Stories by Nancy Weil

Vendors Show Range of New Products

A variety of vendors announced new software and technologies here this week at the Seybold Publishing 2000 conference. Product news includes:

Interactive Web Sites Will Thrive

The key to successful Internet publishing is to encourage readers to provide site content through comments and discussions, a panel of keynote speakers said here this morning at the opening of the Seybold Publishing 2000 conference.

Mitre Updates Cyber-Threat Dictionary

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$499 PC Offers Linux/Windows Dual Boot

Internet retailer Shoppingplanet.com is offering a $US499 computer that allows users to boot up in either the Windows or the Linux operating systems.

DOJ Drops Network Solutions Antitrust Inquiry

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has closed its antitrust inquiry into Network Solutions Inc.'s management of the Internet's primary domain name system, Network Solutions said in a statement yesterday.

Microsoft Due to File Rebuttal in MS/DOJ Case

Microsoft Corp. today is due to file its rebuttal of the U.S. government's most recent court filing in the ongoing antitrust trial, the last step in the case before the two sides present their final oral arguments in front of U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson.

Primix Launches Dot-Com Service

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Network Associates Spins Off Antivirus ASP

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Software Causes Compaq System Problems

Compaq Computer Corp. has issued a fix for long system lock-ups caused by the company's Service Connection software, which automatically sends users of some Presario desktop PCs BIOS updates and other upgrades intended to boost performance.

MS/DOJ - Government rebuts Microsoft antitrust filing

Microsoft ignores the substantive findings of a US federal court judge, "addresses strawmen," "takes a series of potshots" and misstates legal standards in an attempt to evade the issues at hand, the US government has argued in its rebuttal to the software maker's proposed conclusions of law filed last week in the ongoing antitrust case.

Sun to Ship Solaris 8 in March

Sun Microsystems Inc. unveiled its Solaris 8 operating system today during a New York press conference, and said that the new OS will ship in early March.

Government Rebuts Microsoft Antitrust Filing

Microsoft Corp. ignores the substantive findings of a U.S. federal court judge, "addresses strawmen," "takes a series of potshots" and misstates legal standards in an attempt to evade the issues at hand, the U.S. government argued today in its rebuttal to the software maker's proposed conclusions of law filed last week in the ongoing antitrust case.

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