new line of fast cable modems in an attempt to encourage cable companies to upgrade systems with new modem technologies as they become available. [News.com]
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- FCC adopts telecom trade pact - Regulators acted to give foreign companies a better shot at entering the nation's $200 billion telecommunications business today, a move that could help slash the cost of an overseas phone call by 80 percent. [News.com]
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- Fed will be OK in 2000 - Critical computers used by the Federal Reserve to move trillions of dollars among U.S. banks will not suffer from the so-called millennium bug, Fed governor Edward Kelley said. [News.com]
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- Firms to seek NC standard - In a move to standardize the budding Network Computer market niche, several computer companies today said they will work together to develop industry-wide technology specifications for the devices. [News.com]
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- Firms to seek NC standard - In a move to standardize the budding Network Computer market niche, several computer companies today said they will work together to develop industry-wide technology specifications for the devices. [News.com]
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- First online bank's final withdrawal - Security First Network Bank (SFNB), the first Internet-only bank, will soon close its books for good. [News.com]
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- Flat displays bigger, better - Flat-panel displays are sleek, highly appealing, and quite pricey, but the latter aspect should begin to change over the next 12 to 18 months as 14- and 15-inch versions are produced in high volume and at lower cost. [News.com]
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- Flat displays bigger, better - Flat-panel displays are sleek, highly appealing, and quite pricey, but the latter aspect should begin to change over the next 12 to 18 months as 14- and 15-inch versions are produced in high volume and at lower cost. [News.com]
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- Flat panel key to sleek PC design - Major Taiwanese PC manufacturer Mitac is showing a prototype of what could become a future desktop PC design. [News.com]
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- Flat panel key to sleek PC design - Major Taiwanese PC manufacturer Mitac is showing a prototype of what could become a future desktop PC design. [News.com]
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- Foreign banks may neglect Y2K - The Fed's central bankers fear regional economic issues may distract European and Asian banks from dealing with a "millennium time bomb" threatening the world banking system, a Federal Reserve official said yesterday. [News.com]
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- France to try set-top Net access - National telecommunications provider France Telecom has announced market trials of SurfTV, a set-top box that offers Internet access through users' television sets, based on technology from QNX Software Systems. [News.com]
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- Free MSN site snubs Navigator - Paramount's highly popular Star Trek Web site is quietly moving from behind the firewall of the Microsoft Network to the Web, but the best content is still available only through the Internet Explorer browser, irking some users. [News.com]
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- FTC settles Net phone scam - Thousands of surfers who unwittingly incurred millions of dollars in long distance phone bills while accessing adult entertainment Web sites earlier this year will be getting most of their money back, the Federal Trade Commission announced today. [News.com]
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- Fujitsu hopes to use Intel chips - Fujitsu (FJTSY) said today that that it hopes to develop high-power servers that incorporate Intel (INTC) semiconductor chip technology as well as its own. [News.com]
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- Fund created for AlterNIC founder - Jailed AlterNIC cofounder Eugene Kashpureff is strapped for cash and his business partner has set up a legal fund for him. [News.com]
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- Furor over spam mishap - What's in a name? [News.com]
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- Future of IP calls doesn't ring clear - This isn't Alexander Graham Bell's idea of phone service. [News.com]
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- Gap online store opens - One-pocket T-shirts and khakis have moved online. [News.com]
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- Gap to unveil in-store Net access - The Gap said today it will reopen its flagship store in downtown San Francisco, which has been revamped to tout shopping's "next frontier"--the Internet. [News.com]
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- Gates decries "witch hunt" - Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates lashed out at his increasingly vocal critics today, accusing them of creating a "witch-hunt atmosphere" and unfairly tarring the computer software giant. [News.com]
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- Gates states his anti-DOJ case - Microsoft (MSFT) chairman Bill Gates took his antitrust defense public today, arguing in an opinion piece that a recent Justice Department action is unfair to the software giant and dangerous to consumers. [News.com]
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- Gates touts MS at Comdex - Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Bill Gates kicked off this year's Comdex here tonight with a rambling keynote that served more to tout his own products than define an industry vision. [News.com]
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- Gates touts MS at Comdex - Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Bill Gates kicked off this year's Comdex here tonight with a rambling keynote that served more to tout his own products than define an industry vision. [News.com]
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- Gates: Ten reasons I love my PC - Microsoft (MSFT) has been under fire of late. But tonight, chief executive Bill Gates opened Comdex '97 with a speech that found him facing a friendly audience. With top-ten gags and parody video clips, he tried to make light of Microsoft's recent run-ins with competitors, as well as state and federal regulators, and perhaps show a more human side of a company whose critics often label it an evil empire. [News.com]
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- Gates: Ten reasons I love my PC - Microsoft (MSFT) has been under fire of late. But tonight, chief executive Bill Gates opened Comdex '97 with a speech that found him facing a friendly audience. With top-ten gags and parody video clips, he tried to make light of Microsoft's recent run-ins with competitors, as well as state and federal regulators, and perhaps show a more human side of a company whose critics often label it an evil empire. [News.com]
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- Gateway loads its 300-MHz Pentium II - Gateway 2000 (GTW) this week became the latest vendor to introduce a more affordable high-end system in time for the Christmas season, offering a 300-MHz Pentium II system and 17-inch monitor for $2,499. [News.com]
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- Gateway PCs include Net service - Following a trend among computer manufacturers to offer Net connection services, Gateway 2000 (GTW) will begin acting as an ISP for its customers next week. [News.com]
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- Gateway touts PC-TV satellite capability - In debuting its flagship PC-TV at Comdex, Gateway 2000 (GTW) will highlight digital satellite-signal reception technology that takes the convergence of personal computers and televisions into new territory. [News.com]
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- Gateway touts PC-TV satellite capability - In debuting its flagship PC-TV at Comdex, Gateway 2000 (GTW) will highlight digital satellite-signal reception technology that takes the convergence of personal computers and televisions into new territory. [News.com]
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- Gearing up for holiday sales - roundup The day after Thanksgiving traditionally marks the commencement of the holiday shopping season. It is also the time when stores begin watching sales closely to see if the year's goals will be met--and online retailers are no exception. [News.com]
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- Giant stake in cable - roundup Microsoft is continuing to expand its empire despite growing antitrust concerns among the federal government and consumer groups. Since October 20, when the Justice Department said it was charging Microsoft with violating a 1995 consent decree on its licensing practices, the Redmond juggernaut has maintained its steady clip of new business deals. Below are some recent examples. [News.com]
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- Giant stakes in cable - Microsoft (MSFT) has a long list of things it stands to gain from investments in the cable industry, and the software giant may be getting ready to lay the groundwork for a hedge bet with the satellite industry as well. [News.com]
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- GIF child porn illegal - A federal court ruled today that computerized GIF files of pornographic images of children are just as illegal as glossy print pictures, undeveloped film, or videos. [News.com]
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- Global chip sales up in September - September was another gangbusters month for the semiconductor industry, as worldwide sales grew almost 15 percent over last year, according to a trade group. [News.com]
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- Growth in online subscriptions - Led by America Online's strong growth, online subscription-based services grew by more than 5 percent in the third quarter, according to a study released today. [News.com]
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- Hackers target e-commerce sites - E-commerce Web sites are juicy targets for attacks from hackers, a security monitoring service says, based on a log of attempts to break into its customers' sites. [News.com]
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- Handheld market accelerating - Sales of handheld computers for the first half of the year nearly equaled the total sales figure for the whole of 1996, according to a study released today, an acceleration fueled by the growing popularity of larger, general-purpose machines. [News.com]
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- Handheld, terminal computers converge - Handheld computers and minimalist "Windows-based Terminal" computers could turn into one and the same thing next year, a trend which would boost the popularity of both types of devices as well as the Windows CE operating system. [News.com]
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- High tech seeks e-commerce help - A group of 11 high-tech companies tomorrow will issue a report calling on Congress and the White House to help speed the development of Internet commerce. [News.com]
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- High-speed memory in pipeline - One of South Korea's leading semiconductor manufacturers said it has begun production of a high-speed, next-generation memory chip. [News.com]
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- Hitachi downsizes desktop - Hitachi PC announced it will merge desktop and portable features into one unit today, offering a 22-pound, "all-in-one" package that is likely to be duplicated by other vendors in the coming weeks. [News.com]
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- Hitachi launches mini-notebook - Hitachi has announced a mini-notebook, following in the footsteps of Toshiba and Mitsubishi. [News.com]
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- Hitachi licenses RISC technology - Hitachi (HIT) will license its 32-bit SH-3 RISC microprocessor core technology to Japanese electronics maker Seiko Epson, the two companies said in a joint statement today. The technology is used in portable information devices and multimedia products such as car navigation systems and digital cameras. [News.com]
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- Hitachi to launch flash memory card - Hitachi (HIT) said it will launch sample shipments in December of a CompactFlash memory card with data storage capacity of 45 megabytes (MB). [News.com]
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- Hitachi, NTT to develop RISC chip - Hitachi (HIT) and NTT Electronics today said that they had agreed to jointly develop a lower-power version of Hitachi's 32-bit SH-3 RISC microprocessor core. [News.com]
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- Holiday online sales may hit $1 billion - A billion dollars in Internet sales to consumers is not out of the question this holiday season, as sales are spurred on by greater confidence in the Net's safety and the arrival of mainstream retailers, according to some e-commerce analysts. [News.com]
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- Holiday PC bargains are here - Cheap computers and affordable peripherals should conspire to make this holiday season a happy one for retailers and shoppers alike. [News.com]
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- Holidays a boon to e-commerce - As department stores gear up for the traditional holiday buying bonanza, online retailers are waiting to see how many Christmas shoppers will forgo the usual lines at the mall and buy their presents online. [News.com]
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- HP aims at Dell Web sales - Borrowing a page from Dell's playbook and adapting it to its own needs, Hewlett-Packard will open an online store in December where small businesses can configure, inspect, and even buy HP computers and components. [News.com]
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- HP aims at Dell Web sales - Borrowing a page from Dell's playbook and adapting it to its own needs, Hewlett-Packard will open an online store in December where small businesses can configure, inspect, and even buy HP computers and components. [News.com]
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- HP earnings mixed - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) reported a jump in fourth-quarter net income today but missed expectations as revenue for Unix system workstations declined and operating expenses grew faster than the company had planned. [News.com]
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- HP joins the Wolfpack - Hewlett-Packard chimed in today with its initial servers for Microsoft's server software, becoming the third major vendor to announce a configuration in the past two weeks. [News.com]
