19 March 2001

  • Microsoft will unleash a hailstorm to turn dot-net into dot-net-profits.
  • Verizon will use Lucent to build always-on wireless Web.
  • Previous tech growth won't be duplicated because it simply didn't exist.
  • "I know there's demand for this because I get calls from VCs": FuckedCompany proves to be as wise as its flamers with plans to charge for services. [wsj]
  • Web art provides a challenge for curators as well as artists: how museums are coping.
  • Some e-books sell, and in return they sell hardcovers too: Sci-Fi does well on the Web.
  • Ask Jeeves charges seven figures to build your search engine.
  • DivX helps hackers trade movies; Jennifer Love Hewitt is "like, totally pissed."
  • Interactive design and
    web businesses can take a lesson from The Sims
    .
  • Bill Gates is Tim Robbins: German foreign office bans MS software for fear of NSA "back-door" spying.
  • Twins get more market-share: Palm debuts handhelds with expansion slots.
  • Maybe I shouldn't report this...:new worm generator released.
  • William Reid has its spring collection online, as well as a fall preview.
  • Your mother! Egon?!: Without face-to-face contact, confrontations are easier to settle on the Web.
  • Map Magazine says it's not ignorant, but it sure could use an easier interface.