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- Before Tom King launched the computer-related radio talk show CompuTalk, he prosecuted juveniles in Texas. [News.com]
Onsale debuts desktop ticker
- Online auctioneer Onsale (ONSL) today released a desktop ticker, built with Marimba's Castanet technology, that lets users track the progress of ongoing Onsale auctions. [News.com]
Onsale, Preview Travel plan offerings
- After a sluggish spring in the technology offering arena, the fall has brought an onslaught of prospective offerings looking to raise working capital, and today two companies declared plans to raise funds in the public domain. [News.com]
Oracle NCs will link to Windows
- Network Computer Incorporated, an Oracle subsidiary that makes server software for network computers, announced it will bundle Star Division's StarOffice suite with its server software--a move that shows NCs need access to Windows, the corporate standard. [News.com]
Oracle alone vetoes OLE DB
- Microsoft (MSFT) this week said a new specification, intended to speed up access to corporate databases while simplifying programming, has been warmly embraced by every major database software makersave one. Database market leader Oracle (ORCL) said it wont officially endorse Microsofts OLE DB technology. [News.com]
Oracle pitches sales software
- Oracle (ORCL) today debuted a new applications bundle targeted at the growing sales force automation market. [News.com]
Oracle to give higher ed $58 million
- Oracle will announce a program on Monday to provide universities with $58 million worth of database tools and training. [News.com]
PC Card integrates cell phone
- Accessing the Internet via the analog cellular phone network is not a new idea. But a new product lets notebook users make that connection with the use of a single PC Card, obviating the need for a separate cellular phone. [News.com]
PC Quote gets $5 million infusion
- In desperate need of financing and facing a possible delisting from the American Stock Exchange, PC Quote (PQT), today said it has signed an agreement with an investor for a $5 million cash infusion. [News.com]
PC customer support ranked
- Direct vendors of home personal computers are providing their customers with the best technical support, according to a new survey, while the two leading home PC manufacturers are serving up the worst. [News.com]
PC export limits near Senate vote
- The Senate has ended a filibuster and will vote Thursday on a bill that would limit export of next year's desktop-class computers and business servers. [News.com]
PC makers show their worst fears
- Government documents detailing Microsoft's hardball tactics bring into sharp focus a PC company's worst nightmare: alienating the Redmond empire. [News.com]
PC makers testify on MS pressure
- As key pieces of evidence emerged in the Justice Department's antitrust case against Microsoft (MSFT), details were revealed of how the software company required computer makers to bundle its Internet Explorer browser with its Windows operating system. [News.com]
PGP wins another email ally
- Email software company e Corp will announce tomorrow that it is adding Pretty Good Privacy's encryption to its eMail '97 software, which is targeted at experienced and international users. [News.com]
PGP's privacy invaded
- In a move to circumvent U.S. export controls on strong encryption, self-styled Cypherpunks have posted a copy of Pretty Good Privacy's latest version of its encryption software on an FTP site. [News.com]
PSINet latest to hit Europe
- U.S. Internet service providers are continuing their push into Europe. [News.com]
PSINet playing catch-up
- Commercial Internet service provider PSINet (PSIX) met downward-revised estimates today, as its third quarter was hit with delays in devices used to connect dial-up customers to its network. [News.com]
PSINet sees Q3 loss
- Commercial Internet service provider PSINet (PSIX), today said it expects a larger-than-anticipated third-quarter loss. [News.com]
PalmPilot prices fall
- 3Com handed consumers a price break on its PalmPilot pocket organizers, shaving 8 percent off its Professional Edition handheld and 17 percent off the Personal Edition. [News.com]
Pathfinder to do free email
- Time Warner's Pathfinder will be introducing a members-only entertainment-based service that seeks to entice Netizens to buy subscriptions for its magazines as well as draw print subscribers to the Web. [News.com]
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