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Tuesday, June 29
Rob Clark sent us a link to his page on Windows-only
modems and Linux. The page includes links to modems that
work under Linux. Rob's site links to another page
(linmodems.org)
encouraging Linux support for Winmodems.
AOL
5.0 is in beta testing. The new software will support
some broadband services, video, and links to the Palm
computing platform.
ZDNet
examines the major players in the race to bring broadband
Internet access to the masses.
CMGI is buying
AltaVista from Compaq for US$2.3 billion.
Sega is preparing a $100
million marketing program for its 56K-equipped Dreamcast
gaming console, due in the U.S. this September.
News.com looks at online
storage sites. Networked storage makes all kinds of
sense for people who are mobile or who use multiple
computers at multiple locations. In theory, all you need is
FTP space, but a web interface can add useful geegaws like
remote bookmarks and address books.
Friday, July 2
Shannon
Shelton of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution looks at
some of the disadvantages of those free PCs that some ISPs
are giving away.
Yahoo!
has revised its recently-revised terms of service to
make it clear that they do not own content posted to Yahoo!
or its GeoCities subsidiary. A change last week could have
led to Yahoo! owning their members' content.
Politics and the Internet
Republican presidential contender Elizabeth Dole asked
Congress to deny
federal funds to libraries that don't install Internet
filtering software to block pornography.
Australia
has passed a law that applies television broadcast
standards to Internet content, and will require monitoring
of illegal activities and adult material. In protest,
Electronic Frontier
Australia has asked for the resignation of Richard
Alston, Australia's minister for communications, information
technology, and the arts.
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly
passed a measure that would give businesses some
protection from liability problems caused by the Y2K bug.
President Clinton is reportedly ready to sign the bill, but
it must first pass in the Senate.
Big bandwidth
The Vendors ISDN Association (VIA) has changed its name
to Access
Technologies Forum (ATF) and expanded its focus to
include DSL technologies.
John
Waggoner of USA Today believes that the increasing need
for consumer bandwidth will drive up telecom stocks.
Australia's
Telstra will invest $300 million a year upgrading its
copper phone network to support high speed DSL technology.
A
new study suggests that e-commerce sites stand to lose
US$4 billion annually because of delays in page loading.
Ten
Texas ISPs have joined together to petition for access
to cable modem networks.
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