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[IMAGE]	[IMAGE] 	[IMAGE]	 [IMAGE]   In the News  May 30, 2001  [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]Bertelsmann to buy Myplay  [IMAGE]RealNetworks snags Intel deal  [IMAGE]IBM looks to Japan for Linux progress  [IMAGE]Tiger Woods caddies for sports site  [IMAGE]Hoax has victims trashing harmless file  [IMAGE]Amazon sellers fuming over glitch   [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]   [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]  Perspectives [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]    CIOs unplug Chuck Phillips explains how tougher economic times mean making tough-minded decisions. Read Full Story   [IMAGE]   [IMAGE]   Bertelsmann to buy Myplay  Bertelsmann E-Commerce Group, the German media giant's online retail division, will acquire online music locker Myplay, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The acquisition 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 offered ways to store digital versions of their purchases on Myplay, the sources said.  May 29, 2001, 6:50 p.m. PT  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE]  RealNetworks snags Intel deal  Looking to strengthen its position in the streaming media 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 RealJukebox software will be distributed with two new Intel desktop PC motherboards 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 Story  [IMAGE]  IBM looks to Japan for Linux progress  IBM is participating in two Japanese initiatives to improve Linux, projects that illustrate the peculiar nature of the development of the operating system. The first is a joint project among Big Blue and Japanese server leaders NEC, Fujitsu and Hitachi to improve Linux for big businesses. The second project, separate but with 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 Woods 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 most recent in a string of questionable partnerships between celebrities and dot-coms. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based CBS SportsLine announced Wednesday that 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  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE]  Hoax has victims trashing harmless file  A hoax e-mail 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 circulating in the United Kingdom, advising people to delete a harmless Microsoft Windows utility called sulfnbk.exe from their hard disks. Antivirus experts were 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, 2001, 11:15 a.m. PT  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE]  Amazon sellers fuming over auction 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 site. But in the last several weeks, sellers have said Amazon has not been promoting auctions on one of its most heavily viewed pages, even though it has continued to charge sellers for the service.  May 30, 2001, 11:35 a.m. PT  |  Read Full Story  [IMAGE] 	 [IMAGE]  Autoweb - Click Here! 	 [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]  	[IMAGE]	


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