Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > April New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Fee-based Net content in infancy - Many revenue-hungry Net sites long to stick a price tag on content they have been giving away. But it's tough getting people to buy the cow when they've been getting the milk for free. [News.com]   FileNet claims turnaround - FileNet has placed a former IBM executive at its helm and reported record earnings, in what top executives called a rebound for the software company after more than a year of growing pains. [News.com]   Filtering lawsuit going forward - Agreeing that Net filtering at public libraries is like blacking out passages in books, a federal court decision issued yesterday stated that government mandates to screen online content will face the strictest constitutional scrutiny. [News.com]   Financiers fight Y2K bug - Financial regulators and executives said yesterday that urgent preparations were underway to avert possible network failures when computers tick over to the year 2000, a problem that could threaten global finance and lead to a worldwide recession. [News.com]   Firm lets users name their price - A Connecticut entrepreneur today launched an Internet commerce system he hopes will revolutionize the way people shop for airline tickets, and eventually other products. [News.com]   Firm sued in privacy flap - A California nonprofit organization has sued gaming company Blizzard Entertainment for electronically reaching into players' computers and collecting their email addresses. [News.com]   Firms not fully facing Y2K issues - Though there appears to be a growing global awareness of the Year 2000 problem, two separate studies recently found that a host of companies and financial institutions have failed to fully address the issue. [News.com]   Firms team for fast set-top access - Start-up WorldGate Communications has teamed with cable firm Charter Communications to provide high-speed Internet service over regular cable TV lines. [News.com]   Five Yahoo insiders sell shares - As Yahoo's shares continue to skyrocket, fueled in part by a stronger-than-expected first-quarter performance, five company insiders have filed to sell some of their holdings. [News.com]   Flat monitor hits $860 - Artwork will market a high-quality 14.1-inch LCD monitor at a bargain basement price as early as next month in Japan. [News.com]   Floppy business loses another - Kao will halt production of floppy disks, another indication that the storage technology is fading from the PC industry. [News.com]   Food domain found "obscene" - Confusion over domain names and profanity is mushrooming. [News.com]   Forbes: No Net taxes for 5 years - A Washington compromise on Internet taxation has serious flaws, publisher and former GOP presidential candidate Steve Forbes told a New York e-commerce conference today. [News.com]   Former Chase exec sued by SEC - The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday sued a former Chase Manhattan Bank executive for insider trading based on IBM's 1995 takeover of Lotus Development. [News.com]   Former movie star sues Corel - Canada's Corel said today that it is fighting a lawsuit filed by former movie star Hedy Lamarr that alleges the software company profited by using her image on one of its products. [News.com]   French groups lose language suit - The first test case attempting to apply France's disputed language law to the Internet ended in failure today. An appeals court tossed out a suit against a U.S. university on a legal technicality. [News.com]   G3 systems lead Apple profits - The spark that's lifting Apple Computer (AAPL) to profitability is the high-margin line of Power Macintosh G3 systems it released in November. [News.com]   GTE laying off 1,500 employees - GTE (GTE) said today that it is laying off 1,500 employees as part of a broad restructuring effort to save the company more than $500 million over the next two years. [News.com]   GTE to buy BigBook domain name - GTE (GTE) said today that it has completed a deal to buy the BigBook domain name, trade name, and trademarks in an effort to build its presence in the cutthroat Net directory business. [News.com]   GTE to offer ADSL access - In a move aimed at speeding up the nation's telecommute, GTE (GTE) today announced it will roll out high-speed ADSL service in 16 states, starting in June. [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 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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