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Stolen PC registry comes online - Consumers looking to buy used computers now have a free resource for making sure they are not unwittingly purchasing stolen merchandise. [News.com]
 
Store, e-commerce in one box - Looking to simplify customers' access to its e-business software package, Pandesic has joined up with the Web-based storefront developer The Vision Factory. [News.com]
 
Study claims Explorer is leading - The latest study to measure who is winning the Internet browser wars estimates that Microsoft (MSFT) has made handsome gains in the last four months, boosting its "usage" market share from 42 percent to more than 63 percent. [News.com]
 
Sun begins sales on Web - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has adopted online sales and overseas contract manufacturing, two key concepts from the PC arena, in its effort to make Unix workstations more competitive with workstations running the Windows NT operating system. [News.com]
 
Sun expands, embeds security - Look out firewall vendors--here comes Sun Microsystems (SUNW). [News.com]
 
Sun names new COO from within - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) promoted Edward Zander to the newly created position of chief operating officer. [News.com]
 
Sun proclaims it is No. 1 - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) fired back today, responding to a report from a major marketing research firm stating that Hewlett-Packard (HWP) was the No. 1 one overall workstation vendor for 1997. [News.com]
 
Sun selects Netscape for Solaris - Netscape Communications (NSCP) saw a little Sun through the clouds of bad news today. [News.com]
 
Sun, Microsoft ink streaming deals - As corporate intranets increasingly employ multimedia technologies, streaming multimedia providers are clamoring to supply them with solutions. [News.com]
 
Sun, TCI tune to set-top boxes - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) and Tele-Communications Incorporated (TCOMA) announced this afternoon that the cable company will use Sun's PersonalJava software for TCI's next-generation digital set-top boxes. [News.com]
 
Survey: Execs choose MS - Microsoft (MSFT) now overwhelmingly dominates the desktop software market, beating out former market leaders such as Lotus and Corel, according to a survey of corporate executives released today. [News.com]
 
Swedish teen hackers caught - Two young Swedish hackers who turned a Swedish county's home page into an advertisement for pornography and cannabis and broke into the U.S. space agency's computer system have been found, local media reported. [News.com]
 
Sybase boosted despite bad news - Sybase (SYBS) investors apparently think the worst is over. [News.com]
 
Sybase posts loss, warns of layoffs - Sybase (SYBS) today announced a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter loss, gave the final tally of its restated results from the previous three quarters, and said it anticipated layoffs in the current quarter. [News.com]
 
Sybase reeling from snafu - Shares of Sybase (SYBS) plummeted 26.4 percent in morning trading after the company announced yesterday that it would take a larger-than-anticipated fourth-quarter loss and would restate previous quarters. [News.com]
 
Sybase warns of shortfall - Database software maker Sybase (SYBS) said today that it expects to report fourth-quarter earnings that are well below analysts' estimates, sending its share price plummeting 33.3 percent in morning trading. [News.com]
 
Symantec posts Norton bug fix - As expected, utility software maker Symantec (SYMC) has posted a patch to fix three problems with its Norton Utilities 3.0 software, the company said today. [News.com]
 
Symantec to post Norton patch - Utility software maker Symantec (SYMC) next week will post a patch to fix at least two problems with its Norton Utilities 3.0 software, a company executive said today. [News.com]
 
TCI boxes to run Windows - Tele-Communications Incorporated (TCOMA) and Microsoft (MSFT) announced that TCI will use Windows in 5 million interactive TV set-top boxes, a surprise victory for the software giant that countered a deal disclosed only a day earlier with rival Sun Microsystems. [News.com]
 
TI joins DSL rush with new chip - Texas Instruments (TXN) today said it will begin offering new a chipset for use in products that offer Internet access and other data services via high-speed DSL (digital subscriber line) technologies. [News.com]
 
 

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