Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > March New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Psion blames woes on Microsoft - Psion, a small British palmtop computer company, today blamed rival Microsoft for sowing consumer confusion and triggering a slowdown in growth even as it watched its volatile shares dive by one-fifth. [News.com]   Pushing e-commerce standards - Concerned that business-to-business Internet commerce is evolving in ways that may prove incompatible, major players in computer hardware, software, distribution, and electronic payments are forming an ambitious new organization to push for global e-commerce standards. [News.com]   Quantum hit by storage glut - In another disappointing financial forecast, Quantum (QNTM) said yesterday that its earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter will be lower than expected. [News.com]   Quarterdeck drops after warning - Shares of Quarterdeck (QDEK), a struggling maker of self-help and diagnostic tools for personal computers, fell more than 17 percent today after the company warned that it would post significantly lower revenues than it did in the previous quarter. [News.com]   QuickTime creation for Windows - Apple Computer (AAPL) finally released the oft-delayed update for its QuickTime multimedia software, which allows QuickTime multimedia content creation on Windows computers for the first time. [News.com]   Qwest to buy LCI International - Qwest Communications (QWST) has agreed to buy LCI International (LCI) in a $4.4 billion stock deal, creating the No. 4 long-distance phone company in the United States. [News.com]   RISC setting standards for set-top boxes - Although RISC (reduced instruction set computing) processors have been losing ground to Intel-based chips in desktop computers, the platform is emerging as the clear trendsetter in the TV set-top box market. [News.com]   Recordable DVD market muddied - In a move that could slow development of the market for recordable DVD drives, Sony, Philips, Hewlett-Packard, and several other companies are demonstrating a storage technology at the CeBIT '98 trade show that will rival other products about to reach consumers. [News.com]   Regulators eye Microsoft-JVM deal - Antitrust regulators, who have been scrutinizing Microsoft's (MSFT) every move for months, are likely to take a keen interest in the software giant's decision to license a Java Virtual Machine from Hewlett-Packard (HWP), according to some legal experts. [News.com]   Regulators wary of online banking - A group of international regulators warned financial institutions today to improve the security of electronic retail banking or face potentially expensive consequences. [News.com]   Remanufactured PCs drop to $299 - Recompute has dropped prices on remanufactured personal computers, another twist on the low-cost PC phenomenon that allows businesses to purchase Pentium boxes for as low as $299. [News.com]   Report: Celeron chip behind rivals - A new, much-anticipated chip developed by Intel (INTC) aimed at the sub-$1,000 PC market is not as fast running applications as its clone competitors, according to tests performed by computer magazine PC World. [News.com]   Report: Email alone not enough - Even though it has become a necessary and critical part of business communications, email is no longer sufficient for many users, according to a new report. [News.com]   Republicans split on Microsoft - Microsoft has caused rifts in the cutthroat technology industry for years, but now its competitive practices are dividing a more tightly knit institution: congressional Republicans. [News.com]   Reseller lists sub-$700 MMX PC - Ohio-based MidWest Micro (GML), a major computer reseller, is now offering 200-MHz Pentium MMX systems for under $700. [News.com]   Revamped Deja News seeks deals - In the past few years, the Web's explosive growth has eclipsed almost everything else on the Internet. So when the technical minds behind Deja News looked for ways to improve their service for searching Usenet, the Internet-based network of online discussion groups called "newsgroups," they looked to the Web. [News.com]   Reviving Bay pays off for House - Bay Networks (BAY) chief executive David House--lured from Intel in late 1996 to turn around the computer networking giant--took home $1.3 million in salary and bonus for the past fiscal year, and he was granted stock options valued at $2 million, according to the company's annual proxy statement. [News.com]   Riverdance, step aside for the Net - Go ahead and get your Irish up--up on the Web, that is. [News.com]   Rockwell down on Q2 warning - Rockwell International's (ROK) stock dropped 10 percent in trading today after it warned that second-quarter earnings would be about 25 percent below what was recorded for the same period last year. [News.com]   Rockwell modems cited as slow - A performance gap separates the leading 56-kbps modem technologies, and despite the recent adoption of a 56-kbps standard, elements of these proprietary technologies are likely to creep into future modems, according to a new report. 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