CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH: Tuesday, September 15, 1998
TODAY'S TOP STORIES -- iMac may be outsourced -- Microsoft apologized to developers -- The wave of the present
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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