December 22, 1998
NY Times: In the E-Mail Age, Paper Cards Are Booming.
"We're hoping that young people don't lose the art of writing and communicating with handwritten notes..."
Builder.Com: Real Web builders in the real world.
Learn what some web builders at Builder.Com's conference were talking about.
devhead: Redesign: When and How.
Jakob Nielsen shares some strategies in redesigning a site: a refresh and full-scale redesign.
ZDNet AnchorDesk: Smarter Searches: Why Search Engines Are *Again* the Web's Next Big Thing.
Jesse Berst. The past week has brought a lot of these quality search stories to the forefront.
ZDNN: Time Warner looking at CDNow?
CDNow reported to have had talks with Time Warner about an investment.
News.Com: Online calendar services taking off.
"They're coming in at a time when there's a lot of other players doing this."
Freedom Forum: Digital democracy would help bring government by the people.
Jon Katz. It's time for an Open Source political movement.
News.Com: RSA conducts crypto-cracking contest.
The contest is to crack a fixed-key size, 56-bit DES cipher.
Industry Standard: When Analyst Mary Meeker Talks, Net Stocks Go Bananas.
"We dread the day when she decides to downgrade the stocks."
InfoWorld: Net groups bemoan encryption changes.
Internet Architecture Board and the Internet Engineering Steering Group oppose new restrictions
in the Wassenaar Arrangement and the effect it will have on the availability of strong
cryptography.
NY Times: Online, Main Street Is a Portal Deal.
"...If you build it, you'd better attach it to portals."
Wired News: Wired News Privacy Report Card.
How well are companies doing when entrusted with your personal information?
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