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Software gets export tax exemption - President Clinton cut software exporters a tax break today that could save the industry an estimated $1.6 billion over the next decade, according to Congress. [News.com]
 
Software sales pick up on Net - Software has long been one of the most popular commodities sold on the Internet, but the market has yet to really take off. That finally may be about to change. [News.com]
 
Software streams into banners - Repositioning itself as a technology supplier for Internet advertising, Narrative Communications today released a new version of its Enliven media streaming software. [News.com]
 
Software to smooth the enterprise - Enterprise software manufacturers Baan and Welcom Software Technology have joined forces to integrate and jointly sell their products. [News.com]
 
Sony abandons DVD-RAM format - Sony is working with Philips Electronics, Hewlett-Packard (HWP), and other unannounced partners on a new recordable DVD storage technology that will eventually be promoted as the basis for hard drives and disk systems in PCs. [News.com]
 
Sony to boost PlayStation output - Sony Computer Entertainment, a unit of Sony, said today that it would increase monthly production of its PlayStation game console to two million units from the current 1.5 million, starting in October. [News.com]
 
Spam forged, Samsung says - Samsung and a lawyer representing the company have found out first-hand the power of the Internet in the hands of someone with malicious intentions. [News.com]
 
Sports deals shoot and score - America Online (AOL) and NetChannel announced separate sports programming deals today, more evidence that this is one of the hottest categories--and biggest traffic generators--on the Net. [News.com]
 
Spyglass filtering for future gold - While a shift to the Internet device market from the desktop market has deteriorated Spyglass's (SPYG) revenues, one seed of business is sprouting thanks to the downfall of the Communications Decency Act. [News.com]
 
State kills Net access tax - Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci signed legislation today to exempt Internet service providers from a five percent telecommunications sales tax. [News.com]
 
States not afraid to go digital - Net democracy is catching on, according to a new study that rated states' online government resources. [News.com]
 
States opening campaign books - While Congress and journalists focus on alleged campaign finance violations, state lawmakers are quietly working to let wired citizens dissect the records for themselves. [News.com]
 
Steve Jobs, then and now - Over the last couple of years, Apple Computer cofounder Steve Jobs has missed few opportunities to slam Microsoft and its founder in the media. But since he and Bill Gates announced Microsoft's multimillion-dollar investment in the foundering Apple, Jobs has been uncharacteristically reticent when it comes to what used to be his favorite pastime: battering Bill in the press. [News.com]
 
Stream team works for multicasting - MCI Communications (MCIC) has teamed with Progressive Networks to market an Internet broadcasting service so broadcasters, cable channels, and sports networks can reach PC users via the Net. [News.com]
 
Strong quarter expected from HP - Strong sales, especially in the corporate market, should propel Hewlett Packard (HWP) to report improved earnings for the quarter that ended in July and set the stage for continued growth. [News.com]
 
Study: Microsoft may not rule Net - Microsoft's total domination of the Internet market is not yet a "foregone conclusion," according to a study from Jupiter Communications. [News.com]
 
Study: Service will be key for ISPs - Consumer online services are expected to rake in $14.9 billion by 2002, according to a new study, but veterans like America Online (AOL) won't get all the money: National and mom-and-pop Net access providers will also lure customers and dollars. [News.com]
 
Sun CEO sees Java everywhere - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) CEO Scott McNealy led a merry band of Java devotees to the Big Apple to show that the Java programming language will run on everything from upcoming Web phones to mainframe computers. [News.com]
 
Sun adds capabilities, cuts prices - In an effort to maintain an edge over servers based on the Microsoft Windows NT operating system, Sun Microsystems (SUNW) will incorporate technologies that will make its Ultra Enterprise server computers more manageable, even while cutting prices. [News.com]
 
Sun bridging Java-to-database gulf - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) is building software to bridge the gulf between Java applications and corporate databases. [News.com]
 
 

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