April 25, 1999
NY Times: Web-Page Distribution System Could Unclog Internet Traffic Jams.
The answer proposed by both Sandpiper and Akamai is to distribute the contents of a Web site to server computers dispersed throughout the Internet, so that information does not always have to wend its way through the network from one site.
NY Times: European Union Advances E-Commerce Policies.
Most notably, the cost of Internet access is currently too high for many Europeans, and the offerings put forth by many top retailers, analysts say, are not yet good enough to make consumers swallow the Internet access costs.
Forbes ASAP: Startup spotlights a 'World Server' that brings you the globe.
Chip Shot had two choices: build and maintain a separate site or try to get translators and programmers to successfully split their existing site.
MIT Technology Review: Generation Next on the Web.
A key goal of HTTP-ng is to make the Web more hospitable to automated "agents" that have been developed at MIT and elsewhere to seek out information and conduct transactions on behalf of a human user...
MIT Technology Review: The Fractal Net.
Why can’t the Internet provide more consistent service? One reason is a lack of insight into the overall pattern of traffic on the Internet.
ClickZ: Think Before You Write.
Get sloppy when you write for the web and you could impact the work of many people -- and the long-term success of the entire site.
Useit.Com: Spotlight on why Bruce Tognazzini likes writing long Web pages.
The average site is cursed with extremely impatient users who want to get in and out and get answers or buy products fast.
Boston Globe: MIT tech magazine, on plateau, finds killer app: commercialism.
''With technology being such a hot topic these days, they had to go more commercial..."
ZDNN: Lycos launches Web radio network.
The appeal is simple: most of the people who listen to Net radio are thought to be office workers, who have high-speed connections to the Internet, and often aren't able to tune in ordinary radio channels.
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