Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1997 > September New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Profiting from the Year 2000 bug - If you believe the doomsayers, the Year 2000 problem will cause havoc for companies and federal institutions increasingly dependent on their computer systems. The upside, if you believe Wall Street, is that the so-called millenium bug will be a moneymaking opportunity for a handful of software makers and consulting firms. [News.com]   Progressive Networks gets real - Call it a busy day for Progressive Networks. [News.com]   Purple Moon taps new market - Why do far more boys than girls play computer games? According to conventional wisdom, it's obvious. [News.com]   Quarterdeck looks for a new niche - Quarterdeck (QDEK), looking for a new niche in the software business, will begin selling TuneUp, a program that uses the Internet to automatically update popular software products, the company said today. [News.com]   RSA crypto export gets thumbs-up - Security Dynamics (SDTI) today announced that its RSA Data Security subsidiary has won U.S. approval to export RSA's SecurPC 2.0 software, a 128-bit encryption product for securing desktop PCs. [News.com]   RSA suit against PGP back on track - A suit between arch rivals RSA Data Security and Pretty Good Privacy is back on track now that a third party, Cylink, has decided to bow out of the legal battle. [News.com]   RSAC shelves news rating - WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Recreational Software Advisory Council, which has created an Internet ratings system for Web sites, has put its controversial plan to create a special label for news-oriented sites on hold. [News.com]   Red-light domain sought for porn - An influential Internet policy group is considering adding a ".xxx" domain, which would be reserved solely for sites featuring pornographic content. [News.com]   Regional DVD takes hold - DVD users are facing yet another hurdle as DVD drives and discs begin to proliferate throughout the world. [News.com]   Rockwell produces Java chip - Rockwell Avionics and Communications, a division of Rockwell (ROK), says it has produced the first Java processor that can directly execute Java programs, but questions remain about how Java processors will fare in the competitive, low-margin market for embedded processors. [News.com]   SAFE crypto bill cracked again - For the second time in a week, a House committee has made significant changes to the Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act to mandate that domestic encryption products give law enforcement agencies access to users' messages. [News.com]   SEMI posts August ratio - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--The North American semiconductor equipment industry posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.11 for August 1997, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International reported. [News.com]   SGI plans Intel workstations - Silicon Graphics is planning to enter the Intel-processor-based workstation market in 1998 with a second-generation Pentium II chip. [News.com]   SGI, Netscape to build servers - Netscape Communications (NSCP) and Silicon Graphics (SGI) are combining their software and hardware to create high-end Internet servers targeted at media-intensive Web "supersites" and major Internet service providers, the companies said today. [News.com]   Samsung starts alpha chip production - South Korea's Samsung Electronics said it has begun producing Alpha microprocessors developed in an alliance with Digital Equipment. [News.com]   Screen progress boosts stock - Westaim shares rose on the Toronto Stock Exchange today after the company announced a breakthrough in its effort to produce full-color, flat-panel screens for computers and televisions. [News.com]   Search engine stocks look good - Search companies are expected to report improved quarterly results for the most part. The results may push their stock prices, which recently were fueled by a number of announced deals and partnerships, even higher. [News.com]   SecurID tightens security - Security Dynamics Technologies (SDTI) will incorporate its SecurID hardware token into virtual private network offerings from several hardware and software vendors. [News.com]   Security Dynamics plans second offering - Security Dynamics Technologies (SDTI) today announced it is heading back to the public to round up some additional funding in a secondary offering that is expected to generate $91.4 million. [News.com]   Sega accused of contract breach - Stepping up tensions in a high-tech love triangle, 3Dfx Interactive (TDFX) has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Sega Enterprises (SEGNY) and NEC over the cancellation of a contract with 3Dfx. [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 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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