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Tuesday, June 9, 1998
THE WORLDCOM-MCI deal
could be scuttled if European Union
regulators tell World Com to divest UUNet,
its Internet business, executives close to the
deal say.
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NBC is buying a stake in the on-line
news company CNET and intends to
take control of its Snap! search service, in
the first move by a network to offer an entry
point to the Web.
* * *
Network Associates agreed to
acquire British antivirus-software
maker, Dr Solomon's Group, in a $670 million
stock deal that reflects a consolidation trend
in the hot computer-security market.
* * *
Western Digital warned its results for
the current quarter will fall
"substantially" short of analysts' estimates as
the disk-drive industry remains beset by
pricing and inventory woes.
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A meeting in Washington between
some of the high-tech industry's biggest
names and federal law-enforcement officials
adjourned without making any visible
headway on one of the industry's thorniest
political issues -- government regulations of
data-scrambling technology.
* * *
Debate over a federal program
designed to bring the Internet to the
nation's classrooms and libraries continued
this week, even as federal regulators
prepared to offer changes to the
controversial subsidies.
* * *
Federal regulators filed antitrust
charges against Intel, alleging the chip
maker stifled innovation and competition by
retaliating against companies that challenged
it over their rights to key technology.
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A federal judge laid out ground rules
for the trial to hear the government's
case against Microsoft and promised a
speedy decision. The trial is set to begin
Sept. 8.
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Compaq is looking to the Internet to
drive sales of its fall home-computer
line with a new keyboard that makes
Internet use easier and new, lucrative
accords with on-line services.
* * *
Federal trustbusters, by wading into
the world of computers with the latest
antitrust actions against Intel and Micosoft,
have wandered straight into the hotbed of
libertarian political activism -- cyberspace.
* * *
Intel dropped prices 12% to 32% on
the Pentium II chip, its third cut this
year. The move suggests Intel is stepping up
its use of pricing as a weapon to protect its
turf and to expand.
* * *
Sprint PCS has signed up five
affiliates to offer Sprint wireless-phone
service and plans to announce a bigger
roster of affiliates later this year, according
to company executives.
* * *
Bell Atlantic said it plans to build an
advanced, long-distance data network,
even though it doesn't yet have permission to
offer long-distance voice and data services
in its 13-state region.
* * *
Fujitsu plans to develop new server
products based on two of Intel's new
lines of computer chips. Fujitsu will be one of
the first companies to develop a server
based on Intel's next-generation "Merced"
chip, scheduled to be introduced in 2000.
CNET, Net Sector
Surge on NBC Deal
Internet stocks soared
Tuesday on news of
NBC's partnership with
CNET's Snap! service and
Yahoo!'s deal with Compaq.
CNET surged 37% and
industry giant Yahoo gained
7.8%.
Web-Search Goal Is
Knowledge, Not Data
Finding the answers to
three astronomy
questions seemed simple.
But on the Web, what you
want to find and what you
need to find aren't always
the same thing.
Digitcom Caters
To On-Line Fans
Digitcom, an Internet
telephony upstart, has
taken unusual steps to reach
out to its legion of on-line
fans, including having one of
its executives participate in a
"chat" arranged by a
message-board participant.
Net, Cable Gain
As News Sources
The number of
Americans reading
news on the Internet is
growing at an astonishing
rate even as cable news
outlets get an increasing
share of the television
audience, according to a
study by the Pew Research
Center.
Web Sites Thrive
On World Cup
The World Cup starts
Wednesday, but
enthusiasts who can't get to
France can keep track of the
matches and excitement
over the Internet, with sites
that allow viewing, updates
and ways to bet on the
games.
Symantec to buy back
5% of its stock ...
Computone to acquire
Ladia ... Lernout gets
Chinese-software license ...
S&P 500 to add Ascend
Communications ...
Yahoo! to acquire Viaweb
... Sprint completes buy of
EarthLink stake ...
Macromedia reaches pact
on Netscape browser ...
Global DirectMail warns
earnings will miss estimates
... Borland changes name
to Inprise ... Cadence
Design expands stock
buyback.
Governing the Net
CompuServe Verdict
Internet-Stocks Mania
The Upgrade Race
High on Java?
Apple's Pickings
Netscape's Battle
Microsoft's Fate
Global Village
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