April 2, 2001
AskTog: Replay TV.
The Replay TV incident is different: users never requested a sharp reduction in the functionality of their machines, no notice was given that the machines would be downgraded in this way, and the users had no way of avoiding the damage that was done.
Industry Standard: Patent Reform Pending.
A year later, the agency is issuing fewer patents. But that hasn't satisfied detractors in industry and Congress, who will hold hearings on patent reform this month. Since last year, the patent office has slowed down the examination process by adding a second level of review...
News.Com: Will the "refresh" button become obsolete?
A surfer on Excite, for example, would load a full page from the original source, but then the site would establish a direct connection between Bang's network and her browser. This would remain open as long as she is on the site, updating changes in the page as they're made.
Network World: Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers.
Nobody knows how big or how active the routing table can get before the Internet's core routers start crashing. But current projections show that if the growth goes unchecked, the Internet could face a router processing-power crunch in as soon as 18 months.
NY Times: Borders Returning to the Internet.
Online advertising companies, too, are increasingly desperate to use geographic targeting tools to reinforce their clients' faith in Internet marketing. In short, for a growing number of companies, this will be the year when the borderless Internet economy becomes an outmoded concept.
Marketing Computers: IPMapper Literally Targets Online Users.
Online marketers can know exactly where their customers are, says Daniel Westrick, director of Caimis Geo. "Right now people have crude web logging applications," he adds, which only identify obvious foreign codes on domain names.
Upside: RealNetworks grabs largest share of MusicNet.
But CEO Rob Glaser, who has long complained about how hard it is to purchase music protected with rights management schemes, said the technology will take a "guardrails approach, not a Fort Knox approach … We want products that are easy to use."
News.Com: Anti-piracy plans for hardware fail.
It is possible, but unlikely, that another similar proposal could be introduced before the current set of standards is finalized later this year, an NCITS representative said. The standards are likely to be approved in August, providing little time to submit, discuss, and vote on any new pieces.
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