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- HP reduces PC prices - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) announced selected price cuts on its Brio line of small-business PCs. [News.com]
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- HP releases handheld computer - New handheld computers are beginning to flood the market, now that Windows CE 2.0 is out and Comdex is coming. [News.com]
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- HP rolls out high-end printers - Hewlett-Packard introduced a new line of laser printers today designed for the networked office. [News.com]
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- HP ships Unix server - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) said it started shipping its high-performance HP 9000 V servers, having booked more than 200 orders for the pricey Unix-based machines, which have helped boost demand for other HP models. [News.com]
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- HP to cut notebook prices - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today said that it will cut the prices of its OmniBook line of notebook personal computers, including the OmniBook 3000 introduced just three weeks ago, by up to 18 percent. [News.com]
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- HP to launch portable blitz - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) is planning on saturating the portable arena next year with product releases that will cover no less than nine product segments for notebooks and three product segments for handheld devices. [News.com]
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- HP to launch portable blitz - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) is planning on saturating the portable arena next year with product releases that will cover no less than nine product segments for notebooks and three product segments for handheld devices. [News.com]
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- HTML 4.0 closer to standard - The next generation of hypertext markup language, or HTML, is a step closer to reality, as the Web's main standards body said today it finished the specification and has sent it to its members for final review. [News.com]
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- IBM and SGI announce layoffs - Corporate downsizing has hit the booming technology sector, with both IBM (IBM) and Silicon Graphics (SGI) announcing layoffs. [News.com]
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- IBM CEO: 5 more years - Louis Gerstner has agreed to stay on at least five more years as chairman and chief executive of IBM (IBM), according to reports. [News.com]
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- IBM cuts notebook prices - There are now three contenders for the notebook crown, and IBM is introducing new models and cutting prices to drive home its claim. [News.com]
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- IBM cuts workstation prices - IBM (IBM) reduced wholesale prices on its IntelliStation line of workstations, in an effort to boost its position in a market increasingly dominated by Compaq and Hewlett-Packard. [News.com]
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- IBM debuts low-cost home PCs - IBM (IBM) introduced three home personal computers for the holiday shopping season, including the first in its Aptiva family ever to be priced less than $1,000. [News.com]
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- IBM expands network access - IBM (IBM) has shipped a software set that allows users to access applications from any desktop on a network. [News.com]
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- IBM has $999 business PC - IBM (IBM) plans to announce price cuts of up to 10 percent on business-class desktop PCs, resulting in Big Blue's first new business model priced below $1,000. [News.com]
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- IBM jumps into sub-$1,000 market - IBM (IBM) finally jumped into the red-hot sub-$1,000 market today, introducing a low-end model with a 166-MHz K6 processor. [News.com]
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- IBM sends out pink slips - IBM (IBM) has begun sending layoff notices to hundreds of employees in its North American division as part of a major restructuring of the unit's sales and distribution organization, according to reports. [News.com]
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- IBM shipping build-to-order notebooks - IBM has started to ship notebooks manufactured under its Authorized Assembler Program, the company's version of "build-to-order" manufacturing. [News.com]
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- IBM shipping build-to-order notebooks - IBM has started to ship notebooks manufactured under its Authorized Assembler Program, the company's version of "build-to-order" manufacturing. [News.com]
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- IBM to ship NC, cuts prices - IBM (IBM) says next week it will start shipping a beefed-up version of its network computer (NC) that can handle an entire suite of Java applications and approaches a PC in computing horsepower. [News.com]
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- IBM to unveil disk technology - IBM (IBM) plans to announce a breakthrough in disk-drive technology that the company said will pave the way to far-better personal computer storage devices than exist today. [News.com]
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- IE 4 has hyperlink bug - Microsoft (MSFT) last night posted a fix to an Internet Explorer 4.0 bug that could turn a hyperlink into a hornet's nest. [News.com]
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- IE 4 makes Unix debut - Microsoft (MSFT) is finally making its Internet Explorer browser available to Unix users, in an attempt to woo corporations that may have been lagging on installing the browser. [News.com]
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- IE catching up to Navigator? - The release of Internet Explorer 4.0 has pushed Microsoft closer to Netscape Communications in the Web browser market, according to a study released today, but Netscape is questioning the validity of the study's methodology. [News.com]
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- IE deals made with empires - The world's two largest media empires are making some of their best and latest entertainment content available only through newer versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, underscoring the software giant's growing clout in the delivery of information on the Internet. [News.com]
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- IHS buys Industry.net - Industry.net, a pioneering Internet marketplace for smokestack companies, is back. [News.com]
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- India to cut Net access rates - India's telecommunications regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), said today it had been asked by the Telecom Commission to slash rates for access to the Internet. [News.com]
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- India updates Net policy - India today announced sweeping changes in its Internet policy to permit an unlimited number of private service providers and said it saw the number of users leaping to between 1.5 million and 2 million by the year 2000. [News.com]
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- Inergy, Philips in WebTV deal - Software developer Inergy Online has signed a licensing deal with consumer electronics giant Philips to offer its email and Web site-building applications with Philips' WebTV set-top boxes, Inergy CEO Frohman Anderson told CNET's NEWS.COM today. More details will be released later, but Anderson said the deal covers "a number of products in the Philips organization" beyond WebTV. [News.com]
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- Informix reports shaky results - Informix Software (IFMXE), in releasing its third-quarter results today, reported a series of setbacks ranging from having to restate its financial results beyond the extent it announced previously to being the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation. [News.com]
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- Informix serves it simpler, cheaper - As promised, Informix Software (IFMXE) today drastically simplified its database server product lineup, cut prices, and has reworked its pricing model to lower the initial cost to users, the company said. [News.com]
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- Intel battles networking big four - Intel (INTC) says it will continue its barrage of networking products next year, heightening the chip giant's play for a piece of the huge infrastructure market. [News.com]
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- Intel bug spawns third-party fixes - Just days after the discovery of a new bug that causes Pentium-based computers to crash, some potential fixes are cropping up even before the release of an official "work-around" from Intel (INTC). [News.com]
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- Intel codeveloping high-speed modem - Alcatel announced today that it will be demonstrating a new asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) modem, developed in conjunction with chipmaking giant Intel, next week at Comdex. [News.com]
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- Intel codeveloping high-speed modem - Alcatel announced today that it will be demonstrating a new asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) modem, developed in conjunction with chipmaking giant Intel, next week at Comdex. [News.com]
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- Intel confirms Pentium "F0" bug - Intel (INTC) today confirmed that a bug can crash its Pentium processors, and the chip giant was rushing to come up with a fix. [News.com]
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- Intel eases Ethernet migration - Intel (INTC) has rolled out a new advanced switching device for small groups of connected workers that can ease the migration to new Ethernet technology. [News.com]
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- Intel extends C&T deal deadline - Intel (INTC) announced today that it is further extending the expiration date for its offer to acquire Chips and Technologies until December 23. [News.com]
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- Intel inventory woes to end soon - At its semiannual analysts meeting today, Intel (INTC) executives said they are seeing signs that the ongoing inventory correction among personal computer makers is nearing an end. [News.com]
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- Intel lends weight to FireWire - Like an entertainer playing the club circuit, technology that bridges the gap between the consumer electronics and computing worlds makes the rounds each year at Comdex in Las Vegas. [News.com]
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- Intel making digital camera parts - Intel will release chipsets and software for digital cameras to manufacturers this week, which could lead to relatively inexpensive PC-compatible digital cameras by next summer. [News.com]
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- Intel moves into flat panels - Intel (INTC) will invest in Cambridge Display Technology (CDT), a Cambridge, England-based company working on a new technology that would allow for lighter and cheaper flat panel displays. [News.com]
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- Intel readies Pentium II notebook PC guidelines - Next Monday, Intel will release the Mobile Power Guidelines, a series of hardware and software specifications for keeping power consumption levels on Pentium II notebook PCs down to acceptable levels. [News.com]
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- Intel releases Pentium bug fix - Intel (INTC) released a software work-around for the Pentium "F0" bug, which affects Pentium MMX and Pentium "classic" (non-MMX) microprocessors. [News.com]
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- Intel restructures operations - Intel (INTC) is embarking on a major restructuring designed to stem any slowdown in chip revenues resulting from flagging PC sales. [News.com]
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- Intel sets DVD guidelines - Intel has released a set of guidelines intended to ensure compatibility of DVD-ROM titles across a wide array of computer systems. [News.com]
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- Intel stresses imaging, low-cost devices - Intel's (INTC) reorganization, announced today, focuses on emerging product categories, highlighting just how broad a technology company Intel is becoming and where PCs may be headed in the future. [News.com]
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- Intel to release low-cost Pentium II - Intel will release a low-cost version of the Pentium II that's stripped of extra features as a way to get the chip into the booming budget computer market. [News.com]
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- Intel touts low-cost chip strategy - Intel fleshed out more details of plans disclosed earlier to fit chips into as many boxes and markets as possible, including Pentium II processors aimed at sub-$1,000 personal computers. [News.com]
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- Intel's plan for sub-$1,000 sector - As the sub-$1,000 PC market surges, Intel (INTC) is responding with a bevy of lower-cost Pentium II processors that will include the chip's next generation, code-named Deschutes. [News.com]
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- Intel's plan for sub-$1,000 sector - As the sub-$1,000 PC market surges, Intel (INTC) is responding with a bevy of lower-cost Pentium II processors that will include the chip's next generation, code-named Deschutes. [News.com]
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- Intel: Pentium II not easy for Cyrix - While Cyrix claims it has obtained the right to incorporate Intel's Pentium II patents into its future chips, Intel says that at best these rights will only get Cyrix halfway there. [News.com]
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- Intuit narrows losses - Intuit (INTU) today announced that it narrowed its first-quarter loss and spun out a better-than-expected quarterly performance as its small business division showed a strong performance. [News.com]
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- Investors boost Compaq, Dell - Shares of Compaq Computer and Dell Computer rose today as investors expressed greater confidence in profit margins and earnings prospects for computer manufacturers. [News.com]
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- Iomega gets order against Nomai - The battle between Iomega and French would-be competitor Nomai over Nomai's Zip-compatible data storage cartridges has been simmering for months, but push finally came to shove at Comdex Fall '97. [News.com]
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- Iomega introduces portable drive - Iomega is looking at the small picture. [News.com]
