Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > December New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Congress spends the year online - Within its critical agenda, not the least of which was impeaching President Clinton, Congress still made time this year for its blooming love affair with Net policy. [News.com]   Congress takes aim at the FCC - A group of influential members of Congress is gearing up for a run at the Federal Communications Commission next year, and it may even try to strip the agency of most of its regulatory powers, a congressman said today. [News.com]   Consolidation marches through Net security - A new wave of acquisitions, this time among smaller companies, is moving through the Internet security industry, with one acquisition yesterday, another today, and reports of merger talks between two European firms. [News.com]   Consumers contemplate AT&T, TCI world - Federal antitrust regulators' approval of AT&T and Tele-Communications Incorporated's pending merger sets the stage for a very different communications world, if not necessarily a cheaper one, for consumers. [News.com]   Convergys seeks court backing in dispute - Convergys, which provides billing and customer management services to telecommunications companies, asked a federal court to back its position in a dispute with wireless phone service company Alltel. [News.com]   Copyright vote delayed by European Union - A European Parliament committee has postponed a key vote on legislation aimed at deterring piracy on the Internet and other electronic networks, delaying action by the full assembly until at least February. [News.com]   Corel settles with Hedy Lamarr - Former Hollywood movie queen Hedy Lamarr has settled a lawsuit that alleged Canadian software maker Corel misappropriated her image. [News.com]   Corel, GraphOn extend software pact - Corel and GraphOn are bartering for mutual marketing position. [News.com]   Countries follow U.S. on crypto - Clinton administration officials today said they had persuaded other leading countries to impose strict new export controls on computer data-scrambling products under the guise of arms control. [News.com]   Critics sound off in Bell merger hearings - Opponents leveled a string of potentially damaging criticisms against two pending Baby Bell mergers today at a hearing in front of the Federal Communications Commission. [News.com]   Crypto rules under assault - Two Internet-governance groups protest new, U.S.-driven crypto-export controls. Meanwhile, RSA Data Security gears up for its third annual crypto-cracking contest. [News.com]   Curtain rising on new Divx player - The newest Divx player will hit stores this weekend, but analysts say chances for technology's long-term success have not improved much. [News.com]   Customers don't want IE bundled, exec says - An executive from computer maker Packard Bell NEC testified via video at the Microsoft antitrust trial that a majority of his customers do not want a Web browser forced on them.. [News.com]   CyberShop snags position on MSN - CyberShop International said today that it entered a pact with Microsoft to place two of its Internet shopping sites on the software giant's MSN Shopping channel. [News.com]   Cyberian Outpost narrows loss - Cyberian Outpost posted a narrower-than-expected loss for its quarter ended in November as spending on merchandising systems and advertising were offset by surging Net sales. [News.com]   Cypress warns of fourth-quarter loss - Cypress Semiconductor, one of Silicon Valley's oldest chipmakers, today said it would report a loss for the fourth quarter, instead of the profit that analysts had forecast, because of manufacturing problems. [News.com]   DOJ points to Microsoft dictionary - A dictionary published by Microsoft defines a Web browser as an "application," an admission a government attorney said helped bolster earlier testimony by a government witness. [News.com]   DOJ: Microsoft may have withheld evidence - The Justice Department wants to reinterview one of Microsoft's highest-ranking executives to learn if the software giant withheld crucial evidence during the discovery phase of the landmark antitrust suit it is battling. [News.com]   DSL to make its mark in 2000 - Use of cable modems will continue to dominate digital subscriber line (DSL) in the near future, but two new studies show the high-speed data-over-copper technology may get increased play after 2000. [News.com]   Danger on the Net? - A "hole" in TCP/IP, the Net's underlying language, could allow hackers to break into systems and damage targeted Web sites, according to CERT, which yesterday issued an advisory about the security concern. Most systems are not vulnerable, however. Separately, Network Associates yesterday dramatically announced it had identified a new family of computer viruses--the first example, it claimed, of "cyberterrorism"--but victim MCI WorldCom and analysts downplayed the incident. [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 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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