Monthly Archives: June 2001

The public in California will be somewhat more protected from corporate wrongdoing under bills that passed both chambers in the California legislature this week. SB 11 and AB 36, differ in some ways, so it’s not clear which will go … Continue reading →

Dave, Deborah, the Motley Fool, Robert, Doc and Jeremy, among many others, continue to weigh in on Microsoft’s SmartTags scheme. Maybe the pressure will help restrain a company that has no such concept in its DNA. Maybe not. I tend … Continue reading →

Frank Rich (NY Times): The Backslap Backlash. The administration proceeds on the belief that no one would possibly question its wisdom and that anything can be sold with the proper marketing strategy and enough repetition of an unvarying script. Salon: … Continue reading →

Stopped by the JavaOne show yesterday. If the tech industry is in trouble, you’d never know it from the crowds at Moscone Center in San Francisco. The trend for Java was crystal clear on the exhibition-hall floor, though. Once touted … Continue reading →

Walter Mossberg (Wall Street Journal): New Windows XP Feature Can Re-Edit Others’ Sites. In effect, Microsoft will be able, through the browser, to re-edit anybody’s site, without the owner’s knowledge or permission, in a way that tempts users to leave … Continue reading →

Java Pro (edited by my brother, Steve): Java Technology Achievement Awards. Established in 1999, the Java Technology Achievement Awards recognize the products, solutions, teams, and individuals that best reflect the potential of Java technology. Comments

Wall Street Journal: Windows XP: Is there life after icons?. Microsoft points out that people who buy Windows XP are free to set up their own shortcuts and icons on the screen to any programs they wish. In fact, “if … Continue reading →

I never thought I’d have to write a headline like that. The very idea that a professor — or anyone — would have to sue to get the “right” to publish his research is anathema to the very foundation of … Continue reading →

The goings-on at Steve Gibson’s Gibson Research site are disturbing. He says he’s been attacked, and pretty much brought to his knees, by Net vandals. The question this all raises is even more disturbing. Is the Net vulnerable at large … Continue reading →

Dave Winer: How to Save the Soul of the Internet. It’s the Zen-like way to win and at the same time save the soul of the Internet from being sucked behind the philosophical and intellectual firewall at Microsoft. No it … Continue reading →