CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH: Tuesday, September 15, 1998

CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH
Tuesday, September 15, 1998
31 new stories as of 1:38 PM PT

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

-- iMac may be outsourced
-- Microsoft apologized to developers
-- The wave of the present

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TOP STORIES

Apple may pick more iMac makers

Apple's production of the popular iMac is bursting at the seams. The company may farm out some of the production to SCI to ease the strain.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26369%2C00.html

Microsoft: We're sorry!

Extending an olive branch to the software industry, a Microsoft executive in charge of relationships with Windows developers today apologized to members of the Software Publishers Association for the company's arrogance in the past.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26402%2C00.html

Janet Kornblum on the power of the Net

Following Friday's quintessential rite of passage into media mainstream, Janet ponders the awakening of millions to the powers of the Internet and celebrates Netizen pride.
http://www.news.com/Perspectives/Index/0%2C175%2C%2C%2C00.html

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TODAY'S FEATURED STORIES

NBC plans campaign for Snap
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26370%2C00.html

Intel eyes set-top computers
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26404%2C00.html

Starr report: Print follows the Web
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26368%2C00.html

Delays for BofA customers online
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26395%2C00.html

Tut inks deals with Intel, National
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26399%2C00.html

SAP strategy extends scope
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26397%2C00.html

Microsoft COO speaks to investors
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26396%2C00.html

Motorola speeds telecom chip
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26398%2C00.html

Oracle details outsourcing plan
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26394%2C00.html

Investment firm eyes e-commerce
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26371%2C00.html

READERS' CHOICE: YESTERDAY'S TOP STORIES

End of the Yahoo, MCI romance
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26344%2C00.html

Intel slashes chip prices
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26325%2C00.html

Oracle focuses on the Internet
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26303%2C00.html

Wall St. Journal enters travel game
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26339%2C00.html

Motorola wings it with "Blackbird"
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26321%2C00.html

Citibank joins Microsoft bill venture
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26334%2C00.html

Starr's report breaking the Net?
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26260%2C00.html

HP to unveil portable scanner
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26282%2C00.html

Fastest Macs still not here
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26266%2C00.html

Red light on WallStreet.com
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26229%2C00.html

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