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- ISPs contest regulatory barriers - U.S. and European Internet service providers said today that action is required to shake up the telephone networks and governments that they claim are threatening the development of their businesses. [News.com]
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- ISPs crack down on spam - These days, it is not a question any more whether Internet service providers will fight spam. The question is how they will do it. [News.com]
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- Israeli start-ups try to go global - Israeli high-tech start-ups are growing at a fast rate, but they need help reaching global markets, Edgar Fulton, commercial consular at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, said today. [News.com]
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- It's all Java to start-up - A database software start-up led by a who's who of industry heavyweights will this month deliver database software for mobile systems written completely in Java. [News.com]
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- Italy bars IBM venture's merger - Italy's antitrust regulatory agency said today that it had barred Telecom Italia from buying Intesa, a joint venture between IBM Simea and FIAT. [News.com]
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- Japan chipmakers wary of gas cuts - Japan is worried about a greenhouse gas reduction plan that would pose a serious threat to its giant semiconductor industry, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said. [News.com]
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- Java computer aimed at retail - Fujitsu announced a Java-based Network Computer (NC) that integrates the keyboard and display and is targeted at retail stores. [News.com]
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- Java on wheels - Netscape Communications (NSCP), IBM (IBM), Sun Microsystems (SUNW), and Delco Electronics are joining forces to create a Java-based network computer on four wheels. [News.com]
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- Java on wheels - Netscape Communications (NSCP), IBM (IBM), Sun Microsystems (SUNW), and Delco Electronics are joining forces to create a Java-based network computer on four wheels. [News.com]
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- JavaBeans for the mainstream - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) says Java isn't just for building flashy Web pages anymore. [News.com]
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- JetSend wins slew of support - A protocol floated by Hewlett-Packard (HWP) that allows a variety of devices to communicate with each other will formally gain support from companies in several corners of the computing industry next week. [News.com]
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- Judge backs AOL antispam efforts - A Virginia federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction in America Online's (AOL) suit against a Nevada-based company, which the online service claims spammed its members despite repeated requests to stop doing so. [News.com]
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- Juniper, IBM team on net gear - The buzz surrounding Net gear start-up Juniper Networks may only increase with the announcement today that its upcoming products will include chips from computing monolith IBM. [News.com]
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- Juno files $5 million spam suit - Free email service Juno is hoping to send a $5 million legal message to spammers. [News.com]
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- Justice counters MS claims - A top Microsoft (MSFT) executive suggested last year that the company should "leverage Windows more" to promote its Internet Explorer browser, the Justice Department said in a court document filed today, its latest attempt to show that the software giant was engaged in unfair business practices. [News.com]
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- Kashpureff to face federal charges - AlterNIC founder Eugene Kashpureff is facing federal charges of wire and computer fraud, according to an FBI warrant. [News.com]
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- Kodak stays digital imaging course - Eastman Kodak Company (EK) executives said today that they continue to see losses in their digital imaging business in the near term, but that they expect those losses to narrow over time, according to an analyst. [News.com]
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- L.A. Times cracks down on framers - The Los Angeles Times is making sure that no other sites on the Net, no matter how big or how small, are using its material without permission. [News.com]
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- LBJ speeches online first - Reviewers ogled over a 591-page, $30 book released last month containing detailed transcripts of conversations taped by President Lyndon Baines Johnson during his first year of office. [News.com]
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- LG Semicon develops new DRAM - South Korean chipmaker LG Semicon continues to deploy advanced technology that speeds the performance of memory chips, this time announcing it has developed a 64-megabit version of a Rambus DRAM chip. [News.com]
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- Lie detector software to ship - A software product that started out as a way to trip up terrorists may wind up tipping off your spouse that you're not actually planning to work late at the office. [News.com]
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- Litronic bundles card reader, digital ID - Litronic said today it will bundle a VeriSign digital certificate with its NetSign smart-card reader/writer, apparently the first such pairing. [News.com]
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- Lotus layoffs loom - IBM subsidiary Lotus has announced that it is laying off or transferring about 1 percent of its 3,000 software developers. [News.com]
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- Lotus unveils Java office suite - Lotus Development joined a growing league of Java endorsers in unveiling its long-awaited Java-based business applets and tools package here today. [News.com]
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- Lycos moves into the black - Lycos (LCOS) today hit profitability for the first time since its 1995 launch, moving into the black sooner than analysts had anticipated. [News.com]
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- Magaziner urges new antitrust policy - A senior policy adviser to President Clinton today recommended that antitrust policy be updated for the digital age. [News.com]
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- Man sues to keep photo off police site - A Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to soliciting a prostitute last year is fighting to keep his name and picture off the Net, but it could be posted by police as soon as tomorrow. [News.com]
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- Managing PCs from afar - Computer Associates (CA) will continue to promote a recently-found open approach to enterprise management software systems by embracing several key desktop management ingredients. [News.com]
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- Managing PCs from afar - Computer Associates (CA) will continue to promote a recently-found open approach to enterprise management software systems by embracing several key desktop management ingredients. [News.com]
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- MasterCard, AT&T team for e-commerce - MasterCard says it has formally launched a global private network developed in partnership with AT&T (T) for its worldwide transaction processing system. [News.com]
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- MCI deal approval to take months - WASHINGTON, D.C.--MCI (MCIC) should be ready to face the scrutiny of federal regulators after agreeing yesterday to be acquired by WorldCom (WCOM) for a record $37 billion. [News.com]
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- MCI, WorldCom shake on it - MCI Communications agrees to be acquired by WorldCom after the upstart telecom firm raised its takeover bid to $37 billion in stock and cash. [News.com]
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- Memory makers drive costs lower - Taiwanese manufacturers have vowed to drive their manufacturing costs for 16-megabit memory chips below $3 a chip, a move designed to keep costs below memory's market price, which has hit $4 and less. [News.com]
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- Memory production to quadruple - Escalating production of 64-megabit DRAM chips is prompting price erosion, a trend that will likely end with the dense memory chips being incorporated in desktops in 1998. [News.com]
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- Micron issues gloomy forecast - Faced with excess inventory and heavy pricing pressure on its notebooks, computer maker Micron Electronics (MUEI) today said its first-quarter net profits will be "significantly" lower than those reported for the previous quarter. [News.com]
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- Micron releases high-end servers - Micron (MUEI) has announced two new Pentium Pro-based servers as the company continues to reap benefits from its acquisition of NetFrame. [News.com]
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- Micropolis goes belly-up - Major hard disk drive vendor Micropolis has filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving its suppliers, like Read-Rite (RDRT), in the lurch. [News.com]
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- Microscopic bug in Excel - A bug has cropped up in Microsoft's (MSFT) Excel 97 spreadsheet program that delivers an incorrect answer for numbers calculated approximately to the negative billionth power. [News.com]
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- Microsoft certificates stolen - The gunmen who heisted an estimated 200,000 Microsoft (MSFT) certificates of authenticity, along with 100,000 CD-ROMS, computers, and other equipment worth over $16 million, from a software manufacturing plant in Scotland are still at large, Microsoft executives in Britain said today. [News.com]
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- Microsoft criticized at ITxpo97 - Two of Microsoft's harshest critics used one of Europe's leading industry forums to brand the software giant a monopoly intent on dominance. [News.com]
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- Microsoft debuts computing site - Microsoft (MSFT) yesterday launched a computer-focused Web site featuring news from CNET and Ziff-Davis as well as a database of more than 14,000 resellers around the world. [News.com]
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- Microsoft fixes "redirect" bug - Microsoft has just posted a fix to a potential security problem in Internet Explorer. [News.com]
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- Microsoft glitch blocks Navigators - Microsoft posted its court filing on the Internet today, but World Wide Web users initially found themselves unable to read the papers if they used the Web browser of the company's bitter rival, Netscape Communications. [News.com]
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- Microsoft in trademark dispute - Microsoft appears to be following through on its promise to clamp down on domain names that it says dilutes its trademarks, this time going after a noncommercial Web site that provides information on the NT operating system. [News.com]
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- Microsoft nixes Office deals - Corporate customers of Microsoft's (MSFT) Office applications are losing a licensing option at the end of this month. [News.com]
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- Microsoft revamps mouse, keyboard - Microsoft (MSFT) announced it will be demonstrating two key peripheral products at the Las Vegas Comdex show. [News.com]
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- Microsoft revamps mouse, keyboard - Microsoft (MSFT) announced it will be demonstrating two key peripheral products at the Las Vegas Comdex show. [News.com]
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- Microsoft strikes back - On the same morning that consumer advocate Ralph Nader kicks off a conference in Washington D.C. to discuss Microsoft (MSFT) and its "global strategies," the software giant has released a letter challenging the premise of the convention. [News.com]
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- Microsoft sued for $75 million - Two Canadians have filed a class action suit against Microsoft (MSFT) seeking $75 million in damages for Canadians who claim to have had billing problems with the company's online service, Microsoft Network. [News.com]
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- Microsoft to set up India unit - The world's biggest software company plans to set up a software development center in India, the first such center outside its U.S. headquarters, a senior Microsoft official said. [News.com]
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- Microsoft under the gun - [News.com]
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- Microsoft unveils e-commerce plan - Microsoft today unveiled pieces of its e-commerce strategy for helping businesses sell to each other, putting its emphasis on getting other software vendors to write industry-specific applications based on Microsoft technology. [News.com]
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- Mistrial declared in hate case - A mistrial has been declared in the federal trial of a man accused of sending threatening email to Asian students at a Southern California university. [News.com]
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- Mitsubishi unveils notebook - Mitsubishi formally announced the release of the Pedion, a magnesium-encased ultrathin notebook that will come to the U.S in the first quarter of 1998. [News.com]
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- Modem gets plug-and-play technology - 3Com is getting on the bus. [News.com]
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- Modems at full tilt - With networking one of the chosen themes for this year's Comdex trade show extravaganza, it's fitting that communications technologies share in the limelight. [News.com]
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- Modems at full tilt - With networking one of the chosen themes for this year's Comdex trade show extravaganza, it's fitting that communications technologies share in the limelight. [News.com]
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- Monday a big day for Apple - As anticipation builds over Apple Computer's (AAPL) revival-style meeting Monday, much of the attention will be devoted to new desktop systems with the freshly minted PowerPC 750 processor, as well as Apple's plans for selling these and other computers directly to customers. [News.com]
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- More expansion on AOL.com - America Online (AOL) has not made any formal announcements about how it is revamping its Web site, AOL.com. [News.com]
