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CNET News.com WEEK IN REVIEW THE ENTIRE TECH WEEK IN A SINGLE EMAIL Saturday, August 29, 1998
THE ENTIRE TECH WEEK IN A SINGLE EMAIL
Saturday, August 29, 1998
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The week's news: Bugs, bears, and lawyers
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THE NET
ACLU sues over student site
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Terrorism plays into Net debate
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25797%2C00.html
Portals offer alternative gateways
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25783%2C00.html
California ahead on Net laws
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25784%2C00.html
Crypto back in court
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AT&T, Lycos let users chat--for real
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StampMaster to test Net postage
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25646%2C00.html
Study shows record Net shopping
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Freemailers scramble to gauge risk
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Lessig: Who will shape Net rules?
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COMPUTING
Windows 98 vulnerable to hacking
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25795%2C00.html
Royal banks on $99 handheld
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IBM hits 350 MHz with K6 box
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2 orders for NEC's supercomputer
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Gateway debuts $1,999 PC-TV
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Intel: Stepchild of Wintel?
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25737%2C00.html
New wave of thin notebooks coming
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25661%2C00.html
450-MHz PII servers, workstations debut
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iMac modem trouble ISP based?
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25639%2C00.html
HP rolls out speedy recordable CD
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INTRANETS
Data bug infestation
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25821%2C00.html
Sun exec battles "phantom NT"
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25812%2C00.html
Application server eludes definition
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25616%2C00.html
Students to get a taste of Java
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25848%2C00.html
Fore makes gigabit bet
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25759%2C00.html
Study: Firms unclear on Y2K needs
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Lotus delays groupware beta
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25740%2C00.html
Oracle to lease space over Net
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25673%2C00.html
Microsoft buys Valence Research
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Bay pitches wireless intranets
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BUSINESS
U.S. markets rise, then tumble
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The Java legal lock
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25827%2C00.html
DOJ probe turns to Wintel
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25718%2C00.html
Feisty at Quark, frothy at Adobe
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TV flick on Gates, Jobs planned
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Celeron may help PC makers
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Tech stocks elude Russia crisis
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Microsoft cools buyout pace
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Fee voids Sun's Java suit, MS says
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Pointcast changes HP's mind
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