Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > October New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Study: Net an entertainment option - As it becomes a more dominant source of consumer entertainment, the Internet is beginning to steal time away from television watching and reading, according to a survey released yesterday. [News.com]   Study: Price driving e-commerce - Price, not security, is the main reason Netizens are hesitant about conducting transactions online, according to a study released today. [News.com]   Study: Tech gender gap widening - When Anita Borg heard that a new technology gender gap is emerging in America's schools, she was not surprised. [News.com]   Subpoena tips Microsoft defense - In asking a federal judge to order two professors to turn over materials used in a forthcoming book about the browser war, Microsoft today tipped the hand it is likely to play in defending itself against a landmark antitrust suit that's set to begin in two weeks. [News.com]   Suit filed against CDA II - Free speech advocates are challenging a law just signed by President Clinton that is intended to steer children away from Net porn but that opponents say will also hinder adult access to a wide range of online content. [News.com]   Suit filed over Barbie sold online - A $200,000 lawsuit threatens to give a Maryland woman a bad hair day over a vintage Barbie doll she sold through an Internet site to a collector from Canada. [News.com]   Sun CEO didn't maximize bonuses - Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems' chairman and chief executive, took home $48 million in total compensation for fiscal 1998, in large part due to options he cashed in, according to a proxy filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [News.com]   Sun buys Canadian firm Beduin - Sun Microsystems today announced its acquisition of Canadian software developer Beduin Communications, a company that has developed a small-footprint Java-based Web browser for cellular telephones, for an undisclosed price. [News.com]   Sun buys security start-up - Sun Microsystems is adding a secure remote access component to its software business. [News.com]   Sun maps app server strategy - Staunch Microsoft foe Sun Microsystems is backing into Windows NT support as it completes its July 1 purchase of application server vendor NetDynamics. [News.com]   Sun plans event to detail Jini - Sun Microsystems is targeting December or January for a New York event that would unveil partners and plans for Jini, its Java-related technology for small networked devices. [News.com]   Sun tops Street's estimates - Sun Microsystems reported slightly better-than-expected first-quarter profits, besting analysts' predictions by a penny. [News.com]   Sun unveils embedded server - Everyone's looking for a new wrinkle to add to the market for software that runs in embedded settings. [News.com]   Sun, IBM team on streaming - IBM and Sun Microsystems said today that a draft of version 2.0 of the Java Media Framework will be posted on the Internet within two months, and an early access version for developers is expected to be released by year's end. [News.com]   Suspect in IBM probe found dead - A key suspect in a bribery investigation involving IBM and an Argentine state bank was found hanged, authorities said today. [News.com]   Swarming over TV set-tops - Scientific-Atlanta lays out its ambitious set-top future, while General Instuments taps Spyglass for help in next-generation devices. Meanwhile, analysts predict game machines will drive the set-top market. [News.com]   SyQuest jumps 40 percent - Shares of portable storage maker SyQuest jumped more than 40 percent this morning, but with shares trading for less than $1, that's a pretty easy feat to pull. [News.com]   Sybase committed to Asia - U.S. database software company Sybase said today that it may double its investments in Asia over the next year. [News.com]   Sybase reports mixed results - Database software maker Sybase today reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, but lower revenues from one year ago and a sharp dip in database software licensing fees. [News.com]   Sybase ships enterprise database - As expected, Sybase today rolled out a new version of its high-end database, along with additional data access and replication technology aimed at the financial community in an effort to quash earlier rumors that it's moving away from its core enterprise database business. [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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