13 February 2001

  • The day the siphon died: Federal appeals court rules against Napster.
  • Corporate America, with axe in hand, must choose which costs to cut.
  • Amazon now sells downloadable software.
  • Google buys Deja, the Usenet archive.
  • 19 yr. old tennis star infects worldwide systems.
  • With the EU upset over Bush, Britain is in an awkward position.
  • MarchFirst takes $6.5B charge and anticipates "a few hundred" more lay-offs.
  • British scientists can store 10.8 terabytes on a credit card.
  • Talk an online tour of the human genome project.
  • Quokka Sports lays off 217.
  • Play around with Modify Me.
  • Martin Sheen says only noteworthy U.S. exports are "Alcoholics Anonymous and jazz"; also calls Bush a "moron."
  • Hoi Hoi: The New Yorker has launched an online edition, and boy is it ugly.