Novellus claims early victory in Applied suit

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Associated Press quotes, “We are very pleased that the court has upheld our position and ruled that Novellus’ INOVA has not infringed on Applied’s patent.” Novellus chief executive officer Richard Hill said in a statement.

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The revolution will not be television

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

This San Francisco Gate News article states Microsoft’s vision of interactive TV isn’t about consumer choice, it’s about giving advertisers a choice to spend their money on a medium designed by Microsoft, instead of the one now controlled by the major television networks.

RealNetworks settles lawsuit with Streambox

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Web-streaming software company RealNetworks today said that it has ended its nine-month legal battle against rival Streambox by agreeing to an out-of-court settlement, CNET News is reporting.

Serial ATA waits in the wings

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

MacWEEK is reporting, Parallel ATA, the reigning standard for connecting internal hard drives to Macs and PCs, is about to
give way to Serial ATA, a new version of the specification that will allow faster throughput for future generations of speedier drives.

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Unix

Supreme Court holds back

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Despite expectations to the contrary, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday did not announce whether it would hear MicroSoft’s appeal of the government’s landmark antitrust case against the software maker, IDG News Service reports.

Nokia launches home product based on Open Source platforms – duplicate

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

NewsAlert reports, the software platform is based on open standards and technologies: Linux operating
system, Xfree86-windowing system, the Mozilla web browser and compliant protocols
and standards.

Sun spins Ultrasparc for embedded apps

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

According to Techweb News, Sun is rolling out an embedded version of its 64-bit Ultrasparc II that it expects to have in production by November, targeting rack-mounted servers, line cards, telecommunications switches, and network routers.

AOL, Time Warner offer concessions to EU

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet: U.S. Internet giant America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc. have offered concessions to meet European Union competition concerns in a bid to win approval for their merger, an EU spokeswoman said on Friday.

Project Monterey in disarray

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

IBM does not appear to share the confidence of its Monterey partner, according to this article from ZDNet News.

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Open Source

Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns coming to Linux

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September 8, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR: “This is a tremendous coup for Linux games,” said Scott Draeker, president of Loki Software. “The Linux version of this masterpiece will be released near-simultaneously with the Windows version in Q1 2001.”