Monthly Archives: July 2000

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Last fall, Pacific Century Cyberworks and its tycoon founder, Richard Li, announced an audacious project, to offer a new kind of media via high-speed, satellite-fed Internet access to tens of millions of Asian households. Now his company has launched an … Continue reading →

In last Sunday’s column about the Rosetta Disk, a remarkable effort to preserve some of our history and culture, I didn’t mention the manufacturer of the media. I should have. The maker of the disk is Norsam Technologies, which developed … Continue reading →

It’s just another work day in London, and just another holiday in the U.S. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, one of the great documents of the ages, suffered greatly for their revolutionary activities. Freedom and liberty … Continue reading →

It’s the king’s birthday in Tonga, an island nation in the South Pacific. Dewayne Hendricks will be there, and what he’s working on could bring Tonga into the 21st Century in a hurry. More in my Tuesday column. Comments

It’s just another work day in London, and just another holiday in the U.S. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, one of the great documents of the ages, suffered greatly for their revolutionary activities. Freedom and liberty … Continue reading →

Silicon Valley traffic has gotten pretty awful, but London is beginning to remind me of Bangkok in this regard. You sit and sit. At least I understand the language, and can enjoy a conversation with the driver. Solution: Take the … Continue reading →

I’m heading to London later today, for NetMedia 2000, an annual new-media journalism conference. I’ve been a speaker each year of the conference’s history, and also help out on the computer-assisted journalism training. My topic this year is productivity tools … Continue reading →

We are creating — and losing — information at a faster and faster rate these days. Plenty of what we’re creating deserves to end up in the dumpster, but our descendants will need our history and knowledge. The digital world … Continue reading →

David Boies, the lead lawyer for the Justice Department in the Microsoft antitrust case, has taken on Napster as a client. He’s come up with some interesting arguments (Reuters) to counter the lawsuit filed by the Recording Industry Association of … Continue reading →