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- More storage, less $$$ - SyQuest (SYQT) upped the ante in the market for removable storage devices with a new $199 drive that accommodates one gigabyte (GB) of storage, bettering comparable offerings from Iomega. [News.com]
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- More technical problems for MSN - The Microsoft Network has attacked its email problems with a vengeance and set about improving its Web-based network. But no matter how hard it tries, it just can't seem to escape those dreaded "technical difficulties." [News.com]
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- Motorola ships software modems - Motorola recently moved out of the retail market for modems, but today the company launched a new software-based modem it hopes will help win its way inside new PCs. [News.com]
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- Motorola to ship software modems - Motorola recently moved out of the retail market for modems, but next week the company will launch a new software-based modem it hopes will help win its way inside new PCs. [News.com]
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- MS could boost cable sector - Talk of another investment in the cable industry by Microsoft (MSFT) has powered the sector's stocks and may continue fueling them forward. [News.com]
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- MS critics want a clean fight - Many of the speakers at yesterday's Appraising Microsoft conference here agreed they'd prefer a good clean fight over government intervention, but Microsoft (MSFT) has to put away the brass knuckles first. [News.com]
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- MS face-lifts FoxPro tool - To a new generation of developers raised on Java and the Web, Microsoft's (MSFT) Visual FoxPro database development tool seems about as cutting-edge as an 8-track tape. [News.com]
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- MS may invest $1 billion in US West - In its determination to gain a foothold in the cable television industry, Microsoft (MSFT) is poised to make a $1 billion investment in US West (USW). [News.com]
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- MS plans Windows 98 Japan debut - Microsoft (MSFT) today said it aims to launch the Japanese version of its next-generation Windows 98 operating system a month after the launch of the English version, planned for the second quarter of 1998. [News.com]
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- MS proposes buddy list spec - Microsoft (MSFT) has submitted a proposal to the Internet Engineering Task Force in an effort to establish a standard for "buddy list" applications that let users know when friends and business associates are online, the company said today. [News.com]
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- MS readies Office 98 for Macs - As Microsoft (MSFT) prepares to ship its Office 98 Macintosh Edition software suite in January, the company has posted a few tools to help the migration process for users of older applications. [News.com]
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- MS redesigns page - The "home.Microsoft.com" Web page, one of the busiest on the Net, is quietly getting a face-lift, including more functionality and features, but no banner ads. [News.com]
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- MS teams up with Liquid Audio - Microsoft yesterday announced an alliance with Liquid Audio, a provider of music over the Internet. The move comes as the latest in the software giants bid to unify media "streaming" standards. [News.com]
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- MS touts Latin American market - Microsoft (MSFT) aims to increase its revenues in Latin America to $1 billion in 2001 from its current $500 million, said Alessandro Annoscia, the company's enterprise customer unit manager for Latin America. [News.com]
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- MS, Citrix support thin clients - Microsoft (MSFT) and Citrix Systems (CTXS) today rolled out beta versions of server software for supporting thin clients. [News.com]
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- MS, Citrix support thin clients - Microsoft (MSFT) and Citrix Systems (CTXS) today rolled out beta versions of server software for supporting thin clients. [News.com]
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- MS, Time, US West in talks - Microsoft (MSFT) is in talks with Time Warner (TWX) and US West (USW), two of the nation's largest cable operators, to create a high-speed Internet access service, according to reports citing industry executives familiar with the discussions. [News.com]
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- MS: DOJ aims to stall upgrades - In a harshly worded response to the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit, Microsoft (MSFT) said that the government is trying to prevent it from improving its products and that the DOJ's case should be thrown out. [News.com]
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- MS: Sun motion mere theatrics - A Microsoft (MSFT) executive defended the company's right to ship products with Sun Microsystems' (SUNW) Java technology and said that new legal threats from Sun were nothing more than "theatrics." [News.com]
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- MSN could break even, exec says - Microsoft Network has turned a profit in recent months, and could break even in the fiscal year that begins in July 1998, a top executive said. [News.com]
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- MSN to offer 56-kbps access - The Microsoft Network announced today that it will extend 56-kbps modem access to all of its U.S. customers through Microsofts dial-in technology provider, UUNet. [News.com]
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- Mutual funds do the math online - It comes down to simple mathematics. [News.com]
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- Nader calls MS "uniquely ruthless" - Ralph Nader relishes being on the right side of a good fight. The famed consumer advocate made his name attacking U.S. automakers in the 1970s, calling their cars "unsafe at any speed." Now he has found a new target for his righteous ire: Microsoft. [News.com]
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- Nader opens campaign against MS - Some of Microsoft's (MSFT) harshest critics and biggest competitors gathered here today for an extraordinary conference called by the world's best-known consumer advocate, accusing the software giant of reaching into a well-worn bag of "dirty tricks" to designed to dominate the personal computer market. [News.com]
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- Nanny decision to be posted - When Judge Hiller Zobel decides whether British au pair Louise Woodward will go to jail for the rest of her life after being convicted for the killing of the baby she was hired to care for, he will immediately email it to a legal Web site. [News.com]
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- Nanny sentence posted - A judge has reduced Louise Woodward's second-degree murder conviction to manslaughter. [News.com]
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- NEC appeals supercomputer ruling - NEC Computer (NIPNY) says it is appealing to the Court of International Trade a ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission which found that imports of Japanese supercomputers threaten U.S. supercomputer makers. [News.com]
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- NEC develops Net broadcast software - NEC Computer (NIPNY) today said it has developed an Internet broadcasting technology that allows viewers to watch TV programs recorded on video tape together with complementary Internet content. [News.com]
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- NEC faces tough market in Japan - While Japanese giant Toshiba faces an inglorious retreat from the U.S. consumer desktop PC market, another Japanese goliath, NEC, is getting a rude wake-up call in its home PC market. [News.com]
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- NEC to offer Net PC - NEC's Computer Systems Division (CSD) today announced a Net PC product, becoming the second major vendor to announce a computer that conforms to this specification. [News.com]
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- NEC to sell mini-notebook in U.S. - Japan-based NEC Computer (NIPNY) said it plans to start selling a mini-notebook in the U.S. through its affiliate Packard Bell NEC. [News.com]
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- NEC, Philips to codevelop chips - Japan's biggest chip maker, NEC Computer (NIPNY), today said that it and a unit of Philips Electronics (PHG) of the Netherlands have signed a partnership agreement to jointly develop chips for digital consumer applications such as televisions, cameras, and video discs. [News.com]
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- Negroponte: Net is way to world peace - Tired of all the hype about the Internet? Well, think again--one respected Internet guru says it will bring world peace. [News.com]
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- Net a boon to German direct marketing - The German Direct Marketing Association said today it expected robust growth in the industry in the coming years, largely powered by the Internet. [News.com]
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- Net ads list won't sell out - About a year ago, Nancy Melone was searching on the Web for a new job, avant-garde art shows to visit on the weekend, and a flight instructor to help fulfill her dream of becoming a private pilot. [News.com]
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- Net commerce sales boom - Companies betting their futures on selling over the Internet saw sales jump more than 31 percent in their last quarters, according to recent quarterly earnings reports. [News.com]
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- Net creeping up on PC at Comdex - The personal computer still is king of Comdex here, but the Internet is making inroads. [News.com]
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- Net creeping up on PC at Comdex - The personal computer still is king of the Fall Comdex show here, but the Internet is making inroads. [News.com]
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- Net models sue Larry Flynt - Five women who staged "adult performances" over the Internet sued Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and two other companies today for alleged sexual harassment and discrimination. [News.com]
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- Net Olympic games begin - The Internet is warming up for the start of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. [News.com]
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- Net reacts to "F0" Pentium bug - As reaction to a new bug that crashes Intel (INTC) Pentium processors spreads across the Internet, the prevailing opinion is that the problem could be serious, though some believe that it simply points to more generic problems with computers. [News.com]
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- Net safe for e-banking - NationsBank (NB), the fifth-largest U.S. bank, is moving business banking transactions onto the Internet because it considers the Net safer (and cheaper) than e-banking on private networks. [News.com]
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- Net tax debate continues - Under the gun of federal legislation to impose a temporary ban on new Net taxes, a majority of the legislators at the first Internet Summit of the States agreed that skimming money from the budding industry could cripple the future of electronic commerce. [News.com]
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- Net Tax Freedom Act closer - The Internet Tax Freedom Act cleared the Senate Commerce Committee today, bringing one step closer to reality a temporary ban on states and localities passing new taxes specifically aimed at online access and e-commerce. [News.com]
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- Net tax pressure looms - As commerce becomes more widespread on the Internet, state governments are beginning to demand their cut of the revenues in the form of state sales taxes. But given the borderless nature of the medium, Net vendors can be difficult to pin down. [News.com]
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- Net traffic for small bookstores - As online book superstores Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com try to outdo each other with discounts and advertising campaigns this holiday season, some smaller specialty online bookstores are quietly competing for a share of the holiday spoils--an estimated $156 million in sales. [News.com]
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- Net use growing fast in Latin America - Use of the Internet is growing faster in Latin America than in any other part of the world, and more women than men in the region are logging on for the first time, according to a survey. [News.com]
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- Net voting a long way off - As voters across the country scramble to the make it to polling booths today, the idea of a Net ballot probably sounds like a darn good idea. [News.com]
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- Net's job impact assessed - Millions of jobs will be eliminated around the world as businesses computerize and move on to the Internet, but the new technology will eventually create even more jobs, senior presidential adviser Ira Magaziner told an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) conference. [News.com]
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- Net's one-stop mortgage shop - Intuit (INTU) said it would launch today a service on the Web that offers U.S. home buyers and owners a single site for finding mortgages from leading national lenders. [News.com]
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- NetAction report takes MS to task - A day before a national meeting convenes to discuss Microsoft's (MSFT) business practices, a consumer rights group has released a scathing report that accuses the software giant of spending at least $4 billion in an attempt to dominate the Internet. Microsoft called the study "biased." [News.com]
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- NetNoir expands offerings - As sites appealing to niche markets proliferate online, Web veteran NetNoir is joining the trend with the creation of three new business divisions, a redesign of its Web site and AOL channel, and an expansion of its online shopping mall, in time for the holiday season. [News.com]
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- Netscape buys out Actra partner - Netscape Communication (NSCP) announced this afternoon that it is buying out its partner, GE Information Services (GE), in their e-commerce joint venture, Actra, for $56 million in stock. [News.com]
