Such a move would put a crack in the anti-Intel alliance currently developing an alternative, accelerated version of the Pentium architecture, dubbed Super 7. And in doing so, diminish prospect of an Intel-alternative. Click for full story. That's because IT departments will spend vast resources in '99 dealing with Year 2000 conversions. Click for full story.
Talks heat up.
After buying a minority stake in the Paul Allen startup Starwave last spring, Disney is now engaged in heated talks to buy the rest of the Web company that created the popular ESPN SportsZone. Click for full story. One online reseller is already taking orders. Click for full story. Hewlett-Packard, which created a Java virtual machine based on Sun Microsystem specs and licensed it to Microsoft for Windows CE, says it still wants to work with Sun on a standard.