Why AOL Wants Time-Warner

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33535,00.html

Private Lives?
Net companies know a lot about online users. Now Washington wants to know about what they know.
http://www.adweek.com/iqinteractive/iq5.asp

Microsoft Adds Cos. For Hosted Exchange Pilot
Microsoft is expected to disclose on Wednesday that Hewlett- Packard, Qwest Communications, and ElectronicData Systems are among the companies that will host Exchange as an application service in a pilot study.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000112S0006

DOJ Said To Be Set To Break Up Microsoft
U.S. Department of Justice officials appear set to recommend splitting Microsoft into two or more separate companies, according to published reports.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/msftdoj/TWB20000112S0004

IBM Claims Patent Lead in 1999
For the seventh consecutive year, IBM was awarded more patents than any other U.S. company -- 2,756. Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM generates more than a billion dollars annually on licensing the intellectual property protected by the patents.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000112S0003

Yahoo Will Stay The Course On Content
Yahoo will do business as usual, company executives said Tuesday during a conference call following the announcement of fourth quarter results that beat analysts' expectations.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000111S0016

Dell Founder To Advise Campus Pipeline
Dell founder and chairman Michael Dell has joined Campus Pipeline as an advisor. Campus Pipeline and Inktomi on Tuesday announced an alliance to integrate powerful commerce capabilities using the Inktomi Shopping Engine.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000111S0010

Novell Acquires Internet Hosting Company
Novell on Tuesday unveiled plans to acquire JustOn, a small, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Internet hosting company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. JustOn's technology lets users share files on the Web.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000111S0007

A New Business For 2000: AOL Time Warner
NEW YORK -- America Online's merger with Time Warner transforms the landscape of media and communications, says Steve Case, the chairman of the new entity announced Monday.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000110S0021

AOL, Time Warner Merger: A New Model For Partnerships
Once America Online Chairman, Steve Case, and Time Warner Chairman, Gerald Levin, revealed the blockbuster $350 billion merger of their companies, they got on the phone with AT&T Chairman Michael Armstrong.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/finance/story/INV20000110S0008

When Worlds Collide
http://gt.clickz.com/cgi-bin/gt/ap/tle/tle.html?article=1215

Cisco Spends $567 Million On Two VPN Buys
Cisco Systems on Wednesday expanded its roster of VPN gear with the acquisition of two small networking companies in deals valued at a total of $567 million.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/finance/story/INV20000119S0002

Traffic Beats A Path To Web Services
Internet traffic in December beat a path to websites that provide additional services to users beyond commerce transactions.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000119S0003

No New Net Taxes, McCain Pledges
John McCain, campaigning in New Hampshire, on Monday signed a pledge not to tax Internet sales and challenged fellow Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush to do the same.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000119S0002

Smart Appliances Hit The Net
Sunbeam and other housewares vendors came to the International Housewares 2000 show this week with smart electric blankets, coffee makers, and other appliances that link to each other and to the Internet in some cases.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000118S0032

Microsoft Claims DOJ Case Doesn't Add Up
Microsoft said Tuesday previous court cases support its defense that its business behavior was aggressive but did not break federal antitrust laws.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000118S0031

Online Trades Most Popular At Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab said Tuesday that online trades made up 73 percent of all trades at Schwab during the fourth quarter of 1999, up from 61 percent during the fourth quarter of 1998.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/finance/story/INV20000118S0004

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