Updated February 18, 1996, 8 a.m. PT Edited by Clair Whitmer (clairw@cnet.com)
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![]() A federal judge's ruling on the Communications Decency Act has turned out to be only a partial victory for the opponents of the provision. (February 16, 1996, 11 a.m.)
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![]() Researchers at the Baruch College School of Public Affairs and polling company Louis Harris and Associates say that 1 in 11, or 17 million, American adults are currently using the Internet. (February 16, 1996, 1 p.m.)
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![]() In the battle of man versus machine, man proved he could still outthink the machine despite its massive computing power. The final score: Garry Kasparov 4, Deep Blue 2. (February 18, 1996, 8 a.m.)
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![]() Nearly half the nation's public schools have access to the Internet, up from 35 percent a year ago, according to a survey released by the Education Department on Friday. (February 17, 1996, 8 a.m.)
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![]() A group of French ministers is meeting this week in Bordeaux, France, to try and determine how to enforce the use of French in cyberspace. (February 16, 1996, 1 p.m.)
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![]() A division of Banyan Systems will soon make it possible for Net users to keep their email addresses unlisted. (February 16, 1996, 1:30 p.m.)
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![]() Microsoft is launching a full-out assault on vulnerable Apple Computer's home base: the K-12 education market. (February 16, 1996, 7 a.m.)
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![]() Starting next month, online readers of the Wall Street Journal will have to pay. (February 16, 1996, 1 p.m.)
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![]() CompuServe's decision yesterday to restore access to all but 5 of a list of 200 newsgroups that German authorities deemed too smutty for consumption by minors has conservative groups ready for their first fight over the Communications Decency Act. (February 15, 1996, 12:30 p.m.)
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![]() On Valentine's Day 50 years ago, a U.S. Army general pushed a button, and the western world began its love affair with computers. (February 15, 1996, 2:30 p.m.)
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