Monthly Archives: November 2001

Reuters: Microsoft CEO Talks of ‘Broader Concept’ for Xbox. “We know we have to succeed but there is a broader concept there that we will pursue at some point,” Ballmer said. “You can say, is it the end of the … Continue reading →

The Register: KaZaA ordered to cease infringing copyright. Music sharing system KaZaA has been given two weeks by a Dutch court to cease infringing recording artists’ copyrights. Of course, it wasn’t KaZaA that was infringing. It was the users of … Continue reading →

Taiwan-based Via Technologies is in the fight of its life. The opponent is Intel, the biggest chipmaker on the planet. More in my Sunday column. Comments

Want to tell the U.S. Justice Department what you think of its giveaway “settlement” with Microsoft in the antitrust case? Here’s request for comments announcement in the Federal Register. If you’ve already read the terms of this sellout, e-mail your … Continue reading →

AP: Court upholds ban on DVD-cracking code. But Hollywood studios, looking to protect their coveted content, disagreed. A lower court found the harm to Hollywood outweighed the free speech protections and the appeals court agreed. AP: Lawsuit by professor who … Continue reading →

Above is an evening street scene in Taipei’s retail technology center, which turns out to be a short walk from my hotel. There are dozens of stores selling a variety of electronics gear. Taiwan is in economic difficulty, maybe serious … Continue reading →

In Beijing last week I used the cards pictured here for Internet access. They’re pre-paid cards for dial-up connections. I paid cash. In other words, my Internet connection was anonymous. So much for the pervasive image of China as a … Continue reading →

I’ve had CNN on in the hotel while I did e-mail tonight, and there’s an advertisement running frequently begging people to come and visit the U.S. Just a data point… Comments

Linux has been to the heights of hype, and recently sunk amid the normal de-hyping that surrounds all such phenomena. But it’s still making inroads, as Elise Ackerman notes in this story in today’s Mercury News. On a trip to … Continue reading →

Mercury News: Missing photographer found slain in Oakland. The weeklong search for missing Mercury News photojournalist Luci S. Houston ended tragically Sunday, when her body was found in her locked car parked about two miles from her Oakland home. Comments