Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Telecom Takeover, Italian-style - A surprise bid by rival Olivetti gives Telecom Italia two choices: Accept a hostile takeover or sell the former state-owned monopoly to a foreign buyer. [Wired News]   Telecoms for a Lonely Planet - A publisher of travel books targets its readers with a package of telecommunications services that keeps independent travelers in touch with the world at large. Stewart Taggart reports from Sydney, Australia. [Wired News]   Telecoms: A Very Good Year - AT T's and MCI WorldCom's shareholder meetings celebrate a year of heady success. Now what? [Wired News]   Teledesic Eyes Iridium's Market - Teledesic seeks ways to capitalize on the misfortunes of Iridium LLC and ICO Global Communications. Microsoft, Boeing, and Motorola are in. [Wired News]   Temps Take Microsoft to Task - Temporary workers claim a new employment contract is forcing them to waive benefits. A judge will look into the matter. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   Thar's Gold in That Thar Data - Looking to turn your musty old customer data into an e-commerce gold mine? Epiphany, a Silicon Valley start-up backed by venture-king John Doerr, wants to talk to you. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   That Cell-Phone Jolt - Researchers find that microwave emissions from mobile phones could speed your reaction time. Also: Net news hoax sends company's stock soaring -- for a while.... Falcon joins At Home effort to bring broadband to the sticks.... Cisco buys two ATM firms.... And more. [Wired News]   That Sinking Feeling - Wall Street gets creamed as investors retreat from massive run-ups in share prices. Net stocks lead the way south -- at least for the moment. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   The 'Blue Screen of Death' - Intel says a bug in two versions of its Pentium III Xeon processors can result in a total system crash. Never fear, workarounds are on the way. [Wired News]   The All-Porn Internet - A Canadian company launches an independent Internet just for porn. Nothing but quality naughty stuff on this network. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   The Andreessen Buzz: 'So What?' - Netscape's co-founder may go down in history as the Web's first poster boy, but on Friday's message boards, his glow wasn't so bright. By Craig Bicknell and John Gartner. [Wired News]   The Battle Over Online Music - Sightsound.com, a small Web company, is using its patents to demand money from online music sites. No fair, the sites say. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   The Battle of the Amazons - Amazon.com charges "Greece's Biggest Bookstore" with racketeering and fraud. But Amazon.gr said the case is ludicrous, and plans to fight back. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   The Billionaires' Club - Three of the four richest people in the world are Microsoft executives, according to Forbes magazine's latest net-worth ranking. Chairman Bill leads the list for the fifth consecutive year. [Wired News]   The Buzz from the Desert - Joel Klein poses for tourists, Jeff Bezos shows a venture capitalist what to read, and an online editor challenges the Washington Post at the PC Forum desert fest. James Glave reports from Scottsdale, Arizona. [Wired News]   The Case of the Pilfered Filter - America Online's ICQ chat service filter lets users filter dirty words, apparently with a list illegally borrowed from an old version of Cybersitter. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   The Customer Is Always Right - You're selling cool products online, and the whole world is watching e-commerce. Still, you can't ignore the first rule of retail. By Corey Goldman. [Wired News]   The Dawn of the Infomediary - An emerging Web industry aims to return to consumers the power that the direct-marketing industry took away. It's payback time for privacy. By James Glave. [Wired News]   The Delisting of Craig's List - It's one of the most popular -- and oldest -- community sites on the Web. So thousands of members were left in the dark when a former partner pulled the plug. But Craig's List still survives. By James Glave. [Wired News]   The EBay of the Ad World? - Adauction.com plans to transform the US$500 billion ad world by auctioning off everything from billboards to prime-time TV slots online. By Craig Bicknell. [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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