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BeOS increases Intel support - Be, the operating system vendor once courted by Apple Computer, today announced an updated version of its software that boosts support for Intel and Intel-compatible processors and adds some new applications, indicating the company is slowly gaining attention from some significant developers. [News.com]
 
Behind the community boom - The bevy of technology and service features that Internet portals aggregate on their sites reads like a laundry list of online fads. [News.com]
 
BellSouth stamps out email bugs - BellSouth spent the morning plugging security holes in its free Web Mail Service. [News.com]
 
Big Blue's new big iron - In an attempt to grab a bigger share of the high-end enterprise market, IBM has released a new version of its corporate enterprise server that the company says substantially outperforms its predecessor. [News.com]
 
Big names struggle for ISP email - Successful corporate email software vendors, like Microsoft, Netscape Communications, and Lotus Development, are having trouble duplicating that success in the ISP messaging and collaboration markets, according to a new report. [News.com]
 
Big sales help Novell's earnings - Networking software player Novell beat analysts' estimates for its fiscal 1998 third quarter by a cent, buoyed by strong third-party sales and sales to large accounts. [News.com]
 
Bristol files suit vs. Microsoft - A development tool maker today slapped Microsoft with a lawsuit claiming the software giant violated federal antitrust laws by stifling competition in the marketplace. [News.com]
 
British e-commerce heating up - Britain's traditional small-town bookshop--cramped, dusty, and run by genteel, bookish types--is under threat. [News.com]
 
British insurance firm sees Net surge - Eagle Star Direct, a unit of B.A.T.'s large British insurance subsidiary Eagle Star, forecast a 260 percent rise in Internet insurance buying over the next 18 months as it launched its own home cyberpolicy. [News.com]
 
Broadcast.com sees downside - Broadcast.com, one of this summer's hottest initial public offerings, today saw its share price fall nearly 10 percent following an analyst's initiation of coverage on the company with a "neutral" recommendationm, based the stock's high valuation. [News.com]
 
Buffer-overflow bug in IE - Microsoft is urging users of its Internet Explorer browser to download a patch for a newly discovered buffer-overflow security bug. [News.com]
 
Bugs? What bugs? - While software bugs are a prevalent part of the computer industry, several firms are either making about-faces in addressing flaws in their products or denying they exist altogether. Most notably, Microsoft is eschewing the term "service pack" for a Windows 98 upgrade, even though it will patch some bugs. [News.com]
 
Building a faster, richer Net - Turning the Internet into a full-fledged medium takes only two things: vastly improved technology and new, creative forms of content that have yet to be seen. [News.com]
 
Bulls still like online booksellers - Wall Street is applauding yesterday's news that Barnes and Noble plans to spin off its online unit into a publicly traded company. [News.com]
 
Business software to grow 37% - Despite conventional wisdom, the enterprise resource planning market will not come to a screeching halt when the clock strikes midnight January 1, 2000, according to a new report. [News.com]
 
C&W considers British ISP deal - Cable & Wireless Communications, which last month bought MCI Communications' entire Internet holdings for $1.75 billion, is considering entering into a partnership with Telewest Communications and NTL to create a national Internet service provider in Britain. [News.com]
 
C&W in talks with IBM for contract - IBM is engaged in exclusive negotiations with Britain's Cable & Wireless Communications to help manage and maintain C&W's computer network and billing operation. [News.com]
 
CA acquires Realogic - Computer Associates International said today that it had acquired Realogic, a consulting firm with expertise in corporate networking, software development, and systems integration. [News.com]
 
CA back on buyout roll - Plan A flopped. [News.com]
 
CA up on CEO's bullish comments - Computer Associates shares are up today after chief executive Charles Wang spoke at the annual shareholders meeting and assured investors that the company's core business and financial fundamentals remain strong. [News.com]
 
 

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