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Why do you use a computer? If you asked most PC users that question, one of their top answers would be to get on the Internet. Today, people shop, learn, research and keep in touch online. Now, getting ready to surf has gotten even easier. With the introduction of Webpc, the folks at Dell Computer s(Added: Wed Dec 01 1999)

NEW YORK, Nov 30, Dell is getting cute. By Eric Auchard Dell Computer Corp. (NasdaqNM:DELL - news), the world's No. 2 personal computer maker, said it will unveil on Tuesday a new generation of small and stylish Intel-based consumer desktop PCs that do away with the austere functionalism of traditi(Added: Tue Nov 30 1999)

Workgroup Solution From FileMaker, Inc. is the Only Database in the HOC 100 Productivity Category 'Home Office Computing,' the technology and productivity magazine for telecommuters, entrepreneurs, and the rest of today's work-at-home workforce, has chosen FileMaker Pro 5 one of the 100 best home o(Added: Thu Nov 25 1999)

A spinoff of an earlier computer virus is set to strike on Christmas Day, erasing hard drives and spoiling the holiday for computer users who had hoped to install new software they found under the tree. In a year in which there has been a steady stream of computer viruses, anti-virus researchers ha(Added: Wed Nov 24 1999)

Lisa Dicarlo, ZDNet LAS VEGAS -- The PC has become so passe that even PC makers are reluctant to talk about it anymore. The notion of Internet appliances as adjuncts to or replacements for the PC dominated the industry's biggest trade show here this week. Comdex marked a symbolic end to much of w(Added: Tue Nov 23 1999)

By Therese Poletti SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In a bid to become the world's top provider of video games online, Electronic Arts Inc. (NasdaqNM:ERTS - news) agreed to be the sole supplier of games to America Online Inc. (NYSE:AOL - news), the No. 1 Internet service provider. Redwood City, Calif.-ba(Added: Tue Nov 23 1999)

Robert Lemos, ZDNet One epic battle of the Information Age is over. Another is about to begin. Microsoft's operating system may have achieved domination over the traditional PC, but no one can yet lay claim to the heart and soul of the next generation of computing devices: The so-called informatio(Added: Mon Nov 22 1999)

With Hackers Threatening to 'Celebrate' Y2K with Over 30,000 New Viruses, U S WEST.net Becomes Nation's First Major ISP to Offer Customers Network-Based Computer Virus Protection Deadly computer viruses that can knock out computers and entire networks will be stopped in their tracks thanks to two n(Added: Sun Nov 21 1999)

Top computer manufacturers to use ATI 4X AGP implementation TORONTO, Nov. 15 /CNW-PRN/ - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced the computer industry's fullest range of products to support the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 4X specification, products that are perfectly balanc(Added: Mon Nov 15 1999)

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT - news). chairman Bill Gates declared Sunday that his company encourages innovation in the high-tech industry, offering a public counterpoint to a judge's finding that Microsoft uses its monopoly power to crush competition. In his biggest public presenta(Added: Mon Nov 15 1999)

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Proclaiming a new era in Internet computing, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - news) Chairman and CEO Bill Gates told an industry audience during his COMDEX/Fall '99 keynote tonight that Web sites will change radically in the coming year from places where information(Added: Mon Nov 15 1999)

LAS VEGAS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Gates showed off his company's new scaled-down Internet appliance to a standing-room crowd at the Comdex computer trade show, where the personal computer is no longer the star. Gates, in his kick-(Added: Mon Nov 15 1999)