Mvion may simplify data search on wireless devices

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Information Week Online reports, Mvion’s Mobile Navigator application effectively takes a business customer’s information in database, flat-file, or HTML formats and maps it to an Extensible Markup cross-reference information.

Could it be GroupWise’s last stand?

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet surmises, as Novell Inc. struggles to remake itself into a company capable of competing in the Internet age, it must find
the focus and energy to fight one last battle against its old rival, Microsoft Corp., in the all-important groupware arena.

Upgrade to NTMail messaging solution

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

PRNewswire: Gordano Ltd., a leading provider of Internet messaging software, today announced the immediate availability of NTMail 6.0, a major upgrade to the company’s powerful, affordable Internet mail server solution.

Countdown to OS X public beta

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

MacWeek reports, at this week’s Apple Expo in Paris, Apple Computer plans to release the long-awaited public beta of Mac OS X.

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Open Source

Approval for car makers’ online parts exchange

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

According to the Wall Street Journal, federal antitrust regulators are expected to approve one of the first big business-to-business Internet marketplaces, a massive online parts bazaar set up by the Big-Three auto makers, giving a major boost to
online commerce.

Gates: ‘Linux can’t compete’

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

In a wide-ranging interview with Australian IT, Mr. Gates said the open source nature of the software stopped anyone making the investments necessary for the operating system to become a serious rival to Windows.

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Linux

‘Big Sister’ in the works?

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Associated Press reports, while the Justice Department decides which group will perform
an independent review of the much-criticized Carnivore e-mail surveillance system, Attorney General Janet Reno says she wants to
change the name of the tool to something a little less threatening.

New call to ban Napster on Campus

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The San Francisco Chronicle is Â reporting, the lawyer representing Metallica and Dr. Dre in lawsuits against Napster Inc. has asked more than two dozen colleges to “promptly ban” the popular file sharing program. Â Â

TestBuilder library available as open source

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

NewsAlert: Cadence Design Systems today announced that it would make its TestBuilder C++ testbench class library available through open source licensing — the first such tool to be available on this basis.

Western Union hit by crackers

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Hackers stole credit and debit card information from 15,700 online
customers of Western Union, whose Web site was unprotected while undergoing maintenance, reports The Associated Press.

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Linux