18 January 2001 By The Morning News — 18 Jan 2001 Customers sue Verizon over delayed DSL installations.Apple posts $247M loss for first quarter.Walmart.com acquires Garden.com.Bezos, and other tech leaders, endorse Ashcroft.IBM beats fourth quarter earnings expectations.Self-organizing sites gain ground and publish all pundits, but make their mustard (the proof in the pudding) by highlighting the heavyweights.Apologies and mutterings: AG-nominee Ashcroft "doesn't know the facts" about the Microsoft case.California governor authorizes power-buys.Microsoft sticks to non-compete agreements, even though every company is its competitor.CNN will drop 400; 130 from the Web units.Jupiter Media will lose 80 analysts.Vignette plans to lay off 345.Want to drink with Web designers? James from threeoh has made a very nice invitation (click on PAR.TEA).As fine art becomes more infantile, comic books mature.Max Bruinsma brings thought to design.