Judge's suggestion spawns scenarios for ending of Microsoft antitrust case
MSNBC - With the eight lawyers — two or three each from Microsoft, the Justice Department and the states suing the company — gathered around his desk, the judge asked a stunningly simple question.

IE 5.0 Nightmares - Five Terrible Tales Of A Browser Gone Bad
CNET - We picked five especially horrific tales of terror--there are more, believe us--which, from our monitoring of comments on newsgroups and from CNET Download.com readers, seem to make most users break into a cold sweat, then break into blasphemy.

New clues to TV box of the future
NEWS.COM - Mark Snowden, an analyst with market research firm Inteco, envisions that developments in the set-top market will come in such rapid fashion that people will buy TVs that are essentially monitors, with set-tops being the location for most of the electronic brains. That will allow people to easily change boxes without replacing the expensive picture tube at the same time.

More big technology firms embrace broad use of Linux operating system
MSNBC - Several more big technology companies are stepping up their commitments to use Linux, the free operating system that has become a cult favorite in the computer industry.

Consumers to get choice of (cable) set-tops
ZDNN - Federal regulators Thursday adopted a compromise to speed competition for new high-tech cable boxes, expected to be the gateway to a host of gee-whiz services in coming years including high-speed Internet links, on-demand movies and interactive television.

AOL considering Linux device, sources say
NEWS.COM - America Online is considering the Linux operating system as one option for running an inexpensive Internet access device, according to sources familiar with the project.

Caldera adding Linux to set-top boxes
NEWS.COM - Caldera Thin Clients has decided to augment its television set-top box software with a Linux product, the company's chief executive said today.

AOL launches satellite TV program
ZDNN - America Online said on Tuesday it has formed partnerships with DirecTV, Hughes Network Systems, Philips Electronics and Network Computer Inc. to develop its AOL TV products.

New group to push network applications
NEWS.COM - A new effort to move the market for providing software over a network will soon gain some momentum from a group of industry leaders.

Windows 98 SE released to PC makers
NEWS.COM - The new product has many additions, including home-networking enabler Internet Connection Sharing, Internet Explorer 5, Windows NetMeeting 3, and the Windows 98 Service Pack, which contains bug fixes for the original version of Windows 98.
(Hmm. Wasn't the original version of Window 98 a bug fix for Windows 95-OSR2? And wasn't OSR2 a bug fix for 4.00.950? Hmm. I wonder what bugs THIS VERSION will have! And could someone please explain to us what 'Windows NT 4.0 build 1381 with Service Pack 4' is? What happened to the other 1380 builds? Did someone actually get stuck with build 1 and upgrade 1380 times? Does it work right, YET?)

Larry Ellison on 'The state of the Net'
NEWS.COM - It's all about the network, says Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison. He's been saying it for a long time, and now people are starting to listen.

E-box: a beachhead in your home.
MSNBC - Sun, Oracle, Ericsson, others think their free ‘little black box’ will be the center of your electronic home.

Sun To Unveil Major Initiative For Service Providers
Excite News - Sun Microsystems Inc. said that it plans to launch Wednesday a major initiative to sell its products to service providers -- companies who offer network services to corporations such as Web site hosting and e-mail.

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