Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > December New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Quickturn scoffs at new Mentor offer - Quickturn Design Systems today rebuffed a sweetened $14-a-share bid by Mentor Graphics, saying it would stand by its $253 million merger deal with Cadence Design Systems. [News.com]   RCN combines four ISPs under RCN.com - RCN, which provides telecommunications services in the northeastern United States, said today it would combine its four Internet service provider operations into a single group under the common brand name RCN.com. [News.com]   RIAA taking on music downloads - The Recording Industry Association of America today announced the formation of a consortium of record company and technology executives charged with developing a standard method of downloading music off the Internet. [News.com]   RIAA to address music downloads - The music industry is gearing up to face a reality it seemingly has tried to avoid.The Recording Industry Association of [News.com]   RSA conducts crypto-cracking contest - Crypto firm RSA Data Security next month will launch its third annual crypto-busting contest, designed to illustrate that U.S. encryption export rules are ridiculous. [News.com]   Rapper uses Web to fight recording industry - Public Enemy's Chuck D is known for taking on powerful establishments--from the police to politicians--through his incendiary rap lyrics. Now the artist is taking on the entrenched recording industry, using the Web as his primary weapon. [News.com]   Reed buoyed by Microsoft bid talk - Shares in Reed rose today amid talk that Microsoft was mulling a possible bid for the Anglo-Dutch publishing group, and as investors took comfort from a reassuring Pearson trading statement yesterday, dealers said. [News.com]   ReplayTV device set for trials - Replay Networks, which recently added Net luminary Marc Andreessen to its list of investors, is set to begin trials of its service for "personalized, on-demand television." [News.com]   Report: HDTV's high cost will kill it - Forrester Research is predicting that high-definition television, or HDTV, will fail to offer an affordable digital TV experience. [News.com]   Report: Late surge for PC sales - Computer sales in the last quarter of 1998 should surge, and Dell, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Gateway, and Apple will be riding the wave, according to a study released today. [News.com]   Report: Low-cost PCs surging - The average price of a consumer PC dropped below $1,000 for the first time in November, a trend driven by increasing demand for low-cost PCs and acceptance of non-Intel processors. [News.com]   Report: Size isn't key factor in Web services - Size doesn't matter. [News.com]   Report: Y2K may cost insurers $6.58 billion - Insurers may have to pay an especially large premium next year. [News.com]   Reports of Y2K failures on the rise - The New Year promises to be one of increased computer problems attributed to the Year 2000 technology glitch, according to a report released today. [News.com]   Retail Web sites pack 'em in - Internet merchants report that despite heavier-than-expected sales, they managed to deliver most of their products on time. And so far, not many items are being returned. [News.com]   Rightists join Colombia's left in online war - Colombia's ultra right has joined other warring factions in the country's long-running civil conflict in launching a Web page. [News.com]   Rogue has help for disparate databases - Rogue Wave Software is teaching old databases new tricks. [News.com]   Rumors of Schwab tie-up abound - Another day, another rumor about a Japanese tie-up on Internet brokering. On Wednesday, Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance became the latest Japanese company to deny it was negotiating with California-based Charles Schwab. [News.com]   S3, Intel in tech licensing deal - Graphics vendor S3 has become the latest company to land a technology licensing deal with Intel, a trend that may lead to the emergence of low-cost parts for set-top boxes, information appliances, and cheap computers based on Intel ideas. [News.com]   S3-Intel deal heralds more consolidation - With S3 teaming up with Intel, life just got tougher for other graphics chip companies. [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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