Monthly Archives: December 2001

What a year. Sept. 11 dominated everything, but the tech world had an interesting 2001 as well. Here’s my year-end wrap-up column. Comments

Dave Winer: When to give away the technology. One little company selling a product does not make a market, no matter how unfair that seems. Dave’s piece is about technology — about software — and it’s a thought-provoking look at … Continue reading →

Because decreasingly reliable Windows 2000 notebook remains dead in the water as far as Internet connections go, I won’t be back online Jan. 2. So until then — Happy New Year to you and yours. Comments

Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal): Microsoft Has Good Year, At Expense of Customers. The settlement reached in October, now pending before yet another federal judge, does bar some offensive Microsoft behavior. But much of it pertains to the company’s relations … Continue reading →

I’m in Japan, where my IBM ThinkPad running Windows 2000 no longer allows PPP connections with Internet service providers. A call to IBM tech support led to the suggestion that I reinstall everything from scratch. So I’m using a friend’s … Continue reading →

Happy Holidays to you all. Comments

Time Magazine’s choice of New York’s mayor, Rudy Giuliani, as Person of the Year, is another example of Big Media’s increasing timidity. Giuliani deserves enormous praise for his leadership in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. But this feel-good … Continue reading →

We’ll always look back on 2001 as the year when America joined the real world in the most horrific way. The Sept. 11 murders did change us. Technology was central to those events. It will continue to be central in … Continue reading →

I loaded Virtual PC 5 for the Mac on an iBook with 384 megabytes of RAM, running OS 10.1, and the performance wasn’t just poor. The computer was unusable. Connectix admits there’s a serious problem, and says it lies largely … Continue reading →

Cnet: Microsoft seeks antitrust hearing delay. “If there is one thing that characterizes Microsoft’s conduct in this case even more than denial, it is delay, delay, delay,” Tom Miller, Iowa attorney general and one of the states’ leaders, said in … Continue reading →