Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1997 > October New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Umax box does Windows - Umax Computer today introduced its latest Macintosh clones, which will ship with the Mac OS 8. One of them even does Windows. [News.com]   Umax deemphasizing Mac clones - Taiwan's Umax Computer today said it was easing its reliance on cloning of Apple Computer's Macintosh computer to hedge against a cloudy outlook for Apple's main product--and to preserve Umax-Apple relations. [News.com]   Unisys CEO squelches rumor - Unisys (UIS) chairman and chief executive Larry Weinbach said yesterday he was not aware of any plans by Compaq Computer (CPQ) to buy Unisys or any of its assets. [News.com]   Unisys earnings triple - Unisys reported today that third-quarter earnings tripled, coming in a shade above Wall Street expectations, as the computer maker was headed for its first profitable year since 1993. [News.com]   Unlocked door for spam? - When a 15-year-old hacker discovered a way to log onto thousands of computers and send email from their Internet accounts, he thought he had unearthed a huge hole that could give spammers a new, dangerous weapon. [News.com]   Users, marketers drawn to free email - "Free email" is something of a misnomer. [News.com]   VDOnet CEO resigns amid layoffs - Video networking company VDOnet, facing a firestorm of competitors with deeper pockets, today said its layoffs of more than 20 percent of its workforce has led to the abrupt resignation of its president and chief executive officer. [News.com]   ValiCert checks IDs - In a move designed to boost e-commerce, start-up ValiCert today announced new software and services that check the validity of digital certificates, which serve as ID cards on the Internet, no matter who issued them. [News.com]   Variety to launch Web site - Variety magazine, a bible for much of Hollywood and the entertainment industry, is quietly planning to launch a Web site by year's end that includes free and pay-per-view content, industry sources said today. [News.com]   VeriFone is SET for Web - VeriFone today said it is shipping software for banks, merchants, and consumers to handle credit card purchases securely over the Internet, supporting version 1.0 of the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol. [News.com]   Verity to restructure and downsize - Verity (VRTY), looking to shore up its operations, announced plans to cut 15 percent of its worldwide workforce and restructure its operations. [News.com]   Vietnam opening to the Net - Vietnam will allow full access to the Internet in mid-November, the head of the Directorate General of Post and Telecommunications was quoted as saying today. [News.com]   Virginia county restricts Net access - Spencer Ault had been leaning against voting for an Internet filtering system at the Loudoun County Library in Virginia. But in the end, he sided with the majority, tipping the library board's balance in favor of what some are calling one of the most restrictive library filtering policies in the country. [News.com]   Virus mars Compaq debut in Japan - Compaq (CPQ), the world's biggest personal computer maker, said on Thursday that its plans to attack the Japanese market with a low-budget model have been set back by a rare virus that came from a manufacturing plant. [News.com]   W3C steps toward animated Web - The World Wide Web Consortium released the first public working draft today of the Document Object Model, or DOM. [News.com]   W3C takes first step toward RDF spec - The World Wide Web Consortium standards group released today the first public working draft of an evolving technology that promises to help users and content developers categorize, organize, and search through the ever-growing morass of Web-based information. [News.com]   Wall St. thinks different on Apple - Guess what company managed to escape the pounding technology shares took on Wall Street today? [News.com]   Wall St. unfazed by MS charges - Even though the Justice Department charged Microsoft (MSFT) with violating a 1995 consent decree governing its software licensing practices, whatever impact the action may have is not fazing investors, who drove the stock up in afternoon trading yesterday and down a bit today. [News.com]   Wang looks to buy Olivetti unit - Wang (WANG), which has been fighting back since its bankruptcy days by trying to transform its business, announced improved first-quarter results today and noted that it is in talks to acquire the information technology systems services of troubled Olivetti. [News.com]   Wang: Appeal rejection won't hurt - Wang Laboratories said Tuesday that it will suffer no adverse financial consequences from a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear its appeal in a patent infringement claim against Mitsubishi Electric. [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 33 34 35 36 37 38 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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