Gates shapes secret strategy to fuse Windows with Internet
Bill Gates leads a secret eight member team designing Next Generation Windows Services to merge Windows with the Internet for new online services. U.S. antitrust scrutiny hangs over the plan as rivals IBM Sun Microsystems Oracle and Linux push similar Web service efforts. The initiative envisions a programmable operating system linked to Web hosted services and Office apps to enable automated bidding, scheduling updates, and bank transfers across sites.
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Publishers join e book deal with Microsoft Reader
Random House and Simon & Schuster teamed with Microsoft to offer free downloads of popular sci fi titles and Star Trek books from Barnes & Noble online store in Microsoft Reader format for Pocket PC. Time Warner Trade Publishing plans iPublish com next year to publish directly for the Net.
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Microsoft Corp
Random House
Simon & Schuster
Barnesandnoble.com
Michael Crichton
Alfred A. Knopf
Barnes & Noble Inc
Time Warner Trade Publishing
Time Warner
Warner Books
Little, Brown and Co
Crichton
Avon Lake Press sale completes ownership change
ChronTel Inc and Douthit Communications have bought Richard J Hemmer Jr s 50 percent stake in The Avon Lake Press, giving ChronTel and Douthit each a 50 percent share. Hemmer retires after expanding local coverage and upgrading the paper with editor Kim Dudek to lead ongoing improvements. Local officials and staff reactions follow, noting continued community focus and strong ties to Avon Lake.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Douthit Communications Inc
Richard J. Hemmer Jr
Chron- Tel
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Douthit Communications
West Life
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Erie County Reporter
Vermilion
Hudnutt
Chron Tel
Hemmer
Linda
Kim Dudek
Rick
Recorder
Press
Richard Hemmer Sr
Ed Pivcevich
Harold Douthit
Pivcevich
Chron-Tel Inc
Ken Douthit
Douthit
Avon
Jim Smith
Rick Hemmer Jr
United to Buy US Airways in Record Airline Merger
United Airlines owner UAL Corp plans to acquire US Airways in a $4 billion deal that would create the world's largest carrier. Both boards approved the merger with a roughly $60 per share offer, a 135 percent premium over recent trading, amid lingering tensions and past proposed mergers.
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