Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1997 > August New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Users weigh in on Navigator - Netscape Communications (NSCP) may have pleased its industry partners by unbundling Navigator from the Communicator groupware suite, but the reaction from users has been mixed at best. [News.com]   Utility bills to be paid online - CheckFree (CKFR) has signed up New England's largest electric utility system to use its E-Bill service, which lets customers view and pay utility bills on their bank's Web site. [News.com]   Video camera on a chip debuts - The Optical Systems division of Marshall Electronics has developed a full-color, live-video camera on a single integrated circuit. The low-cost, compact device is targeted for applications such as security surveillance, infant monitoring, video telephones, pattern recognition systems, and low-resolution computer input. [News.com]   Virus program cleans email hubs - Bigfoot International and McAfee Associates today teamed up to offer another email virus protection program, but this one works in email hubs, not desktops. [News.com]   Visio unveils next-generation tools - Visio will debut the next generation of its Windows-based business diagramming and drawing tools next week. [News.com]   VocalTec thinks vocally, acts globally - Internet telephone company VocalTec Communications today released a new version of its software in an effort to create a worldwide network that lets users make cheap long distance phone calls through their PCs. [News.com]   WSJ enters online sports fray - Breaking its hardcore financial news mold, the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition beefed up its sports section today, adding 24-hour coverage and game statistics through a deal with Total Sports. [News.com]   Wait and see on DVD, analysts say - Analysts say it is premature to predict that this week's apparent split over the development of digital versatle discs (DVDs) will flare into a war, blighting the market for the promising new product. [News.com]   Wang earnings beat marks - Wang Laboratories (WANG) today reported earnings of $12.4 million or 24 cents per share for the quarter ended June 30, beating Wall Street expectations. [News.com]   Watchdogs howl at FBI wiretap plans - Privacy advocates are trying to derail efforts by the FBI to expand its wiretapping authority in order to get easier access to communications sent over Net backbones or wireless devices. [News.com]   Web Sprinter races at 7 mbps - The options for high-speed Internet access keep multiplying. [News.com]   Web host's domain nixed again - WebCom's business strategy is simple: offer reliable Web site hosting at an affordable price. But for the second time this summer, the InterNIC--the Internet's official domain registry--has undermined WebCom's service by putting its Net address on hold, possibly leaving thousands of sites inaccessible this weekend. [News.com]   What exactly is CHRP anyway? - A technology called CHRP is at the heart of whether the Macintosh market will open up and become less tied to Apple's competition-sapping regulation of the clone market. [News.com]   White Pine grows loss - Weighed down by unpopular products, White Pine Software (WPNE) reported a growing second-quarter net loss as it rebuilds its executive team and takes charges relating to its reorganization. [News.com]   Who gets credit for Digital's upswing? - Does shareholder activism lead to company turnaround? There may not be a clear-cut answer, but shareholder activists may be able to take some of the credit for Digital Equipment's (DEC) focus on its core business and recent stock performance. [News.com]   Why's everybody buying Apple? - On Wall Street, perception is reality. [News.com]   Will Windows NT take over? - People's perspective of Windows NT Server scalability is like parents' view of their rebellious teenager: They accept the nose ring as a phase, but hope the stage passes as quickly as possible. [News.com]   Will firewall makers crumble? - News today that networking behemoth Cisco (CSCO) and antivirus vendor McAfee (MCAF) next month will ship firewall software puts new pressure on pure-play firewall vendors, industry and financial analysts say. [News.com]   Will screen phones ring up sales? - Depending on who's talking, the announcement that three major telephone technology providers have licensed Sun Microsystems' Java programming language to make Internet-enabled phones is either the latest milestone in a soon-to-explode convergence of voice and data communication or just another announcement. [News.com]   Wilson: Fast times at Digital High - Emerging from the second-longest budget battle in California, Republican Gov. Pete Wilson today held a small victory party at Oracle here, where he plugged the company's network computer and boosted his $100 million Digital High School initiative aimed at grooming graduates for high-tech jobs. [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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