Monthly Archives: July 2001

Commercial Alert: Complaint Against Search Engines for Deceptive Ads. The complaint states that such listings “look like information from an objective database selected by an objective algorithm. But really they are paid ads in disguise.” Comments

There’s good news and modestly hopeful news from the California legislature on privacy rights. But whether you’ll have a say in what people do with your most private information is still very much up for grabs. The good news first: … Continue reading →

When I declared independence from Microsoft a couple of weeks ago, the idea was to do my part to reduce the power of an unrepentant monopolist. I discovered that lots of other folks want to do the same. It got … Continue reading →

Mercury News: Students who made recruiting splash lose jobs. “They experienced both of the extremes — one being hired very easily, and the other flip side of the coin, being let go just as easily,” said Amandip Sehmbey, the ex-Nortel … Continue reading →

A flurry of announcements (and revelations) in the music industry leads you to the inescapable conclusion that the endgame is near. For the moment, the anti-consumer control freaks have won — totally. Napster is dead (Cnet) in every way that … Continue reading →

Dave Winer: Distributed membership and preferences. The frustration of decentralized systems, as expressed by many users of our software, is that it’s cumbersome to enter your information manually for every site you want to join. Isn’t there some way to … Continue reading →

Reuters: AOL closes in on British publisher. In what would be its first big European acquisition since its own merger, AOL Time Warner could reach a deal with IPC as soon as next week after a long stretch of on-off … Continue reading →

New York Times: Merrill bars analysts from buying stocks they rate. But Tuesday’s move does nothing to eliminate the most significant area of conflict: the role that rhapsodic research can play in supporting the firm’s very lucrative investment banking business … Continue reading →

The deflation of the technology bubble has brought some good effects and many bad ones. But we’re also in the early stages of a reckoning — making at least some of the bad guys accountable for their actions More in … Continue reading →

AP: Microsoft to change licensing agreements because of court ruling. “We recognize that some provisions in our existing Windows licenses have been ruled improper by the court, so we are providing computer manufacturers greater flexibility,” Ballmer said. Chalk this up … Continue reading →