28 February 2001 By The Morning News — 28 Feb 2001 Sweatshop sneaker prank increases sales and awareness for Nike. [wsj]AOL saves Andreessen again: AOL/TW taps Loudcloud for infrastructure.Smarter companies use technology and people to their best ends, instead of haphazard layoffs.Random House sues start-up over e-book rights.Napster offers indie labels $50M to swap songs; offer breaks down to a penny a track.Blockbuster will offer Universal Pictures' films via video-on-demand.Chinese Ministry of Public Security releases software to "purify" the Internet.Language Ownership: Makers of Diablo sue New Line Cinemas over Diablo, the movie.Most viruses and attacks can be prevented by spending, educating, and maintaining.Buy.com will drop 100 people.Walmart.com sheds 10 percent of its employees.Icon MediaLab sacks 325.San Franciscan Socialists Unite! Readers respond to layoff lazy-boys.A very, very good Flash portfolio: Martin Fewell.The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is degrading, for men.Super Shapes has the shapes of things to come.
