Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > August New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   GeoCities prices high - Reflecting investor enthusiasm, GeoCities today set its initial public offering price at $17 a share--exceeding the high end of its pricing range--and said that it expects to raise $80.75 million. [News.com]   GeoCities updates watermarks - GeoCities is launching initiatives focused on keeping its existing users on its site, while also trying to draw in new users with the allure of easy home page building. [News.com]   German Net use exploding - The number of private Internet users in Germany soared 60 percent to 6.6 million adults this year compared to 1997, according to a study released today. [News.com]   German leader plans Net debut - Chancellor Helmut Kohl is to take to the Internet for the first time to answer questions from the public ahead of Germany's general election in September, his Christian Democrat party said today. [News.com]   German phone war moves online - German telephone rivals today took their price war to a new front, unveiling offers that could significantly cut the cost of surfing the Internet. [News.com]   Goldman: Y2K will sting economy - The Year 2000 computer bug could shake up the U.S. economy as much as the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake, say economists at Goldman Sachs, though it is not likely to cause a worldwide recession. [News.com]   Gov. Wilson pushes tech labor bill - California Gov. Pete Wilson urged President Clinton not to veto a bill that would allow more highly skilled foreign workers to come work for U.S. technology companies. [News.com]   Group feels need for Web textures - The Web is accepting donations of fox furs, mowed lawns, sidewalk pavements, bright shiny chrome, viscous fluids, and fish scales. [News.com]   Group seeks structure for Linux - Linux originator Linus Torvalds's recent photo shoot for a Forbes magazine cover was just the latest in a surge of publicity on the man behind the booming Net-based software movement. [News.com]   Group takes on tech regulation - A group of technology companies has joined forces to combat what it considers undue government interference in the high-tech industry, arguing that recent actions against Microsoft and Intel are "symptomatic of the growing trend toward government over-regulation of technology." [News.com]   HDTV clicks with Matsushita - Matsushita Electric will begin making digital television sets in the United States and United Kingdom in preparation for November's much-anticipated launch of high-definition digital TV broadcasting. [News.com]   HK Telecom warns of Y2K fears - Hong Kong Telecommunications said today that it would be millennium compliant by the end of this year but was afraid many of its clients would not be ready by 2000. [News.com]   HP Yugoslav sales booming - Yugoslav distributor Comtrade Group said today that it almost doubled domestic sales of Hewlett-Packard computers in 1997, the best growth rate of any of the company's European agents. [News.com]   HP exceeds estimates - Hewlett-Packard, battered by PC pricing pressures and Asia's economic woes, today surprised Wall Street by posting third-quarter earnings that were stronger than expected. [News.com]   HP offers $599 color-faxing device - Hewlett-Packard today introduced its newest all-in-one device that features color faxing, a novel feature and one that is not yet widely supported. [News.com]   HP offers stripped-down $799 PC - Continuing its effort to reach the cost-conscious customer, Hewlett-Packard today released a new series of "microtower" computers that start at $799, as well as a $2,199 400-MHz Pentium II machine with a recordable CD-ROM drive. [News.com]   HP rolls out new printers - Hewlett-Packard today announced new low-priced printers, as well as a DeskJet Web site to support the new products. [News.com]   HP rolls out speedy recordable CD - Hewlett-Packard today announced a new line of rewritable CD (CD-RW) drives, capable of reading and recording data twice as fast as previous models. [News.com]   HP to report profit decline - Hewlett-Packard today is expected to report a decline in third-quarter profits, marking the second consecutive quarter in which the computer giant's year-over-year profits have fallen. [News.com]   HP to revamp workstation line - Hewlett-Packard will refresh its Kayak PC workstation line this coming Monday with new machines that incorporate the 450-MHz Pentium II chip and come with a broader array of graphics subsystems. [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 38 39 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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