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Intel will release its 3D graphics chip set next week, which promises to make high-end graphics processing more affordable.
So, what's Deep Blue doing now that it's conquered the world of chess? Financial investment modeling, pharmaceutical modeling, and since IBM has the games jones, its star computer may learn to play bridge.
Tired of calling the kids for supper? Want to share big files between your desktop and your laptop? You need a home-based LAN and here's a starting point on how to set one up.
Let's have an open process for doling out domain names, a Net newbie argues in a filing with U.S. Department of Commerce -- pay a membership fee, get a vote, and be done with this whole debate. His is one of 30 or 40 good proposals out there, says the president of an alternative domain-name registrar.
Who's bidding for Compuserve now? A New York financial firm called Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.
The reason people don't like cookies has nothing to do with good nutrition; it's a matter of privacy. You know you can always opt out though -- If you use Netscape, pulldown the Option menu, choose Network preferences, then Protocols and check the box there; in Internet Explorer, pull down View, choose options, then advanced and check the appropriate box.
There is no past on the web: It's all future, bubkes, so forget about trying a URL from a year ago.
No spam zone: A Tokyo-based ISP has filed what could be a ground-breaking lawsuit in U.S. federal court to stop an L.A. company from spamming its servers -- and worse, providing a false return address of the very company it spammed.
A tale of the era: Young, brash American male with little more than fast talk, sets up an Internet-related business, makes millions, is profiled by the Wall Street Journal and then, it all comes crashing down.
Netscape, a little late to the party, agrees to fully back Sun's Java Development Kit next week.
Mir-acles: Don't know about you, but I'm mesmerized by the Mir fix-it job going on this morning in deep space. By the time you read this, the repairs may be finished; but we'll keep our breaking news page up to date, so be sure to check in periodically.
By Patricia Sullivan, online editor
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The Internet is not a playground for pirates and scam artists... Lawsuits like this represent the cutting edge of efforts by legitimate businesses to curtail Internet impostors and free-loaders.
-- Attorney for a Tokyo ISP
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