Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > December New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Set-top market kicks into high gear - Advancements in TV set-top boxes and in-home networking technologies are reaching a fever pitch this week as announcements pour out of the Western Cable Show. [News.com]   Shareholders line up to sue K-Tel - Music retailer K-Tel faces more than 20 lawsuits alleging it concealed a Nasdaq warning that it faced delisting even as it caused its stock price to leap by promoting alliances with companies such as Microsoft. [News.com]   Shareholders sue Cambridge Technology - Cambridge Technology Partners is being sued by former shareholders who are alleging fraud and negligent misrepresentation during the company's acquisition of Excell Data, a systems integrator of Microsoft software. [News.com]   Sharper Image online sales up sixfold - Sharper Image, a retailer of unusual gadgets and electronic toys, said sales at its Web site rose sixfold from December 1 to December 21. [News.com]   Shipping industry needs Y2K attention - The shipping and maritime industries lag considerably behind worldwide attempts to eliminate the millennium bug computer problem, U.S. officials told a United Nations conference. [News.com]   Siemens enters ad-busting space - Some Net users have grown to love programs that wipe out ads on Web pages, but sites that survive on advertising revenues have been watching warily as such programs grow in popularity. [News.com]   Singapore sees digital TV as changing image - Television chiefs in Singapore see the digital revolution as giving definition to their bid to become Asia's best broadcaster. [News.com]   SkyMall CEO buys out shareholders - In-flight catalog retailer SkyMall, which soared Monday after reporting strong Internet sales, fell 25 percent today on news its chief executive bought out three major shareholders at a steep discount to the stock price. [News.com]   Slimmed Communicator for handhelds, PDAs - Netscape Communications today announced a new layout engine for Communicator, dubbed "Gecko," intended in part to bring Web browsing to alternative computing devices. [News.com]   Small firms shake up services industry - A once-sleepy services and consulting industry woke up and got a makeover in 1998. [News.com]   Small firms take big bites from AT&T's pie - AT&T is losing new ground to rivals like MCI WorldCom and Qwest, but even these companies' growth is being outstripped by much smaller long distance firms, according to statistics released by the Federal Communications Commission today. [News.com]   Social Security not bug-free yet - Although the Social Security Administration yesterday said it has cleansed its computer system of the Y2K technology glitch, the agency's chief acknowledged there is still work to be done with the financial agencies it uses to get checks to elderly Americans. [News.com]   Social Security stamps out Y2K bug - The White House is claiming an early victory against the Year 2000 technology problem in its ongoing battle to bring federal government computer systems into compliance. [News.com]   Softbank gets into insurance business - Softbank today said it had agreed to form a joint venture with a U.S. insurance-related company, with Softbank holding 60 percent of the venture. [News.com]   Software piracy costs state millions - Software piracy cost Massachusetts more than 4,300 jobs and at least $850 million in lost wages, tax revenue, and retail sales during 1997, said an industry study released today. [News.com]   Software trade groups merge - Members of the Information Industry Association have voted unanimously to merge with the Software Publishers Association, with hopes that the added bulk will boost the groups' lobbying clout. [News.com]   Sony and Hasbro take Trivial Pursuit online - Electronics giant Sony and toymaker Hasbro, in a move to capture another piece of the online games pie, today will unveil plans to put best-selling board game Trivial Pursuit on the Internet. [News.com]   Sony to delay handheld PlayStation release - Sony will delay by one month the release of a handheld version of its PlayStation video game player because production is behind schedule. [News.com]   South Carolina to drop out of Microsoft suit - The state of South Carolina said today it will drop out of the antitrust lawsuit against software giant Microsoft, saying there was sufficient competition in the Internet market. [News.com]   Sprint among phone firms eyeing Brazil - Sprint and Canada's BCE were among five international phone companies that bid on licenses to operate fixed-line and long distance telephone service in Brazil, as the country tries to open its phone market to competition. [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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