NEWS DISPATCH: August 28, 1998
TODAY'S TOP STORIES: - Did somebody call the exterminator? - Sun heeds a call for NT alternative - ACLU defends teen's Web site
TODAY'S TOP STORIES
- Did somebody call the exterminator?
- Sun heeds a call for NT alternative
- ACLU defends teen's Web site
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TOP STORIES
Bugs, holes, and viruses, oh my!
While Hotmail has seemingly wrapped up a security breach, other freemailers
are now struggling to solve a host of similar holes. Meanwhile, Microsoft
has been dealt their share, from the Access database scandal to recently
uncovered Windows 98 vulnerability.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25805%2C00.html http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25657%2C00.html
Sun and the phantom NT: A News.com Q&A with John McFarlane
Although Windows NT hasn't proven to be a nuisance since it was first
talked about in 1996, Sun keeps the potential future threat in its sight.
And with completing the long road to 64-bit technology, Sun's Solaris 2.7
due in October should fit the shoes of NT alternative.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25812%2C00.html
ACLU defends teen suspended for Web site content
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against Woodland High School in Marble Hill,
Missouri, after a 16-year-old student was suspended for criticizing the
teachers and administration.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25834%2C00.html
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Real-time vanity modeling damage: Rumors with Skinny DuBaud
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Terrorism plays role in Net debate
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Net protest can't save Mr. Toad
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25822%2C00.html
Windows 98 vulnerable to hacking
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25795%2C00.html
Floodgates open for patent cases
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California ahead on Net laws
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Data access bug affects Jet
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25823%2C00.html
E-commerce patents: Right or wrong?
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25754%2C00.html
Japan PC prices head to $1,000
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Gates evasive in deposition
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U.S. markets rise, then tumble
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READERS' CHOICE: YESTERDAY'S TOP STORIES
Wal-Marting the Net
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25783%2C00.html
Hotmail plugs security hole
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25777%2C00.html
More trouble for Microsoft databases
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25657%2C00.html
ATI's Rage in the system
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25781%2C00.html
The politics of Net dancing
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25784%2C00.html
CIH virus real but not epidemic
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25756%2C00.html
Wintel of discontent
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25718%2C00.html
Caldera to MS: Fork over the code
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25641%2C00.html
Step aside, PCs--iMac's here to stay
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25782%2C00.html
Apple to beef up G3 PowerBook
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C25670%2C00.html
Outsourcing's hot, but no cash cow
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