Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > February New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Encryption infighting emerges - Network Associates (NETA), which pulled out of the Key Recovery Alliance in December after acquiring Pretty Good Privacy, says it probably will rejoin the group after buying Trusted Information Systems (TISX). [News.com]   Euro cell phones patched to Net - Alcatel, the Cannes, France-based maker of communications equipment, and Unwired Planet are joining forces to connect European cellular phones to the Internet, a boon for Europeans and a further sign that the fragmented U.S. cellular market is stalling the introduction of new technologies. [News.com]   Europe set to propose Net rules - The European Commission is set to adopt a long-awaited proposal tomorrow intended to strengthen global cooperation on the sticky legal and technical issues that have arisen in the Internet era. [News.com]   European milestone for AOL - America Online's (AOL) European service has attracted 1 million customers just two years after being launched, the partners in the U.S.-German venture said today. [News.com]   Excite site to be Net foyer - WebCrawler, one of the first search engines on the Internet, is getting revamped next month as a site targeted at consumers who log onto the Net from home. [News.com]   Excite wants to be "me" engine - In attempting to maintain its No. 2 standing in the navigation space, Excite (XCIT) is focusing on building itself around "me," the companys chief executive said today. [News.com]   FBI wiretap plan scrutinized - Civil liberties groups are urging Congress to cut off future funding for a Federal Bureau of Investigation program that allegedly would expand its wiretapping authority to include communications sent over Net backbones or wireless devices. [News.com]   FCC urged to lift high-speed rules - US West today asked the Federal Communications Commission to lift restrictions that the company says hampers its ability to provide high-speed Net access. [News.com]   FTC issues warning to spammers - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has put 1,000 spammers on notice that they aren't just luring victims with their get-rich-quick schemes and chain letters--they also are attracting law enforcement. [News.com]   Fast modem confusion persists - Those who thought the world of 56-kbps modems grew simpler with this month's announcement that the industry had arrived at a standard should think again. [News.com]   Fears in Multimedia Gulch - It was a day of rare relief from weeks of El Niño-driven rains and floods, the sun shining on this city's beautifully landscaped Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. [News.com]   Federal unit to fight hacking - The Justice Department wants to set up a government center to clamp down on hackers, crackers, and others who use bits and bytes rather than picks and drills to perpetrate their crimes. [News.com]   Few sites use trusted security - Fewer than 5 percent of secure Web sites are using "trusted" methods of protection, a new security survey says. [News.com]   Fight not over for 3Com - The fight over a standard for its high-speed modems may have been resolved, but 3Com (COMS) has yet to remedy many other problems that plague the company. [News.com]   Filter seeks to block banner ads - Solid Oak, the company known for its sometimes controversial practice of filtering for smut on the Internet, is giving its customers a tool to screen out another enemy: banner ads. [News.com]   First plastic screens promised - Cambridge Display Technology says it will unveil the world's first plastic TV display Monday, which could eventually replace the standard TV screen and desktop computer monitor. [News.com]   Flextech in talks with Microsoft - U.K. pay-television company Flextech is in talks with Microsoft (MSFT) about forming an interactive television alliance, according to reports. [News.com]   Fonts copyrightable, judge rules - Pushing a contentious issue in the software industry one step closer to resolution, a federal judge has ruled that software fonts are eligible for copyright protection, a decision believed to be the first of its kind. [News.com]   Foreign chipmakers solid in Japan - Non-Japanese chipmakers, including U.S. firms, captured 32.1 percent of the Japanese chip market during the third quarter of 1997, an industry group reported. [News.com]   Former Apple exec heads Logitech - Logitech has named former Apple executive Guerrino De Luca its new president and CEO. [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 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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