March 1, 2001
Internet World: Thinking Wireless.
Rather, it will hinge entirely on how intelligently corporate America embraces the technology and uses it to extend its core services, both internally and externally, in a way that gives a given company a true strategic advantage in what it does.
eCompany Now: Personalization Without Popularity.
Fast-forward to today. Azer Bestavros, a professor of computer science at Boston University and chief scientific adviser to Allaire, is currently exporting Zipf's linguistic principle into a retail setting. Bestavros's work and ideas might also offer a breakthrough in how we use personalization technologies...
Computer User: WIPO sends message to AOL in ICQ domain-name dispute.
Petter Rindforth, an arbitrator assigned by WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center to handle the ICQPlus.org dispute, ruled this month that Russian programmer Vadim Eremeev can keep the domain because he doesn't charge for the popular software he promotes on a Web site at that address.
ZDNN: VeriSign to give up .org, .net.
Executives involved in the talks say the agreement was driven by VeriSign's falling market share for sales of new Web addresses. VeriSign currently sells fewer than half the world's 28.2 million Web addresses ending in "com," "net" or "org" -- a big shift from its monopoly until June 1999.
EE Times: Bluetooth readies spec for 2, 10 Mbit/s data rates.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is drafting high-speed versions of the short-range wireless specification that will run at 2 and 10 Mbits/second and could be released by the end of the year, the group's chairman said at the Intel Developer Forum Wednesday.
TechWeb: Do Wireless Numbers Really Add Up?
If it seems like there's more analysis than action in the wireless space, you're not alone in noticing it. Research firm EMarketer has been analyzing the analysts and concludes that the industry is crowded with smoke, mirrors, and random mathematics.
Mappa.Mundi Magazine: The Victorian Internet.
Throughout the book are fascinating nuggets of information. Though the parallels to our modern times are evident, Standage doesn't club the reader over the head with the parallels. Some parallels may seem obscure, but will hit home for those that work on the Internet.
Industry Standard: Olympic Committee Opens Up Games to Net Journalists.
The IOC made the decision to grant the press credentials yesterday. According to David Aikman, a member of the IOC's Internet task force, the organization has accredited 15 sports sites, including Sportal Network and Sports.com in the U.K. and Sport24.com in France.
Internet World: Deconstructing Contentville.com.
John Shiple and Peter Merholz. Contentville labors under the common misconception that a search box solves all problems. The site serves unique Web content, and in such a situation, folks tend not to search: Because they don’t know what’s available, they don’t know what to look for.
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