Record industry begins to move against Napster clones. [wsj]Oracle's advertising succeeds by describing how it uses its own products.Keep your balance low: PayPal is aggressive about anti-fraud, perhaps too much.Priceline's founder stops building his own Xanadu when the stock tumbles.Zagats sells
Ugly as Hell: Jobs shows off trippy new iMacs with CD-RWs.Michigan considers building a cyber court to attract tech companies.Amazon.com Customer Service, The Musical!Italian tech companies settle in Sicily, under a volcano."There will be no new architecture for computers for the next 1,
Ah, it was a Grammy Award ceremony to behold. And, yet, it was completely without point or interest. And (and yet), I watched it. Well, except for the part that was on during Temptation Island. But I think something about these Grammys (sp?) should be noted: CNN reported that Eminem,
New York Muscle: Equal parts Throbbing Gristle, Suicide, Grandmaster Flash, and, well, A.R.E. WEAPONS, this is a gritty, challenging debut album from the much-loved DJ pair from D.C. Thick, rough synth rhythms built for dancing. [ purchase ]
Napster will become a fee-service in the summer and offers $1B to record companies.Intel announces delayed raises instead of lay-offs to counter slow economy.Supreme Court investigates 4th amendment's application to police's use of thermal imaging.AOL to invest $100M in India as
"Don't kid yourselves, the Internet is still our future," says Clinton, the paid Oracle.Companies set their earnings expectations low in order to beat Wall St. by a penny.NYTimes signs five-year agreement to publish print version on the web (subscription-based).Dot-commers, in
Windows XP will be Gates's first product as chief software architect.More than half of America used the Internet last year.There's a three percent chance that when Mir crashes in March, it will hit land.The New Yorker hopes to have a lasting website. Too
Belgian police raid Napster users.Paul Allen will cash in Microsoft stock for $64.25M.Larry Ellison cashes in Oracle stock for $895M.Prudential cuts Amazon's forecast in half and slaps on a sell sticker.The Law Extended: The Napster ruling suggests that users have been looting.Giuliani
Sorry about the day off, but we all had a lot of making out to do. Now wash your hands! Sorry, here's your news.CRM experts get bogged down in jargon and miss the point.The nation's wealthy urge G-Dub-Dub to keep their money.
Brooding and sensual (probably not the first time those words have been used to describe this album), Curtains is magnificent, heartbreaking, and simply grandiose. The songs on the album are at once brash and delicate, sincere and crass, self-assured and insecure—but always riveting. And, I’ve always felt,
