November 1, 2000
SJ Mercury: Online privacy checkmated by a check box.
Dan Gillmor. But I've encountered similar behavior on other e-commerce Web sites. And whether the practice is a bug or a deliberate trick to ensnare consumers who aren't eagle-eyed, it is -- as Wedel puts it so precisely -- obnoxious.
eCompany: Debunking the MP3 Phone.
Unfortunately, the product is hobbled right from the start because of Sprint’s obsession with controlling its customers, fear of running afoul of the recording industry, as well as the technological limitations of wireless networks in the United States today.
Village Voice: The Incredible Shrinking Internet.
The really scary scenario for advocates of open access to broadband is that cable companies have the power not just to slow info, but to block it completely. If Time Warner should hook up with a big search engine, posits Rosen, the company could close the gate to others.
Inside: In the Fight Against Time Warner, Internet Service Providers Battle Back.
Accusing Time Warner of duplicity when it comes to promising open access to its high-speed cable lines, Internet service providers have fired back. In a filing with the FCC, a group of independent ISPs has proposed a business plan for opening cable modem lines to all comers...
Adweek: Just the FAQs.
Of her most recent enterprise, Kirkbride notes, "Other technologies have made it easy to buy things. We make it easy to answer questions. It's an important service because the Web has made it easier to ask questions, but harder to get answers."
digitalMASS: In search of an unbiased appraisal.
Eleanor Loiacono, a professor at Worcester Polytechnic, has put together a system for testing the usability and overall effectiveness of corporate Web sites. Called WebQual, it purports to have isolated the main areas of Web site effectiveness and found a way to test how well a site measures up.
Fortune: Last Days of a Dot-Com.
Everybody here is just so friendly. Most of Theglobe.com's employees have already stopped by my cubicle, many bearing resumes printed on fine linen paper. It's flattering that they think I might have jobs to offer them. After all, this is their big office. I'm just renting space.
Computerworld: 'Safe harbor' deal takes effect, but adoption may be slow.
According to attendees interviewed yesterday at the Privacy2000 conference here, many U.S. companies may wait to see if European authorities are serious about enforcing the existing privacy laws in that region as well as the safe harbor provisions...
Wired News: Did Smut Spammers Scam Google?
But the results of the search did more than give Wales his jollies: they sparked an Internet discussion about the nature of searching, and whether Google was as impervious to spamming as most Google-lovers say it is.
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