IBM launches Web-based air conditioning in Europe, where users can turn on and off their cooling systems with the net. [wsj]The next to fall will be VCs without ties to the Rockafellers.Only psychopaths love Verizon (is this new to anyone?): a history of wireless product placement in
Donny, you're out of your element!: Lehman Bros. gives Yahoo a buy rating because its executives decided banners weren't good enough.You're entering a world of pain: Sony & Universal will sell song-subscriptions through Yahoo.He's a good man, and thorough:
MTVi and Rio will sell MP3s from the big 5 record companies.A manager ruins his stock price when his bombastic email gets released to the public.IXL claims it's not hurting and offers sympathy after its big stock buyout.Ted Turner plans to leave AOL/TW.After
Dumb Will Hunting should have used a computer: MIT's class materials are now free on the web.Dell attacks Apple's hold on the university market in foreign countries. [wsj]AOL/TW increases its stake in cash-starved Oxygen.Emails will soon interrupt you if they'
The web is no longer free: Yahoo will charge 9.95/month for financial services.EBay may merge or be bought, and it will share your information in the sale.Bertelsmann, EMI, and AOL TW partner with RealNetworks to face off against Sony and Universal.The Internet is growing much
NY residents can be removed from all telemarketers' lists.New York hosts Browser day but the work displayed is anything but interesting.Divine will pay $10M for a part of MarchFirst, including 2,100 employees.War Driving: hacking from your mom's Taurus with a LAN card.New
Tell him about the twinkie: DSL provider NorthPoint, now bankrupt and acquired by AT&T, has screwed more than 100,000 people when its customers were dropped in the deal.Dogs and cats sleeping together, mass hysteria!: IBM, MS, and Pfizer to develop software that keeps your system rock-
NYTimes and other publishers invoke out-dated law to prevent freelance writers from collecting what's due.Fiber-optic cable was to be the invincible market of the next decade, but now there's too much cable, and not enough technology; a good review of the situation.With
Doom'd for a certain time to walk the night: Iridium returns, slowly and painfully, and its new phones promise the same attributes.That he is mad, 'tis true; 'tis true 'tis pity; And pity 'tis 'tis true: Amazon-town-crier gives up public
MarchFirst will fire half its work-force: 3,500 more people.Kozmo kills Starbucks partnerships; will still ship decaf lattes.Are creative anxieties specific to women, or general to all?Baseball fans will be charged to listen to Internet broadcasts of games.Organic displays will challenge LCD to make tiny,
