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MS/DoJ: Defense suffers bombshell

Microsoft's expert technical witness in the antitrust court case has undergone heavy fire from the US DoJ, questioning the accuracy of a videotaped demonstration used in the company's defense

PC to stay, Pfeiffer says

The proliferation of small-scale Internet access devices won't be the death of the PC says the CEO of Compaq. Speaking at a forum in France Eckhard Pfeiffer said he isn't worried the PC will become less popular

McNealy: Stockpile computers for Y2K

Asia is "disastrously behind" in dealing with year 2000 computer issues, so it's possible that the region's vendors will not be able to provide an adequate supply of components, leading Scott McNealy (the chairman of Sun Microsystems) to make a sugge...

Oracle 8i Appliance makes debut

Oracle gave its first public demonstration yesterday of the Oracle8i Appliance and announced a partnership with Dell to manufacture future server appliances.

US Congressmen want 'official' New Year's Day moved

Two US Congressmen have introduced a bill to have the official New Year's Day moved to January 3, 2000, in an effort to give computer technicians time to deal with any Y2K problems that occur

LapLink now with USB support

A new version of remote access software LapLink has been released featuring support for faster file transfers via USB cable connections

Y2K suit against Intuit dismissed

A judge in California has dismissed a number of Year 2000-related lawsuits filed against Intuit over the last year, finding no damages had occurred to customers.

MS/DoJ Week 13 -- DoJ wins some points

The US Government continued to chip away at Microsoft's defense this week, getting the highest ranking Microsoft executive that has appeared as a witness to acknowledge points key to the DoJ's case

Compaq to rebrand Digital Unix

Compaq is planning to take the Unix market by storm, company officials have announced, with plans for a wide ranging campaign including the rebranding of Digital Unix, to take place from February 1