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A PlayStation Emulator for PCs - Another company is posting software to run PlayStation games on computers -- this time for Windows PCs. Will Sony sue again? [Wired News]
AOL Firing Estimated at 1,000 - From Wired News: America Online says it may fire up to 500 people at Netscape and another 500 from its own campus. AOL also will split its operations into four units. [Wired News]
AOL May Ax Netscape Jobs - America Online is considering axing as much as 20 percent of Netscape Communications' employees as part of a broad restructuring, The Wall Street Journal reported. What's unusual is that AOL could sack Netscape programmers because of overlaps with those at Sun Microsystems -- the company that inherited Netscape's enterprise software as part of the Netscape buyout. AOL had initially tried hard to retain as many Netscape employees as possible, but its stance changed as the closing of the transaction dragged on for months. (The Wall Street Journal Interactive requires a subscription.) [Wired News]
AOL, Netscape Merger a Challenge - Now that the acquisition of Netscape Communications is almost complete, America Online has to move quickly to blend Netscape's technical expertise with AOL's customer-service savvy, the Washington Post reported. Managing the combination will be Barry Schuler, AOL's president of interactive services. The biggest challenge for him and for AOL will be to set up services that can meet the needs of both services and consumers. [Wired News]
Airline Sites Taking Off - Airlines are taking over more and more of the flight-booking business from travel agents, including other online travel sites, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Online booking services, like American Airlines' Travelocity, entice customers with bargain fares and frequent-flier miles. While conventional agents are surviving the squeeze by charging their customers an extra booking fee, online agents are struggling. With their businesses in the formative stage, they can't risk alienating their limited customer base with higher commissions. [Wired News]
Amazon on the Move - From Wired News: Two months ago, Amazon said it would diversify into a multibillion-dollar business. Monday it dove into two new markets: auctions and pets. [Wired News]
Apple Running Short of iMacs - From Wired News: IMacs are flying off the shelves, and Apple is having difficulty refilling them. Is it their overwhelming popularity? Or something sexier, like new machines? [Wired News]
Aussies Mine Net Gold - From Wired News: Things couldn't be worse for the mining industry. To survive, Australian mineral companies are looking for a new mother lode: e-commerce. [Wired News]
Baby Bells Missing Lots of Gear - The local US phone companies have been unable to locate nearly US$5 billion in telecommunications equipment, and should write off the missing amount, according to an FCC audit released on Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported. In response to the audit, which could spur regulators to push for lower phone rates, Bell Atlantic and SBC Communications, highest on the list, argued that the audit results were flawed, and all of the Bells argued that the results shouldn't affect rates. Although the FCC report recommends that the companies write off the missing equipment, it isn't taking any action. Instead, it's soliciting public comment on how to respond to the audit results in April. [Wired News]
Big Bucks for Big Numbers - From Wired News: An anonymous donor is backing a contest that fosters cooperative computing as a solution to unraveling technical Gordian knots. Though the exercise itself -- discovering the biggest prime numbers ever -- is largely an academic one, the cooperation's the thing. [Wired News]
Boosting Biometric Privacy - From Wired News: An industry association releases a set of biometric guidelines designed to protect the privacy of retina scans, voice prints, and other personal data. Critics see holes. [Wired News]
CA Buys Platinum Tech - From Wired News: Computer Associates' acquisition of Platinum Technology is one of the biggest in the software industry. It will put more pressure on rivals like Oracle and Microsoft. [Wired News]
China Regulates Internet Calls - From Wired News: Telecommunications firms will have to endure a six-month trial period before receiving a permit from the Chinese ministry for Internet phone calls. [Wired News]
Crackers Attack NATO - From Wired News: Anti-NATO crackers claim credit for an all-day blackout at the official White House Web site. Sources call it a hardware problem. [Wired News]
Cybercitizen Partnership - Janet Reno said the high-tech industry is joining the government to curb Internet crime, The New York Times reported. The three goals of the partnership are to educate children, to develop a "personnel exchange program" between private business and federal agencies, and to create a directory of computer experts and computer security resources for law enforcement agencies. "We cannot allow cyberspace to become the Wild West of the information age," Reno said. (The New York Times on the Web requires registration.) [Wired News]
DLJ Seeks IPO for DLJdirect - Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette, a white-shoe investment bank, plans to hold an initial public offering of a new class of common stock that will track the performance of DLJdirect, its Internet brokerage business, The Wall Street Journal reported. Many analysts predict that there will be plenty of demand for DLJdirect's stock, even though the online brokerage lags behind Charles Schwab's online arm and ETrade. The eighth-largest security firm hasn't indicated the size of the offering, nor the price range of the stocks, but the offering is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 1999. (The Wall Street Journal Interactive requires a subscription.) [Wired News]
Email Blitz Derails FDIC Plan - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation withdrew its controversial "Know Your Customer" plan Tuesday, after receiving 257,000 emails almost unanimously opposed to the idea, The New York Times reported. Know Your Customer would have required banks to monitor customers' banking patterns and report inconsistencies to the authorities. The Libertarian Party fueled most of the online activity through its media campaign and Web site -- 171,000 comments to the FDIC originated there. Historically, email only has an effect on government when sent from inside the Beltway, but this response was so large and so vociferous that the FDIC caved in. (The New York Times requires a subscription.) [Wired News]
FCC Helps High-Speed Data - An order by the Federal Communications Commission will help companies that provide high-speed Internet and data services to compete against the nations local phone companies, by making it cheaper and faster for them to install equipment at major local phone companies central offices. Thursdays order lets the competing companies install a wider range of equipment than previously allowed in those offices. It also provides them with the option of being able to rent a tiny space, while allowing them inspect the major companies offices for verification when they have been denied space. The revised rules should take effect in one or two months. [Wired News]
Factory Simulation Software - Companies in diverse industries -- such as chemicals, automobiles, and computer hardware -- are relying increasingly on software that simulate assembly-line operations, The New York Times reported. Ford, for example, uses factory simulation programs to quickly retool old factories for new car designs. Some of the leading factory simulation publishers include Tecnomatix Technologies of Israel, Dassault Systemes of France, and Aspen Technology in the United States. [Wired News]
Fed Worried About Y2K Loans - From Wired News: A Federal Reserve governor says the central bank may have to ask Congress to loosen tight controls on emergency loans to banks, just in case there's a big run because of Y2K. [Wired News]
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