Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Oh, High-Speed Canada - Canadian ISPs are up in arms about the cheap ADSL service Bell Canada offers. They want the Canadian government to force Canada's Ma Bell to -- get this -- raise prices. By R. Scott Raynovich. [Wired News]   Olympic Games, But No Domains - Would-be online Olympians are finding themselves thwarted by the InterNIC, which is enforcing a little-known statute and forbidding registration of Olympic domain names. [Wired News]   Ominous Tolling of the Bells - He foresaw the breakup of AT&T years before it happened. Now, after predicting the merger between SBC and Ameritech, analyst Victor Schnee sees dark times ahead for the computer industry because of it. [Wired News]   One Modem, One Chip - Broadcom unveils a cable-modem chip that does the work of three. Its low price and small size could drive the growth of cable-based broadband services. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   One Ratings System Under God - RelevantKnowledge and Media Metrix, the Web's top two traffic-ratings firms, join forces to provide a unified standard for audience measurement online. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   One on One with Yahoo - Jeff Mallett, Yahoo's chief operating officer, talks about the company's intention of staying independent, its bellwether status, and its plans for global domination. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Online Booksellers Pay to Win - Both Barnes & Noble and Amazon paid out US$9 million more than they took in during the last fiscal year, but both booksellers - and several others - are likely to come out ahead, ultimately. [Wired News]   Online Gaming? Still Sucks - Online gaming has lost much of its luster, as evidenced by the long faces at last week's Computer Game Developers Conference. [Wired News]   Online Mall Learns Lesson - A number of small-business owners were surprised to discover their products for sale on a new site called HotFlyers. The entrepreneur behind the site wants to know: Why would they object to making money? By Steve Silberman. [Wired News]   Online Travel Flies, with Cabin Pressures - Slashed airline commissions and shoppers who look more than they buy are causing turbulence in the online travel industry. But so far the online agents haven't been bumped from the cockpit. [Wired News]   Oracle Beats Street - The database software company reports net income that easily trounced Wall Street estimates. Things weren't so rosy in the same quarter a year ago. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Oracle Nabs SAP Executive - Stepping up its efforts to overthrow the leader in the applications software business, Oracle has lured away a former executive from the German company. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   Oracle Revs Up Apps Unit - Oracle says it will increase investment in its applications unit, doubling the sales staff and beefing up the pursuit of smaller customers. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   Oracle to Offer Web Outsourcing - Oracle says it will lease its database software and computer space, and run the Web and ecommerce operations of small companies in an effort to boost revenues. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Outcry Over Electronic Trading - The venerable Chicago Board of Trade flips the switch Monday on an electronic trading system that threatens the livelihood of thousands of traders. By Ayla Jean Yackley. [Wired News]   Overseas Worries Jolt Market - Remember those dark clouds on the global economic horizon? They're baaack. This time tech stocks aren't the ones twisting in the wind. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Overvalued IPOs 'Bad Business' - Media mogul Barry Diller tells Spotlight participants that some Internet companies won't make it in the long run. He'll keep his own company out of the IPO game. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   PC Postage: 'It's the Future' - The first personal computer-generated postage was printed at a ceremony in Washington DC, perhaps heralding a change in the way Americans will send their mail. [Wired News]   PS: Netscape's Earnings - Thanks to a big jump in revenue from its Netcenter business, Netscape reports fourth-quarter profit that meets expectations. The big news, however, was the company's acquisition by AOL. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   PalmPilot Duo Gets Funding - Venture capital has filled the coffers of Handspring, the new enterprise by PalmPilot's creators. The pair also unveiled a bit of their product plan: handheld computers for consumers. By Joe Nickell. [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 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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