Anonymous wrote:(c)

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The "Not-News Gorilla NutWork" was rocket-launched in the Mohave Desert early yesterday morning by a rag-tag bunch of paramilitarist computer gurus who unveiled an InterNet Bill of Bytes that included the words, "MicroSoft shall make no laws..."

Steven Vonder Haar wrote, the very next day:

Microsoft Corp. has tabled plans to include new technology in its Internet Explorer 4.0 browser that would have made "news" oriented sites exempt from content rating standards promoted for use on the Internet.

Anonymous wrote:(o)

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Angered by a self-appointed council of computer industry magnates who have announced their intention to seize fascist control of the quickly burdgeoning Information Highway by controlling the definition of all information, the rebels set up a shooting range which contained a wide variety of targets ranging from copies of the Wall Street Journal to life-sized cardboard cut-outs of a hooded figure referred to only as, "a billionaire to be named later."

Steven Vonder Haar wrote, the very next day:

RSAC President C. Dianne Martin said Microsoft is running out of time to implement the separate designation for news sites before the launch of the 4.0 version of Explorer later this year.

Anonymous wrote:(e)

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"We have decided on two classes of ratings." explained a tassle- haired young woman as she slid shells into a Winchester Defender sitting on her lap. "On..." she said, lifting the shotgun with one hand, then liberating the hooded head from a nearby cardboard cut-out, before turning back to say, with a Cheshire grin, "...and _off_."

Steven Vonder Haar wrote, the very next day:

However, the company plans to include the news designation in the 5.0 version of Explorer when it is made available..."likely sometime next year."