Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1997 > August New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Internet an addiction? - The Internet has joined the ranks of gambling and alcohol as an addiction that people use to escape from real life, a new study says. [News.com]   Iris posts antidote for disk virus - Israel's Iris Software announced today that it had developed a cure for the One-Half virus, which has plagued computers for more than two years. [News.com]   It's official: Jobs sold Apple stock - Ending a brief mystery he created, cofounder Steve Jobs disclosed in an interview that he sold 1.5 million shares of Apple Computer stock two months ago because he had lost faith in the company. [News.com]   Japan ISP sues spammer - Tokyo-based Internet service provider Typhoon has filed a lawsuit against Paging America, alleging the pager company flooded its servers and placed a false Typhoon return address on unsolicited junk email. [News.com]   Java bug demo has its own flaw - First and foremost, it's a cautionary tale. The Java developer whose Web site demonstrates a flaw in Microsoft's (MSFT) Internet Explorer had to disable his demo because the applet he wrote was itself flawed. [News.com]   Java questions answered - Java, the programming language first developed by Sun Microsystems seven years ago for consumer devices such as set-top boxes, has been hyped using countless coffee puns as everything from a software developer's dream to a Windows killer. [News.com]   Jobs memo outlines cost-cutting - An internal memo from cofounder Steve Jobs to employees of Apple Computer (AAPL) today outlined reduced compensation and severance packages. [News.com]   Jobs memo trims Apple perks - Steve Jobs's plans to slash perks at Apple Computer (AAPL) may amount to treating symptoms rather than the disease. [News.com]   Jobs names new Apple board - Apple Computer (AAPL) cofounder Steve Jobs announced new board members and an expanded partnership with Microsoft during an upbeat keynote here at this week's Macworld Expo Boston. [News.com]   Jobs offers tough love for Apple - Making his entrance to 36 seconds of thunderous applause here at Macworld Expo, it was an older, wiser Steve Jobs who said that the fading Apple Computer can still be healthy--as long as it's realistic. [News.com]   Journalists meeting on ratings - A group of media companies are holding a private meeting in New York tomorrow to discuss the idea of applying a "news" label to their Web content in order to bypass technology that censors violent or sexual Net sites. [News.com]   Journalists weigh in on news ratings - More journalists are taking sides today over whether an "N" rating should be applied to online news sites in order to skirt technology that blocks violent, sexual, and crude content. [News.com]   Keywords said to violate trademark - A recent lawsuit involving alleged Net trademark infringement, among the first to focus on the unauthorized use of hidden keywords used to identify Web pages, is gaining attention from lawyers and site operators across the country. [News.com]   Kodak debuts digital camera kit - Eastman Kodak (EK) has released an all-in-one hardware and software bundle for digital photography that will allow users to take pictures and then send them through email or post them on a Web site. [News.com]   Kodak launches Picture Network - Eastman Kodak (EK) was founded in 1888 on the motto that says "you push the button, we do the rest." Now, the camera maker is pitching the same message to Web surfers and online publishers. [News.com]   Large ISPs feel the pinch - After migrating to flat-rate pricing at about $20 a month, Internet access providers are facing a shakeup in their industry. Ironically, the small, local ISPs are more likely to find a port in the coming storm as they are able to provide customers with a reliable network and hands-on service, both of which have been a challenge for larger players. America Online may be looking to advertising and marketing deals to boost revenues, but CompuServe is moving away from industry-standard monthly fees. [News.com]   Latest PowerPC chips debut - Motorola (MOT) and IBM (IBM) today introduced two completely redesigned PowerPC processors and a super-fast version of an existing design. [News.com]   Latest crypto ruling appealed - U.S. attorneys intend to file an emergency appeal to stay an injunction issued in a closely watched case testing the government's restrictions on encryption, an attorney involved in the case said today. [News.com]   Law on fake child porn upheld - A federal judge here today upheld the Child Pornography Prevention Act, which makes it a felony to create computer images depicting "simulated" sex with minors. [News.com]   Libel suit could chill Net publishing - After a $30 million lawsuit was filed against Internet columnist Matt Drudge and America Online (AOL), some Web publishers are scrambling to read up on such issues as "libel" and "reckless disregard of truth." [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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