Monthly Archives: October 2000

A Law the Tech Industry Doesn’t Want

San Jose Mercury News: Net privacy laws will have to wait. High-tech companies are particularly worried that new legislation would forbid Web sites from collecting personal information — such as buying preferences, name, home and e-mail addresses — unless the … Continue reading

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WebHouse Troubles Bleed into Priceline’s Future?

San Jose Mercury News: WebHouse to close its doors. Although WebHouse is a separate operation from Priceline, the company’s failure raises questions about the “name-your-own-price” business model that Priceline pioneered and about the future growth prospects for Priceline, an electronic … Continue reading

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Microsoft: Rules Don’t Apply to Us

AP: Microsoft wants more Appeals time. The company said the 19 issues it plans to appeal and the many technological details of the case warrant a court schedule far longer than federal appellate guidelines. Amazing gall. Microsoft has had legions … Continue reading

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The H-1B Vote

Maybe there’s really a massive shortage of qualified technology workers. Maybe it’s not so bad. What matters today, apparently, is money. Period. Congress dramatically boosted the H-1B visa program yesterday, bowing to the wishes of technology executives. At least the … Continue reading

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Patent Abuse in the Wall Street Journal

The nation’s foremost business newspaper has finally discovered the business-process patent disaster. This story is long overdue, but it’s a reasonable introduction to why the system is utterly broken. Top Level Domains and ICANN Elections The The Internet Corporation for … Continue reading

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More Stalling by Microsoft

Reuters: Microsoft proposes 5 months for appeals. Justice delayed is justice denied. Napster Gets Fair Hearing, Anyway AP: Court says Napster can continue operating. The appeals panel, through its questioning, suggested that U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel’s injunction … Continue reading

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Sony’s Impressive Leader

During the past few months I’ve been interviewing the heads of some of the major technology companies, government agencies and tech movements about their style of leadership. Earlier conversations have included Andy Grove, Linus Torvalds, John Chambers, William Kennard and … Continue reading

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