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$280 billion seen for millennium fix
- Spending on systems integration, professional services, and outsourcing to address the Year 2000 problem in computers will reach $280 billion between 1997 and 2002, according to a new study. [News.com]
"Megan's law" taken online
- A California parent has decided to make public information on sex offenders even more public by posting their names on the Internet, in spite of a warning from the state attorney general's office. [News.com]
128Mb memory chips on tap for '98
- Memory chip manufacturers will release 128-megabit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips in 1998 as a way to meet the demands of computer makers and their own bottom lines. [News.com]
268 million PCs due online by 2001
- Some 82 million personal computers will be connected to the Net by year's end, up 71 percent from last year, a study by Dataquest said today. [News.com]
3Com sees merger charge up to $375 million
- Computer networking company 3Com (COMS) said in a filing with federal regulators that it expects to incur restructuring charges of up to $375 million as a result of its merger with U.S. Robotics, a maker of computer modems. [News.com]
56-kbps modem standard delayed
- Consumers waiting for modem manufacturers to adopt standards that will allow 56-kbps modems to work with each other may encounter a longer wait than expected. [News.com]
56-kbps modems struggling
- As next month's meeting to set preliminary 56-kbps modem standards draws near, 3Com's U.S. Robotics (COMS) and Hayes Communications expect sales of 56-kbps modems to increase. [News.com]
A computer in every classroom?
- Americans favor a computer in every classroom, national standards for measuring academic performance, and getting rid of troublemakers to improve public schools, according to a new poll. [News.com]
A new technology: paper
- The days of the paperless office are numbered, or so it seems to Cobblestone Software. [News.com]
ACLU paper slams filters, ratings
- The American Civil Liberties Union today sent a paper to government officials and leaders in the Internet industry warning that the use of ratings and blocking systems will inevitably lead to censorship. [News.com]
ALR debuts chip-savvy server
- Advanced Logic Research (AALR) introduced a server that will ease the transition to new processor technologies by providing for easier upgrades from 200-MHz Pentium Pros to Pentium II chips running at up to 300 MHz. [News.com]
AMD ceases K5 production
- The K5, a chip with a checkered past, has finally been put to rest as the low-end K6 gets set to take its place. [News.com]
AMD lands IBM
- Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) quest for a top-tier manufacturer to adopt the K6 processor came to fruition today as the company announced that IBM would adopt the microprocessor for certain models in the Aptiva line. [News.com]
AMS, Micron prep Tillamook books
- Notebook vendors AMS Tech and Micron have announced that they too will release Tillamook notebooks concurrent with Intel's roll out of the chip on September 8. [News.com]
ANS launches new firewall service
- On the eve of a major ISP trade show in San Francisco, two network providers today said they're launching new initiatives for companies that want to outsource their intranets. [News.com]
AOL Germany to 400,000 users
- The German service of America Online (AOL) said today it planned to expand its operations and services after membership doubled in the last nine months to more than 400,000 users. [News.com]
AOL member, protect thyself
- America Online's (AOL) subscribers can do as much, if not more than the company can, to protect themselves from online theft and fraud, a company executive said today following a recent scam. [News.com]
AOL posts profit, reports charge
- America Online (AOL) today reported a fourth-quarter operating profit but also posted a $24.5 million charge that it had incurred earlier in the year. [News.com]
AOL's Tartikoff dead at 48
- Brandon Tartikoff, the programming whiz who transformed NBC and the chairman of America Online's Entertainment Asylum, died today after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 48. [News.com]
AOL, columnist face libel suit
- A White House adviser today filed a $30 million libel lawsuit against America Online and one of its columnists. [News.com]
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