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Dell plans to enter the workstation market later this year, aimed at financial services, software development and mechanical computer-assisted design and computer-assisted engineering graphics markets.
Lucent got a $5 million contract with US West for a new generation of wireless communications equipment.
Shakeout coming in the Internet industry. So say the investors at the Upside/David Coursey Internet Showcase.
The domain-name pact is apparently going to go through, according to a New York Times story today. It's a controversial decision but it appears that agreement will be made today.
Pushed aside: Small players in the push technology field fret that they're being pushed aside by the war between Microsoft and Netscape.
Howard Rheingold's Electric Minds is in a cash crunch and has temporarily laid off 10 of its 17 staff members.
Pretty Good Privacy is also laying off workers. It's part of a company shift in strategy, a guy who isn't being laid off said; PGP is moving from developing products for protecting individual privacy to being a security specialist for the Fortune 500.
Whole Earth Networks president fired: They're the sponsors of The Well -- it seems co-founder and president David Holub had a disagreement with majority owner Bruce Katz over a partnering agreement with UUNet, and now Holub's out of work.
Cisco is set to introduce a new series of access concentrators that can move voice, video and data over ATM or frame-relay services.
Backlash against spammers: Think there's a backlash going on? We do. Check out the stories to hit our mailbox in the past two days: Earthlink announces a new policy and New spam filters arrive.
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If we don't act now to stop the commercial land grab we're witnessing, this will lead to a disaster for the Internet.
-- Hank Nussbacher, IAHC member, on the change in the domain name system
In Mercury Center today:
Apple R&D chief quits
Chris Nolan: Mr. Nice Guy wasn't running this show
Netscape CEO to work for free
TCI promises improved cable, Net access
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