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Computer Connection Newsreel
March 2, 1996
Web posted at: 12:50 p.m. ESTReport: Apple to shut down on-line service
Apple Computer may shut down its eWorld on-line service -- possibly starting to turn away customers as early as Monday.
The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that a final shutdown is tentatively scheduled for April 1.
Sources say the company is looking to turn its 147,000 subscribers over to another on-line service.
Apple would not confirm the report.
Lawsuit filed against telecom indecency ban
Another lawsuit has been filed against the new ban on indecency on the Internet.
A coalition of computer companies and information providers say the Communications Decency Act is misguided and unenforceable.
The act imposes a $250,000 fine and up to six years in prison for transmitting indecent material in such a way that children could find it. Enforcement of the provision has already been temporarily blocked as a result of another lawsuit.
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New fight against on-line fraud under way
The National Consumers League is launching a new effort to fight fraud on-line.
It's teaming up with state and U.S. law enforcement officials to create a database of scams.
Information on such on-line fraud as get-rich-quick schemes, weight-loss miracles and AIDS cures will be transmitted directly to the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.
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Compaq to cut prices
Compaq will be marking down prices to try to meet its first quarter sales objectives.
The company says it didn't sell as many computers in February as expected.
Compaq -- the world's largest supplier of personal computers -- is also reducing operating expenses.
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