Monthly Archives: July 2001

In giving the computer makers a tiny bit more flexibility, Microsoft is finally making a change it should have made long ago. In other words, given the changes that have occurred in the past few years, it’s a meaningless gesture. … Continue reading →

Mercury News: Online grocer Webvan closes, will file for bankruptcy. Consumer advocates said the deal is troubling because it would shrink even further the number of major players in the cable TV market. Comcast is now the third largest cable … Continue reading →

Victor Stone: Clash and Trash. Put another way: if all you know about Microsoft is what you read (and readinto) the Halloweenmemos then you deserve whatever spanking Microsoftmight give you if you are in its way. Comments

I’m on a plane today. Updates later, if at all. Comments

It’s always important to take time out for thinking, for reflecting on the values and ways of our lives. We don’t do this nearly enough in Silicon Valley, and that’s a shame. More in my Sunday column. Comments

Washington Post: Comcast makes hostile bid for AT&T Broadband. Consumer advocates said the deal is troubling because it would shrink even further the number of major players in the cable TV market. Comcast is now the third largest cable company … Continue reading →

The letters continue to pour in about my July 4 column, in which I worried about the United Kingdom’s descent toward a surveillance society. The ones that alarm me the most — thankfully there haven’t been many — suggest that … Continue reading →

Finland is the capital of the wireless phenomenon. When I first came here four or five years ago, this nordic nation was already the leader in per capita use of mobile phones. Finland’s teenagers pretty much invented SMS, the short … Continue reading →

It’s always important to take time out for thinking, for reflecting on the values and ways of our lives. We don’t do this nearly enough in Silicon Valley, and that’s a shame. More in my Sunday column. Comments

Dave Winer: The MicroChannel Architecture. Microsoft’s killer triumvirate is Passport, .NET and the secret sauce — HailStorm. It’s a total lockdown, just what IBM proposed after quelling the Apple-lead insurrection as they tried to dispose of Compaq and the cloners. … Continue reading →