Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1997 > September New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Ascend, Western to fall short - Shares of Ascend Communications (ASND) plummeted as low as 15 percent and Western Digital (WDC) tumbled a slight 3 percent in morning trading after the companies chalked up their shortfalls and said their quarterly results would fall short of analysts' expectations. [News.com]   Assured Access Technology gets $13 million VC investment - Assured Access Technology, Inc., a developer of WAN access switches for public data networks, today announced it has closed a $13 million financing deal through Mayfield Fund, Sequoia Capital, and Worldview Technology Partners, as well as company founders. Next week, Assured Access Technology will introduce a family of WAN access switches designed and built specifically for public data networking, the first such switches that are easy to install, operate and maintain. [News.com]   Audio, video added to CORBA - The Object Management Group (OMG), the organization responsible for promoting the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), has ratified a new standard for managing the broadcast of audio and visual data, making possible the development of full interactive multimedia applications built to the CORBA standard. [News.com]   Aussie tech firm nets China deal - Australian high-tech company Coms21 announced today a deal to make smart cards for China's largest life insurer that it said could be worth more than $1.08 billion. [News.com]   Avant loses ground in legal battle - Shares of Avant (AVNT) tumbled 9 percent in trading today, following a federal appeals court ruling that forbid the company from selling its older-version software and may pave the way for a similar ruling on its flagship product. [News.com]   Avant, TMA announce merger - Avant (AVNT) and Technology Modeling Associates (TMAI) (TMAI) announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to merge in a $150 million stock deal. [News.com]   BBC to Webcast Diana funeral - Since Princess Diana's death last weekend, the Internet has been inundated with remembrances, eulogies, and news updates. The outpouring continues tonight with the BBC's Webcast of the slain royal's funeral. [News.com]   Baan fights for middle kingdom - Just because Baan (BAANF) doesn't get as much ink as its competitors doesn't mean the Dutch company isn't a player in the business application software arena. [News.com]   Baby Bell threat raises issues - A Bell Atlantic executive, whose home phone and address were posted online by a critic of the telephone company's support for new Net access fees, has threatened the site's host with legal action if the Web page is not removed. [News.com]   Backlash among Mac faithful - The Mac faithful are mad as hell, and they're not going to buy it anymore. [News.com]   Barksdale, Homer pitch strategy - Offering a glimpse into its nascent, aggressive enterprise strategy, Netscape Communications (NSCP) CEO Jim Barksdale and vice president of sales and marketing Mike Homer spoke to a gathered group of analysts and press here today. [News.com]   Barnes & Noble lands new partners - BarnesandNoble.com, the division of Barnes & Noble (BKS), announced it has added two more online marketing deals to its war chest, cementing partnerships with search engine WebCrawler and yellow page directory InfoSpace. [News.com]   Bells oppose encryption controls - Five Baby Bell regional telephone companies joined a coalition yesterday urging Congress to reject a proposal to give U.S. law enforcement agencies access to otherwise secure computer files. [News.com]   Bertelsmann sees AOL deal as a win-win - German media conglomerate Bertelsmann said today that its European joint venture with America Online (AOL) would benefit from the takeover of rival CompuServe (CSRV). [News.com]   BigBook announces new president - BigBook has made some big changes to its executive lineup and is expanding its services to grow the business, attract new users, and increase its revenue. [News.com]   Bill Gates gets a pay raise - Microsoft (MFST) chairman, billionaire Bill Gates, got a modest 5 percent raise in the latest fiscal year, earning $591,352 in salary and bonuses, according to documents filed today. [News.com]   Bill to make pirates walk plank - Legislation to enact strict criminal penalties on software pirates in cyberspace was passed by a House subcommittee today. [News.com]   Blue Note Web suit loses appeal - The mere establishment of a Web site in one state--without engaging in activities such as Internet commerce--does not expose the host to lawsuits filed in other states, a New York federal appeals court has ruled. [News.com]   Booksellers: partner or perish? - BarnesandNoble.com, the online division of bookstore giant Barnes & Noble (BKS), announced partnerships with more than 40 companies today. [News.com]   Booming European IT market seen - The European information technology market has improved in 1997, and this renewed strength looks like it will continue into 1998, Compaq Computer (CPQ) said. [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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