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Time, AOL expand pact - America Online and Time Incorporated's New Media unit have expanded their strategic alliance to make the online edition of People magazine available exclusively on AOL, the companies said today. [News.com]
 
Tool fixes PC Y2K glitch - Atlanta, Georgia-based About Time Group has introduced a Year 2000 conversion tool for IBM-compatible desktops and laptops. [News.com]
 
Top execs join start-up - Former top executives from Netscape Communications and PointCast are quietly laying the groundwork for an e-commerce start-up. [News.com]
 
Toshiba debuts new flash chip - Toshiba said today it had begun selling samples of its new 256-megabit NAND EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only-memory) flash memory chips. [News.com]
 
Toshiba preps brighter screens - Toshiba says it will launch two new models of the latest liquid crystal displays for portable computers later this month. [News.com]
 
Toshiba readies new notebooks - Toshiba will announce three new portable computers on Monday, refreshing its existing high-end, mainstream, and ultra-portable product lines. [News.com]
 
Trading halted on NYSE - The New York Stock Exchange halted stock trading at midday but resumed an hour later following computer problems. [News.com]
 
Trial casts doubt on Microsoft stock - Wall Street expects Microsoft to meet or beat earnings estimates when the software giant reports its fiscal 1999 first-quarter results tomorrow, but the landmark antitrust trial against the company, which began today, could cast a shadow over its stock price. [News.com]
 
Trial casts doubt on Microsoft stock - Wall Street expects Microsoft to meet or beat earnings estimates when the software giant reports its fiscal 1999 first-quarter results tomorrow, but the landmark antitrust trial against the company, which began today, could cast a shadow over its stock price. [News.com]
 
Trial dominates week's news - Cross-examination of Netscape chief executive Jim Barksdale dominated the first week of a landmark antitrust suit brought by the Justice Department against Microsoft. [News.com]
 
Trustbusters put heat on Microsoft - Antitrust prosecutors today renewed their request for a court order requiring Microsoft to turn over the contents of computer vendor databases relating to operating systems. [News.com]
 
Two major Web usage firms merge - Media Metrix and RelevantKnowledge, the two major Internet audience measurement companies, have agreed to merge in a bid to create a Web usage ratings service that would rival the influence of television audience assessor Nielsen Media Research. [News.com]
 
Two ways to simplify Web addresses - A system of simplifying Web addresses may be on its way to widespread use thanks to a pair of recently proposed Web standards. [News.com]
 
U.K. home Net traffic surging - Britons are buying more books and CDs from their homes via the Internet, as traffic in cyberspace continues to accelerate, according to figures published today. [News.com]
 
U.S. markets tumble - Wall Street stocks plunged today amid anticipated earnings disappointments and growing gloom about the global economy. [News.com]
 
U.S. takes software piracy steps - President Clinton today ordered federal agencies to prevent the use of pirated software on government computers and directed his top trade official to urge other countries to take similar steps. [News.com]
 
U.S., EU making privacy progress - Commerce Secretary William Daley said the United States is making progress in talks with the European Union to avoid a looming showdown over protection of online privacy. [News.com]
 
USWeb adds service offering - On the heels of today's upbeat earnings report, professional services firm USWeb unveiled a new offering for outsourcing corporate applications. [News.com]
 
USWeb beats estimates - USWeb shares moved a bit higher today after the Internet services provider announced it had surpassed Wall Street estimates for the third quarter and rolled out a new Internet services package today. [News.com]
 
Ugandan rats crash system - Thousands of Ugandan students now have no idea whether they have secured university spots because rats chewed through computer cables at the National Examination Board in Kampala and crashed the system, a newspaper reported today. [News.com]
 
 

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