18 January 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.