- AMD Files to Sell $1.5 Billion in Securities
- MP3Board Sues AOL-Time Warner Over
Gnutella
- SEC Targets Alleged Web
Pyramid Scheme
- Micron Sues Rambus
- California Judge Allows Class-Action
Case Against Microsoft
- SafetyTips.com
Unit Buys APBnews.com for $575,000
- AOL
Defends Time Warner Merger at EU Hearing
- CMGI
Hatches A New Version Of Itself
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RSA's Patent Expiration May Spur Competition
- Monumental
Battle looms over Spectrum
- Patent
Infringement Case against 3DFX
- Gates,
Allen to Sell Millions in Stock
- Government
Warns Investors of 'pre-IPO' Fraud
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Auto Mega-Site Adds Key Supplier
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Enemies Unite against Microsoft
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Sun Acquires Cobalt Networks
- Facing
the Music in Europe
- Pseudo Meets
the Real World
- Web Van To Delay
Expansion
AMD Files to
Sell $1.5 Billion in Securities Advanced Micro Devices filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission to sell $1.5 billion in debt securities, preferred
and common stock, and equity and debt warrants. MP3Board Sues AOL-Time
Warner Over Gnutella MP3Board.com filed a complaint against AOL-Time
Warner for responsibility of the file-swapping system Gnutella that was originally
developed by AOL's Nullsoft division. SEC Targets Alleged Web
Pyramid Scheme Federal regulators filed suit to stop an allegedly fraudulent
pyramid scheme they said was masquerading as an Internet investment club and had
bilked some 2,000 investors of $5.6 million. Micron Sues Rambus
Chip maker charges competitor with antitrust violations, invalid patents
California Judge Allows
Class-Action Case Against Microsoft A judge allowed the first class-action
suit to proceed against Microsoft Corp. on allegations that the software maker's
monopoly harmed California consumers. Dozens of similar suits linger nationwide.
SafetyTips.com Unit Buys
APBnews.com for $575,000 The fate of crime news Internet site APBnews.com
was finally determined after SafetyTips.com Inc. bought the assets of APB Online
Inc. for $575,000 cash. AOL Defends Time Warner
Merger at EU Hearing America Online Inc., yielding few concessions and
dismissing critics, defended its plan to merge with Time Warner Inc. in a tense
standoff today before European Union regulators. CMGI Hatches A New Version
Of Itself CMGI, the prototypical high-flying Internet incubator, is going
to the ground game. RSA's Patent Expiration
May Spur Competition RSA Security is stealing some of its competitors'
thunder by releasing its encryption algorithm to the public domain two weeks early.
Monumental Battle looms
over Spectrum While European operators charge eagerly ahead, pledging
to spend billions of dollars for third-generation wireless licenses, the U.S.
hasn't yet figured out which frequencies can be used for operating such networks.
Patent Infringement Case
against 3DFX NVIDIA Files Patent Infringement Suit Against 3dfx Corporation
NVIDIA Corporation the leader in advanced graphics processing technology
Gates, Allen to Sell
Millions in Stock Microsoft Corp. co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen
plan to sell a total of $109.3 million of stock in the company, the world's largest
provider of software Government Warns Investors
of 'pre-IPO' Fraud Federal regulators say they are seeing a number of
companies that claim to offer "pre-IPO" stock sales online to give investors a
jump before the firms go public Auto Mega-Site Adds Key
Supplier Automotive-systems supplier Visteon said Thursday that it will
participate in Covisint, the giant online auto purchasing exchange being built
by Ford, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Nissan and Renault.
Enemies Unite Against Microsoft In a big move to fend off the influence
of Microsoft in the OLAP market space, an unlikely group of vendors have teamed
up to support a new Java-based interface for OLAP servers. Sun Acquires Cobalt Networks
Sun Microsystems and Cobalt Networks announced that they have entered
into an agreement in which Sun will acquire Cobalt in a stock-for-stock merger.
Facing the Music in Europe
The planned merger of EMI and Warner Music is shaking up the continent.
And some new thinking is emerging.
Pseudo Meets The Real World Does the downfall of Pseudo mark the end
of the new-media heyday in New York? Or is Silicon Alley just sobering up from
Josh Harris' party? Webvan To Delay Expansion
Online grocer Webvan (Nasdaq: WBVN) announced Friday it will delay its
scheduled expansion and a planned distribution center move in order to concentrate
on obtaining profitability and integrating its systems with those of acquired
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