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Senate passes copyright act - The Senate has passed compromise legislation to impose new safeguards for software, music, and written works on the Net, and the House is expected to clear it by tomorrow. [News.com]
 
Senator comments on Microsoft - The war of words heated up just days before Microsoft is set to go to trial to defend its business practices, which critics charge are anticompetitive. [News.com]
 
Senator comments on Microsoft - The war of words heated up just days before Microsoft is set to go to trial to defend its business practices, which critics charge are anticompetitive. [News.com]
 
SeniorNet, Schwab eye older users - SeniorNet and prominent online brokerage Charles Schwab have partnered to provide investment services for older Net surfers. [News.com]
 
Sequent soups up super server - Sequent Computer Systems introduced a corporate server today that can expand to handle up to 64 Intel Pentium II Xeon processors and multiple operating systems at once. [News.com]
 
Service guards customer data - Big Blue is jumping into the direct marketing game, as a consultant not a marketer. [News.com]
 
Shareholder lawsuit bill to clear Congress - Legislation pushed by the high-tech industry to curb frivolous shareholder lawsuits against companies with volatile stock prices is expected to pass Congress by tomorrow. [News.com]
 
Sharp, NuvoMedia in e-book deal - Japanese company Sharp said today it has linked up with U.S.-based NuvoMedia in the electronic book business. [News.com]
 
Showtime for Gates video - Netscape chief executive Jim Barksdale is expected to leave the stand today, making room for the government to begin showing videotaped testimony of Microsoft chairman and chief executive Bill Gates. [News.com]
 
Singapore minister decries tech - Lee Kuan Yew, regarded as the founding father of Singapore and a man who has frequently clashed with the press, says technology is eroding government control of the media in Asia. [News.com]
 
Site gears for Glenn's relaunch - As the first astronaut to orbit Earth, John Glenn, prepares to launch again, NASA is gearing up to deal with another kind of record--traffic on its shuttle launch Web site. [News.com]
 
Slimmer chips for common devices - Intel announced improvements to several chips designed to be embedded in electronic equipment ranging from cash registers to computer network routers to handheld computers. [News.com]
 
Slower growth for business apps - The glory days for enterprise resource planning stock are over. [News.com]
 
Snail mail giant unworried - Pitney Bowes expects to retain its big share of the U.S. corporate postage market despite the advent of technologies that could open the door to a host of entrepreneurial competitors. [News.com]
 
Softbank in deal with Ingram - Japan's Softbank said today that it has agreed with Ingram Micro on a distribution deal of personal computer-related goods. [News.com]
 
Sony announces new PCs, laptops - Sony announced new PCs and notebooks that can edit video using advanced digital interconnect technology, as well as a storage device the company hopes will replace the floppy drive. [News.com]
 
Sony deal boosts AMD - Sony has adopted the K6-2 processor from Advanced Micro Devices for a new line of consumer PCs for the Japanese market, a design win on the eve of the company's quarterly report that could presage AMD-based Sony machines in the United States. [News.com]
 
Sony sees first loss in six years - Japanese electronics giant Sony said today the yen's sudden surge against the dollar, a harsh pricing environment and a global economic downturn will zap its profits in the second half of this business year. [News.com]
 
Sony still a laggard in PCs - After more than two years in the U.S. consumer PC market, Sony is still trying to find the secret of success. [News.com]
 
Spending bill becomes law - President Clinton today signed a $500 billion spending bill for fiscal 1999 that includes several technology industry-backed provisions as well as controversial Net content regulations. [News.com]
 
 

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