March 25, 1999
Today's Links Story: Going Vertical
Online Journalism Review: The Media's Unraveling of Two Important Hacker Stories.
...both show the decisive new role being played by people who would have never been called "journalists" three years ago.
Fortune: Naming Names.
If your name doesn't infringe on anyone's trademark, then you still have to pray you're in time to snag the Internet domain...
PC World: Brits Warm to Web TV.
...WebTV's research shows entertainment features like movie listings and soap opera gossip are a major draw.
News.Com: Users fume over customized IE 5.
"The people who wrote in were nothing short of ticked off. They're asking, just because you downloaded the software from this particular site, should it turn into a huge billboard for that site?"
News.Com: Wireless pact first step to global standard.
"The most important thing is that we'll be able to move forward and get a standard without the threat of lawsuits and companies withholding their intellectual property..."
InfoWorld: W3C's Berners-Lee urges agent-readable Web sites.
"It's amazing how much you can do with a search engine -- and it's also amazing how much you can't do with a search engine..."
PC Week: Berners-Lee hits the stump for metadata framework.
In other words, Berners-Lee sees a time in the not-to-distant future when Web sites can be devoid of screen-scraping technology, bad links, and difficult-to-find information largely due to RDF and its related technologies.
Web Developer: Network Solutions...what were they thinking?
They also managed to break everyone's access to RFCs. Nothing like alienating the technical community as well.
Upside: Moore's Law Still Kicking.
...but I can't believe that we can really hit a bandwidth glut, with the amount of new content coming online...
News.Com: Photo archive makes Web debut.
An employee of Time's syndication unit will then call and arrange to deliver the photo either digitally over phone lines or through regular mail.
PC World: E-Commerce Visions: Wearable Wallets, Vacant Malls.
Negroponte says the "real" e-commerce boom will happen when computers sell for well under $100, telecommunication costs spiral downward, and payment and delivery of goods and services over the Net are streamlined.
Wired News: High Bandwidth Bureaucracy.
"If you're not going to use the same pipes, at least use the same trench."
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