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r sports site [IMAGE]Hoax has victims trashing harmless file [IMAGE]Amazo=
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[IMAGE] Bertelsmann to buy Myplay Bertelsmann E-Commerce Group, the G=
erman media giant's online retail division, will acquire online music locke=
r Myplay, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The acquisiti=
on will allow BeCG to thread Myplay's music-storage service throughout its =
other online retail brands, such as CDNow and its BMG Music Service record =
club. People who purchase compact discs through these services will be offe=
red ways to store digital versions of their purchases on Myplay, the source=
s said. May 29, 2001, 6:50 p.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] RealNetwo=
rks snags Intel deal Looking to strengthen its position in the streaming m=
edia market, RealNetworks on Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with=
Intel to ship its technology with the main circuit boards that power PCs. =
Under the terms of the deal, the Seattle-based company's RealPlayer and Rea=
lJukebox software will be distributed with two new Intel desktop PC motherb=
oards that support the chipmaker's Pentium III and Celeron processors, the =
company said in a statement. May 30, 2001, 8:30 a.m. PT | Read Full Stor=
y [IMAGE] IBM looks to Japan for Linux progress IBM is participating in =
two Japanese initiatives to improve Linux, projects that illustrate the pec=
uliar nature of the development of the operating system. The first is a joi=
nt project among Big Blue and Japanese server leaders NEC, Fujitsu and Hita=
chi to improve Linux for big businesses. The second project, separate but w=
ith similar goals, is a new Japanese branch of the Open-Source Development =
Lab (OSDL), where programmers can test their software on expensive high-end=
systems. May 30, 2001, 9:35 a.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] Tiger Wo=
ods caddies for online sports site An online sporting goods retailer hopes=
Tiger Woods can work his golf course magic in the e-commerce arena--the mo=
st recent in a string of questionable partnerships between celebrities and =
dot-coms. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based CBS SportsLine announced Wednesday th=
at it has broadened a 1997 deal with the world's top-ranked golfer through =
2002. SportsLine will become the official English-language Internet sports =
media partner of Woods' official site. May 30, 2001, 10:30 a.m. PT | Rea=
d Full Story [IMAGE] Hoax has victims trashing harmless file A hoax e-ma=
il warning people that their PCs may contain a virus called sulfnbk.exe is =
propagating in the United Kingdom and tricking its victims into trashing a =
harmless, and potentially helpful, Windows utility. The e-mail is circulati=
ng in the United Kingdom, advising people to delete a harmless Microsoft Wi=
ndows utility called sulfnbk.exe from their hard disks. Antivirus experts w=
ere quick to point out that the e-mail does not contain a worm and is being=
passed around by well-meaning people alarmed at its contents. May 30, 200=
1, 11:15 a.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] Amazon sellers fuming over a=
uction glitch Several Amazon.com auction sellers say the e-commerce giant =
is not delivering a service they say they have bid on and paid for. Sellers=
pay Amazon to promote their listings in prominent places on its auction si=
te. But in the last several weeks, sellers have said Amazon has not been pr=
omoting auctions on one of its most heavily viewed pages, even though it ha=
s continued to charge sellers for the service. May 30, 2001, 11:35 a.m. PT=
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