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Bloomberg and CNET to partner - Bloomberg and CNET: The Computer Network (CNWK) today announced a strategic partnership to offer co-branded financial and technology news. [News.com]
 
Bloomberg to do news for AOL - America Online (AOL) announced today that Bloomberg news service will take the place of Dow Jones Business Center, which left AOL at the end of the year. [News.com]
 
Book to be serialized on Net - Novelist Barry Beckham is marketing his latest book the old-fashioned way, but with a twist: by serializing it on the Net. [News.com]
 
Both sides claim win in CA fight - Each side claimed victory yesterday after the first legal skirmish in Computer Associates' hostile attempt to acquire Computer Sciences for about $9.1 billion. [News.com]
 
British Telecom investing in Net - British Telecommunications said today it plans a major spending and modernization program to support growth in Internet and data communications services. [News.com]
 
Broker email rules stalled - Faced with online privacy concerns, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) is stalling the start date of new rules that could subject investment brokers to email monitoring if they correspond with clients online. [News.com]
 
Browser aimed at children - Bandai Digital Entertainment and Medialive are planning to launch a browser in April that is designed for 8- to 12-year-olds to surf the Web, another attempt to tap the burgeoning children's online market--this time using Microsoft technology. [News.com]
 
Bug sends Navigators to IE - CyberMedia executives today apologized for a bug in the company's software that inadvertently changed some users' default browser from Netscape Communications' Navigator to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and they said a patch is being offered on CyberMedia's Web site. [News.com]
 
Buyers taking dollars online - Online shoppers are buying less from print catalogs and stores in the physical world, according to a new research survey slated for release tomorrow. [News.com]
 
C&W up on Oracle merger rumor - Shares in telco Cable & Wireless Plc rose today following a weekend press report stating that the British company was in merger talks with U.S. software giant Oracle (ORCL). [News.com]
 
CA begins hostile takeover - Frustrated by a chilly reception to its initial offers, Computer Associates (CA) today commenced its hostile takeover of Computer Sciences by offering approximately $9.8 billion for all outstanding shares in the company. [News.com]
 
CA bids on Computer Sciences - There is tension in the air. [News.com]
 
CA making smarter network tools - Management software may soon get a cerebral boost. [News.com]
 
CA steps up pursuit of CSC - Computer Associates (CA), stepping up its pursuit of Computer Sciences (CSC), today offered to meet with CSC shareholders to discuss its $9.18 billion takeover offer. [News.com]
 
CA teams on Y2K software tools - Computer Associates and Information Analysis today rolled out the commercial version of a suite of software tools developed by both companies to analyze and fix legacy applications suffering from Year 2000 noncompliance. [News.com]
 
CA turns up heat in merger talks - Computer Associates today intensified pressure on Computer Sciences to negotiate the software maker's unsolicited $9 billion takeover bid. [News.com]
 
CD-ROM industry shifting gears - Taiwan's CD-ROM manufacturing industry is apparently one of the beneficiaries of the Asian currency crisis. [News.com]
 
CDnow goes public with a bang - After upping its offering price, CDnow (CDNW) today launched its initial public offering and saw its shares rise nearly 40 percent. [News.com]
 
CSC files suit to block takeover - Computer Sciences (CSC) filed a lawsuit against Computer Associates (CA), charging that CA has engaged in a fraudulent scheme to take over CSC and seeking to block the merger bid, according to court papers. [News.com]
 
CSC offers bonus to fight bid - Computer Sciences (CSC) is offering investment bankers a $14 million bonus if they can thwart Computer Associates' (CA) $9.18 billion hostile takeover bid, according to reports. [News.com]
 
 

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