Microsoft and Pointcast In Deal When MS announced that the next release of Windows (I wonder if they will call it Windows 00 three years from now) would incorporate a new Internet Explorer that allowed channels of Web "push" services on the desktop, it looked like they were set to move in on Pointcast like they are moving in on Netscape. But for the short term at least, they look to be coexisting. The two companies announced plans to cooperate: Pointcast will distribute MSNBC content and "embrace Microsoft technology", and the new Windows will feature the Pointcast system on the desktop. Since most Pointcast users today are said to run Netscape Navigator, guess who loses. DuPont Does $4 Billion Outsourcing They awarded 10-year contracts to Computer Sciences Corporation and Andersen Consulting to manage corporate systems that include 300 sites in 70 countries, with 65,000 computers. Andersen also got $550 million to run DuPont's application development.

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