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EVERYBODY HELMETS ON!!!!! THIS IS EVEN BIGGER THAN WE THOUGHT!!!!
As i said before, today i was in a rush and found the article doing a search in the WSJ, not reading the WSJ section by section as i normally do every day... and i didn't even check the section because i rushed to post it here as soon as possible...
But now i checked back to see in what section of the online newspaper the article appeared, and... !!!! I AM AMAZED!!!!!!! The article on DGIV made nothing more and nothing less than the "HEARD ON THE NET" column in the *FRONT PAGE* of the "TECH CENTER" section of the WSJ!!!! This is huge! You've got to see it to believe it!
For those of you not familiar with the WSJ Online, it's divided in only 5 big sections:
- FRONT SECTION
- MARKETPLACE
- MONEY & INVESTING
- TECH CENTER
- SPORTS
Each section then has different sub-sections. DGIV made the front page!! And not only that...!
The "Money & Investing" section has a very famous and followed column entitled "Heard on the Street". For a company to be featured in that column is VERY important, when the spin is positive, of course.
The "Heard on the Net" is the exact equivalent of the "Heard on the Street" column but for *NET STOCKS*.
Our DGIV headline appears *SIDE BY SIDE* with news on Worldcom/MCI, NBC, CNET, Network Associates, Compaq, Intel, Sprint, Bell Atlantic, Fujitsu, Symantec, Ascend, Yahoo, Viaweb, Earthlink, Macromedia, etc.
But ONLY DGIV made the "HEARD ON THE NET" column! HUGE¨ REALLY HUGE!!
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This is a gross cut & paste in plain text from that section, but you've got to see the original to grasp the full meaning of that column:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Internet-Stocks Mania
The Upgrade Race
High on Java?
Apple's Pickings
Netscape's Battle
Microsoft's Fate
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