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- Netscape buys server start-up - In a move to bolster its presence in the extranet market, Netscape Communications (NSCP) said today that it will buy Silicon Valley start-up Kiva Software in a stock deal worth $179.5 million. [News.com]
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- Netscape removes Java logo - Netscape Communications' (NSCP) browser isn't fully compatible with Java, and the company isn't taking any chances. In light of Sun Microsystems' lawsuit against Microsoft over use of the Java logo, Netscape has removed it from the latest iteration of its browser. [News.com]
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- Netscape toolkit offers Java, components - Netscape Communications (NSCP) announced today new development tools for building networked, Java-based enterprise applications as part of its strategic effort to gain a greater foothold in the enterprise. [News.com]
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- Netscape updates browser tally - Stung by reports that its browser share is slipping, Netscape Communications (NSCP) punched back today with numbers compiled from search engine usage that show its share of the market is 67 percent. [News.com]
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- Netscape's enterprise challenge - When is the world's most famous browser company not a browser company? [News.com]
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- Netscape, Individual do business - Netscape Communications and Individual tomorrow will launch a business information center available through Netscape's Web site. [News.com]
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- NetShow upgrade gets Real support - Microsoft (MSFT) upgraded its NetShow multimedia streaming software today to support RealAudio and RealVideo content. [News.com]
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- New displays looking sharp - roundup The promise of so-called flat panel displays has long been one of the computing industry's most eagerly awaited technologies. [News.com]
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- New displays looking sharp - roundup The promise of so-called flat panel displays has long been one of the computing industry's most eagerly awaited technologies. [News.com]
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- New domain names afoot - By March 1998, Netizens should be able to sign up for seven new top level domain names and the company running the InterNIC will face some competition, according to a plan unveiled today. [News.com]
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- New face for women's site - When Women's Wire launched on the Web in August 1995, it was the only show in town. [News.com]
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- New group to oversee SET - Aiming to boost Internet commerce, Visa and MasterCard have expanded oversight of the SET (secure electronic transactions) protocol by adding credit card companies American Express and Japan's JCB to a new oversight group. [News.com]
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- New IBM facility to create 500 jobs - IBM (IBM) is expected to announce today that it will build a $700 million advanced computer chip development facility in upstate New York, according to reports. [News.com]
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- New Outlook from Microsoft - Better performance and a simplified user interface are what developers at Microsoft (MSFT) say they will deliver with the latest version of the company's Outlook messaging client. [News.com]
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- New service to manage bandwidth - Network managers today have a new tool in the endless quest to control network traffic. [News.com]
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- News providers merge - Desktop Data (DTOP) and Individual (INDV) announced today an agreement to merge and form a new company, NewsEdge, with an estimated $75 million in annual revenues. [News.com]
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- Novell earnings come in high - Networking software player Novell (NOVL) did something it hasn't done for some time--beat analysts' estimates. [News.com]
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- Novell tests next-gen IntranetWare - Novell (NOVL) today released a beta test version of its next-generation network operating system, code-named Moab. [News.com]
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- Novell's networking goes human - Continuing a concerted effort to reignite Novell CEO Eric Schmidt interest in his struggling networking software company, Novell (NOVL) CEO Eric Schmidt took to the stage of Comdex today to preview a plan intended to shield users from the complexity of computing. [News.com]
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- Novell's networking goes human - Continuing a concerted effort to reignite Novell CEO Eric Schmidt interest in his struggling networking software company, Novell (NOVL) CEO Eric Schmidt took to the stage of Comdex today to preview a plan intended to shield users from the complexity of computing. [News.com]
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- NT 5.0 won't ship by mid-1998 - The ship date for the much-anticipated Windows NT 5.0 operating system from Microsoft (MSFT), as murky as it's been, has been pushed back. [News.com]
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- NT 5.0 won't ship by mid-1998 - The ship date for the much-anticipated Windows NT 5.0 operating system from Microsoft (MSFT), as murky as it's been, has been pushed back. [News.com]
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- NT closing in on Unix - Windows NT may not be ready for prime time among enterprise customers, but it is nevertheless putting the squeeze on the profit margins of traditional Unix workstation makers. [News.com]
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- One-fee ISP hits limit - After a closely watched start tainted with technical difficulties and compounded by poor market confidence, the lifetime Net access company @bigger.net finally has hit its first subscriber mark. [News.com]
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- Online ad companies to merge - Two firms that provide software and services for online advertising are scheduled to announce tomorrow that they will merge. [News.com]
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- Online Apple orders starting - Apple Computer (AAPL) said that its new online store received over 4.4 million hits and booked over $500,000 of orders during its first 12 hours of operation. [News.com]
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- Online book war heats up - Online booksellers are gearing up for what may be one of the most profitable periods in e-commerce in the last several years. [News.com]
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- Online gaming strikes deals - Let the games begin. [News.com]
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- Online hate speech on trial - In a case that could break new ground regarding hate speech on the Internet, a Los Angeles man is standing trial for sending a mass email that denigrated and threatened Asians. [News.com]
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- Onsale says mail wasn't spam - Online auctioneer eBay, which lets customers auction their own items from eBay's site, is accusing rival Onsale (ONSL), the pioneer in online auctions, of sending eBay's customers unsolicited email to promote last week's launch of Onsale's own personal auction service. [News.com]
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- Outage delays nanny court posting - A power outage in Brookline, Massachusetts, stole the Internet's thunder today. [News.com]
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- Pac Rim to back e-commerce plan - A group of Pacific Rim nations, meeting this weekend in Vancouver, Canada, is expected to back a global framework aimed at governing and encouraging electronic commerce over the Internet, a top White House e-commerce official said yesterday. [News.com]
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- Panasonic aims at notebook niche - Panasonic will aim to make a splash in the U.S. notebook market with two undersized models that could arrive between February and April. [News.com]
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- Panasonic aims at notebook niche - Panasonic will aim to make a splash in the U.S. notebook market with two undersized models that could arrive between February and April. [News.com]
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- PC buyers: Second time's the charm - Given a shrinking market for first-time computer buyers, marketing departments have their work cut out for them as they try to attract second-time buyers of computers and printers. [News.com]
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- PC buyers: Second time's the charm - Given a shrinking market for first-time computer buyers, marketing departments have their work cut out for them as they try to attract second-time buyers of computers and printers. [News.com]
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- PC makers upbeat on sales - The biggest PC makers are upbeat about the fourth quarter, as skittishness about Asia is offset by improvements in Europe and sub-$1,000 PCs are expected to continue boosting consumer PC sales. [News.com]
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- PC makers upbeat on sales - The biggest PC makers are upbeat about the fourth quarter, as skittishness about Asia is offset by improvements in Europe and sub-$1,000 PCs are expected to continue boosting consumer PC sales. [News.com]
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- PC sales grow in three continents - Personal computer sales in two regions of the world are showing healthy growth, reports by two research firms show. [News.com]
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- PC sales up in Asia despite turmoil - Despite regional financial turmoil, sales of PCs in the Asia/Pacific markets showed healthy rates of growth in the third quarter of 1997, increasing by an aggregate of 18 percent compared the same period a year ago, according to a report by market research firm Dataquest. [News.com]
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- PC shipments drop in Japan - Indicators continue to point to a lackluster personal computer market in Japan. [News.com]
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- Pentium bug surfaces - A new bug that crashes Intel (INTC) Pentium processors has been found and is now being discussed openly on the Internet. [News.com]
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- Pentium II oversupply eroding prices - Pentium II computer prices are dropping fast, and the chip's price may be too. Meanwhile, Intel is preparing to bring out faster Pentium II processors next year. [News.com]
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- Pentium II: Dynamo or dud? - Depending on your point of view, the Intel Pentium II processor represents either the future of computing or a placeholder. [News.com]
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- Pentium II: Dynamo or dud? - Depending on your point of view, the Intel Pentium II processor represents either the future of computing or a placeholder. [News.com]
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- PeopleSoft package for the feds - Enterprise software maker PeopleSoft (PSFT) has upgraded its human resources package for the federal government. [News.com]
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- Philippines' Ramos to visit MS - Philippine president Fidel Ramos continues to meet and greet Silicon Valley's finest in an effort to construct a nationwide information infrastructure in his country. [News.com]
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- Philips announces PC-TV - Philips Electronics announced a PC-TV convergence product that can serve as the centerpiece of a home entertainment network. [News.com]
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- Philips announces PC-TV - Philips Electronics announced a PC-TV convergence product that can serve as the centerpiece of a home entertainment network. [News.com]
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- Philips handheld stays the course - Philips Mobile Computing Group has decided to stay the course with its newest Windows CE handheld device. [News.com]
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- Pinnacle may file for bankruptcy - Pinnacle Micro said this week that it may have to seek protection under federal bankruptcy law if it is unable to find new funding. [News.com]
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- Pioneer jumps into DVD market - The alphabet soup of differing standards for re-recordable DVD technology just got thicker. [News.com]
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- Pioneer jumps into DVD market - The alphabet soup of differing standards for re-recordable DVD technology just got thicker. [News.com]
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- Plan to keep children off Net blocked - Library officials in one of the nation's booming high-tech belts this week rejected a proposal to let parents block Net access for children under 12 who frequent their local branches' book stacks and PCs. [News.com]
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- PointCast plans a new look - Tightening its focus on business professionals, PointCast on Monday plans to unveil a redesigned version of its business news channel with additional news feeds, stock portfolio tracking, and the ability to do online stock trades from within the PointCast service. [News.com]
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- Political email sparks spam debate - San Francisco political consultant Robert Barnes calls the mass emailing he sent out to Netizens a "public service." [News.com]
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- Poll seeks public view of Java bid - Just five days before an international standards body gives Sun Microsystems (SUNW) a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on the company's bid to be the steward of the evolution of Java, a last-minute poll on the subject is highlighting the battle between Sun and its fiercest rival, Microsoft. [News.com]
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- Power Computing to halt PC sales - Former Mac clone maker Power Computing has halted sales of its recently introduced Windows-based portables as the company continues to redefine itself and its business strategy. [News.com]
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- Power Macs, sales plan unveiled - After weeks of speculation, Apple Computer's (AAPL) revival-style meeting today provided Macintosh fans a much-anticipated look at the company's new computers, an online storefront, and its renewed sense of feistiness. [News.com]
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- Preventive care for groupware - Network security software maker McAfee Associates (MCAF) next month will roll out an antivirus package for Microsoft's forthcoming Exchange groupware server. [News.com]
