Last updated:Tuesday, July 22, 1997, 8:30 a.m.
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Coimng in for a LAN: Sprint has purchased computer network manager Paranet Inc. for $425 million. Paranet specializes in LANs.

Do you recall that survey we mentioned last week about whether Apple should begin to offer hihg-end, Windows NT-based solutions? Well, the results are in and the Mac community places their faith in Rhapsody.

It's coming: The MacOS 8 is going to be formally introduced today, but won't ship until July 26. What's in store? Here's a review of Apple's latest operating system.

Mozart to Marilyn Manson: Hundreds of sites using a little-known audio-compression technique, called MPEG-2 Audio Layer-3 , have sprung up on the Net to reproduce and distribute pirated, CD-quality music over the Internet. It's illegal, but the lure is obvious: there's a 12-to-1 compression ratio.

Are you experienced? Better yet, are you a top industry maven? If so, you're wanted over at Seidman's Online Insider, which is trying to put together a read-only forum with contributions from said hotshots.

Flatter is better: Compuserve is testing a flat rate but unlike another online proprietary service, they're taking small steps and charging higher rates -- $25 and $28 per month in the tests that are going on now.

Prodigy has cut off access for its users to newsgroups "likely" to carry child pornography.

Beta beta: Before you download the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, beware of incompatibilities such as the fact that it doesn't work with at least four online services: America Online, CompuServe, AT&T, even Microsoft's own MSN. Downloading the new version will overwrite the old one, and you'll be left with unreadable user interfaces. And if you downloaded the latest beta of Netscape's Communicator, you'll find it doesn't work with the lastet version of its Netcaster PR 3.

Investing in streams: Microsoft has invested in Progressive Networks, the company that brought you RealAudio and RealVideo. It was founded by ex-Microsoft employees.

Actual solutions: We've heard a lot about the millenium bug, but few have heard of ways to diagnose and fix it. Here are some ideas from the Sydney, Australia, Morning Herald.

Traffic is increasing on the information superhighway, a Tokyo newspaper reports, in the first of a 10-part series on the information age.

Australian netizens are gearing up to fight stringent online censorship proposals, which would make ISPs responsible for policing content on their servers.

Net ads don't work, speakers at Internet World Chicago conclude, calling this an immature medium. Personally, we resent that and think we'll go off and sulk for awhile...

Texas investors buy Zilog
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