3 January 2001

  • Yahoo bans hateful material.
  • At least 210 dot-coms closed this year.
  • Apple makes huge price cuts as inventory piles up (buy that cube now!).
  • AOL members spent $4.6B during the holidays.
  • Microsoft is sued for racism by present and former black employees. [wsj]
  • One-third of the Russian prison population will be released this year.
  • Half-cell latte: Starbucks goes wireless with Microsoft and MobileStar.
  • China gets tough on Web crimes, such as organizing "cults" or slandering individuals.
  • To eat or not to eat: You cannot choose to avoid genetically-altered foods.
  • Attention Seattlites: be an XBox tester!
  • When was the last time you saw Project43?
  • Born Magazine relaunches and looks great!
  • Hunter Thompson was an overly neat patriot, not a drug-toting rebel.
  • SFMOMA: Art in Digital Times.