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- Preview Travel launches IPO - Preview Travel (PTVL) today launched itself into the public realm, but its stock failed to catch a strong wind. [News.com]
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- Product lets parents choose, not filter - One of the most argued points about the Internet is whether to filter its unruly content to shield minors from viewing sexually graphic or violent content. Those in favor of filtering see it as a simple solution, while those opposed call it "censorware" that sometimes blocks out valuable content. [News.com]
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- Program trains seniors in IT skills - Today's average life expectancy is 76, and rising. If you have retired, and are looking for something to do with your spare time, Microsoft and a nonprofit organization called Green Thumb have a suggestion: Become an information technology professional. [News.com]
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- PSINet gets $30 million infusion - In the wake of the approved MCI/WorldCom deal that creates one of the world's largest Internet service providers, competitor PSINet (PSIX) today announced that it has received a $30 million investment to bolster its operations. [News.com]
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- Pulitzers for newspaper sites only - When it comes to journalism, the Net has it all: self-published, one-sided commentary, interactive movie reviews, breaking political and business stories, and, of course, the digital arms of the nation's oldest, most well-read newspapers. [News.com]
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- Push panelists want privacy - A panel of software developers and analysts here yesterday debated the current abilities and limitations of "push," with much of the focus on the importance of privacy and security to the adoption of the nascent technology. [News.com]
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- Push panelists want privacy - A panel of software developers and analysts here yesterday debated the current abilities and limitations of "push," with much of the focus on the importance of privacy and security to the adoption of the nascent technology. [News.com]
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- Quote.com pares down, CEO out - Marking another management shakeup at an online financial services provider, the president and chief executive of Quote.com has abruptly resigned, and 10 percent of the company's workforce has been laid off as it looks to cut costs. [News.com]
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- Rambus gets a ratings boost - One analyst today boosted the ego and valuation of Rambus (RMBS), a developer of high-speed DRAM technologies. [News.com]
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- RealNetworks launches hot IPO - Bucking the recent trend of lackluster receptions for tech IPOs, RealNetworks (RNWK) gained 43 percent during its first day on the public chopping block. [News.com]
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- RealNetworks stock surges - The stock of RealNetworks (RNWK), which develops software for transmitting audio and video over the Internet, surged nearly 50 percent in its first day of trading after a share offering raised more than $37 million. [News.com]
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- Remote access under control with Aventail - Aiming to beef up Windows NT security for remote access, Aventail will add a new feature to its virtual private network (VPN) software that lets network managers control which files a remote user can enter on a corporate network. [News.com]
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- Report tracks cybertrends - Confirming the conventional wisdom that the high-tech industry is driving national economic growth, the American Electronics Association will release a report on Tuesday quantifying the latest cybertrends. [News.com]
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- Reseller offers sub-$1,000 package - A computer catalog reseller announced it is offering a PC package for $999 that includes a 166-MHz class system, monitor, color printer, and on-site installation. [News.com]
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- Reseller undercuts Apple - Apple Computer (AAPL) is still basking in the afterglow of its new sales strategy and product announcements, but the master plan already faces a test from a hard-charging reseller, ClubMac. [News.com]
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- Return of the spam king - He's ba-ack. At least, he says he will be soon. [News.com]
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- Rhapsody released to developers - Apple Computer (AAPL) isn't at Comdex; it's in Brussels. [News.com]
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- Rhapsody released to developers - Apple Computer (AAPL) isn't at Comdex; it's in Brussels. [News.com]
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- Road Runner goes to Canada - Time Warner's service to provide high-speed Net access via cable, dubbed Road Runner, is going international. [News.com]
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- Rockwell integrates modem, LAN - Rockwell Semiconductor Systems is combining networking capabilities and its 56-kbps modem technology into a single chip it says will simplify the lives of notebook and desktop users who have a need for both types of connections. [News.com]
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- Rockwell sues Bay Networks - Rockwell Semiconductor Systems today said it has filed suit against Bay Networks for violating the terms of a licensing agreement over modem technology known as K56flex. [News.com]
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- Roller-coaster week for tech stocks - roundup In this week's market madness, the technology industry was among the sectors hardest hit by Monday's stock drubbing on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrials and Nasdaq seeing their largest one-day point declines ever. The tables would only turn Tuesday when the market made a record-breaking rebound. The sizzle was squelched, however, by glitches at online trading firms that executed trades long after they were placed and by analysts' war of words, which pulled investors in opposite directions and drove PC and chip stocks down. [News.com]
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- Rolling Stone gets multimedia site - A rolling stone gathers no moss, but Rolling Stone just gathered a heap of high-tech multimedia Webcasting capabilities. [News.com]
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- Rosy outlook for tech stocks - Technology stocks surged today after key computer executives said they remain relatively unaffected by Asian economic woes and falling personal computer prices. [News.com]
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- RSA under fire from IETF - RSA Data Security has come under fire from key members of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), who charge that RSA is pushing a proprietary agenda and taking undue credit for pushing S/MIME along the IETF standards route. [News.com]
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- S3 slapped with class action - Just days after S3 (SIII) said it would have to restate its financial results for several quarters, the chipmaker was hit with a class-action lawsuit. [News.com]
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- S3 stock rises after restatement - Shares of S3 (SIII) rose more than 10 percent in morning trading today, after the company issued a restated financial performance that came in below the high range of its earlier warning. [News.com]
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- S3 takes a hit due to restatement - Shares of S3 (SIII) tumbled more than 22 percent in trading this morning, following the chip maker's announcement that it would have to restate its financial results for several quarters. [News.com]
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- Sanyo puts Net access in TVs - Sanyo Electric's Internet television has swallowed the set-top box. [News.com]
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- Sanyo puts Net access in TVs - Sanyo Electric's Internet television has swallowed the set-top box. [News.com]
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- SAP expands into data warehousing - Germany's SAP (SAPHY) will broaden its business base by offering a new software system to enable large corporations to retrieve and analyze vast amounts of data, a senior official said. [News.com]
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- SAP sees light in utilities - Continuing its effort to corral new customers in an increasingly competitive market, SAP is ready to roll out the latest enhancements to its enterprise software package targeted at the utilities industry. [News.com]
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- Satellite bandwidth approved - An international organization has approved radio bandwidth that will allow Teledesic to go forward with its plans to launch a network of satellites used to provide high-speed global Internet access. [News.com]
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- Saudi prince invests $846 million - Saudi Arabia's Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said today that he has acquired 5 percent stakes in Rupert Murdoch's global media group News Corp (NWS) and Internet software group Netscape Communications (NSCP). [News.com]
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- Scientists want Net law veto - Legislation awaiting President Clinton's signature would chill the free flow of academic information by criminalizing the distribution of copyrighted materials via electronic networks such as the Internet, a group of computer scientists warned today. [News.com]
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- SCO readies merged OS - The Santa Cruz Operation (SCOC) will finally ship the fruits of a merger of two server-based operating systems in the first quarter of next year. [News.com]
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- Scottish link suit settled - With a small island off the north coast of Scotland as a backdrop, two old friends turned enemies over Web site links have finally settled a long, drawn-out copyright lawsuit. [News.com]
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- Seagate expects financial turmoil - A financial storm raging in the storage sector continues to inundate storage makers, and Seagate Technology (SEG) is the latest casualty to be hit with a bolt of dour news. [News.com]
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- Search sites beef up - Amid cutthroat competition in the Internet directory business, the new features keep on coming. [News.com]
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- SEC: Make Y2K issues No. 1 - Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt is telling all the nation's securities firms to make bracing for Year 2000 computer glitches a top priority. [News.com]
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- Seeker, Applix, Clarify choose Java - Java has been on the minds of many today. [News.com]
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- Semiconductor book-to-bill up - The North American semiconductor equipment industry's three-month average shipments in October were $1.5 billion, 44 percent above the October 1996 level, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International. [News.com]
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- Senate nixes laptops on floor - The Senate Rules Committee said today that members' notepads on the floor may not include disk drives and keyboards. [News.com]
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- Senate passes PC export limits - The Senate today voted in favor of legislation that contains a provision limiting export of next year's workstation computers and business servers. [News.com]
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- Senate reviews IE contract with ISP - In a licensing and cross-promotion agreement involving Microsoft's (MSFT) Internet Explorer, a national Internet service provider was forbidden from telling some subscribers about the availability of competing browsers and was permitted to offer them only if the customer requested them, according to evidence submitted at a Senate hearing today. [News.com]
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- Senator pushes for Y2K disclosure - A key U.S. senator has introduced legislation requiring companies to disclose more information about their progress in solving potential computer glitches expected to arise at the turn of the century. [News.com]
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- SET cooperation under fire - A joint effort by IBM (IBM) and VeriFone to ensure compatibility of their software that implements the SET (Secure Electronic Transactions) protocol for safe Internet card transactions is being criticized by a small SET vendor. [News.com]
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- Sharp struggles in Japan - Japanese electronics maker Sharp said today that slumping domestic sales of personal computers and electronic parts caused a painful drop in its first-half profits. [News.com]
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- Sheraton to offer in-room Net - ITT's Sheraton hotel chain will unveil new in-room technology today aimed at its core market of business travelers. [News.com]
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- Showbiz industry sites expand - In the latest example of Hollywood embracing the Net, the bibles of the entertainment industry, Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, are quietly gearing up to expand their Web sites with more news, entertainment, and features--some of it for a fee. [News.com]
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- Shrinking hardware no small affair - roundup LAS VEGAS--At Fall Comdex '97, thin is definitely in. [News.com]
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- Shrinking hardware no small affair - roundup LAS VEGAS--At Fall Comdex '97, thin is definitely in. [News.com]
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- Siemens, Motorola: telecom team - Germany's Siemens joined forces with Motorola (MOT) today to get a jump on an expected boom in the telecommunications industry as markets around the world open up to competition. [News.com]
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- Silicon, Intergraph to sue Intel - Intel (INTC) today got hit with a one-two punch as it got slapped with lawsuits by two separate companies alleging that it engaged in anticompetitive behavior. [News.com]
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- Site fights crime in Eastern Europe - The publishers of new Web site CrimiScope hope it will expose rampant crime in Central and Eastern Europe. They also hope it will sell security products. [News.com]
