Amazon's 4Q results are on track and treading water.Disney considers dropping Go.com.The spread of news is becoming news for email trackers.Bertelsmann plans for Napster-subscriptions this summer.People are dying for DSL, and realizing that Verizon is Satan.Sticky paper sold out in Williamsburg:
America is in massive debt, and so was Japan in 1990.Qualcomm beats earnings forecast by a penny.Oracle's Ellison cashes in for $160M.Powell wants to scrap most U.S. sanctions.You can buy "Ginger" on Amazon.Dig deep into the Web with specialized search
There will not be any news today because I worked until 4:30am last night and had to present this morning. I'm not asking for your sympathy, but your patience. Morning News tomorrow, after I sleep.
Tech stocks lead Wall St. gains.Microsoft will pay $20M for its use of Sun's Java.Verizon's penalties in NYC grew 700 percent this year, possibly totaling $43M.Career experts offer first-aid to recently laid-off twenty-somethings. [wsj]After killing its entire business software
FTC clears DoubleClick.For the first time in two months, more money is flowing into tech mutual funds than is flowing out.Travelocity exposes thousands of customers' information.Startup.com sells hopes and misery to Sundance.Twins adopted through Internet will stay with the British govt. for now.Computers
Television is dying: fewer ads, striking actors, and the lurking threat of the Internet.MP3.com says going it alone will make it profitable.Ebay launches live bidding in 300 auction houses worldwide.The Onion moves to NY and plans a weekly paper.IBM creates software to prevent server crashes.
Our industry has problems; see how people are coping.EBay's fourth-quarter earnings exceed expectations.Yahoo's stock rises ten percent over Viacom-buyout speculation.Clinton will announce his last pardons in his last hours.Microsoft has never had layoffs and now is snatching up employees.Jakob
Customers sue Verizon over delayed DSL installations.Apple posts $247M loss for first quarter.Walmart.com acquires Garden.com.Bezos, and other tech leaders, endorse Ashcroft.IBM beats fourth quarter earnings expectations.Self-organizing sites gain ground and publish all pundits, but make their mustard (the proof in the pudding)
Beware the Borg: Murdoch plans for $40B acquisition of DirecTV.Ebay will raise fees for listing auction items.The Internet may be to blame for California's energy woes.Macromedia creates Flash advertising alliance to make annoying motion banners, that take forever to load, the standard.Security hole found
Dot-coms begin to be evicted from the NASDAQ.Fours equal death: Chinese cell phone numbers sell high for significance.Laid off or on the lam? Pink-slipped dot-commers don't get to say goodbye to their friends or email. I.e., back up now.AOL surpasses 27M
