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Quark says bid for Adobe rebuffed - Quark disclosed that last week it had proposed to purchase larger rival Adobe Systems, but Adobe dismissed the offer, which Quark described as a premium-priced cash bid. [News.com]
 
Quickturn nixes Mentor offer - Quickturn Design Systems, a maker of design-testing products for multimedia, computing, and communications systems, said today that it has rejected Mentor Graphics' unsolicited $216 million bid. [News.com]
 
R/3 users get good news - Users of SAP's R/3 business application software got some good news on several fronts today. [News.com]
 
RCN strategy starting to pay off - RCN's strategy is beginning to pay off. Since August, when the new-generation telecommunications carrier reported strong second-quarter results, its shares have moved higher despite a turbulent market. [News.com]
 
Radio features at center of Net law - Net broadcaster Imagine Radio today relaunched its service with controversial features it acquired from its recent merger with music technology firm Silver Island. [News.com]
 
RealNetworks goes into training - Dublin-based software company CBT Group said it had formed a strategic alliance with U.S. firm RealNetworks to work together on the development of new interactive training solutions. [News.com]
 
Recordable CD drives for Gateway - Gateway will begin offering recordable CD drives on its home, small office, and business line of desktop computers. [News.com]
 
RedCreek to refresh VPN offerings - Security hardware firm RedCreek Communications is set to refresh its Ravlin line of virtual private network (VPN) offerings today, upgrading its crypto cards, management software, and software for remote users. [News.com]
 
Redmond fights access issue - Microsoft lawyers today reiterated their concern that the presence of the press and public at pretrial depositions for the landmark antitrust lawsuit against the company would turn into "a media circus, causing both delay and disruption." [News.com]
 
Report: Wait on NT 5.0 - Technology industry pundits continue to predict more delays before the final delivery of an upgrade to Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. [News.com]
 
Revenues rise for AOL - Fueled by a rise in advertising and e-commerce revenues, in addition to stronger-than-expected membership growth, America Online today soundly beat analysts' fourth-quarter earnings estimates. [News.com]
 
Rises and falls of tech stocks - It's been a tumultuous week for markets worldwide, and tech issues in particular have found their fortunes tied to the daily roller-coaster ride. CheckFree is in a free-fall as it warns its fiscal 1999 revenues will come up short; GeoCities sees that even a 200-point slide in the Dow couldn't deflate its much-anticipated IPO; and Adobe feels the consequences of skittish investors as it imposes layoffs and watches its stock dive. [News.com]
 
Royal banks on $99 handheld - Royal has announced the daVinci series of palm-sized organizers, a line of simple, low-cost Personal Digital Assistants that harken back to the early PalmPilot. [News.com]
 
Russia adds to market anxiety - Chaos in Russian markets coming on top of Asia's financial crisis heightened fears of worldwide recession and bruised U.S. stocks today. [News.com]
 
S3's inexplicable spike - S3 shares jumped 21 percent yesterday on an announcement that its graphic chips will be used in Compaq's new Armada 7400 series computers. But was the spike an overreaction by investors? [News.com]
 
SAP lists on NYSE - German enterprise application software maker SAP today made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "SAP," and headed straight downward to 59.5 on volume of 1.2 million shares. Shares of SAP stood at 60.12 shortly after the stock was listed. [News.com]
 
SAP sees American gains - German software group SAP said today that it expected a clear increase in its market share in the United States in the next few years. [News.com]
 
SCI Systems slides on warning - Pressure on personal computer makers to cut costs as Asia's crisis bites prompted SCI Systems to warn Wall Street about weaker near-term profits, sending its stock tumbling today. [News.com]
 
SEC issues Y2K moratorium - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced yesterday a moratorium on implementation of its new rules requiring the securities industry to undergo major year 2000 reprogramming of its computer systems. [News.com]
 
SEC issues Y2K moratorium - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced yesterday a moratorium on implementation of its new rules requiring the securities industry to undergo major year 2000 reprogramming of its computer systems. [News.com]
 
 

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