Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1997 > December New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   DVD still an unknown - DVD, or digital versatile disc, doesn't ring a bell yet with consumers, according to a new survey from Yankee Group. [News.com]   DVD-Audio standard near - An industry standard for DVD-Audio, the next-generation audio technology with seven times the storage capacity of a compact disc (CD), looms near and may already have been settled. [News.com]   DVD-RAM standard again on horizon - In an effort to trump other players in the DVD arena, the DVD Forum, an industry consortium, has started working on a standard for next-generation re-recordable DVD-RAM drives that can store 4.7GB of information on a single-sided disk. [News.com]   Database firms face bleak 1998 - The database software industry, long a lucrative field for investors, will face a tough year in 1998. [News.com]   Debating Java's rightful place - Looking back, 1997 may be remembered as the year when the debate over Java's rightful place in corporate IS began to evolve from a hype-filled discussion of Java as a Windows-killing "platform" to a more concrete debate over the benefits of Java as a development language. [News.com]   Deep thoughts on e-commerce - International Business Machines (IBM) plans to announce on Monday that it will assign more than 50 researchers to a new research institute for electronic commerce. [News.com]   Deja News joins antispam war - Tired of its service being clogged by spam from Usenet newsgroup postings, Deja News is hitting back today with new filters to block postings of unsolicited commercial messages. [News.com]   Delays spur suit against E*Trade - Unsatisfied investors are hitting the electronic broker E*Trade Group (EGRP) with a class-action suit, alleging the company took on more accounts than its system could handle. [News.com]   Dell cuts desktop, notebook prices - Dell (DELL) today announced a new round of price cuts on its line of corporate desktop computers and some of its most sophisticated notebook PCs, reflecting a heightened sensitivity to low-cost computers and falling component prices. [News.com]   Dell introduces PCs with DVD - Dell Computer (DELL) joined the increasing number of vendors offering DVD drives in consumer PCs, an early sign that the company is beginning to focus more attention on a market in which the company hasn't fared as well as it has in the business segment. [News.com]   Dell targets small businesses - Computing packages aimed at small businesses are proving to be this year's hot market for hardware and software makers. [News.com]   Developers welcome Java hearing - In a move that may blow away the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the Java applications industry, a federal judge has denied Microsoft's request to stay a key hearing in the high-profile legal battle over the programming language that has raged between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft. [News.com]   Digital TV grows in Japan - Satellite broadcaster DirecTV today launched the newest service in Japan's crowded digital TV market, but analysts said viewers may wait to subscribe as the broadcasting competition heats up. [News.com]   Digital camera chips developed - Sarnoff Corporation, the renowned research firm once affiliated with RCA, has developed chip technology for building low-cost digital cameras, following on the heels of chip giant Intel. [News.com]   Digital, IBM to have 266-MHz notebooks - Digital (DEC) and IBM (IBM), among other manufacturers, will usher in 1998 with notebooks based around a new 266-MHz Pentium MMX processor from Intel. [News.com]   DirecTV shows AT&T growing pains - Success in a mature market does not guarantee success in a new one. AT&T (T) seems to be finding this out the hard way as it stretches into emerging communications ventures. [News.com]   Dole building anti-MS coalition - Microsoft's (MSFT) legal wrangle against antitrust regulators and competitors is increasingly moving beyond the courtroom--this time to Capitol Hill in the form of 1996 Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole. [News.com]   Double-line phone modem ships - Boca Research (BOCI) announced shipment of its double-line phone modem, which offers faster Internet connection speeds by integrating two modems into one unit that plugs into separate phone lines. [News.com]   Doubts over Windows 98 release - A federal judge's ruling in the latest antitrust action against Microsoft raises doubts over the software giant's plans to release the Windows 98 operating system next year. [News.com]   E*Trade to offer phone service - E*Trade (EGRP), an online investing services firm, today announced it will offer a speech-enabled telephone investing system that allows customers to place orders, check account balances, and enter portfolio information through a toll-free number. [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 28 29 30 31 32 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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