Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > December New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   More women shopping online - Women--who made up a small minority on the Net just a few years ago--have rushed online this season to hit the virtual malls, a new study shows. [News.com]   Motorola to buy Lucent's cellular unit - Lucent Technologies, the world's largest phone-equipment maker, said it sold its cellular phone research division, which it had planned to close, to Motorola for an undisclosed amount. [News.com]   Motorola to expand China wireless networks - Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group said today it won two contracts with a combined value of $22 million to expand wireless telephone networks in China's Fujian and Shandong provinces. [News.com]   Much ado about fiber optics - A town that became famous for keeping alive much-loved plays from the past stands to gain new notoriety for its futuristic ambitions. [News.com]   Multibillion-dollar deal gets DOJ nod - The Justice Department today gave conditional approval to the $48 billion merger between AT&T and Tele-Communications Incorporated, clearing away the first regulatory barrier to the companies' marriage. [News.com]   Music download debate continues - Powerful music industry trade group the Recording Industry Association of America announces a project to create a standard for secure downloads on the Internet. On the surface, it seems to indicate consensus between the major record labels represented by the RIAA and technology firms, but some say the move raises more questions than it answers about the group's stated goal. [News.com]   Music initiative raises questions - The powerful Recording Industry Association of America is making headlines with an announcement that seemed to indicate consensus between the major record labels and many digital technology firms on an initiative to protect music copyrights on the Internet. [News.com]   NBC spin-off not imminent - While spinning off broadcaster NBC from parent General Electric remains an option, nothing is imminent, an insider at NBC said today. [News.com]   NCI in set-top deal with NEC - Network Computer Incorporated clinched another customer for its software for Internet set-top box devices, and, again, the deal takes place overseas. [News.com]   NCR, Microsoft bank on financial services - NCR and Microsoft are banking on financial services. [News.com]   NEC aims for profits with reorg, job cuts - Saying it needs to improve profitability, NEC Electronics is restructuring the company and has cut about 400 jobs, nearly 13 percent of its total workforce. [News.com]   NEC scales back direct sales effort - Packard Bell NEC has discovered that the Dell Computer direct business model isn't for everyone. [News.com]   NSI execs sold shares before rise - Network Solutions chairman Michael Daniels and seven other executives sold significant parts of their stock holdings last month for $9.1 million--less than half what those high-flying shares would bring now. [News.com]   NSI stock jumps on Yahoo deal - Network Solutions shares rose as much as 13 percent after the world's primary domain name registry agreed to sell Internet addresses on Yahoo's range of Web sites. [News.com]   NSI teams with Centraal on Web names - Two Internet addressing systems have joined forces in what promises to be a formidable alliance to govern the naming of Web pages. [News.com]   NSI to be promoted on Netcenter - Internet address registrar Network Solutions and software maker Netscape Communications said today that Netscape's Netcenter portal site will promote Network Solutions' registration services. [News.com]   NSI's new reality - As Network Solutions prepares to face competition in the spring, it grapples with several unresolved transition issues and heads into uncharted territory regarding matters like privacy. Meanwhile, executives at the domain name registrar have been selling off stock--albeit prematurely. Network Solutions' database dilemma The company that holds the monopoly on administering the Internet's domain name system must decide whether to let competitors access it. [News.com]   NT earns attention for its absence - One of the software industry's biggest stories in 1998 involved a product noteworthy because of its absence--the next release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. [News.com]   NTL moves to expand British network - NTL, the U.K.'s third-largest cable company by sales, agreed to buy Eastern Group Telecoms for about $153 million, in a move to extend its national phone network across the south and east of England. [News.com]   Nasdaq giving Windows NT a chance - Windows NT will finally get its chance to bat in the major leagues. [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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