Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1997 > August New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   $280 billion seen for millennium fix - Spending on systems integration, professional services, and outsourcing to address the Year 2000 problem in computers will reach $280 billion between 1997 and 2002, according to a new study. [News.com]   "Megan's law" taken online - A California parent has decided to make public information on sex offenders even more public by posting their names on the Internet, in spite of a warning from the state attorney general's office. [News.com]   128Mb memory chips on tap for '98 - Memory chip manufacturers will release 128-megabit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips in 1998 as a way to meet the demands of computer makers and their own bottom lines. [News.com]   268 million PCs due online by 2001 - Some 82 million personal computers will be connected to the Net by year's end, up 71 percent from last year, a study by Dataquest said today. [News.com]   3Com sees merger charge up to $375 million - Computer networking company 3Com (COMS) said in a filing with federal regulators that it expects to incur restructuring charges of up to $375 million as a result of its merger with U.S. Robotics, a maker of computer modems. [News.com]   56-kbps modem standard delayed - Consumers waiting for modem manufacturers to adopt standards that will allow 56-kbps modems to work with each other may encounter a longer wait than expected. [News.com]   56-kbps modems struggling - As next month's meeting to set preliminary 56-kbps modem standards draws near, 3Com's U.S. Robotics (COMS) and Hayes Communications expect sales of 56-kbps modems to increase. [News.com]   A computer in every classroom? - Americans favor a computer in every classroom, national standards for measuring academic performance, and getting rid of troublemakers to improve public schools, according to a new poll. [News.com]   A new technology: paper - The days of the paperless office are numbered, or so it seems to Cobblestone Software. [News.com]   ACLU paper slams filters, ratings - The American Civil Liberties Union today sent a paper to government officials and leaders in the Internet industry warning that the use of ratings and blocking systems will inevitably lead to censorship. [News.com]   ALR debuts chip-savvy server - Advanced Logic Research (AALR) introduced a server that will ease the transition to new processor technologies by providing for easier upgrades from 200-MHz Pentium Pros to Pentium II chips running at up to 300 MHz. [News.com]   AMD ceases K5 production - The K5, a chip with a checkered past, has finally been put to rest as the low-end K6 gets set to take its place. [News.com]   AMD lands IBM - Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) quest for a top-tier manufacturer to adopt the K6 processor came to fruition today as the company announced that IBM would adopt the microprocessor for certain models in the Aptiva line. [News.com]   AMS, Micron prep Tillamook books - Notebook vendors AMS Tech and Micron have announced that they too will release Tillamook notebooks concurrent with Intel's roll out of the chip on September 8. [News.com]   ANS launches new firewall service - On the eve of a major ISP trade show in San Francisco, two network providers today said they're launching new initiatives for companies that want to outsource their intranets. [News.com]   AOL Germany to 400,000 users - The German service of America Online (AOL) said today it planned to expand its operations and services after membership doubled in the last nine months to more than 400,000 users. [News.com]   AOL member, protect thyself - America Online's (AOL) subscribers can do as much, if not more than the company can, to protect themselves from online theft and fraud, a company executive said today following a recent scam. [News.com]   AOL posts profit, reports charge - America Online (AOL) today reported a fourth-quarter operating profit but also posted a $24.5 million charge that it had incurred earlier in the year. [News.com]   AOL's Tartikoff dead at 48 - Brandon Tartikoff, the programming whiz who transformed NBC and the chairman of America Online's Entertainment Asylum, died today after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 48. [News.com]   AOL, columnist face libel suit - A White House adviser today filed a $30 million libel lawsuit against America Online and one of its columnists. [News.com]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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