Software firm sues Microsoft, citing access

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Bristol Technology Inc. filed an antitrust suit accusing Microsoft Corp. of cutting off access to programming technology. Bristol says the technology is needed to stay in business. Microsoft says Bristol is using the suit to gain leverage in a licensing negotiation. Bristol adapts programs written for Microsoft's Windows so they will function on other operating systems. Bristol signed a deal in 1994 to license Microsoft's source code, the underlying instructions used to make Windows NT. Bristol says it has been unable to get a comparable license for the latest versions of the source code.

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Bristol Technology Inc. filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp.

Software Publishers, Government regulation (cont), Licensing/Sales Agreements, Applications Software Pkgs (Micro), Microsoft Corp., Applications software, Bristol Technology Inc.

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Start-up firm plans to attack unwanted e-mail

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Bright Light Technologies Inc. plans to market software to Internet service providers and corporations that can screen out unwanted commercial messages. The company will set up fictitious e-mail accounts on major Internet services to serve as an early warning system against spam. Bright Light identifies the spam and sends instructions for screening out messages to companies and Internet services that use its software. Companies can then block specific messages before they reach consumers. Bright Light may be the first antispam start-up.

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Plans to market software to Internet service providers and corporations that can screen out unwanted commercial messages

Internet server software, Bright Light Technologies Inc.

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Cigna set to offer coverage linked to Cisco, NetSolve

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Cigna Corp. will offer insurance to companies who want protection against computer hackers. Cigna, which is teaming up with Cisco Systems Inc. and NetSolve Inc., will provide up to $25 million in insurance coverage for firms that use NetSolve's NetRanger computer network monitoring service and Cisco's data-security technology. Industry analysts have said that the new insurance policy is specifically designed as a protection for the emerging electronic commerce market proliferating on the Internet.

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Will offer insurance to companies who want protection against computer hackers

Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers, Property & Liability NEC, Property and casualty insurance, CIGNA Corp.

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