Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > July New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Compaq price cuts look ahead - Compaq trimmed prices on a limited number of consumer PCs, preempting processor price cuts and new Celeron chips from Intel coming in the very near future. [News.com]   Compaq reports slight gain - Compaq Computer today reported a second-quarter profit of $32 million, or 2 cents a share, slightly better than Wall Street expectations. [News.com]   Compaq rolls out Radio Shack outlets - Compaq formally launched its "store-within-a-store" retail outlets in Radio Shack franchises, offering four consumer models that begin at $899 and feature Internet access. [News.com]   Compaq setting Asian goals - Compaq Computer expects to set new targets for its Asia-Pacific business this month, after it puts in place the last steps for integrating recently acquired Digital Equipment. [News.com]   Compaq tests extranet tool in Asia - Compaq Computer said today that it is launching a pilot project in Asia called activeAnswers that offers standards-based technology and products on the World Wide Web. [News.com]   Compaq tool gets a Web face - A homegrown systems management software tool bundled with hardware from Compaq Computer soon will gain long-promised hooks to the Web. [News.com]   Compaq's low-cost workstations - Last week, Compaq Computer focused on the high end of the workstation market, and this week the PC giant brought out a stripped-down, single-processor system aimed at the growing bargain segment. [News.com]   Compaq: Second-half growth expected - Compaq Computer will enjoy earnings growth in the second half of 1998, a senior executive said in the immediate aftermath of the company's reporting a net loss of $3.6 billion in the second quarter, compared with a net profit of $257 million in the same period a year ago. [News.com]   Computer 2000 test "successful" - An initial test among top securities firms and stock exchanges to see whether their computers can handle the date rollover into the next century was completed successfully, a trade group said yesterday. [News.com]   Computer Horizons beats Street - Computer Horizons, a company that offers Year 2000 solutions, today posted record revenues to beat estimated earnings for its second quarter. [News.com]   Concerns linger on new Apple high - Apple Computer's stock soared to a new 52-week high in morning trading today, buoyed by its larger-than-expected third-quarter profits and increases in analysts' earnings estimates. [News.com]   Congress mulls digital IDs - Congress is mulling over legislation today to create a national framework for authenticating people's identities when they shop online or send documents over the Net. [News.com]   Convergence takes the day - Amidst much hype, the ballyhooed trend of PC-TV convergence got a boost today, with investor Paul Allen buying cable company Charter Communications for $4.5 billion, as Microsoft, NEC, Alcatel, and DirecTV forged an alliance with Thomson Multimedia to develop and promote interactive television. [News.com]   Copyright bill charging ahead - The House Commerce Committee today approved the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to shield copyrights for digital works and to outlaw technologies that can crack copyright-protection devices. [News.com]   Copyright report opposes new laws - When radio launched, music companies worried that their works would be ripped off. [News.com]   Corel chief under investigation - Michael Cowpland, chief executive of software maker Corel, is being investigated by Canada's leading securities regulator for selling $13.7 million in stock a month before the company's share price plunged. [News.com]   Cottage industry for Windows 98 - Windows 98 is spawning a cottage industry of troubleshooting and installation guides. [News.com]   Court asked to drop filtering suit - A Silicon Valley library today asked a California court to throw out a lawsuit filed by a local parent who wants the library to filter Net access for all patrons. [News.com]   Cryptic billboard deciphered - For more than a month, Bay Area commuters from Silicon Valley into San Francisco on Highway 101 have been driving past a prominently placed billboard bearing a cryptic message: "Yahoo gets it. July 7." [News.com]   Crypto ad campaign this week - A private-sector coalition opposed to strict U.S. export controls on data-scrambling technology this week will unveil an advertising campaign to press for change, coalition members said. [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 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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