CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH: Wednesday, September 9, 1998

CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH
Tuesday, September 9, 1998
30 new stories as of 1:30 PM PT

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

-- PC sales upswing
-- Sun cries uncle on NT
-- John Does on trial?

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TOP STORIES

PC sales upswing

IDC research says worldwide PC sales were up 11 percent last quarter, with Compaq, Dell, and especially Apple with its new iMac getting pieces of the pie.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26159%2C00.html

Sun plays fair on home field

At its Enterprise Computing Forum in New York today, Sun announced that its Solaris Unix server will now be capable of handling Windows NT at the request of customers without forfeiting market share.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26154%2C00.html

John Does on trial?

If and when Itex ever tracks down a hundred anonymous Yahoo message board users, the online trader intends to sue them for posting inaccurate and defamatory remarks that could potentially affect its stock price.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26134%2C00.html

TODAY'S FEATURED STORIES

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http://www.news.com/Radio/Index/0%2C55%2C%2C00.html

FTC bans Net auctioneer
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26147%2C00.html

High-end notebooks, low-end sales
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26122%2C00.html

POBox.com held to new standard
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26133%2C00.html

Microsoft woos Lotus users
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26148%2C00.html

Ellen Hancock named Exodus CEO
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26156%2C00.html

Oracle aims software at handhelds
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26144%2C00.html

Java court session to be sealed
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26155%2C00.html

U.S. stocks edge lower
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26142%2C00.html

@Home won't suffer from FCC
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26112%2C00.html

Ericsson buys networking firm
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26151%2C00.html

READERS' CHOICE: YESTERDAY'S TOP STORIES

Microsoft, DOJ name witnesses
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26091%2C00.html

Future wave of WebTVs
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26115%2C00.html

@Home to test flashy ads
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26088%2C00.html

Enterprise resource services are smoking
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26055%2C00.html

MSN tests search engine
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26114%2C00.html

Java trial marathon
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26078%2C00.html

Sun, Microsoft ready for Java tilt
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26078%2C00.html

Reading the giant's small print
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26061%2C00.html

Fed agencies still lagging on Y2K
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26101%2C00.html

Going, going, gone!
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C26048%2C00.html

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