Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   'Free' iMacs, Too - Hopping on the recent bandwagon of computer giveaways, a company says it will give away 25,000 free iMacs. All the consumer has to do is ... pay. [Wired News]   'Must Click TV' Ready to Roll - Interactive TV isn't exactly a new concept, but backers say services that will energize couch potatoes are now there. Two-way TV is no longer an if, but a when. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]   'Net No Threat to Broadcasting' - The FCC's top man says outfits like Yahoo and Broadcast.com have a long way to go to snag the audience and the reach of traditional broadcasters. Joanna Glasner reports from the broadcasters convention in Las Vegas. [Wired News]   'Privatize NASA Now' - A space administrator says that the government should hand over part of its operation to the private sector so it can concentrate on the outer limits. Andy Patrizio reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]   'Smart' Homes for Smart People - IBM and Bell Atlantic plan to wire homes so that computing devices will be connected to peripherals like VCRs -- making for houses with higher IQs. [Wired News]   'Somebody Freakin' Talk to Me!' - Net shops are losing a lot of sales because their automated customer service stinks. The CEO of LivePerson thinks he has the solution. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   'To The Moon, Alice' - With NASA's blessing, a group of commercial-minded space buffs are dead set on turning the moon into the top tourist destination and biggest money-maker the solar system has ever seen. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   'Where's My Freakin' Package?' - Pretty soon, nearly everybody will be buying merchandise online. But a new report suggests there could be delivery chaos. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   'Y2K Iceberg Dead Ahead!' - Will an archaic insurance clause allow clients to recover the cost of preparing their companies for Y2K? Aye, matey, say lawyers. You're daft, say insurers. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   10,000? Not Quite Yet - Wall Street takes its best shot at hitting a blue-chip milestone, but weak earnings in the tech sector hold the market in check. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   3Com Costs Down, Profits Up - 3Com's quarterly profits top analysts' forecasts even while its sales fell. [Wired News]   3Com Spinning Off Palm - The Palm Computing division of 3Com will be going its separate, public way as the parent tries to revive its core business. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   3Com Warns of Earnings Shortfall - The third quarter's not looking good, the computer-hardware maker says. Slowdowns in several key markets will push earnings far below Wall Street's expectations. [Wired News]   7-Eleven at Your Convenience - The world's largest chain of convenience stores computerizes its inventory, using digital technology to manage everything from cigarettes to doughnut sales. [Wired News]   A Bad Day for Amazon - Investors dump shares of the Net bookseller after a key analyst lowers his rating on the company. Amazon doesn't help its cause by yakking about its plans to keep losing money. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   A Banner Year for Net Ads - Online ad revenue climbed 112 percent to US$1.92 billion, the Internet Advertising Bureau reports.... Also: SAP's new Net strategy.... Free-PC raises US$33 million.... Saudis interrupt phone sex.... And more. [Wired News]   A Be-Hive of Activity - Even as the cash-starved company prepared for its IPO, Be Inc. and its partners issue a flurry of press releases at PCExpo. But will they make Be-lievers out of investors? John Gartner reports from New York. [Wired News]   A Bloody Day for Tech Stocks - Fears of a looming hike in interest rates send Wall Street reeling. Tech and Internet shares bear the brunt of the beating. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   A Breath of Fresh Air - It's easy to do audience research on the Web. But Oxygen Media CEO Geraldine Laybourne says counting clickthroughs is just the start. James Glave reports from Scottsdale, Arizona. [Wired News]   A Confederacy of Gurus - A new Web site geared toward professionals who work from home would provide an online community and procure gigs for someone called a Guru. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]     [ 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 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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