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Crypto export rules lighten up - Cutting some government red tape, Commerce Department Secretary William Daley said today that the Clinton administration will lighten restrictions on strong encryption used by financial institutions to secure electronic transactions sent around the globe. [News.com]
 
CyberCash inherits Net merchants - Pioneering Internet payments firm First Virtual Holdings is exiting the online payments business to concentrate on Internet messaging and will urge its 2,000 Net merchants to sign up with former rival CyberCash. [News.com]
 
Cyberian Outpost launches IPO - Cyberian Outpost launched an initial public offering today, and saw its shares gain more than 13 percent on its first trade, as online community-builder GeoCities waited in the wings for its IPO, scheduled to launch in two weeks. [News.com]
 
Cylink tries key recovery - Cylink is expected to announce this week a set of developer tools called CyKey to incorporate key-recovery mechanisms into security applications. [News.com]
 
DOJ approves MCI-WorldCom - Justice Department officials said they have approved WorldCom's $37 billion purchase of MCI Communications because MCI has agreed to sell its Internet business. [News.com]
 
DOJ's efforts abroad faulted - In a move likely to further politicize antitrust enforcement of Microsoft, three senators are accusing Justice Department officials of improperly encouraging "foreign governments to use their antitrust laws" against the software giant. [News.com]
 
Dancing Baby: Retail phenom - The biggest little star of virtual culture is on its way to retail reality. [News.com]
 
Data business leaves GTE flat - GTE today reported flat second-quarter earnings as investments in its data business offset 10 percent revenue growth and 13 percent volume growth. [News.com]
 
Deja News offers 17 languages - English is not the only language spoken on the Net and companies hoping to capitalize on that diversity are increasingly offering non-English service. [News.com]
 
Dell Japan adds corporate leasing - Tomorrow, Dell Computer's Japanese unit will start a leasing program for corporate customers in conjunction with Japans Orix, in an effort to boost its minimal market share. [News.com]
 
Dell closes the gap on Compaq - But for Compaq's June acquisition of Digital Equipment, hard-charging Dell would have surpassed the long-time market leader in U.S. PC sales during one of the weirder, and slower, quarters in some time. [News.com]
 
Despite Win 98, Japan woes likely - Microsoft's Windows 98 was released today (Saturday, the 25th) in Japan, but while its prospects are good, the new operating system software is expected to do little to stimulate the sluggish PC market. [News.com]
 
Digital City adds 12 markets - America Online has rolled out 12 new sites on its Digital City local guide network, furthering its position to reap potentially lucrative local advertising. [News.com]
 
Digital divide growing, study says - The technology-fueled "new economy" is driving up stock prices and expanding job opportunities, but the so-called digital divide between the technological haves and have-nots is growing at an equally fast pace, the Commerce Department said today. [News.com]
 
Digital music hits sour note - If you build it, will they come? [News.com]
 
Dipping chips - Microprocessors, which live at the core of computing and the technology industry, continue to be beset by Asia's financial woes and pricing pressures. Companies such as Compaq and Advanced Micro Devices still rely on the sector to advance their product lines and businesses. But just months after recruiting IBM to manufacture its processors, Advanced Micro Devices is putting the brakes on the deal. [News.com]
 
Disney Online president quits - The president of Disney Online, Richard Wolpert, resigned his post yesterday to pursue other interests, the entertainment giant said. [News.com]
 
Disney making service for Mac - What's good for Apple Computer's iMac is good for Disney, and vice versa. [News.com]
 
Don't blame apps for Win 98 flaws - If you run into Windows 98 problems, talk to your hardware maker and Microsoft first, not the software application companies. [News.com]
 
DoubleClick localizes Web ads - Internet ad firm DoubleClick today launched DoubleClick Local, a targeting service that lets local advertisers reach Web users from their own communities on sites that DoubleClick represents. [News.com]
 
 

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