February 1, 2000
Salon: Last train to Cluesville.
Review of the Cluetrain Manifesto. "The Cluetrain Manifesto" is unique, however, in its refreshingly humanist orientation. Whereas many books attempt to analyze Internet phenomena in economic or cybernetic terms, the authors of "The Cluetrain Manifesto" take an unabashedly narrative approach...
Business 2.0: The Cable Cartel.
Clay Shirky. Competition is a bitch, and no matter how much lip service people pay to competitive markets, there will always be investors who salivate over the prospect of backing a cartel, and that is exactly the promise cable holds. It will fail, for the same reasons CD-ROMs are not neck and neck with the Web this year...
TechWeb: Cannibalistic Strategies Needed For Internet.
[Masayoshi Son, president and CEO of Softbank] Son illustrated that point with two extremes -- zero and infinity. In the Internet, he said, it is possible to think of business models based on zero time-lag and variable costs, plus infinite access to stocks, to information and to customers.
ZDNN: Sony's plan to sell online shocks dealers.
Sato of Sony Style.com said Sony aims to sell 20 percent of its consumer and enterprise products online at home over the next three to five years. He added, however, that the Web site will initially bundle different consumer goods in one package, such as combining VAIO PCs and memory sticks, to avoid direct competition with retailers.
Industry Standard: Senators, Privacy Advocates Spar Over FIDNet Plan.
But perhaps the most controversial part of the plan calls for a federal intrusion detection network, or FIDNet, to monitor 22 government computer systems for signs of cyberattack. The administration has suggested FIDNet would watch for computer system anomalies that might signal an attack.
NY Times: Lobbying and Confusion Over Internet Taxes Escalate.
The two groups battling over whether or not to tax Internet sales contributed nearly $3 million to members of Congress last year, according to new spending reports. And lobbying on the issue promises to intensify as the November elections near.
USA Today: Businesses warm to Net deal-making.
Faceless business deals are expected to spread beyond the high-tech industry and become increasingly accepted as a new mode of forging partnerships and contracts. Already, some companies are cropping up to help automate deals that once were made in person.
News.Com: Amazon moves into home services with Living.com.
As part of the deal, Amazon will pay cash for an 18 percent stake in the Austin, Texas-based Living.com. In addition, Living.com will pay Amazon $145 million over five years for a permanent "tab," or store location, on Amazon's home page.
Washington Post: Medical Web Sites Faulted on Privacy.
The report, an advance copy of which was provided to The Washington Post, compared consumer health care sites on the Internet to gawky adolescents--with plenty of abilities but little self-control...
Forbes: Advertisers get picky.
Advertising rates on the Internet continue to drop even as the online ad market rapidly expands, marketing services firm AdKnowledge reported today. The trend, which has been going on for years, reflects a curious phenomenon: As the online frontier edges outward, real estate is becoming cheaper.
CIO: Into the Future, Without Wires.
Between the ongoing 3G standards battle and the reluctance of many carriers and equipment makers to ditch their current—and very profitable—mobile phone technologies in favor of a new and untried system, it may be years before 3G becomes a household word.
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