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• UPDATE 2 - U.S. Proposes Microsoft Breakup

  As expected, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today proposed that a federal judge order the breakup of Microsoft Corp. into two separate companies and recommended behavioral restrictions designed to end the software maker's monopolistic practices.

  Written by Nancy Weil • 28 April 00 12:01

• Government Recommends Microsoft Breakup

  Almost two years after filing its landmark antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., the Department of Justice has proposed a punishment once considered unthinkable by all but the most vociferous critics of the software giant: Breaking up the company.

  Written by Bob Trott • 28 April 00 12:01

• EMC Expands, Upgrades Enterprise Storage Offerings

  Enterprise storage managers and industry analysts greeted EMC Corp.'s next-generation product announcements last week with tempered approval.

  Written by Sami Lais and Kathleen Ohlson • 28 April 00 12:01

• MS Pulls Embedded OSes Into One Business Unit

  At its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here this week, Microsoft Corp. said its operating systems for the embedded market, which include Windows CE, Windows NT Embedded and the forthcoming Windows 2000 Server Appliance Kit, are being combined into a single business unit.

  Written by Dominique Deckmyn • 28 April 00 12:01

• Xerox Keeps It in the Family

  It's a tale that has become Silicon Valley legend: Steve Jobs visited Xerox Corp.'s Palo Alto Research Center in the early days of computers and was shown the prototype of the Alto computer.

  Written by Jason Krause • 28 April 00 12:01

• Guest column: Eh? E-? I-? Oh, You!

  "E-government promises of . . . cost savings, improved service delivery and positive transformations of the governmental workplaces are real. However, a high rate of e-government project failures in the next several years may be unavoidable." - French Caldwell, research director, Gartner Group. The potential scale of these disasters scares the bejeesus out of me, but what bothers me most about this quote is not the frightening probability of governmental failure, but the use of "e-".

  Written by Mark Gibbs • 28 April 00 12:01

• Microsoft Antitrust Remedies Due

  The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to formally request a breakup of Microsoft Corp. on Friday, but some partner plaintiffs in the antitrust action apparently dissent.

  Written by PC World Staff • 28 April 00 12:01

• Ford, Compuware Expand App Management Deal

  Ford Motor Co. and outsourcing services provider Compuware Corp. last week announced plans to ramp up two application management centers opened earlier this year in the U.K. and Germany. It's a move that will turn over management of the automaker's massive application portfolio entirely to the outsourcer.

  Written by Lee Copeland • 28 April 00 12:01

• Microsoft Offers Press a Tech Tutorial

  While discussions between Microsoft Corp. and the European Commission continue over alleged antitrust violations in the structure of Windows 2000, the company sought to help journalists here understand the technological implications of the case with a tutorial Thursday afternoon.

  Written by Elizabeth de Bony • 28 April 00 12:01

• NEC to Boost Chip Spending by One-Third

  NEC Corp., one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductors, today said it intends to increase by 33 percent the amount of money it spends on its chip making facilities this year.

  Written by Martyn Williams • 28 April 00 12:01

• Briefs: Previo, HP Roll Out Network Appliance

  Previo Inc., formally known as Stac Software Inc., a data-compression company in San Diego, plans to roll out this week a new network appliance with Hewlett-Packard Co. called SureStor Auto Backup. The system is designed for workgroups in the enterprise and will be available exclusively though HP. Previo also plans to announce a software-only version of the product.

  Written by Computerworld Staff • 28 April 00 12:01

• Online Travel Boom Sparks Middleware Merger

  The boom in the online travel industry has created a similar boom in the market for middleware that can link central reservations systems to easy-to-maintain Web sites.

  Written by Michael Meehan • 28 April 00 12:01

• InfiniBand Spec Nears

  When the final InfiniBand specifications are released later this year by the InfiniBand Trade Association, the I/O technology will not only provide 2.5GBps of data throughput but also could allow for radical changes in the way networks are configured, thus altering the role of the server and simplifying what has been the complex task of deploying a network.

  Written by Dan Neel and Ed Scannell • 28 April 00 12:01

• Microsoft Disputes Divestiture Plan

  Calling the government's proposal to sever Microsoft Corp. in two "very disturbing," founder and chair Bill Gates reiterated his vow to keep fighting the legal foes that have branded Microsoft an illicit monopoly.

  Written by Cameron Crouch and Peggy Watt • 28 April 00 12:01

• Bye-Bye iVillage

  With the announcement yesterday that its chief financial officer is quitting, iVillage lost its second high-level executive in the space of just one week.

  Written by Susan Orenstein • 28 April 00 12:01

• Oracle Will Sponsor Own Apps Conferences

  In the wake of a major user group's rejection of its offer to serve as host, Oracle Corp. will be sponsoring its own alternative conferences focused on Oracle applications, said Larry Ellison, chairman and CEO of Oracle, speaking at the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) conference here Thursday night.

  Written by Eugene Grygo • 28 April 00 12:01

• Oracle User Group Nixes Bid for Single Conference

  The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) has turned down Oracle Corp.'s proposal for a closer relationship, after the membership overwhelmingly rejected the company's bid in a survey this month.

  Written by MARIA TROMBLY • 28 April 00 12:01

• U.S. Proposes Microsoft Breakup

  As expected, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today proposed that a federal judge order the breakup of Microsoft Corp. into two separate competing companies.

  Written by Nancy Weil • 28 April 00 12:01

• IETF Deliberates Over Instant Messaging Standard

  The Internet engineering community is stepping up efforts to develop a standard communications protocol for instant messaging, the pop-up style of online chatting that is popular with students and gaining ground in corporations as diverse as United Airlines Inc. and Compaq Computer Corp.

  Written by Carolyn Duffy Marsan • 28 April 00 12:01

• Microsoft Pitches Win 2k to Wall Street

  Microsoft has announced a major push into the financial services arena, spurred in part by what it claims is the rapid adoption of Windows 2000 by Wall Street's biggest players.

  Written by MARIA TROMBLY • 28 April 00 12:01