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Iomega, Nomai stymied in court - Iomega (IOM) and Nomai headed back to court today, chalking up another round in the battle to determine whether Nomai can sell Iomega-compatible disks in the United States. [News.com]
 
Iomega: Injunction on Nomai lifted - Iomega said today a preliminary injunction concerning French technology company Nomai's production of a computer memory product was lifted December 12 by a panel of appellate court judges in Paris, France. [News.com]
 
It's official: BackOffice Server 4.0 - Microsoft (MSFT) is attempting to make its BackOffice server application bundle as attractive as possible to corporations pushing their server-based applications onto the Web. [News.com]
 
J.D. Edwards reports gains - Continued demand for its enterprise software for the AS/400 provided a boost for J.D. Edwards' (JDEC) fourth-quarter results. [News.com]
 
Japan PC shipments lackluster - Shipments of personal computers in Japan are expected to total 8.1 million units this year, up just 0.1 percent from 1996, industry research firm IDC Japan said in a report issued today. [News.com]
 
Japan digital TV rivals may merge - Japan's digital satellite broadcasting market, ripe for a shakeout ahead of competitive launches in 1998, saw an ongoing winnowing-out process gain speed today as Japan Sky Broadcasting (JSkyB) and PerfecTV announced that they were considering a merger. [News.com]
 
Japan to cut chip plant spending - Japanese semiconductor makers are expected to sharply reduce their capital investment, a move that may affect the entire Japanese economy, business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun said today. [News.com]
 
Japan to try DSL - Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) will begin testing high-speed Net access via copper phone lines, dubbed DSL (digital subscriber line), a signal that the new technology is catching on globally, not just in the United States. [News.com]
 
Japan's Epson does cheap Pentium II - The direct sales unit of Japan's Seiko Epson introduced a Pentium II computer that may be the least expensive system of its kind in the world. [News.com]
 
Japan, EU chipmakers draw pact - Japanese and European Union semiconductor industry leaders announced they have concluded an industry-to-industry agreement on anti-dumping measures. [News.com]
 
Japanese PC makers stick with IE - Top-tier personal computer makers in Japan will continue preinstalling Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser with the Windows 95 operating system, according to a report in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's largest business daily. [News.com]
 
Japanese PC market to lag in '98 - Japan's PC market will lag through at least the first half of 1998, according to a market research firm, but demand for portables will continue expanding. [News.com]
 
Japanese delay memory plants - Japanese memory companies are delaying plans to expand their fabrication plants, responding to the continuing decline of memory prices. [News.com]
 
Jasmine's time has come - Computer Associates (CA) thinks the time is right--and the market is ready--for its Jasmine object database software. [News.com]
 
Judge uninstalls IE in 90 seconds - The judge hearing the Justice Department's case against Microsoft (MSFT) today set a hearing for January 13 on whether the software giant should be held in contempt of court for allegedly violating an order issued last week. [News.com]
 
Key tobacco papers released online - A sensitive batch of tobacco documents that may contain more harmful disclosures about the industry and could strengthen the hands of congressional critics were made public on the Internet today. [News.com]
 
Kwanzaa sites abound - As the seven-day African-American festival of Kwanzaa begins today, the abundance of sites explaining and celebrating the holiday is illustrative of the growth of the black community online. [News.com]
 
LCD screen surplus forces changes - An unexpected surplus of the liquid crystal display (LCD) screens used in notebooks and desktop monitors, combined with the Asian currency crisis, is causing component prices to rapidly decline and manufacturers to reevaluate plans for expanding capacity. [News.com]
 
Lagging PC sales hint of slow '98 - Despite go-go growth for the first ten months of the year, U.S. computer sales tapered off last month--a deceleration that, combined with other factors, may portend a slower 1998. [News.com]
 
Landmark crypto appeal begins - Judges appeared to give the plaintiff a sympathetic ear this morning in a closely watched case challenging government restrictions on the export of encryption. [News.com]
 
 

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