Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   MP3.com, Be to Go IPO Next Week - Several tech stars -- including MP3.com, Be Inc., and Gadzoox Networks -- go public next week. And analysts predict nearly all will have big first-day jumps. By Lakshmi Chaudhry. [Wired News]   MS Backs Privacy with Ad Bucks - Microsoft will follow IBM's lead and pull its Web banner ads from sites that do not offer a comprehensive list of privacy protection guarantees. By Polly Sprenger and James Glave. [Wired News]   MS Banking on Cable, Phone - The software king plans to invest a lot of cash in cable TV companies to speed up bandwidth deployment. [Wired News]   MS CTO Denies Ouster - Nathan Myhrvold denies he's being forced out of his job by Microsoft president Steve Ballmer. He's just taking some time off to dig dinosaur bones. [Wired News]   MS CarPoint Joins With Ford - Just a few weeks after hinting that the company may sell its car-buying Web service, Steve Ballmer announces CarPoint's alliance with Ford. [Wired News]   MS Earnings Expected to Soar - Microsoft's financial success appears untouched by its legal battle, with quarterly earnings expected to be up more than 40 percent from last year. [Wired News]   MS Flexes its E-Commerce Muscle - The world's biggest software company tries to assert itself as an electronic-commerce powerhouse by announcing a raft of new products and services this week. [Wired News]   MS Promises E-Commerce Nirvana - In a three-hour press conference, Microsoft drums a single message: We are the future of e-commerce. Get used to it. Craig Bicknell reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]   MS Readies for Reorganization - The world's biggest software company, trying to keep its momentum going, could announce a massive reorganization as early as next week. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   MS Ready for Star (Office) Wars - Sun Microsystem's plan to distribute its newly acquired office suite for free on the Net has Redmond abuzz, and a wee bit nervous. [Wired News]   MS Sets Up Streaming Media Unit - It's another indication that Microsoft wants to break into the music distribution business. A top Microsoft exec will oversee the operation. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   MS Temps Win a Round in Court - A court rules that Microsoft must give its army of temp workers the same privileges afforded staffers -- including stock options and benefits. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   MS Woos with Free Junket - Redmond plays host to a group of nonprofit groups and academics sympathetic to the company's causes ... but everything's kosher, a spokesman says. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   MS to Reveal Messaging Code - Microsoft hopes to turn up the heat on America Online by publishing the specs for its instant messaging service. Also: Big media invest in "personal TV" maker Replay Networks.... Fight against bootleg music shifts to the Net... Earth gives Cassini a boost.... And more. [Wired News]   MS, Lycos Draw Bead on eBay - It'll take a village of e-commerce Internet sites to battle the No. 1 online auction site. [Wired News]   MS, Ticketmaster Bury Hatchet - Microsoft reportedly agrees not to send Sidewalk users far into Ticketmaster's Web site, ending a dispute dating back to April 1997. [Wired News]   MS: We Made a Ton of Money - Microsoft says its fourth-quarter earnings jumped -- are you sitting down? -- 60 percent. For a company that gigantic, it's an amazing feat. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   MTV Does MP3 - Soon teenyboppers will have a taste of MP3, as MTV and the makers of the Rio strike a deal to bring digital music to the masses. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   MTV Takes Aim at Asia - MTV is using the Net to grow its Asian audience. The music company plans to spend US$150 million to achieve "mass cult status" among young people. [Wired News]   Machine vs. Man - Inktomi introduces an automated directory. Also: Instinet wants a piece of the Treasuries action.... NBC ups Xoom.com investment.... And more. [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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