Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > December New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   New devices aim for more access - Connecting to the Web is driving a swath of new products, including a Chinese-made handheld computer and the new handheld from Palm. [News.com]   New sites to hawk personalized music CDs - National Record Mart, a retailer of music and entertainment products, has announced that it is going online with two retail sites that allow consumers to create their own CDs from a library of songs. [News.com]   New-age carriers take to the stage - As new telecommunications carriers edge closer to completing their expensive network construction projects, they'll soon have to switch gears and finally make money by providing digital services over those high-speed networks. [News.com]   News on portals drawing larger audiences - Web portals bill themselves as hubs for instantaneous information, and a new study has found that they live up to the hype. [News.com]   Nokia buys Canadian IP telephony firm - Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia said today that it signed a deal to take over Canadian Internet Protocol telephony company Vienna Systems for about $90 million. [News.com]   Nortel to buy Cambrian Systems - Nortel Networks today announced it has moved to acquire Cambrian Systems for $300 million in cash, hoping to bank on a technology developed by the privately-held Canadian company which speeds the flow of network traffic between metropolitan areas and the optical Internet backbone. [News.com]   NorthPoint to broaden DSL service - NorthPoint Communications will expand its digital subscriber line services to 25 cities next year, the company will announce today. [News.com]   Notes-Domino won't fall into place in '98 - It's going to be a blue Christmas for Lotus customers. [News.com]   Novell in deal with Tivoli Systems - Network software provider Novell gained another partner in its push to propel third-party interest in its directory services technology. [News.com]   Novell invests in start-ups - Network software provider Novell dipped into its coffers and made a second round of investments in start-ups today totaling $9 million, underscoring the company's interest in Java and directory-based application development. [News.com]   Novell rolls out Java toolkit - Novell today gave an early Christmas present to Java developers. [News.com]   Novell targets NT with updated directory - Network software provider Novell released two anticipated products today based on its strategic core: directory services software. [News.com]   ORBS antispam site shut down - The war on unsolicited email suffered a setback this week as a spam-blocking site was bounced off the Web. [News.com]   OneMain.com eyes ISP growth via IPO - Jonathan Ledecky, the Washington-based financier who specializes in combining small companies within a single industry, is applying his skills to Internet. [News.com]   Online boom has small offline impact - Despite booming online holiday sales, Net retailers have had relatively little short-term impact on brick-and-mortar merchants, analysts say. But online merchants with catalog or phone sales report some shift toward online channels, a direction some applaud. [News.com]   Online brokers making waves - Investors are boosting the value of online brokers with a continued rush to trade on the Web. The proof is in the pudding: Charles Schwab's stock leaps, pushing its valuation higher than that of rival Merrill Lynch, while E*Trade says it has signed up more than 500,000 new members since September. [News.com]   Online brokers raise margin bar - Online brokerages, concerned about the recent volatility of Internet stocks, are requiring investors to put more money down before trading in certain issues. [News.com]   Online calendar services taking off - If you don't know when and where you're going, a lot of sites are springing up on the Web to help you out. [News.com]   Online shopping in U.S. surges - Online shopping in the United States was forecast to grow by leaps and bounds this holiday season, and early indications suggest the growth in Internet retailing is meeting those expectations, keeping investors hot on the trail of Internet-related stocks. [News.com]   Online shopping slows with approach of Christmas - The online frenzy of holiday shopping is slowing as Christmas approaches, according to new figures from Media Metrix. Traffic to e-commerce sites inched up just 4 percent in the week December 11-17, after jumping 86 percent the previous week. [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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