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Previews of multimedia for NT 5 - Microsoft (MSFT) this week previewed the multimedia underpinnings of Windows NT 5.0, but its release is still a long way off. [News.com]
 
Price cuts, new Jaz for Iomega - Iomega (IOM) cut prices on its 1GB desktop and mobile disk drives while rolling out a 2GB version and a multimedia package that allows users to digitize and edit video content on their PCs, but the moves likely won't be enough to stanch growing competition in the removeable storage market. [News.com]
 
Price pressure buckles chip venture - A major joint memory chip venture between Hitachi and Texas Instruments (TXN) has been crushed under the weight of tumbling memory chip prices. [News.com]
 
Priceline.com's flight price is right - A consumer-oriented service that will let travelers name the price they are willing to pay for airline tickets is due to launch in April, aiming to save leisure travelers on air fares and help airlines fill empty seats. [News.com]
 
Pricey chips to sustain Intel profits - Upcoming high-end Pentium II chips represent more than a technical redesign. They are a way for Intel (INTC) to raise prices and continue to drive its high margins. [News.com]
 
Pricey memory chips stolen in Taiwan - Thieves made off with millions of computer memory chips worth some $7 million, Taiwan's second microchip heist in less than a month. [News.com]
 
Privacy debate aired in Texas - Many privacy watchdogs want stricter laws--not industry self-regulation--to shield personal data on the Net. But they got mixed signals from a former Clinton administration official and a current policy guru, who tackled the issue here at the eighth Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference (CFP). [News.com]
 
Prodigy not following AOL's lead - Amid widespread speculation that ISPs might follow America Online in raising their rates for unlimited Internet access, a major AOL rival has come out swinging today against the Internet service giant and in defense of the pricing status quo. [News.com]
 
Qualcomm stock falls after warning - Qualcomm (QCOM) stock dropped by as much as 18 percent in morning trading today, following a preliminary second-quarter warning issued by the company, in which it announced that earnings will be hurt as a result of several Korean manufacturers revoking or postponing orders, and that it would lay off 700 workers. [News.com]
 
Quark plans to buy Coris - Publishing software maker Quark said today that it plans to buy Coris, a subsidiary of R.R. Donnelley and Sons (DNY). [News.com]
 
RSA hired to protect cable - Cable Television Laboratories and RSA Data Security today announced a pact to make the U.S. cable network more secure for uses such as high-speed Net access. [News.com]
 
RSA upgrades JSafe toolkit - Encryption software maker RSA Data Security is upgrading its security toolkit for Java developers. [News.com]
 
Rational readies component tool - Rational Software will next week announce a new software modeling tool aimed at developers building ActiveX and Java component applications. [News.com]
 
Readers reply to the $2 question - AOL ain't worth it. Not for $21.95, anyway, according to the results of a NEWS.COM Poll. [News.com]
 
RealNetworks to acquire Vivo - Streaming media software maker RealNetworks (RNWK) today said it plans to acquire streaming media creation tools maker Vivo Software, in a move intended to broaden its streaming media product line. [News.com]
 
RealNetworks updates stream tool - RealNetworks (RNWK) today released an upgrade of its streaming media publishing tool that lets other software products take advantage of Real's Internet popularity. [News.com]
 
Redmond Web strategy turns again - To its detractors, the code name of Microsoft's new home page is a telling one: Microsoft Start. [News.com]
 
Release gives Java a new look - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) today released a key piece of the next version of Java that will give Java applications a variety of faces, or "looks and feels." [News.com]
 
Return of free Net access - At a time when established Internet service providers America Online and IBM are socking their customers with rate hikes and time limits, Tritium Network will be providing free access to five U.S. cities starting Monday. [News.com]
 
Revenue up but HP falls short - Hewlett-Packard (HWP) today reported a 15 percent increase in first-quarter revenues, driven in part by its desktop and mobile client business, but its earnings fell short of expectations as Asia's economic woes took a toll. [News.com]
 
 

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