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AOL says holiday shopping surges - The number of retail transactions recorded by America Online (AOL) in the two weeks after Thanksgiving Day doubled compared to the same two-week period last year, the Internet service provider said. [News.com]
 
AOL to offer takeout service - America Online (AOL) members who work up an appetite while logged on to the online service soon will be able to order a pizza or perhaps some Chinese food without picking up the phone. [News.com]
 
AOL wins latest spam battle - America Online said today it won a battle against a bulk emailer that advertised pornographic Web sites to the online service's members. [News.com]
 
AOL's NetMail not universal - America Online boasted that its new initiatives, including its NetMail service, will provide members with "AOL Anywhere." But for the present, a significant number of AOL members find that they actually can use AOL's NetMail nowhere. [News.com]
 
AOL, Business Week expand deal - Starting in January, Business Week magazine will join an exclusive group of editorial sites charging a subscription fee to read its content online, the company announced today. [News.com]
 
AOL: Yes, there is a Santa Claus - The holiday tradition of children writing letters to Santa Claus has been updated in the digital age to include electronic mail. [News.com]
 
AST fails to keep pace - As AST's fortunes flagged, its brand name has faded, leaving only a shadow of the high-flying PC vendor it was in the late '80s and early '90s. [News.com]
 
AST plans to lay off 37% - Struggling computer maker AST plans to announce tomorrow that it is adopting a new corporate strategy and cutting 37 percent of its workforce. [News.com]
 
AST: New strategy, fewer jobs - Struggling computer maker AST announced plans today to reorganize its worldwide operations in an effort to refocus its business on a tighter market segment and enhance its ability to be more flexible in an increasingly competitive PC market. [News.com]
 
AT&T gets China Net contract - China Telecom (Hong Kong) Group has awarded a contract to a unit of AT&T (T) to provide systems integration services and global Internet access for direct connections to the United States and the Asia-Pacific region, AT&T said today. [News.com]
 
AT&T not No. 1, ad board says - The most powerful network isn't--or at least can't claim to be--when it comes to its Internet services. [News.com]
 
AT&T rolls out business features - Although it is still reeling from a serious email glitch that plagued its service yesterday, AT&T WorldNet rolled out new features for its business services today. [News.com]
 
AT&T-@Home deal reported - It has been a busy week for AT&T (T). [News.com]
 
ATI Technologies buys Tseng Labs - ATI Technologies today announced that it has acquired virtually all of the graphic design assets of struggling video graphics company Tseng Labs (TSNG) in a $3 million deal. [News.com]
 
Academy drops Oscar domain suit - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has dropped its lawsuit involving Internet addresses issued to sites playing off its trademarks "Academy Awards" and "Oscar," according to the company that registers Internet domain names. [News.com]
 
Acer November sales hit record - Taiwan computer giant Acer said today that its November sales hit a monthly record high of $277 million, up 61.8 percent from $171 million in November 1996. Rising sales in personal computers were cited as the reason for the jump. [News.com]
 
Acer debuts sub-$800 business PC - Acer America today cut prices by as much as 23 percent on its business notebooks and desktops, creating a sub-$800 business PC just days after the company said that low-cost systems have nearly doubled the company's retail sales in the second half of the year. [News.com]
 
Acer outlines low-cost PC scheme - Taiwanese computer manufacturer Acer plans to become the first company to roll out a broad line of computing appliances ranging from $200 to under $1,000. [News.com]
 
Acma loses Hayes as associate - Computer products supplier Acma said today that U.S.-based Hayes Microcomputer Products (HAYZ), in which it invested $22.75 million for a 28 percent stake in 1996, is no longer an associated company. [News.com]
 
Activerse to ship Ding and Ding Switchboard - Messaging software maker Activerse is set to roll out the complete public version of its Java-based collaboration package, Ding and Ding Switchboard. [News.com]
 
 

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