February 10, 1999
Cal Law: Speed Over Substance?
PTO expands but can't shake critics in face of record patent filings.
Industry Standard: Report Counts 147 Million Global Net Users.
"The one [finding] that sticks out the most is that Scandinavian countries had the highest number of Internet users on a per capita basis than did any other country - even than the U.S."
Industry Standard: Nike Puts Its Best Foot Forward.
[Philip Knight] "With the Internet, we have an opportunity to recapture a level of intimacy with our consumer and simultaneously drive potential buyers to our retail partners."
ClickZ: The Internet Is Not A Medium.
To refer to it as a medium trivializes it into a kind of online sandwich board.
ClickZ: Different Strokes For Different Folks.
Creating a site with both new users and experienced users in mind.
WebTV Networks: What is Vertical Blanking Interval?
Along with TCI, CNN, Disney and others, WebTV is working to define a standard for information transfer along the VBI.
InfoWorld: DVD forum unveils DVD audio specification.
Version 1.0 DVD-Audio, as the specification is known, calls for a five-inch disk that can handle up to six audio channels, and in two-channel stereo can hold over 74 minutes of recorded audio...
W3C: The World Wide Web Consortium Statement on US Patent #5860073.
...the W3C reiterates its commitment to the evolution of new technologies that may be implemented by all, without restriction.
Wired News: The Empire Service Online.
BBC looks to webcast all their World Service programs by 2005.
Editor & Publisher: Learning To Be a Publisher, the Hard Way.
Steve Outing. ...news sites need to establish policy walls between advertising and editorial and clearly state that to their users.
DaveNet: Mail to the Future.
It's an idea out of the science fiction books.
FEED Magazine: Under The Hood.
Though free software might not make proprietary code obsolescent, it stands to restore consumer choice and, even better, control.
News.Com: Yahoo aims at small business.
For a non-refundable $199 fee, Yahoo will notify customers within seven days whether they'll be included the directory or not.
Inc. Magazine: I Was Seduced by the New Economy.
7 Myths of the New Economy.
News.Com: When will data change the wireless world?
"It's great on paper, it's great in the lab...but we don't have anything yet."
USA Today: Portals open new frontier.
"...In any given space there are literally 12 or 15 people pursuing the same opportunity."
Userland: Mail To The Future.
"Send mail to yourself or others at a specified date and time.. in the future!"
Wired News: Nullsoft Plays the MP3 Song.
"We're taking more of a micro-casting approach...
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