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CompuServe conviction - A German court's conviction of a former CompuServe manager of complicity in spreading child pornography rocks Internet regulators and libertarians. Netizens around the world are weighing the implications. [News.com]
 
CompuServe manager convicted - Free speech advocates are decrying a Bavarian court's conviction today of a former CompuServe executive accused of trafficking child pornography over the Net. [News.com]
 
Condé Nast nabs Wired - Wired magazine is being bought by Advance Magazine Publications' Condé Nast Publications unit, the companies announced today. [News.com]
 
Congress looks at tech gender gap - Congress edged closer today to launching a federal study on gender inequality in the high-tech and science industries. [News.com]
 
Controversial domains go to civil rights groups - In the latest chapter of an old controversy, civil rights groups have quietly registered some of the most racially and ethnically derogatory domain names on the Net. [News.com]
 
Convicted CSI manager speaks out - The former CompuServe manager convicted in Germany in a key Internet pornography case said today that he is "100 percent confident" that the decision will be overturned. [News.com]
 
Copper chip age coming - The next copper age may come sooner than expected. [News.com]
 
Corel joins Linux fest - Linux, the free, user-supported version of the Unix operating system, just keeps gaining friends. [News.com]
 
Corel ports WordPerfect to Linux - Adding to its Linux-based applications and tools cache, Corel is planning to port its WordPerfect 8 business application suite to the free operating system, the company confirmed today. [News.com]
 
Corporate PC buyers unhappy - Corporate satisfaction with PC products is slipping, according to an upcoming market research study. [News.com]
 
Court deals Net gambling blow - Perhaps it comes with the trade, but Net gambling entrepreneur Kerry Rogers can't stand losing. [News.com]
 
Court guts E-Data patent - In a decision hailed by online software vendors, a federal judge has stopped a closely watched patent lawsuit in its tracks. [News.com]
 
Court rules against Baby Bells - A U.S. District Court has upheld the government's rejection of a plan by SBC Communications to offer long distance service in Oklahoma, dealing a setback to regional Bell companies trying to expand into long distance. [News.com]
 
DOJ to block Murdoch-MCI deal - U.S. antitrust regulators said today they would go to court to block the $1.1 billion sale of a key television satellite slot by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and MCI Communications to a group of cable operators. [News.com]
 
DOJ walks fine line with Microsoft - Microsoft's top lawyer flew to Washington and began negotiating today with government lawyers and two state attorneys general in an effort to avert a major antitrust lawsuit. [News.com]
 
DOJ, Microsoft take on Windows 98 - After dodging the issue for five months, Microsoft--and now the Justice Department--finally are taking a position on whether a lower court's preliminary injunction applies to Windows 98, due on retail shelves in late June. [News.com]
 
DOJ, states file suits - Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia today joined the Justice Department in filing parallel historic antitrust suits against Microsoft. [News.com]
 
DVD systems expanding - Without much fanfare, consumer computers priced from $1,200 to $2,000 have increasingly been incorporating digital video disc drives, as leading manufacturers try to stay ahead of the coming wave of DVD software and movie titles. [News.com]
 
DVD upgrade kit for Macs shipping - E4 announced a DVD-ROM upgrade kit for the Macintosh that will allow Mac owners to upgrade their internal CD-ROM drives to DVD (digital versatile disc). [News.com]
 
Dell PCs to offer ADSL modems - US West Communications, Dell Computer, and Cisco Systems will introduce personal computers with high-speed digital modems that work over traditional copper telephone wires. [News.com]
 
 

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