Microsoft and the freedom to lie, cheat and steal
NC News - Do you have an opinion about the government's antitrust case against Microsoft? NOW IS THE TIME to voice your opinion. Your Senators, Congressmen, President Clinton, and Microsoft ALL want your opinion. For that matter, we'd like your opinion too!

PC Expo: Not Just for Desktops Anymore
ComputerWorld - This week's PC Expo in New York will feature traditional desktop computers, but laptops, handhelds and smart phones figure heavily in the mix of 500 exhibits.

Put Your Data on a Web Drive
PC World - Click-n-Go Office 2.0 lets you mirror your hard drive on the Web.

IBM rolling out server storage strategy
NEWS.COM - IBM will unveil a new twist to its network computing strategy today by introducing technology for managing the gobs of data that many companies now make available online.

Will Microworkz get burned by new iToaster PC?
NEWS.COM - Microworkz will announce a $199 home computer on Monday, hoping that some of the people who flooded the company with requests for its earlier low-cost systems will be intrigued by its version of an Internet device that runs on a variant of the Linux operating system.

Packard Bell Moves Away From The 'Beige Box'
Excite News - Packard Bell NEC Inc. has unveiled a sleek all-in-one personal computer, the latest PC maker to move away from the standard beige box in a tribute to Apple Computer Inc.'s snazzy iMac.

Sun CEO: Force Microsoft to play ball
NEWS.COM - The only way Microsoft will open up its control of how to talk to the Windows operating system is if the government forces the company to do so, said Sun Microsystems chief executive Scott McNealy.

Two Things You Won't Be Hearing at JavaOne
Anchordesk - Lots of speakers, lots of announcements spewing forth from Sun's JavaOne conference. But the two things you won't hear may be most critical to Java's future.

Sun's Gosling says Windows more vulnerable to viruses than other OSes
InfoWorld - Java co-author and Sun Microsystems evangelist James Gosling said Tuesday that the recent spate of viruses and worms affecting corporations worldwide is a result of Windows' and Windows NT's structure, and that Unix, Linux, and Java environments are almost entirely immune.

IBM adds Java and XML messaging, JVM for Linux
SunWorld - IBM Corp. souped up its Java-based software offerings today with a handful of new and updated products, including additions to its MQSeries messaging software family that support XML- and Java-based messaging. 

UPS deploys new package tracking device
ZDNet - Starting today, UPS drivers will be collecting package and delivery information using the company's latest handheld device which transmits the data over the Ardis wireless packet data network.

Portal Companies At a Crossroads
iWorld - For the first time in 4 years, the search ngines pause to take a breath. Is there enough air for all of them?

Compaq develops Linux handheld
NEWS.COM - Researchers in the computing giant's Palo Alto, California, lab modified the open source operating system for use in a device that's slightly smaller than a PalmPilot.

Linux's threat to Microsoft
RED HERRING - From the editor: Together with the Unix OSs, Linux means that Windows' share of the server market will never be overwhelming.

Wyse beefs up Linux-based network machine
NEWS.COM - Wyse Technology has put Linux at the heart of its newest "thin-client" product, bumping Java aside as the best way to power the low-cost networked machines.

Will all files follow email to the Web?
NEWS.COM - Clearly, people like getting their email through the Web, and a new service is betting that they'll want to access everything that way.

GTE, AOL align for open access fight
NEWS.COM - GTE and America Online are expected to organize a high-profile demonstration next week to prove that giving Internet service providers access to cable networks is both possible and practical, sources said.

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