internet + web

Garbage In, Garbage In

BY Heath RowTue Aug 19, 2003 at 5:09 PM

Sorry to share some sniping with you, but I'm awash with a rash of irritating junk emails right now. They come from a wide range of sources and have three different subject lines: "Re: Your application," "Your details," and "Re: ...READ»

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Healthy Viruses

BY Heath RowTue Aug 19, 2003 at 3:29 PM

This is awesome. Following the recent outbreak of the Blaster worm, which infected hundreds of thousands of computers, a programmer has developed -- and released -- a benign form of the worm, which actually repairs damage done by the ...READ»

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At Lunch With Luke Visconti

Wed Aug 13, 2003 at 6:55 PM

"Senior executives don't respect the Web." -- Luke Visconti, partner and founder of DiversityInc. Visconti helped to launch a Web site on diversity issues in 1998 and put it into the black within 18 months. But it wasn't until a ...READ»

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Retail Details

BY Heath RowWed Aug 13, 2003 at 12:11 PM

You can sell products. You can sell services. You can sell software. Vaporware, even. And now, it seems that you can sell imaginary objects that exist only in an online game environment. Julian Dibbell hopes to support his family by ...READ»

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Sign of the Dot-Com Apocalypse IV

BY Heath RowWed Aug 13, 2003 at 11:57 AM

FC Now reader Les Black raises the recent activities of the RIAA in a comment yesterday. The current issue of Blender includes a snarky brief on how not to get sued by the RIAA. The Electronic Frontier Foundation offers a more ...READ»

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I Hate Flash

Tue Aug 12, 2003 at 3:57 PM

Of course, if you read my rant about Web sites (The Big Red Fez) you knew that, but I thought I'd remind you. Anyway, I visited LAGA.com the other day for an unrelated errand and I need to tell you that I was more than impressed. In ...READ»

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Sign of the Dot-Com Apocalypse III

BY Heath RowTue Aug 12, 2003 at 12:44 PM

Philip Kaplan unearths a spin-ridden internal memo from AOL explaining why it makes sense to remove AOL from the corporate name. The short form: "For millions of people, we are the Internet. It's time for us to get our brand ...READ»

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Sign of the Dot-Com Apocalypse II

Tue Aug 12, 2003 at 10:53 AM

Perhaps the greatest business blunder of the Internet Age is the AOL Time Warner merger. Today's New York Post reports, as we first noted yesterday, that AOL may be dropped from the media company's official corporate name. This is ...READ»

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Sign of the Dot-Com Apocalypse

Mon Aug 11, 2003 at 4:32 PM

As if we needed any other signs that the reign of high-flying internet companies is over, AOL Time Warner is considering dropping AOL from its name. It's probably a good thing, considering AOL's real place in the Time Warner ...READ»

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Tech Dependent II

BY Heath RowFri Aug 8, 2003 at 2:07 PM

Clearly, not all time spent online at work is productive. Especially when there are handy how-to resources like Kuro5hin's Guide to Looking Busy at Work. The tongue-in-cheek piece addresses the dangers -- and delights -- of ...READ»

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Tech Dependent

BY Heath RowFri Aug 8, 2003 at 1:51 PM

Are you a Web addict? Dr. Nathan Shapira of the University of Florida's Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute recommends considering the following criteria -- MOUSE. More than intended time spent online Other ...READ»

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