Microsoft's request for a 7-month delay in the hearing of the Justice Department's antitrust case against it has been rejected. A date of September 8th. has been set for the trial.
Netscape: Netscape's share prices dipped on Friday in advance of the announcement of its 1st. quarter earnings tomorrow. There are worries about the loss of the company's browser sales (it's now given away free, of course) and declining market share.
Esat: Esat Telecom has announced the construction of a broadband fibre optic telecommunications network for the Munster region. Esat also renamed the Young Scientists exhibition, which it sponsors, to the Young Scientist & Technology exhibition.
instant tax :Telecom Internet has designed a new touch sensitive Vehicle Registration Tax information kiosk. Using Internet-based software, the kiosk allows the customer to access details of the registration tax payable on almost 10,000 motor car models. The first implementation is in the Tallaght Motor Tax Office.
Logo Of An Architect: Arch eire, Irish Architecture Online has joined forces with Web sites in 17 other countries to form a network to share information on architectural competitions. A graphic design competition for a network logo will take place on the Internet - see www.z-1.org/comp/icnlogo/ or www.archeire.com, Archeire's superb collection of architectural sites.
If It's Thursday: Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC) offers Norton AntiVirus users weekly virus definition updates on the Web (www.symantec.com); your Thursday evenings will never be the same. e for Java and Norton AntiVirus earns 100% rating from Virus Bulletin.
Asynchronous Interrupt: Lucent Technologies has developed software that enables users to receive a call-waiting message on their computer screens while they're using the phone line for data access or the Internet. ESEARCH:A handy new service for registered E-Search (www.esearch.ie) email addresses: it sends you an email reminder on all those important dates.
Streamers: RealNetworks have appointed Multimedia Solutions as sole Irish distributors for their streaming products. RealNetworks' products allow PCs and consumer electronic devices to send and receive audio, video and other multimedia services via the Web.
Irish Target: Target Vision's broadcasting software, which allows company managers to communicate visually with their staff, is now available in Ireland.
St.Macartan's: An interactive school site incorporating a database of past pupils and their chosen careers. How to make one's alma mater mean something - homepage.tinet.ie/ stmacs
In Brief.... . .Sarah Flannery, aged 16, from Blarney won three awards at the Intel Science and Education Fair in Texas for her project on cryptography. . .Study PR (sorry, Public Relations) by email from educate@iol.ie. . .Digital and Oracle have combined to break the 100,000 transactions per minute database speed record using AlphaServers . . .Softech launches RightFAX 5.2 Network Fax Server including Least Cost Routing on a WAN connection. . .Adobe announces PageMill 3.0, small business web-authoring software as part of a new PageMaker software bundle. . .Decision Support Systems selected by KPMG for nationwide PC upgrade. . .Cybex, the keyboard, mouse and video switch and extension manufacturer, has invested £6m. in its new Shannon plant. . .AOL said to be close to purchasing Israelibased Mirabilis which makes a successful Internet chat program. . .ICL will provide point-of-sale and back office systems support for McDonald's Irish restaurants. . .Novell announces Z.E.N. works, a PC network management network tool based on Novell Directory Services. . .