Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > April New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   More streaming from Microsoft - Microsoft (MSFT) today rolled out a new multimedia file format strategy for its Windows operating system, intended to replace the Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) file format. [News.com]   Motorola falls on earnings surprise - Motorola's stock fell sharply today after the company warned that its second-quarter earnings could be more than 45 percent lower than what Wall Street had expected. [News.com]   Motorola meets revised estimates - Motorola (MOT) reported first-quarter earnings that met analysts' revised estimates, as it warned that Asia's economic problems would continue to hurt sales for "several more quarters." [News.com]   Motorola regains memory - A $1.5 billion semiconductor plant built by Motorola and Germany's Siemens opened in Virginia and began production of memory chips, Siemens said yesterday. [News.com]   Motorola top exec quits - Jack Scanlon, a senior Motorola (MOT) executive, is quitting to run Global Crossing, a telecommunications start-up, a surprise move that could disrupt Motorola's plans for restructuring, according to reports. [News.com]   Mozilla gets a Linux browser - It's one small step, but a symbolic one for Mozillakind. A Norwegian software team has just released a demonstration-only browser based on Netscape Communications' (NSCP) Communicator source code. [News.com]   Music agencies want Net money - The music industry has reaped many benefits from the Net as a medium for distribution, sales, and marketing--but the explosive growth of the Net music business also has opened up a copyright and licensing can of worms. [News.com]   N2K, Ticketmaster in Net deal - Continuing its aggressive moves in the Net music space, N2K is set to announce a two-year, $12 million online deal with Ticketmaster, an executive confirmed today. [News.com]   NBC to add video clips - NBC today announced that it is rolling out a service that capitalizes on one of its strongest selling points: video clips of its popular TV content. [News.com]   NC blamed for Sun, Oracle slides - Sun Microsystems (SUNW) and Oracle (ORCL) saw their stock prices fall today because of growing concern about the commercial prospect for network computers. [News.com]   NC: Idea before its time? - The network computer was introduced as a concept more than two years ago, and it's still mostly just that. Although touted as a new paradigm by Sun and Oracle, the NC--a simplified device that relies on central servers, rather than its own computing power--are finding only a limited market. Today, Wall Street is blaming the NC for a sudden decline in the stock of both companies. [News.com]   NCI demos Pentium-based set-top - Network Computing Incorporated demonstrated a set-top box built around a 166-MHz Pentium processor today at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, the latest sign that TV-based computers will be a major focal point for the high tech industry, even if customers are still showing only tepid interest. [News.com]   NCI, Time Warner in talks - Oracle partner Network Computer Incorporated is talking with Time Warner Cable about providing software for use in interactive TV set-top boxes, according to cable industry sources. [News.com]   NEC to make advanced chips - In Tokyo, NEC said on Thursday that it would start mass production of next-generation chips using advanced manufacturing technology. [News.com]   NEC, Hitachi license HP's 64-bit Unix - Hewlett-Packard is set to license its version of the Unix operating system to Hitachi and NEC, a move that would be a major endorsement for HP's technology on upcoming 64-bit computers that use Intel's next-generation Merced chip. [News.com]   NEC, Hitachi license HP's 64-bit Unix - Hewlett-Packard is set to license its version of the Unix operating system to Hitachi and NEC, a move that would be a major endorsement for HP's technology on upcoming 64-bit computers that use Intel's next-generation Merced chip. [News.com]   NSF to appeal domain fee ruling - The National Science Foundation (NSF) said it would appeal a federal court ruling that the agency's registration fee for Internet names constituted an illegal tax. [News.com]   Nando.net updates Web strategy - Daily news aggregator Nando.net is getting creative in its struggle to turn a profit. [News.com]   National Semi to lay off 10% - Declining orders have prompted National Semiconductor to announce that it will lay off about 1,400 employees in the next 30 days and warn of an impending loss for its current fiscal quarter. [News.com]   National buys circuit maker - National Semiconductor announced today it has signed a "definitive agreement" to acquire ComCore Semiconductor, a privately held company that designs and manufactures communications chips. [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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