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| - Peace,
Quiet and a T-1 Line
- Any Web
site can be a hacking target
- The
Graying Prince of a Shrinking Kingdom
- $1
Million Hacker Dare Planned to Promote Internet Security Device
- Goings
and Leavings in the Valley
- Users
hold back on plans for .Net
- IM,
you IM, we all IM
- Get Over
Yourself
- Disney to launch enhanced
ABC.com
- Start-up Profits From
E-Legal Activities
- Professor
warns of threat to free speech
- Dot
What?
- Anonymity Takes a D.C.
Hit
- Internet stress testing
- The
World Isn't Ending And I'm Not Going Away
- Study
and Play Soar, While Work-at-Home Flattens
- Amazon,
the Portal? E-tailer Begins Movie Listings
- Shaheen
and Webvan Take Each Other for a Costly Ride
- Hackers
Cash in on E-Commerce Bug
- In
Online Advertising, Context is King
- Ad
Bureau Chief On A Revival Mission
- Online
garden marketplace withers away
Peace,
Quiet and a T-1 Line
The prosperity of companies providing public Internet
access depends largely on business travelers being inconvenienced by delayed flights
and spotty wireless access. Any
Web site can be a hacking target
Security analysts said automated scanning
tools and hacking probes can target seemingly improbable Web sites, emphasizing
the importance of installing patches for known vulnerabilities on all Web servers.
The
Graying Prince of a Shrinking Kingdom
Older and smarter, the CEO whipped
his company back into the black. Is Apple on the verge of big things, or is it
becoming perfectly irrelevant? $1
Million Hacker Dare Planned to Promote Internet Security Device
A year-old
security technology company from Canada is so sure its products can protect PCs
from Net-connected hackers that it is planning a million-dollar challenge to prove
it. Goings
and Leavings in the Valley
Many who have done well during the recently
concluded Bay Area's boom are pulling a Jules Verne. Others who have crashed are
doing a fast exit, according to Craigslist. Users
hold back on plans for .Net
At a Microsoft-related conference, many IT
managers said they're confused by the software vendor's multifaceted .Net technology
initiative and aren't rushing to make plans to move to the new Web-based computing
services platform. IM,
you IM, we all IM
Cheaper and not as intrusive as a phone call, but with
more immediacy than e-mail, instant messaging (IM) has proven to be a real plus
for keeping business communications going. Get
Over Yourself
Your ego is out of control. You're screwing up your career.
Jack Welch, David Pottruck, and others can help you get control of your huge self.
As if you care. Disney
to launch enhanced ABC.com
A revamped ABC.com, featuring expanded entertainment
and news content, will go up in September under a consolidation by parent Walt
Disney Co. Start-up
Profits From E-Legal Activities
DataCert's Web-based ShareDoc/Legal billing
system facilitates transactions between corporate legal departments and law firms
and integrates with many legal management systems, making accounting and validation
of charges easier. Professor
warns of threat to free speech
Edward Felten, the Princeton University
professor who was muzzled from giving a speech about cracking digital watermarks,
warned that if it happened to him, it could happen to you. Dot
What?
Seven new Internet domain names now offer more cyber real estate.
But is anyone buying? Anonymity
Takes a D.C. Hit
New legislation would require federally funded schools
and libraries to block access on their computers to anonymous Internet services.
Internet
stress testing
It's extremely tempting to believe that there is no such
thing as too much Web traffic. But unlike other forms of popular mass media, Web
sites have limited traffic capacity and break when forced to exceed that capacity.
The
World Isn't Ending And I'm Not Going Away
IBM chief Louis V. Gerstner,
the ground hog of top corporate executives, poked his head out for his annual
forecast: the fright in the technology industry is way overdone, and IBM is set
to prosper from a real boom in e-commerce. Study
and Play Soar, While Work-at-Home Flattens
There's no place like home
for Americans, much more now than even a few years ago, a new study reveals
Amazon,
the Portal? E-tailer Begins Movie Listings
Amazon.com reached beyond retail
for the first time, launching a movie-listing site that will be supported by advertising.
"In Theaters" will initially be supported by advertising from Buena Vista Pictures,
a division of media giant Disney. Shaheen
and Webvan Take Each Other for a Costly Ride
To say that George Shaheen
got a golden parachute when he dashed out the door leaving struggling home grocer
Webvan behind would be the understatement of the year. Hackers
Cash in on E-Commerce Bug
In April, a devastating bug was found in shopping
cart software called 'PDG' that exposed all customer records on about 4,000 Web
sites. In
Online Advertising, Context is King
Advertising columnist Tom Hespos evaluates
Websites that have seized the targeted marketing opportunity afforded by the medium.
Ad
Bureau Chief On A Revival Mission
Robin Webster has the tricky task of
leading a trade group whose trade has been in a free fall for months. Online
garden marketplace withers away
Egarden.com is calling it quits, becoming
the latest public industry marketplace to be nipped in the bud.
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