Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > March New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Software.net aims for dual IPOs - It's two IPOs in one. [News.com]   Solution in hand? - The market for personal information devices, small tools that use handwriting recognition for storing phone numbers, appointments, and similar data, is expected to reach 6 million units this year. 3Com will try to try to extend its lead with a new PalmPilot next week, but the coming of Microsoft's Palm PC operating system (accompanied by palmtops from Philips, Casio, and others) is already causing commotion. In the meantime, Apple recently exited the market, drawing howls of protest. [News.com]   Sony focuses on Net game shows - Drawing on its electronics and entertainment expertise, Sony (SNE) will announce today the formation of a new U.S. unit focused solely on Internet entertainment projects, company executives said. [News.com]   Sony introduces fastest DVD drive - Sony Electronics announced a new DVD (digital versatile disc) kit featuring the fastest DVD drive on the market. [News.com]   Sony says yes to Java - To top off its third Java developers conference here, Sun Microsystems (SUNW) announced today that it has struck a Java licensing deal with Sony. [News.com]   Spam king retreats - One-time spam king Sanford Wallace is being charged $2 million to settle the last outstanding lawsuit against his company, Cyber Promotions, once a junk emailing powerhouse. [News.com]   Spec to animate Web pages - A new Internet specification, winding its way though a standards body, could pave the way for Web pages that rival good old client-server systems for user-friendliness and interactivity, panelists at an Internet World panel said this week. [News.com]   Speech software is encyclopedic - IBM (IBM) introduced an interactive encyclopedia that allows users to look up information using voice commands. [News.com]   SportsLine seeks more funding - Four months after its initial public offering, SportsLine USA (SPLN) bellied up to the offering plate for a second helping of funds. [News.com]   Sprint customers suffer outage - Some of Sprint's corporate customers went offline for hours yesterday after a software upgrade went awry. [News.com]   Spyglass trims staff - Spyglass (SPYG) has cut less than 10 percent of its staff--about 10 to 15 workers--as part of a corporate reorganization announced on February 25, an executive confirmed today. [News.com]   Sri Lanka gets Microsoft's attention - Microsoft is hoping to improve computer literacy in this country, where it has set up an advanced technology lab, a company executive said yesterday. [News.com]   Start-up takes on streaming video - In the age of streaming video, a Southern California company is betting that corporations want their desktops to act more like multimedia systems and less like television sets, spitting out video data that cannot be altered. [News.com]   Start-up updates application server - SilverStream, a start-up focusing on Java-based tools and middleware, has released version 1.5 of its namesake application server. [News.com]   State appeals Net sex ruling - Virginia is appealing last week's federal court decision striking down its two-year-old law that prohibited state employees from using the Net to view sexually explicit material. [News.com]   State bill punishes ISP outages - Consumers who are hit with Net outages in Illinois could demand refunds from nationwide Internet service providers if a proposed state law is passed. [News.com]   State considers antispam bills - Just about every regular Net user has received some form of spam, whether it was a link to a porn site or a guarantee to get millions of visitors to a Web site. Most dislike it--but for now, one of the only solutions is the "Delete" key. [News.com]   State passes Net decency law - New Mexico made it illegal to send adult-oriented material to minors over the Net today, despite a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a similar federal law last summer. [News.com]   State, travel agents feud over Net site - California travel agents fear the Web may take away business, especially if the state backs a site that books hotel reservations online. [News.com]   States to aid MCI-WorldCom probe - State attorneys general today argued that the proposed merger between WorldCom (WCOM) and MCI (MCIC) could have the potential to exert "market dominance over the Internet," and offered to help in the U.S. Department of Justice's ongoing investigation of the proposed deal. [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 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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