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Macromedia to open Flash - Not to be outdone by a competitor, Macromedia is opening its popular Flash file format for the delivery of vector graphics and animation on the Web. [News.com]
 
Magaziner: Net privacy efforts fall short - Online industry efforts to protect Internet users' privacy have fallen short of expectations as a July 1 deadline looms, White House adviser Ira Magaziner said today. [News.com]
 
Major keeps tech talk simple - What better place for a former British prime minister to espouse his thoughts on global change than a technology conference filled with network administrators? [News.com]
 
Making the PC and TV one - Computer companies continue trying to elbow their way into the television industry, offering everything from new processors and set-top boxes to multimedia development software for next-generation digital TV at the National Broadcasters Association convention. [News.com]
 
Man charged with Net stock fraud - A California man was arrested today for allegedly defrauding roughly 150 investors out of $190,000 in a scheme to sell stock in his company over the Internet, authorities said. [News.com]
 
Management shakeup at SCO - The Santa Cruz Operation, the maker of Unix systems, has named cofounder and executive vice president Doug Michels as chief executive officer, succeeding Alok Mohan, who will stay on as chairman. [News.com]
 
Markets soar on economic news - Stocks soared in early trading today as Wall Street reacted euphorically to the latest good news on inflation and the economy's growth. [News.com]
 
Merrill to ax firms with Y2K issues - Merrill Lynch will cut off firms that are not prepared to deal with the Year 2000 computer problem, the securities firm's chief technology officer said yesterday. [News.com]
 
Micromuse moves tools to NT - Micromuse (MUSE) will ship a version of its service-level management software tools in the third quarter of this year that runs on Microsoft's Windows NT. [News.com]
 
Micropayments' future uncertain - In the early, heady days of electronic commerce two years ago, Internet payment companies were sure that electronic cash was the next big thing. [News.com]
 
Microsoft acquires Mesa Group - Still on a buying spree, Microsoft said today it acquired closely held Mesa Group, which offers services to customers who want to migrate Lotus Notes applications to the Microsoft Exchange server. [News.com]
 
Microsoft buys IE users with NT - Microsoft (MSFT) wants more Internet Explorer users, and it's using Windows NT to get them. [News.com]
 
Microsoft changes content deals - Amid ongoing antitrust investigations of its business conduct, Microsoft (MSFT) said today it has modified hundreds of contracts with content companies worldwide to remove provisions that limit their ability to promote browsers made by competitors such as Netscape Communications. [News.com]
 
Microsoft debuts Y2K strategy - After catching heat from its user base, Microsoft today launched its anticipated revamped Web site and strategy dedicated to the Year 2000 problem, highlighting date bugs in some of its big name products like Windows 95, Office 95, and Office 97. [News.com]
 
Microsoft drops out of college deal - Saying it won't get enough bang for its buck, Microsoft has pulled out of a controversial ten-year deal that would have made it a money-making business partner with the world's largest university system. [News.com]
 
Microsoft expands middleware efforts - Microsoft said yesterday that it has an effort underway to make it easier for various business programs to share information, an initiative that could compete with middleware software vendors. [News.com]
 
Microsoft foes cite Intuit case - The Justice Department prevented Microsoft from gaining a chokehold on electronic commerce three years ago by opposing a proposed merger with Intuit, according to a new consumer group report that Microsoft called "fiction." [News.com]
 
Microsoft in German Net ad deal - Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG today said it signed a deal with tech giant Microsoft to put advertising on the home page of its T-Online Internet service. [News.com]
 
Microsoft on front lines - As Justice Department regulators meet with Microsoft attorneys, the company is devising new legal and market strategies to stay competitive while avoiding further antitrust complications. [News.com]
 
Microsoft on schedule for Win 98 - While federal and state antitrust regulators weigh new antitrust actions against Microsoft, the software giant and the rest of the PC industry are ramping up for the summer release of Windows 98. [News.com]
 
 

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