Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > April New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   US West to bundle fast services - Fueling the race to bundle telephone service, high-speed Net access, and cable TV programming, US West Communications said today that its estimated 25 million consumers will be able to get all three services via copper phone lines by 2000. [News.com]   Unisys server end of the line? - Unisys announced a 12-processor server computer based on Intel's Pentium Pro chip and the Windows NT operating system, becoming the first company to do so. [News.com]   Upgrade may fry 3Com modems - 3Com (COMS) confirmed that upgrading its 56-kbps Megahertz notebook modems from the proprietary x2 to the industry-standard v.90 format may destroy the modems in rare cases. [News.com]   Used car sites take off - In a sign that Internet commerce is moving into unlikely niches, Consumers Car Club today is unveiling a new Web site and buyer protection program for used cars. [News.com]   Usenet spam strike ends - A strike by volunteer spam fighters shut down some newsgroup servers and forced others to start filtering their systems for junk messages, according to one of the boycott's organizers. [News.com]   Using math to predict surfing - A mathematical algorithm can predict how people will surf the Net and how many different pages they will look at before giving up, researchers say. [News.com]   VC firm fares well on Net IPOs - The run-up in Internet stocks is generating some hefty returns for high-tech venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. [News.com]   VC interest in Net companies soars - "Who will buy?" Just about anybody, if you're an Internet company. [News.com]   ValiCert offers free cert tools - In an effort to promote the use of its validation server software, ValiCert plans to give away software tools for creating Internet applications that can verify digital certificates from multiple issuers. [News.com]   Valley library to filter for children - Children's computers in libraries in the heart of Silicon Valley will filter Net access within three months, the region's library board has decided, and patrons will be greeted with a warning of what they might encounter online. [News.com]   VeriFone to undergo reorganization - VeriFone, an e-commerce pioneer owned by Hewlett-Packard, said today that it will enter into a reorganization that will divide the company's hardware and software activities and see the departure of its No. 2 executive. [News.com]   Vinod Dham joins start-up as CEO - Vinod Dham, the 47-year-old semiconductor executive from AMD and Intel, has joined semiconductor start-up Silicon Spice as president and chief executive officer, and the company has received new financing from a group that includes venture capitalist Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. [News.com]   Virtual reality used to plan surgery - Virtual reality can help doctors perform surgery and also offers a more painless way to screen for diseases such as colon cancer, a Harvard radiologist said today. [News.com]   Voice recognition growing flexible - General Magic announced what it hopes will be a robust voice recognition technology for its voice-based email and news service. [News.com]   Voice software works with Word - A Belgian company today introduced two voice-activated word processing applications, hoping to latch onto the growing popularity of voice recognition software. [News.com]   W3C focus on privacy, not security - Concerns about the security of messages transmitted on the Internet are no longer valid, the founder of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee said today. [News.com]   WSJ reaches member milestone - While other sites timidly wade into the waters of charging Net subscriptions, the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition continues to plow forward, proving that Netizens are willing to pay for some content. [News.com]   Wang in $380 million reorganization - Wang Global (WANG), moving to reposition itself following the acquisition of the computer services unit of Olivetti, said yesterday it expected to spend as much as $380 million over the next two to three years in connection with the integration of the unit. [News.com]   Warning impacts Microsoft stock - Microsoft stock dipped in today's trading, after the company warned that it is "likely to experience slower growth" for the remainder of the year. [News.com]   Web design not what you pay for - When it comes to Web design, you may not get what you pay for. [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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