Wireless technology may link laptops, phones

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Several companies are developing the wireless technology that would enable mobile phones to automatically activate laptop PCs and transfer e-mail and other data. The companies involved in the development of an industrywide, worldwide standard for short-range wireless communications include mobile telephone manufacturers Ericsson and Nokia; computer manufacturers IBM and Toshiba; and semiconductor maker Intel. The radio transceiver that would allow electronic data to be received and transmitted is expected to be sold in PCs and mobile phones by the end of 1999.

Product development, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Mobile Telephones ex Cellular, Wireless telephones, Article

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Intuit CEO: Windows is 'essential'

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Intuit Inc's CEO, William Harris, testified that Microsoft's Windows operating system provides an essential service and it has no real rival in the field. Harris, who is testfying in behalf of the government's claim that Microsoft is using the system to eliminate its rivals, said that his firm's Quicken financial software competes with Microsoft's own Money program. He added that his firm agreed not to enter any deal with Netscape Communications in return for access to Windows.

Legal issues & crime, Financial, Acctg Software Pkgs (Micro), Financial software, Intuit Inc.

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Microsoft plugs $600M into wireless market

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Microsoft Corp has announced that it invested $600 million in wireless telecommunications firm Nextel Communications Inc. The cash infusion is seen as Microsoft's strategy to invest in technologies that enable the access of information from any locations. The software company's Internet gateway, Hotmail e-mail service and other services will be promoted on Nextel's Internet-capable wireless phones. Nextel will use the cash to boost its communications network.

Computer Software, Asset sales & divestitures, Acquisitions & mergers, Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications, Mobile Radio Services, Software, Wireless communications services, Nextel Communications Inc.

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