Message-ID: <30996726.1075845166287.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 18:10:00 -0700 (PDT) From: cnet-news@two.digital.cnet.com To: shendri@ect.enron.com Subject: Sony PC to offer DVD, TV recording Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: CNET News.com Daily Dispatch <cnet-news@two.digital.cnet.com> X-To: shendri <shendri@ECT.ENRON.COM> X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Hendrickson, Scott\Hendrickson, Scott\Inbox X-Origin: HENDRICKSON-S X-FileName: Hendrickson, Scott.pst =20 =09=09=09[IMAGE] =09=09=09=09 [IMAGE]=09[IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] In the News May 17, 2001 [IMAGE= ] [IMAGE]Sony PC to offer DVD, TV recording [IMAGE]AOL merger charges hit= nearly $1 billion [IMAGE]New Compaq PCs: More than meets the eye? [IMAGE= ]Research In Motion files patent suit [IMAGE]"Mawanella" worm sends politi= cal message [IMAGE]Transmeta adds Sharp to Japanese allies [IMAGE] [IMA= GE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Special report [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Nowhere to hide = New technology can use one number to find you on any device: cell phone, pa= ger or personal computer. Read Full Story [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Sony PC to = offer DVD, TV recording Sony Electronics unveiled Thursday a Vaio desktop = computer that includes a DVD drive and TV tuner along with built-in recordi= ng technology. The Vaio Digital Studio PC features a Giga Pocket Personal V= ideo Recorder and allows consumers to watch TV programs streamed from cable= or other analog sources onto the monitor and to record home videos or TV p= rograms onto the hard drive. May 17, 2001, 8:40 a.m. PT | Read Full Stor= y [IMAGE] AOL merger charges hit nearly $1 billion Internet and media po= werhouse AOL Time Warner expects to incur nearly $1 billion in restructurin= g charges tied to the merger that formed the company, according to its annu= al report filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the filing= , AOL Time Warner, which has been operating as a joint entity for the past = four months, said it recorded a restructuring liability of approximately $9= 65 million during its first quarter. May 17, 2001, 5:50 a.m. PT | Read F= ull Story [IMAGE] New Compaq PCs: More than meets the eye? Compaq Comput= er may soon offer PC buyers a tempting option: two for the price of one. Ho= ping to corral buyers who can't decide whether to buy a notebook or desktop= PC, the Houston-based computer maker is experimenting with a line of busin= ess notebooks that transform into desktop PCs. The PC is designed to fold o= ver and create a stand for a 15-inch, flat-panel display with removable wir= eless keyboard and mouse. May 17, 2001, 9:05 a.m. PT | Read Full Story [= IMAGE] Research In Motion files patent suit Research In Motion, the maker= of the BlackBerry e-mail pager, lashed out at one of its competitors Thurs= day, saying it violates a U.S. patent recently granted to RIM. Ontario, Can= ada-based RIM charges in a suit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in D= elaware that Glenayre Technologies violates a patent protecting the way the= BlackBerry redirects e-mail from a computer or server to a handheld using = a single e-mail address. Charlotte, N.C.-based Glenayre already has a pendi= ng suit of its own against RIM. May 17, 2001, 8:35 a.m. PT | Read Full S= tory [IMAGE] "Mawanella" worm sends political message Hundreds of compan= ies worldwide have fallen prey to another mass-mailing worm created by the = virus toolkit that unleashed the AnnaKournikova worm, antivirus companies s= aid Thursday. Called Mawanella--the name of a Sri Lankan village--the worm = carries a Sri Lankan political message, but does no real damage besides clo= gging networks with e-mail. May 17, 2001, 11:45 a.m. PT | Read Full Stor= y [IMAGE] Transmeta adds Sharp to Japanese allies Sharp will introduce a= notebook with a Transmeta processor in Japan next month, the companies ann= ounced Thursday. Sharp's Mebius PC-SX1-H1 notebook, set for release June 30= , will use Transmeta's 600MHz Crusoe processor. The Sharp announcement roun= ds out Transmeta's support by major Japanese notebook makers. Transmeta alr= eady has deals with NEC, Fujitsu, Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi. 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