Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > October New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   IBM powers up workstations - IBM said it will unveil today a family of computer workstations with the fastest graphics-processing in the industry on models running either its quickest PowerPC microprocessor or Intel's latest chip. [News.com]   IBM preps $1,499 ThinkPad - IBM is taking a second stab at the consumer market for notebooks with today's introduction of new "I" series ThinkPads, with prices starting at $1,499 for systems with high-quality, active-matrix screens. [News.com]   IBM profits beat estimates - Fueled by revenue growth in its server group and improvement in its PC unit, IBM yesterday posted better-than-expected third-quarter profits. [News.com]   IBM revs PowerPC chip - IBM announced its new PowerPC 405 chip today, a faster successor to the PowerPC 401 chip that's used in hand-held electronic devices. [News.com]   IBM stock buyback at $3.5 billion - International Business Machines, the world's largest computer maker, said today it would buy back an additional $3.5 billion of its common shares. [News.com]   IBM to meld Americas operations - IBM plans to merge its North and Latin American operations to create IBM Americas in a bid to improve customer service throughout the region, a company spokesman said yesterday. [News.com]   IBM to unveil $599 PC - IBM, which just last year lost ground in the consumer PC market because it was slow to launch a sub-$1,000 PC, is now poised to become the first major PC vendor to break the $600 mark. [News.com]   IBM touts 14.1GB notebook drive - IBM today announced three new hard drives for notebook computers, including a 14.1GB drive, the largest ever developed. [News.com]   IBM wins two services renewals - IBM renewed an existing contract with natural gas distributor Yankee Gas Services, the latest in a string of follow-on contracts for the leading supplier of computer services. [News.com]   IBM's Gerstner says PC era over - Lou Gerstner, chairman and chief executive of International Business Machines, today declared that the era of the personal computer is ending, as the world shifts to a new model of computing. [News.com]   IE bug could compromise security - Microsoft today acknowledged a security hole in its Internet Explorer browser that could let a malicious Web site operator penetrate IE's Internet security zones in some instances. [News.com]   IE bug opens users' hard drives - Microsoft is moving to patch a browser security hole that could give malicious Web site operators a peek at files on users' hard drives. [News.com]   IEEE to back extended Ethernet? - An effort to extend Ethernet to heavy-duty data tasks that's being spearheaded by gigabit-speed start-up Alteon Networks will be submitted to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers as soon as this fall. [News.com]   IFS rides component strategy - The Germans and the Dutch are getting a little competition from the Swedes for the hearts and IT dollars of corporate America. [News.com]   IMF eyes Net as pressures rise - The words "It's on the Web" have become a mantra for beleaguered officials at the International Monetary Fund as they defend themselves against charges of obsessive secrecy and opaque lending rules. [News.com]   IPO market tests TheGlobe.com - Faced with weak demand for its initial public offering, TheGlobe.com today lowered its pricing range, raising the question of whether other pending Internet IPOs such as that of Healtheon will follow suit. [News.com]   IPOs make like lemmings - In lemming-like fashion, technology companies have postponed or canceled plans for public offerings, citing a roller-coaster market for their reluctance. The latest in the market's string of victims is Sprint's PCS wireless business, which had expected to raise some $600 million from its IPO. Wall Street is left to wonder: will the IPO market ever recover? [News.com]   IRS will be Y2K ready by 1999 - It will cost $1 billion to pull it off and "glitches" are inevitable, but the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's computers will be ready to fight the millennium bug on January 1, 1999, IRS's chief said yesterday. [News.com]   IRS will be Y2K ready by 1999 - It will cost $1 billion to pull it off and "glitches" are inevitable, but the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's computers will be ready to fight the millennium bug on January 1, 1999, IRS's chief said yesterday. [News.com]   ISPs as child porn watchdogs? - Though the concept of stiffening penalties for child pornographers who use the Internet is a popular one, many today are concerned that a bill on its way to the president will end up encouraging ISPs to violate their customers' privacy by requiring access providers to report all suspected activities. [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 43 44 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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