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Local ISPs may survive shakeout - In another doomsday pronouncement for Internet service providers, the Gartner Group predicted today that a large majority of the 4,500 ISPs in the United States will be forced out of business in the next five years. [News.com]
 
LookSmart to be ISP home page - Reader's Digest subsidiary LookSmart today launched a content partnership with Internet service providers, the latest effort by a print media giant to print money on the Net. [News.com]
 
Lost sales sink Komag stock - Komag (KMAG), a maker of thin-film components for disk drives, today saw its shares fall as much as 16.4 percent in morning trading, after it said it will close two plants and cut up to 350 jobs in a restructuring prompted by declining orders from one of its largest customers. [News.com]
 
Lotus makes SAP connection - Lotus Development will give users of its desktop applications easier access to data stored in SAP's R/3 business software with an updated SmartSuite Bonus Pack due to ship later this fall. [News.com]
 
Lotus ships Domino Web server - Lotus said today that its basic Web server package, bundled with tools for authoring and JavaBeans, is now available for download from its Web site for $200 less than was previously announced. [News.com]
 
Lukewarm response on domains - The Commerce Department's request for public comment on administration of the Internet's domain naming system drew about 300 filed responses, but most of the major commercial online players remained silent. [News.com]
 
Lycos lights up search sector - Look out, Yahoo (YHOO) and Excite (XCIT). The race isn't over yet. [News.com]
 
Lycos rallies on e-commerce deal - Lycos (LCOS) stock shot up 20 percent today after the search engine company announced a three-year e-commerce partnership with BarnesandNoble.com. [News.com]
 
Lycos up on smaller losses - Lycos (LCOS) shares rose as much as 7.5 percent in trading this morning after the search engine company's fourth-quarter performance beat expectations. [News.com]
 
MCI, BT rethink merger terms - MCI Communications said late yesterday it was in talks with British Telecommunications about the terms of their $28.7 billion merger and that it could not guarantee the outcome. [News.com]
 
MIT team shows experimental chip - A Massachusetts Institute of Technology research team is working on a powerful new microprocessor architecture for supercomputers. [News.com]
 
MS retools for browser apps - Microsoft (MSFT) has added new features to its Visual Basic development tool to make it easier to create Web-based ActiveX controls. [News.com]
 
MS to invest $150 million in Apple - Microsoft (MSFT) is lending Apple Computer (AAPL) an unexpected and somewhat controversial helping hand. [News.com]
 
MS, Marimba to work on standards - Microsoft (MSFT) and Marimba today proposed what they called the first open industry data format to automate software distribution over the Internet or corporate intranets. [News.com]
 
MS, NEC form alliance - Microsoft (MSFT) and NEC will team up on a series of server and mainframe projects that may help NEC build a brand in the U.S. market while boosting Microsoft's Windows NT efforts in Japan. [News.com]
 
Mac OS 8 sales on fire - Apple Computer (AAPL) says sales for the recently released Mac OS 8 have exceeded expectations by fourfold. [News.com]
 
Mac clone notebooks still in limbo - Apple's (AAPL) strategy to rein in Macintosh clone manufacturers extends to entire product markets that Apple would prefer to keep to itself--most vitally, notebook computers. [News.com]
 
Mac cloner loses president - Power Computing today announced the resignation of its president and chief operating officer, Joel Kocher. [News.com]
 
Mac cloners to bundle Virtual PC - Connectix, a developer of Macintosh software utilities, today said that its PC emulation software will be bundled on the systems of all major Macintosh clone vendors. [News.com]
 
Macworld: Once again, from the top - Macworld used to be a showcase event for Apple Computer (AAPL), a sort of high-tech cotillion featuring the hottest technologies replete with the glitz and glamour befitting the industry's riches. Now, it has become a gathering place for a virtual deathwatch on a company that once defined the elan of Silicon Valley. [News.com]
 
 

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