Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > December New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Finnish insurers to limit bug coverage - Finnish insurers will change the terms of voluntary corporate insurance policies to limit their exposure to risks relating to the millennium bug in computers, the Federation of Insurance Companies (SVK) said. [News.com]   Firm pulls ad blocking software - When Web software firm ClearWay Technologies posted the final beta version of its ad blocking product to its site this week, it naturally hoped to create an industry buzz. What it got was more like a hornet's nest. [News.com]   Firms unveil home network standard - Hitachi, Sony, and Royal Philips Electronics are among the eight Japanese and European consumer electronics makers that will unveil a digital entertainment device standard early next year. [News.com]   FlashNet files to go public - FlashNet Communications, which combines the Internet business with Amway-style direct marketing, is the latest online competitor to test the initial public offering market. [News.com]   Florida pushes online voting - Florida residents may be the first to cast ballots for general elections using Net protocols, as a plan to set groundbreaking technical standards for online voting in the state moves forward. [News.com]   Ford drives workers to Web for training - Ford Motor Company is driving more of its employees to the Web for training. [News.com]   Former Cascade execs launch start-up - The brains behind one of the most successful independent networking companies in the post-Cisco Systems era have resurfaced. [News.com]   Former Cisco exec starts VC incubator for women - When Catherine Muther retired as a millionaire from Cisco Systems four years ago and became a philanthropist, a still-timely essay by Virginia Woolf called "Three Guineas" came to mind when she needed a name for her foundation. [News.com]   French Netizens stage boycott over fees - French Web surfers claimed success today for a weekend Internet strike they staged to let France Telecom know they were angry over soaring phone bills. [News.com]   Future looking brighter for Cendant - Direct marketer and franchiser Cendant today said its current expectations for the fourth quarter of 1998 and the full year 1999 are in line with Wall Street analysts' estimates. [News.com]   G8 ministers address high-tech crime - Interior and justice ministers of the Group of Eight states held a video conference today on how to combat high-tech and organized crime, Britain's Home Office announced. [News.com]   GI set-tops to support Visa's smart cards - Cable-TV equipment manufacturer General Instrument will support smart cards in a souped-up version of its digital set-top box due to ship by mid-1999, including the ability to download and spend Visa Cash. [News.com]   GI, Sony to form home networking alliance - General Instrument and Sony today said they plan to integrate Sony's home entertainment network technology with General Instrument's advanced digital set-top terminals and systems. [News.com]   Gadgets galore for the holidays - If that special wireless-wearable-digital-device your loved one wants can be found on store shelves in late December, chances are it's not the high-tech version of the Furby. [News.com]   Gates gives $100 million to immunize kids - Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates, together with his wife Melinda, today announced that they are establishing a $100 million children's vaccination program in hopes of giving children in developing nations quicker access to life-saving vaccines. [News.com]   Gates invests $3 million in California estate - Bill Gates, the world's richest man, has invested $3 million in a two acre estate in a resort called the Reserve, in the California desert, according to reports. [News.com]   Gates on the antitrust suit - The following is Bill Gates's statement to the press regarding the government's antitrust suit against Microsoft. [News.com]   Gates: DOJ "dismayed" by AOL-Netscape deal - Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates apparently surmised that the Justice Department (DOJ) would be "very dismayed" by news of a merger agreement between America Online and Netscape Communications. [News.com]   Gates: Free IE helped browser competition - Microsoft's chief executive painted a "pro-consumer" picture of the software giant today, saying the company was completely justified in giving its Internet Explorer away for free. [News.com]   Gates: Government out to "destroy" Microsoft - Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates said today that the government is out to "destroy" his company by selectively using portions of his sworn testimony in the ongoing antitrust lawsuit under way here. [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 40 41 42 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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