Last updated:Thurssday, April 17, 1997, 8:30 a.m.
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And you thought your ISP was bad: Microsoft Network unexpectedly shut down its e-mail servers worldwide Thursday night in order to double its capacity. The servers will be back up Friday. Delayed mail should be re-delivered by Sunday.

The Internet Public Library is experiencing a financial crisis which may result in closing its doors, unless an angel comes through with a grant.

Intel will introduce next week a new Ethernet-based stackable hub aimed at workgroups looking for speed.

Looking for a notebook bargain: Acer slashes prices on the Texas Instruments Extensa line, which it bought from TI in January.

The dream of the big-iron crowd: Are mainframes cool again? Shipments of IBM System/390 were up last year and appear to be continuing its climb.

Compaq is walking around flashing its roll and jingling its pocket change in search of an investment. PC Week notes that the very profitable PC maker does not yet have a high-end switching product.

A GMSV reader made the very good point that betas are supposed to weed out bugs before the final release, in reaction to my comment yesterday on Netscape planning a fifth beta for Communicator. OK, so take a look at what we know about Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netcape's 4.0 browser so far. I'll rein in my impatience.

Sportsline USA files for a $40 million initial public offering. It lost $12.9 million on revenues of $2.4 million in 1996, but it has an agreement with CBS for $57 million worth of advertising over the next five years.

Netscape's future: Analysts foresee slower growth for Netscape.

Bridging the art-technology divide: Kai Krause of Kai Power Tools is the subject of a glowing profile in The Atlantic this month.

Apple's quarterly deficit is $708 million
U.S.-Vietnam accord guards software
Earnings up at Avant! but future uncertain
Patent proposal stirs up a ruckus