5 January 2001

  • MP3.com moves from the court to your living room.
  • Apple, facing first loss in three years, now lives for "killer apps."
  • What everyone wants to know: how did Amazon do this holiday?
  • Bill Gates feels comfortable as a software architect, uneasy as a super mario.
  • 8 giants (Microsoft, AT&T, 3Com) agree to protect giant trees.
  • See the XBox before it's unveiled today.
  • Finally, penguins that can fly: Linux 2.4 is released.
  • Vault.com drops a third of its staff.
  • EToys cuts 700 of 1000 employees.
  • News Corp. will drop hundreds of digital-content creators.
  • One hell of a portfolio (with nothing to show!?): S-X1.
  • Pro-life, pro-guns, pro-confederacy, Attorney General nominee Ashcroft is also pro-encryption.
  • Super sweet Palm-concepts, made with the goodness of Apples.