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- Small banks SET to be paid - Systems integrator EDS will launch a service in January to process Internet card transactions for financial institutions. [News.com]
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- Social Security faces Y2K issue - The agency widely seen as best prepared for the millennium computer problem could still run into difficulties when the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, a report said. [News.com]
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- Softbank revamps media holdings - Softbank is reorganizing its U.S. media holdings, putting two trade show units under subsidiary Ziff-Davis. [News.com]
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- Software AG Systems launches IPO - Software AG Systems, the parent company of Software AG Americas, today announced its initial public offering of 7.7 million shares at $10 per share. [News.com]
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- Software for small-business NCs unveiled - Capitalizing on the growing momentum of "thin client" computing, network software vendor Citrix Systems (CTXS) released a version of its software for small businesses and signed a licensing deal with Hewlett-Packard. [News.com]
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- Sony making a go of online gaming - Sony's video game unit, looking for new sources of revenue, will introduce several games in coming months that charge players monthly subscriptions to compete over the Internet. [News.com]
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- Sony previews mini-notebook - Look closely at the Sony booth and you still might not see the companys newest offering--a mini-notebook less than an inch thick and weighing under three pounds, a product that could drive mini-notebooks into the mainstream. [News.com]
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- Sony previews mini-notebook - Look closely at the Sony booth and you still might not see the companys newest offering--a mini-notebook less than an inch thick and weighing under three pounds, a product that could drive mini-notebooks into the mainstream. [News.com]
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- Southwest's new recruiting tactic - Responding to the tight labor market for information technology workers, Southwest Airlines is looking to make headhunters out of its customers. [News.com]
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- SPA can't resist sending spam - One of the largest trade groups in the software industry is using one of the most reviled practices on the Internet to further its goals: spam. [News.com]
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- Spec to bring TV-like content to Net - The World Wide Web Consortium today released the first public working draft of a specification that promises to bring television-like content to the Web, a key element in the convergence of PCs and TV. [News.com]
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- Speech recognition gets cheaper - A less-expensive version of speech recognition software from Dragon Systems is on the way to retail shelves. If it catches on, more consumers and small businesses will talk back to their computers. [News.com]
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- Speedy RISC chip announced - Hitachi (HIT) today announced a microprocessor that will significantly improve the performance of handheld computers. [News.com]
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- SportsLine kicks off IPO - Underwriters priced SportsLine USA (SPLN) at $8 per share and then jumped into the public ring today, raising $28 million in the company's initial public offering. [News.com]
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- Stanford home to Apple's past - Stanford University said yesterday that it has acquired thousands of pieces of memorabilia and artifacts chronicling the 21-year history of Apple Computer (APPL). [News.com]
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- Start-up to debut hub for clusters - A new piece of hardware to be introduced next week will provide gigabit-speed connections for all network-attached devices including server systems and storage arrays. [News.com]
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- Start-up unveils "force-feedback" mouse - The term user-friendly could soon become a touchy-feely experience for PC users if a Silicon Valley start-up succeeds in bringing a new mouse to market next year. [News.com]
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- Start-up unveils "force-feedback" mouse - The term user-friendly could soon become a touchy-feely experience for PC users if a Silicon Valley start-up succeeds in bringing a new mouse to market next year. [News.com]
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- Storage products proliferate - As Comdex Fall '97 approaches, the storage market is awash with announcements, pre-announcements, and re-announcements from major players and eager start-ups, all trying to outdo each another on storage capacity, economy, and technology. Here's a roundup of the pre-Comdex storage buzz. [News.com]
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- Storage sector sees hard times - Quantum (QNTM) today said it will take a $40 million third-quarter charge, following the lead of other storage makers that recently acknowledged that competitive pricing pressure would hurt their quarterly results. [News.com]
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- Storage sector slumps - Pricing pressure and a pre-announcement from storage maker Western Digital (WDC) has pulled down the entire storage sector today, and the slump most likely will continue into the spring quarter. [News.com]
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- Study tracks school tech use - With billions for computers and Net connections being thrown at the nation's public schools, a new report gauges how well the dollars are being put to work by every state. [News.com]
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- Sun admits Java testing error - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) today conceded errors in the results of recent tests involving its Java programming language. [News.com]
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- Sun beams on network computing - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) continues to pound the lectern in support of network-based computing and to play down the capabilities of competitors. [News.com]
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- Sun contests MS use of Java logo - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) today formally asked a United States District Court to bar Microsoft (MSFT) from using its Java-compatible logo in promoting and distributing its Internet Explorer 4.0 and related products. [News.com]
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- Sun has low hurdle for ISO approval - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has an easier hurdle than expected in its bid to become the international steward of Java, according to officials at the international standards body reviewing the company's application. [News.com]
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- Sun responds to Java accusations - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) shrugged off accusations today of unfairly reporting test scores for the beta version of one of its Java compilers. [News.com]
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- Sun wins Java ISO approval - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has won approval to submit its Java programming language to the International Standards Organization as a standard. [News.com]
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- Supreme Court denies copyright appeal - The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by a publishing company in a copyright infringement dispute with a computer software firm over a compilation of information about cable television systems. [News.com]
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- Surprising results in Time poll - Time magazine's quest to find the most influential people of the century has yielded some surprising results, not the least of which is an online duel between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs [News.com]
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- Switchboard extends free services - Many sites are starting to offer free email to lure surfers to their sites. Switchboard plans to take free services a step further. [News.com]
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- Sybase eyes European rebound - Sybase (SYBS) may return to the acquisition trail as it sharpens its focus on Europe following a two-year battle to turn its business around. [News.com]
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- Taiwan gets into notebook screens - Taiwanese companies will begin manufacturing notebook displays in the next two years, a development that would challenge Japanese and Korean market dominance and possibly drive prices down. [News.com]
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- Tech IPOs: bet on risk and reward - Show me the product. That is the message Wall Street investors are sending to tech companies stepping up to the public trading block. [News.com]
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- Tech TV show for newbies - As technology gets more and more complicated, media outlets from print to the Web are racing to stay on top of all the latest developments. For technology "newbies"--that is, most people--sometimes that coverage already is too advanced. [News.com]
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- Tech venture capital on a roll - Despite the market's recent volatility and a poor showing of late for technology-related initial public offerings, venture capital continues to flow into high-tech companies at a record pace, according to a Price Waterhouse national venture capital survey released today. [News.com]
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- Technology not schools' cure-all - Technology alone is not a "silver bullet" for modernizing public schools in the United States, IBM (IBM) chief executive Louis Gerstner said yesterday while accepting a public service award. [News.com]
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- Texas Instruments, Amati to merge - Amati Communications (AMTX) was swept off its feet by Texas Instruments (TXN) today in a multimillion-dollar merger deal that halted its pending acquisition by Westell Technologies (WSTL). [News.com]
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- Texas schools may go to laptops - Last year, the textbooks Texas schoolchildren were reading stated that Ronald Reagan was president, had the Berlin Wall still standing, and made no mention of a deadly epidemic known as AIDS. [News.com]
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- Texas sues Microsoft - The state of Texas said today that it has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft (MSFT), charging that the software giant interfered in an antitrust investigation. [News.com]
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- Texas sues Microsoft - The state of Texas filed a lawsuit against Microsoft (MSFT) today, charging the software giant with interfering in the state's antitrust investigation. [News.com]
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- Texas to try out DSL - Another Baby Bell, this time Southwestern Bell, is rolling out high-speed Net access over copper wires, or DSL, in the high-tech hub of Austin, Texas, on an experimental basis, executives disclosed today. [News.com]
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- Thanksgiving recipes online - Thanksgiving is upon us, and with the rush to squeeze a week's work into three days, there isn't always time to plow through a dozen cookbooks to find just the right recipes. The Net can relieve some of that holiday angst. [News.com]
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- The Net's Finest: Law enforcement goes online - With the Information Age has come the era of the virtual crime: Criminals do their dirty work using the Internet, which gives them access to more victims and greater anonymity. Whether the crime of choice is hacking, credit card fraud, online threats, or child pornography, the birth of this new breed of criminal has created the need for law enforcement agencies to be as techno-savvy as the enemy. [News.com]
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- Thomson to offer quotes - In a move that may push a change among financial information sites, Thomson Financial Services and DigiTrade will announce Monday they are offering free real-time quotes. [News.com]
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- Times syndicate adds showbiz site - The New York Times Syndicate is expanding on the Web with a site called Entertainment News Daily, the latest example of the migration to the Net by print media giants. [News.com]
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- Tool builds network without server - What if you could engineer a network that could essentially balance the load of files across several machines in a layout that does not require a central server? [News.com]
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- Tool builds network without server - What if you could engineer a network that could essentially balance the load of files across several machines in a layout that does not require a central server? [News.com]
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- Tool designs way to Oracle8 - Oracle (ORCL) is giving developers a gentle nudge--in the form of a new tool--to persuade them to migrate to the company's new Oracle8 database server. [News.com]
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- Toshiba prototypes notebook screens - After almost a decade of painstaking research and development, at least one major liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturer is finally preparing to ship a display which has been the holy grail for makers of these screens. [News.com]
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- Toshiba prototypes notebook screens - After almost a decade of painstaking research and development, at least one major liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturer is finally preparing to ship a display which has been the holy grail for makers of these screens. [News.com]
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- Toshiba quits consumer desktops - Toshiba will pull out of the consumer PC business as it phases out its Infinia line, the latest sign that sub-$1,000 machines are taking their toll on manufacturers not aggressively pursuing this market. [News.com]
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- Toshiba readies servers for U.S. - At Comdex next week, Toshiba may well offer a glimpse at what the company's first line of server computers for the U.S. might look like. [News.com]
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- Toshiba readies servers for U.S. - At Comdex next week, Toshiba may well offer a glimpse at what the company's first line of server computers for the U.S. might look like. [News.com]
