Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   China Cuts Phone, Net Rates - China loosens its grip on telecommunications, slashing Internet rates by half and long-distance calls to the United States by nearly 20 percent. Also: Intel expected to announce investment in VA Research.... Britain's Virgin Group may compete to provide wireless phone services.... and more. [Wired News]   China Gets Tough on Piracy - A Chinese court awards Microsoft damages for copyright infringement by two software companies. [Wired News]   China's Net Population to Surge - The number of Chinese citizens with access to the Internet is expected to grow from 2.1 million to more than 6.7 million over the next year, a new report finds. [Wired News]   China's Odd Telecom Reform - The country confirms the breakup of China Telecom, but says it won't stand for foreign investment or cheap Net telephony. Bad news for companies who have already poured millions into the country. [Wired News]   China: Net Use Tripled in '98 - A China Daily survey puts the total number of users at 2.1 million. The official news agency Xinhua says 1.5 million. Either way, the Net is making inroads, especially in Beijing. [Wired News]   Chinese Hit Back on the Web - Sites are adding servers to keep up with the anti-US postings.... Also: Microsoft says it will do a wireless portal, and a deal with Nextel.... US West plans "Web Phone".... And Compaq makes its streamlining official. [Wired News]   Chip Drought Slows Apple Profits - A shortage of Motorola's new G4 chips leaves Apple's investors as disappointed as its customers. [Wired News]   Chris Nolan Speaks for Herself - The former technology columnist at the San Jose Mercury News responds to the newspaper's reports about her investment in Autoweb.com in a letter to the editor that the Mercury News refused to publish. [Wired News]   Cisco Agrees to Buy Webline - Cisco agrees to buy Webline Communications for US$325 million in stock, giving the networking giant software to route emails and synchronize Web pages. [Wired News]   Cisco Gobbles Up Two More Firms - The world's biggest data-equipment maker becomes even bigger with two acquisitions worth a total of US$445 million. The booty: technology to fuse voice and data networks. [Wired News]   Cisco Goes Fiber-Optic Crazy - The networking leader spends nearly US$7 billion to acquire Cerent, a money-losing startup whose one product helps keep traffic moving over fiber-optic lines. And for dessert, it gobbles up Monterey Networks for $500 million. [Wired News]   Cisco Inside - The maker of networking gear plans to edge its way into the consumer market, with co-branded modems and home-use devices. [Wired News]   Cisco Kids Not: $7 Bil Binge - The networking giant spends nearly US$7 billion to buy a money-losing startup whose one product helps keep traffic moving over fiber-optic lines. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   Cisco Pays $65 Million for Cocom - The computer networking company buys Copenhagen's Cocom to expand its delivery of broadband access products. [Wired News]   Cisco Profit Rises 33 Percent - The world's biggest data networking gearmaker reports another big rise in quarterly earnings. Icing on the cake: a 2-for-1 stock split. [Wired News]   Cisco Sales Surge - The networking equipment maker's revenues jump 40 percent and beat analyst earnings-per-share estimates by a penny. [Wired News]   Cisco Struts New Net Technology - Cisco takes on the competition with its next generation of network products. [Wired News]   Cisco, Motorola Plan Net Access - Cisco and Motorola unveil a US$1 billion alliance to provide wireless Net access, combining Cisco's expertise in data with Motorola's clout in wireless. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   Cities Singled Out for Piracy - New York City, Los Angeles, and Seattle have the highest concentrations of pirated office software in the nation. Also: Online trading surges 47 percent in first quarter.... And more. [Wired News]   City Guides Losing Sight? - The Web is still flooded with city guides, although none are making money. And Microsoft ingloriously bowed out to its chief rival. What went wrong? By Lakshmi Chaudhry. [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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