March 29, 2001
EE Times: IBM to spring Roentgen hi-res LCD monitor.
While academicians and human-factor researchers working in industry testified to the increased productivity that high-resolution displays can bring, executives questioned whether the displays' higher costs would have perceived value in mainstream markets.
Fortune: The Dot-Com That Time Forgot.
Eventually, he arrives at the nondescript space he shares with a new colleague, Jennifer Erdmann. Working back to back, the two put their classic liberal arts educations to work by "optimizing" the ads Google sells to companies looking for a highly targeted audience.
ZDNN: Sony puts a new spin on Net Appliances.
The eVilla, a device with a 15-inch monitor and built-in speakers will allow people to browse the Web through a dial-up or broadband connection. First shown at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, Sony is positioning eVilla as an entertainment portal for the home.
USA Today: Study: Sites still violating kids' privacy.
The researchers spent 14 minutes reading the Applejacks.com policy, and were still confused by some portions. But the Chevroncars.com policy took about 16 minutes to read but featured pictures of "Wally the Warning Squirrel" cautioning children that their personal information would be used.
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Internet Studies 1.0: a Discipline Is Born.
It has been a year since Black April, when the air started going out of the dot-com bubble, at a cost to investors and businesses of many billions. You might assume there could not be a worse time for a field calling itself "Internet studies." You would be wrong.
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