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Oracle to roll out new client apps - Oracle next week will roll out a series of analysis tools for its business applications package, the first tangible results of chief executive Larry Ellison's stewardship of the company's sluggish applications division. [News.com]
 
Oracle updates clustering software - Oracle will next week announce new Windows NT versions of its Parallel Server clustering software and Fail Safe failover package. [News.com]
 
Oracle, IBM to offer database trial - Oracle said today that its Oracle8 database will be offered on a trial basis free of charge by IBM on its servers. [News.com]
 
Outage hits pagers, Net access - Service is slowly being restored to tens of millions of pager customers throughout the United States, following a massive satellite glitch that disrupted service throughout the nation. [News.com]
 
PC firms keep options open - Amid Microsoft's antitrust troubles, personal computer makers are testing the waters of browser choice by eschewing exclusivity, offering Netscape's Navigator along with Internet Explorer. [News.com]
 
PC, cable giants to plug cable modems - Intel and Microsoft, which recently formed a group touting high-speed Internet access through the use of DSL (digital subscriber line) technology, are joining forces with companies such as Tele-Communications Incorporated and Time Warner to promote even faster Internet access via cable. [News.com]
 
Pac Bell fires up fast Net access - Today's announcement by SBC Communications, the parent company of Pacific Bell, that it is dramatically beefing up access to high-speed digital phone lines in California notches up the high-speed access war. [News.com]
 
Pac Bell plans major DSL rollout - Pacific Bell tomorrow is planning to announce a major deployment of Net access service over high-speed copper phone lines. [News.com]
 
Packard Bell offers $699 home PC - Packard Bell announced a $699 consumer PC based on a Cyrix processor, one week after announcing it would incorporate less-expensive, non-Intel chips for the first time. [News.com]
 
Packard Bell seeks momentum with Cyrix - Packard Bell NEC is returning to what it knows best: low-ball pricing. [News.com]
 
Packard Bell to cut 400 jobs - Packard Bell NEC will lay off approximately 400 employees as it consolidates all of its U.S. operations into its Sacramento, California, facilities. [News.com]
 
Packard Bell to use Cyrix chips - Thursday, Packard Bell NEC is expected to announce that it will begin to incorporate processors from Cyrix in a number of its computers, a bold move for the ailing vendor that will likely bring industrywide PC prices down further. [News.com]
 
Packard Bell to use Cyrix chips - Thursday, Packard Bell NEC is expected to announce that it will begin to incorporate processors from Cyrix in a number of its computers, a bold move for the ailing vendor that will likely bring industrywide PC prices down further. [News.com]
 
PalmPilot heads handheld sector - The worldwide market for handheld computers grew by 65 percent in 1997 as 3Com's PalmPilot fended off an attack from Windows CE-based devices for another year, a new study revealed today. [News.com]
 
PanAmSat restores pager service - PanAmSat, whose Galaxy IV communications satellite spun out of control Tuesday night severing services to millions of paging customers across the country, said today that it had restored video and telecommunications services via other satellites in its fleet. [News.com]
 
Panasonic tunes into digital TV - Panasonic's television division announced new products in anticipation of the debut of digital TV service expected in November. [News.com]
 
Partners toe Microsoft line - Hoping to stave off lawsuits that could delay the shipment of Windows 98, dozens of Microsoft partners--many from high-profile companies--are warning government regulators that their much-anticipated legal action against the software giant could have serious consequences. [News.com]
 
Patent office slammed for not posting data - A private citizen who took on the herculean task of posting online a profusion of raw data from the Securities and Exchange Commission now is preparing to publish a stack of patent and trademark information on the Net because he says the government is dragging its heels once again. [News.com]
 
PersonalJava for all TCI set-tops - Tele-Communications Incorporated (TCI) said it has selected the PersonalJava software environment from Sun Microsystems as its standard language on all of its TV set-top boxes, including those running Microsoft's Windows CE software, a momentous decision as the cable giant eyes new interactive programming. [News.com]
 
Philips in a buying mood - Philips Electronics said today that it would start to look for acquisition opportunities. [News.com]
 
 

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