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Nader opens campaign against MS - Some of Microsoft's (MSFT) harshest critics and biggest competitors gathered here today for an extraordinary conference called by the world's best-known consumer advocate, accusing the software giant of reaching into a well-worn bag of "dirty tricks" to designed to dominate the personal computer market. [News.com]
 
Nanny decision to be posted - When Judge Hiller Zobel decides whether British au pair Louise Woodward will go to jail for the rest of her life after being convicted for the killing of the baby she was hired to care for, he will immediately email it to a legal Web site. [News.com]
 
Nanny sentence posted - A judge has reduced Louise Woodward's second-degree murder conviction to manslaughter. [News.com]
 
Negroponte: Net is way to world peace - Tired of all the hype about the Internet? Well, think again--one respected Internet guru says it will bring world peace. [News.com]
 
Net Olympic games begin - The Internet is warming up for the start of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. [News.com]
 
Net Tax Freedom Act closer - The Internet Tax Freedom Act cleared the Senate Commerce Committee today, bringing one step closer to reality a temporary ban on states and localities passing new taxes specifically aimed at online access and e-commerce. [News.com]
 
Net a boon to German direct marketing - The German Direct Marketing Association said today it expected robust growth in the industry in the coming years, largely powered by the Internet. [News.com]
 
Net ads list won't sell out - About a year ago, Nancy Melone was searching on the Web for a new job, avant-garde art shows to visit on the weekend, and a flight instructor to help fulfill her dream of becoming a private pilot. [News.com]
 
Net commerce sales boom - Companies betting their futures on selling over the Internet saw sales jump more than 31 percent in their last quarters, according to recent quarterly earnings reports. [News.com]
 
Net creeping up on PC at Comdex - The personal computer still is king of Comdex here, but the Internet is making inroads. [News.com]
 
Net creeping up on PC at Comdex - The personal computer still is king of Comdex here, but the Internet is making inroads. [News.com]
 
Net models sue Larry Flynt - Five women who staged "adult performances" over the Internet sued Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and two other companies today for alleged sexual harassment and discrimination. [News.com]
 
Net reacts to "F0" Pentium bug - As reaction to a new bug that crashes Intel (INTC) Pentium processors spreads across the Internet, the prevailing opinion is that the problem could be serious, though some believe that it simply points to more generic problems with computers. [News.com]
 
Net safe for e-banking - NationsBank (NB), the fifth-largest U.S. bank, is moving business banking transactions onto the Internet because it considers the Net safer (and cheaper) than e-banking on private networks. [News.com]
 
Net tax debate continues - Under the gun of federal legislation to impose a temporary ban on new Net taxes, a majority of the legislators at the first Internet Summit of the States agreed that skimming money from the budding industry could cripple the future of electronic commerce. [News.com]
 
Net tax pressure looms - As commerce becomes more widespread on the Internet, state governments are beginning to demand their cut of the revenues in the form of state sales taxes. But given the borderless nature of the medium, Net vendors can be difficult to pin down. [News.com]
 
Net traffic for small bookstores - As online book superstores Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com try to outdo each other with discounts and advertising campaigns this holiday season, some smaller specialty online bookstores are quietly competing for a share of the holiday spoils--an estimated $156 million in sales. [News.com]
 
Net use growing fast in Latin America - Use of the Internet is growing faster in Latin America than in any other part of the world, and more women than men in the region are logging on for the first time, according to a survey. [News.com]
 
Net voting a long way off - As voters across the country scramble to the make it to polling booths today, the idea of a Net ballot probably sounds like a darn good idea. [News.com]
 
Net's job impact assessed - Millions of jobs will be eliminated around the world as businesses computerize and move on to the Internet, but the new technology will eventually create even more jobs, senior presidential adviser Ira Magaziner told an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) conference. [News.com]
 
 

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