7 February 2001 By The Morning News — 07 Feb 2001 Lehman Brothers rings death bell for Amazon.King opens his books and shows "The Plant" was a financial success.AOL Europe considers an IPO.Microsoft will launch an IM that works with Yahoo and others.Amazon will charge publishers to promote their books by email.Publishers declare war on librarians over electronic material.eBay now auctions off graphic design and Web development.Lucent closes Silicon Valley "beachhead" and lays off 18 researchers.A history of the greatest hacks of all time.Sony has a harder time getting games for PS2 than PS1.Osama bin Laden uses encryption to store data on the Web.William Gibson explains his "zen" approach to media.More of the heavy freshness at Monocrafts.
