CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH: Friday, September 25, 1998

CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH
Friday, September 25, 1998
28 new stories as of 1:53 PM PT

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

-- IBM forced out of Intel chip market
-- The rebirth of SAP
-- Here comes the judge: Net filtering back in court

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TOP STORIES

Cyrix deal forces IBM out of Intel segment

The first casualty of the low-cost processor market is paradoxically one of the largest players in the computer industry: IBM. http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C42C26822.html

The rebirth of SAP

In a move to change its image, German software giant SAP gets new religion and says what's important now are happy users and "pretty looking" applications.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26792.html
In his own words: News.com interview with SAP chairman Hugo Plattner
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26792.html?

Here comes the judge: Net filtering back in court

The first constitutional challenge to filtering Net access at public libraries could be decided today in Loudoun County, Virginia.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26796.html

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TODAY'S FEATURED STORIES

Chip price war / Intel, AMD duke it out on low end
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26829%2C00.html

Barnesandnoble.com files for IPO
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26817%2C00.html

Cabletron takes to the air / Fall lines will focus on wireless gear
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26834%2C00.html

RoundUp: Tech Stocks on the Rebound
- Including Prodigy's plan to go public, barnesandnoble.com's IPO filing, and eBay's roar into public trading
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26818%2C00.html

Special Feature: Microsoft's Holy War on Java
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26707%2C00.html

Roundup: Tech tops government agenda
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26802%2C00.html

Memory Chip Firms to Cut Back
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26809%2C00.html

SSA Leans on Software System
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26827%2C00.html

Prodigy Plans to go Public
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26813%2C00.html

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