CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH: Monday, October 5, 1998

CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH
Monday, October 5, 1998
27 new stories as of 1:45 PM PT

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

-- Chink in Intel's armor
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27111%2C00.html
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27107%2C00.html
-- Cisco hit with antitrust probe?
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27117%2C00.html
-- Bristol joins Microsoft suit bandwagon
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27128%2C00.html

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TOP STORIES

Intel's tarnished armor

Major PC vendors are set to roll-out new workstations tomorrow based on Intel's Xeon processor, but with a shortage of chips and a slip in market share for August sales, is AMD sizing up its own Bunnyman suits?
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27111%2C00.html http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27107%2C00.html

Cisco hit with one-two punch

Reports indicate that the FTC is looking into whether Cisco colluded with others to divy up the networking market. Meahwhile, analysts downgrade Cisco's stock amidst concerns of future growth.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27117%2C00.html

Bristol bristles at Microsoft position

In a brief reiterating its position, Bristol claims antitrust laws were broken when Microsoft abandonded a licensing deal and should turn over NT source code to Bristol.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27128%2C00.html

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TODAY'S FEATURED STORIES

Join News.com for ongoing coverage of the Y2K saga
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TheStreet.com sues adult site
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27140%2C00.html

@Home, Intel develop photo site
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27132%2C00.html

DoubleClick launches ad service
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27124%2C00.html

Monorail readies top-speed PCs
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27109%2C00.html

Sun buys security start-up
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27126%2C00.html

Microsoft preps Win98 update
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27108%2C00.html

AT&T, Vanguard to merge
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27120%2C00.html

Aiming for safer Net connections
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27130%2C00.html

NCI makes the network connection
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27129%2C00.html

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