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- Toshiba slashes prices - Toshiba today cut prices on its Equium line of commercial PCs and monitors by as much as 22 percent. [News.com]
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- Trademark fight continues - When Larry Buck launched a Web site offering informative tidbits about classic television to supplement his personal income, he never expected that it would place him in the middle of a trademark dispute with media conglomerate Viacom. [News.com]
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- Trademark ruling shields NSI - In a decision with wide implications for the extension of trademarks into cyberspace, a federal judge has ruled that Network Solutions (NSOL) is immune from most infringement claims. [News.com]
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- Trademarks haunt domains - A charming store selling handmade furniture in middle America wants to expand. Instead of hiring a sales team, the shop's owners, Bess and Harry McDonald, launch a Web site: "themcdonaldsite.com." Before they know it, an attorney for the giant fast-food chain is sending them threatening letters. [News.com]
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- Trio catching Compaq in servers - Servers based on Intel microprocessors and running the Windows operating system grew at a remarkable pace in the third quarter, according to recently compiled figures from from International Data Corporation. [News.com]
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- Trio launches tape technology - Hewlett-Packard (HWP), IBM (IBM), and Seagate Technology (SEG) said today they have agreed to develop a standardized tape technology designed to simplify the network storage industry. [News.com]
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- Tseng Labs loses leader - Graphics chip maker Tseng Labs (TSNG) has announced that Jack Tseng has resigned as president, chief executive, and chairman effective October 31, and that the company will take a $700,000 one-time charge in the fourth quarter in connection with the resignation. [News.com]
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- Two versions of reality in DOJ case - If the documents filed so far in the Justice Department's case against Microsoft are any indication, U.S. District Judge Thomas Jackson clearly has his work cut out for him in deciding where the truth lies. [News.com]
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- U.K. group fights Net censorship - The United Kingdom's government--or any government, for that matter--should think at least twice before regulating content on the Internet, states a report released today by a British cyber-liberties organization. [News.com]
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- U.N. eyes Net regulation - Following the lead of countless other groups, the United Nations is getting into the problematic business of Internet regulation. [News.com]
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- U.N. targets Net hate speech - Internet hate sites, such as one urging "Aryan brothers and sisters...to combat racially inferior parasites," are unlikely to be stamped out because this would limit freedom of speech, experts said today. [News.com]
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- U.S: Japan supercomputer market not open - A U.S. government official today said that the Japanese government's procurement process for supercomputers is not fully open to foreign manufacturers. [News.com]
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- Umax debuts two Mac clones - Umax Computer continued to expand its presence in the low end of the PC market with today's introduction of a new Mac clone that will sell for under $1,300, but Umax hasn't given up on the high end of the market. [News.com]
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- Umax readies Pentium II notebook - Umax is quietly displaying a "thin-and-wide" notebook prototype of the VisualNote 500 series with a 266-MHz Pentium II processor and Windows 98, neither of which are officially shipping yet. [News.com]
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- Umax readies Pentium II notebook - Umax is quietly displaying a "thin-and-wide" notebook prototype of the VisualNote 500 series with a 266-MHz Pentium II processor and Windows 98, neither of which are officially shipping yet. [News.com]
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- Umax sales up 118 percent - Umax Data Systems, the Taiwan maker of computers and image scanners, said today its October sales jumped 118 percent to a monthly record of $49 million from October 1996. [News.com]
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- Umax to ship Network Computer - While most of the buzz at Fall Comdex '97 this week centered around Microsoft's plans for Windows terminals, Umax Data Systems, Acer, and Lucky Goldstar were all quietly displaying a different flavor of Network Computer (NC). [News.com]
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- Umax to ship Network Computer - While most of the buzz at Fall Comdex '97 this week centered around Microsoft's plans for Windows terminals, Umax Data Systems, Acer, and Lucky Goldstar were all quietly displaying a different flavor of Network Computer (NC). [News.com]
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- US West to speed telecommute - Telecommunications carrier US West will announce on Monday an initiative to offer high-speed Internet access to telecommuters. [News.com]
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- Usage-based pricing in Net's future - A switch from flat-rate to usage-based pricing will be required to sustain the rapid growth of the Internet, a bandwidth expert told Comdex attendees today. [News.com]
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- Usage-based pricing in Net's future - A switch from flat-rate to usage-based pricing will be required to sustain the rapid growth of the Internet, a bandwidth expert told Comdex attendees today. [News.com]
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- Used 486 PCs priced to move - Hoping to deflate the hype surrounding the network computer (NC), refurbished computer specialist Recompute has dropped prices on its entry-level 486-based computers to $299. [News.com]
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- USWeb IPO attracts Intel - Intel (INTC) has taken an interest in USWeb's initial public offering. [News.com]
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- UUNet rolls out 56-kbps access - UUNet Technologies today became the latest in a string of Internet service providers to offer 56-kbps access. [News.com]
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- VeriSign files to launch IPO - VeriSign, the major issuer of digital certificates for the Internet, has filed to raise $40 million in an initial public offering of its stock. [News.com]
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- Vietnam closer to Net access - Vietnam's long-delayed plans to allow public access to the Internet will move a step closer to reality tomorrow with the announcement of licenses for the Communist country's first Internet service providers. [News.com]
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- Vitria ties it all together - Vitria Technology will on Monday announce a new entry in the growing category of software that links a hodge-podge of packaged applications, custom-written software, and database applications into one working business application. [News.com]
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- Vivo will stream for novices - Streaming media software maker Vivo Software yesterday demonstrated two new products due for release next year that aim to bring the company closer to the end-user market. [News.com]
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- Vivo will stream for novices - Streaming media software maker Vivo Software yesterday demonstrated two new products due for release next year that aim to bring the company closer to the end-user market. [News.com]
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- VLSI looks to telecom for growth - The last half of the 20th century was dominated by a revolution in computer technology. The first half of the next will be dominated by wireless communication. [News.com]
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- Voice recognition software improving - It is no longer the stuff of science fiction: Using a variety of programs now on the market, people can boss their computers around at will. [News.com]
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- W3C releases style spec draft - The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today released the first public draft of the Cascading Style Sheets 2 specification, which, when it eventually becomes a standard, will define various styles for Web design. [News.com]
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- W3C updates parent Net control - The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today released two technical enhancements of its Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS), a protocol designed to help parents and teachers control what children see on the Net. [News.com]
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- Wall Street moving to Net - Retail stockbroking is quickly going electronic and brokerage transactions will be overwhelmingly done on the Internet in coming years, IBM chief executive Louis Gerstner said today. [News.com]
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- Wang-Olivetti merger approaching - The computer services division of Olivetti will merge with Wang Laboratories (WANG) before the end of the year, Italian news agencies reported, quoting union sources. [News.com]
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- Warner Bros. to launch interactive cartoons - Warner Brothers today announced a deal with togglethis that will bring the New York-based start-up's animation technology and signature character to the Warner Brothers cartoon lineup. [News.com]
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- Web sites still just brochures - Consumer goods manufacturers are embracing the Internet by setting up Web sites, but most haven't moved beyond "brochureware" to sell goods or to strengthen ties to distributors, suppliers, or trading partners, according to an industry survey. [News.com]
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- Web work is one unit at Oracle - Oracle (ORCL) is reorganizing its Web-based applications divisions into a single unit, the company has announced. [News.com]
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- WebTV Plus missing Christmas - WebTV Plus, the next generation of set-top boxes designed by WebTV, won't be generally available until after the holiday season, the company has admitted. [News.com]
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- Western Digital falls short - Data storage products maker Western Digital (WDC) said today that it expects its second quarter to end December 27 at 20 cents to 30 cents per share--well below current analysts' expectations of 83 cents per share. [News.com]
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- Who will bust the Y2K bug? - Most industry observers, analysts, and chief information officers agree that a shortage in the information technology labor force is approaching just as the rush to fix the Year 2000 bug heats up. [News.com]
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- Why Toshiba is losing notebook share - Toshiba's once-unassailable spot at the top of the notebook world appears to be eroding. [News.com]
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- Will new plan save Informix? - Informix Software (IFMXE) will next Wednesday detail a new product marketing plan intended to right its sinking financial ship. [News.com]
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- Win 98 plays second fiddle - Microsoft (MSFT) soon will release the third and final beta version of Windows 98, but questions about the company's commitment to the oft-delayed operating system upgrade remain. [News.com]
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- Win 98 plays second fiddle - Microsoft (MSFT) soon will release the third and final beta version of Windows 98, but questions about the company's commitment to the oft-delayed operating system upgrade remain. [News.com]
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- Wired Digital to lay off 20% - Wired Digital, a property of Wired Ventures, said today that it will cut 20 percent of its workforce as it seeks to become profitable in late 1998. [News.com]
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- Wired home next step for Compaq - Eckhard Pfeiffer is coming into your home. [News.com]
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- Wired home next step for Compaq - Eckhard Pfeiffer is coming into your home. [News.com]
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- World e-commerce policies sought - Ministers responsible for information technology and e-commerce policies in Taiwan and Indonesia today urged a broad international push to establish a framework for global Internet commerce, suggesting that efforts by individual nations should be coordinated. [News.com]
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- WorldCom heads for dominance - By gobbling up MCI Communications for $37 billion this week, WorldCom managed to beef up its colossal Internet backbone--and, in the process, may also have secured its position on consumer groups' antitrust radar screen. [News.com]
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- Wyse says no to NCs - Wyse will show off four new types of terminals at Comdex next week, including a Java-based terminal that will compete against network computers (NCs) and a Windows terminal to run with Microsoft's next-generation Hydra server software. [News.com]
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- Wyse says no to NCs - The Java-based terminal is a scaled-down prototype of an NC the terminal maker had been shopping around earlier this year. [News.com]
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- Yahoo visited most, study says - Yahoo remained the Net's most-trafficked Web site in October, according to RelevantKnowledge, a new service that measures Web site traffic. [News.com]
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- Yahoo guides Scandinavia - Enlarging its global expansion binge, Yahoo said today it has launched localized Internet guides in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. [News.com]
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- Yahoo ups travel offerings - Yahoo is expanding its online travel offerings, joining a crowded but potentially lucrative market. [News.com]
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- Zip drives for notebooks ship - Iomega, whose 100MB Zip drive offers a lot of storage in a small package, is now making the drive for small computers. [News.com]
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