SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                                January 29, 1998



                                XIOX CORPORATION

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   577 Airport Boulevard, Suite 700, Burlingame, California         94010
         (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)





       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 375-8188

Delaware                                0-15797                 95-3824750
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(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)                                      Identification Number






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ITEM 5.   Other Events

          Xiox   Corporation   ("Xiox")  has  resolved  a  patent   interference
proceeding  declared by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office  concerning  patent
claims  which  cover  a  technique  for  detecting  telephone  toll  fraud.  The
interference   involved  a  patent  application  owned  by  Xiox  and  a  patent
application  and patent owned by Coral Systems,  Inc.  ("Coral").  In connection
with the resolution of the  interference,  Coral agreed to pay Xiox $425,000 and
Xiox granted Coral and Lightbridge, Inc., Coral's Parent, a nonexclusive,  fully
paid-up license to patents issuing on the Xiox patent application.




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                                   Signatures

          Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized

                                                     XIOX CORPORATION


January 29, 1998                               By  /s/ Melanie D. Reid
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                                                       Melanie D. Reid
                                                  Vice President Finance and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer


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