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Northwest offers 2 for 1 online - Airlines are adding special incentives to entice Netizens from the virtual world of cyberspace to real world of travel. [News.com]
 
Not your father's browsers - In a newsy week for browser software, Netscape unbundled Navigator from Communicator and released it as a standalone browser. The company had been under pressure from some partners who have their own groupware suites, such as Lotus Development; Netscape maintained the move had been planned. Users later complained that the unbundled Navigator lacked certain features. Also, Microsoft continued its marketing campaign for Internet Explorer 4.0, currently in beta, by announcing its ship date. [News.com]
 
Notebook fire sale - It's almost the season to buy a notebook. [News.com]
 
Novadigm back on attack over patent - Everyone wants that last word, and today Albion Fitzgerald, chairman and CEO of Novadigm (NVDM), shot back at Marimba CEO Kim Polese over her comments regarding the pending lawsuit between the two companies. [News.com]
 
Novell down as buyout denied - Novell (NOVL) shares fell more than 10 percent this morning after chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt said the company "is not for sale." [News.com]
 
Novell heads to the Border - Novell (NOVL) today shipped its BorderManager suite of network-based services for the Internet and intranets. [News.com]
 
Novell losses worse than expected - Struggling networking software maker Novell (NOVL) today missed analysts' mark by wide margin, reporting shrunken revenues as charges and reduced shipments took their toll. [News.com]
 
Novell up on rumored IBM buyout - Novell (NOVL) shares rose more than 10 percent in trading today on rumors of a buyout by IBM (IBM). [News.com]
 
Now playing: film sites - Film buffs who turn to the Internet for information on their favorite subject now have new movie sites to visit. [News.com]
 
Office 98 for the Mac - In the first concrete example of its renewed commitment to the Macintosh platform, Microsoft (MSFT) yesterday demonstrated Office 98 for Macintosh. [News.com]
 
One-fee ISP faces challenges - When @bigger.net launched its lifelong Net access for just $59.95, it aimed to lure frustrated Netizens such as America Online members who couldn't log onto the overtaxed service. [News.com]
 
Online ad spending to skyrocket - The much-ballyhooed merging of online advertising and direct marketing continues apace, according to a new study from Jupiter Communications, which estimates that by 2002 online publishers will count $7.7 billion in ad revenue and $1.3 billion in direct marketing income. [News.com]
 
Online booksellers in price war - Signaling that fierce competition among online booksellers won't die down anytime soon, Book Stacks Unlimited announced today that it is further slashing the prices it charges for books it sells on the Net. [News.com]
 
Online campus to open gates - Well Engaged and Golden Gate University tomorrow will announce the launch of a CyberCampus on the Web, the latest example of the boom in educational efforts online. [News.com]
 
Oracle Express Server 6.0 set to roll - Continuing its embrace of Windows NT, Oracle (ORCL) will tomorrow announce that it is shipping its Express Server 6.0 decision-support database for NT running on servers powered by Digital Equipment's Alpha processors. [News.com]
 
Oracle buys financial software maker - Oracle (ORCL) said today it will acquire Treasury Services Corporation (TSC), a privately held firm that provides profitability and risk analysis software, in a merger valued at up to $120 million. [News.com]
 
Oracle to pitch video streaming - Oracle (ORCL) seems to be battling Microsoft (MSFT) on all fronts these days. Now you can add streaming video to the list. [News.com]
 
Oracle updates video server - As part of a concerted effort to expand its role in delivering video over a network, Oracle debuted a new version of its video server that provides users with an assortment of compression formats, opening the platform to a wide variety of video. [News.com]
 
PC makers deny UPS problems - UPS strike? What UPS strike? [News.com]
 
PC sales strong in Europe - Sales of personal computers in western Europe gathered pace in the first half of 1997 and are likely to accelerate in the second half, according to a report published today. [News.com]
 
 

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