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Oracle Skids on Weak Revenues - The database giant's stock tumbles in after-hours trading on lackluster sales. CEO Larry Ellison blames a three-month delay in Oracle 8i. [Wired News]
 
PC Demand Steady, Prices to Fall - Compaq and IBM remained the top computer suppliers in the first quarter. But Dell nudged aside Hewlett-Packard in the No. 3 spot. [Wired News]
 
PC Free Gets a Big-time Buddy - If you buy Net access from PC Free, it will toss in a fully rigged computer. It's a whole new paradigm, says the CEO. Compaq computer apparently agrees. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
 
PC Free Goes Free Source - When you buy Net access from PC Free, it'll throw in a fully rigged computer. Fully rigged with Linux, that is. Hello mass market, says the CEO. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
 
PC Prices RAM Upward - Planning on buying someone a PC for the holidays? Better increase your savings: and blame rising RAM prices. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
 
PSINet Eyes E-Commerce - The Internet service provider agrees to acquire sale-processor Transaction Network Services for US$720 million. Also: Gates, wife give another $5 billion or so to their foundation.... Motorola develops digi-TV chip.... And more. [Wired News]
 
Pan-European Bourse in the Works - Fearing competition from the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, eight top European stock exchanges release a rough draft of plans to set up a continental megabourse. Lots of details remain to be worked out. [Wired News]
 
Papal E-Blessings? - The Vatican considers broadcasting an online dialogue with the pope as it tries to make Y2K celebrations interactive. [Wired News]
 
Participation or Exploitation? - A handful of America Online's 10,000 volunteers say they're being exploited by the nation's largest Internet service provider. A federal agency is investigating. [Wired News]
 
Patent Wars over Online Tunes - Sightsound.com, a small Web company, is using its patents to demand money from online music sites. No fair, the sites say. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
 
Patent's Net Result: Nothing? - DoubleClick becomes the latest to patent a fundamental Internet operation: online ad delivery. Critics say it's another example of a broken technology patenting system. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
 
Paul Allen Buys Go2net - The other Microsoft founder pays US$600 million for a majority stake in portal upstart Go2Net. The plan: Splice it with cable TV and turn it into a broadband titan. [Wired News]
 
Paul Allen Invests in O2 - Microsoft co-founder and gazillionaire Paul Allen lands woman-oriented television programming for his growing cable-TV empire with a US$100 million investment in Oxygen Media. [Wired News]
 
Paul Allen Preaches to the Choir - Buoyed by their recent successes on Wall Street, cable industry leaders plot their strategy for the looming battle on Internet access at the National Cable Television Association convention in Chicago. [Wired News]
 
Payback Time for Linux - Red Hat software offers open source contributors first dibs on the company's initial public offering. It could be very lucrative for the ones chosen. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
 
PcOrder Soars on First Day Out - Wall Street smiles on the latest "dot com" debutante, as shares of e-commerce startup PcOrder.com more than double on the first day of trading. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
 
Peapod's Prescription: Walgreens - The online grocer and the drug retailer team up to sell drugs online. It's a crucial experiment for both companies. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
 
PeopleSoft Not So Soft - The troubled software publisher says it will fire 430 workers to cut costs. It also misses earnings mark. Also: EBay will cooperate in fraud investigation.... Intel announces 2-for-1 stock split. [Wired News]
 
PeopleSoft Warns of Weak Quarter - The business software publisher says the market for millennium-bug solutions has dried up. Shares tumble on news of a first-quarter revenue shortfall. [Wired News]
 
PeopleSoft's Steps to Recovery - The struggling software company appoints a new president and promises a bold new e-commerce strategy to boost its stock. Investors shrug. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
 
 

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