February 21, 2001
Inside: Henry Yuen's Master Plan to Rule the Publishing World.
So big, in fact, that Gemstar has stirred up major anxiety among competitors and e-book enthusiasts. One former associate calls Yuen ''a world-class control freak'' whose aggressive pursuit and protection of patents is turning a previously wide-open market of innovators into a risk-averse legal minefield.
MSDN Online: The Role of Flow in Web Design.
In a more abstract and functional definition than Mihaly's, I think of flow in a design as the movement of a person from their desire to their satisfaction, in as natural and easy a way as possible. A good developer, designer, or creator of anything strives to allow users to experience this kind of flow.
Editor & Publisher: Web Advertisers Seek Balance While Walking A Tightrope.
Steve Outing. In recent weeks, it's been one headline after another about failing and faltering Web content and news sites. As a result, those who wish to survive are urgently experimenting with new ways to make money online. But judging by some of these efforts, Web publishers are stepping into dangerous territory.
EE Times: Race heats up for high-resolution LCDs.
Amorphous-silicon LCDs have pushed beyond the 100 color pixel/inch density of the typical CRT and, in a few cases, crashed through the 200-pixel/inch frontier, a level at which observers say the display approximates the quality of print and begins to approach that of photographic film.
Business Week: AOL Time Warner: Newsstand or Publisher?
It has thus moved the debate over the Web's journalistic ethics from the realm of the theoretical to the intensely practical. The issue is: Whose standards should prevail -- those of AOL Time Warner the publisher or those of AOL Time Warner the newsstand aggregator?
MSNBC: Police crack down on Net fraud ring.
Two suspects in Brooklyn have already been arrested and a flurry of additional arrests are expected soon, according to documents MSNBC.com has obtained. The scam started with a fake PayPal.com Web site designed to trick potential victims into revealing their account information to the suspects.
Industry Standard: Sony Pitches Its Broadband Plans for PlayStation.
Sony Computer Entertainment delivered its "don't worry, buy PlayStation" message Wednesday by firing off three announcements with three of the hottest buzzwords of the new economy: broadband, wireless and online copy management.
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