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HP to use new graphics hardware - Graphics card maker Evans and Sutherland has secured another major customer, Hewlett-Packard, in the burgeoning Intel-based workstation market. [News.com]
 
HP's Platt: PCs are "pretty crude" - Lewis Platt, chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, today talked about the obsolescence of the PC, which he described as "pretty crude." [News.com]
 
HP, Dell grab more of server market - Hewlett-Packard has passed IBM in lower-cost server sales worldwide, but Compaq still ships more than the two other companies combined, a study released today said. [News.com]
 
HP, Toshiba cut PC, notebook prices - Hewlett-Packard cut prices on desktop, notebook, and workstation computers by as much as 20 percent today while Toshiba lopped up to $200 off selected notebooks. [News.com]
 
Headhunter's stock sale has Net appeal - America's most prestigious executive search firm is trying to jump on the Internet stock bandwagon. [News.com]
 
High-speed Net access limps along - The Telecommunications Industry Association is telling federal regulators advanced technology that allows consumers faster access to Internet and other services is not being deployed nationally at a pace Congress had intended. [News.com]
 
Hitachi speeds up chip restructuring - Hitachi, Japan's largest electronics maker, will speed up the restructuring of its ailing microchip business, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported, citing unnamed company sources. [News.com]
 
Hitting the Net log-on jam - Logging on last month was harder than it's been in six months. [News.com]
 
Holiday shoppers jam merchants' servers - With online retailers reporting record revenue days, Web merchants such as Buy.com and Toys R Us are also experiencing traffic overloads that are slowing or even crashing their sites. [News.com]
 
Holidays live up to expectations - Everybody was expecting a big holiday season for online retailers, and for the most part, the predictions were right on. E-commerce sites were jammed with virtual shoppers, even to the last minute, and Net stocks took off thanks to all the cheery news. [News.com]
 
Home sales of DVD top million mark - One of the most influential figures for the DVD industry this year turned out to be the "Danger, Will Robinson" robot from Lost in Space. [News.com]
 
Hong Kong telco in long distance deal - New T&T said today it signed a partnership deal with Global One--a joint venture of Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint--to provide international telephone services. [News.com]
 
Hopeful signs for chipmaking industry - For several months, orders for equipment used to make computer chips have been approaching sales of that equipment, a rosy sign for the beleaguered chip industry. [News.com]
 
Hotmail dams email flood - Microsoft has fixed a problem in Hotmail, its free email service, that was causing email messages to be sent out multiple times. [News.com]
 
Hotmail glitch causing email onslaught - Multiple copies of email from Microsoft's Hotmail, the Internet's largest free email provider, have been jamming up the Internet's mail system today. [News.com]
 
Hotmail hit by delays - MSN Hotmail has suffered from technical glitches since Tuesday, causing a "small percentage" of users to experience delays in receiving mail, the company confirmed today. [News.com]
 
Hotmail membership swells to 30 million - Microsoft said today that its free email service Hotmail has more than 30 million active accounts, a number that puts it well ahead of its competition. [News.com]
 
House targets FCC "threats" - A U.S. House subcommittee is close to issuing a report saying the Federal Communications Commission threatened long distance phone companies in order to further political goals, according to a memo leaked to some trade publications. [News.com]
 
Hughes buys satellite firm for $1.3 billion - In a move to simplify its DirecTV service, Hughes Electronics has agreed to acquire United States Satellite Broadcasting for $1.3 billion in stock and cash, the company said today. [News.com]
 
IBM Japan expects PC shipments to rise - IBM Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of IBM, the world's largest computer maker, said it expects calendar 1999 personal computer shipments to rise more than the 8 percent forecast for the Japanese PC industry. [News.com]
 
 

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