You ever gawk at traffic running smoothly? Didn't think so -- it's the accidents that grab our attention. So if your press release is being ignored, t...
View articleSure, it's great to have broadband access. It's fast, it's powerful. But power can make you vulnerable. How are we going to protect a broadband Net? R...
View articleOut in San Francisco to talk to Agere Systems salespeople about broadband, Dana found himself staying in a hotel whose wires couldn't even keep a 24,0...
View articleA little idealism might be just what it takes to get the Internet industry rolling again. And that's what makes a recent story on "wireless Ethernet" ...
View articleWhat's all the tumult in the market? It's the sound of change coming. So just do what you've been doing with change ever since you came to the Interne...
View articleAt many glossy conferences he's attended, Dana's wondered: If the Armani-clad CEO speaking has so many great new ideas, why isn't he back at the offic...
View articleHow is your e-business going to celebrate the holiday season? How about playing "Dreidel for Jobs"? The winner stays employed, the losers get pink sli...
View articleEvery new industry goes through a boom-and-bust cycle. Some companies never recover from a bust. Others come back stronger. Time will tell how iXL com...
View articleDid your last dot-com go bust? Or are you just looking for a new opportunity? Well, here's a proven business plan, one with a 164-year history. Read M...
View articleIf you've got a great new Internet business idea, you could very well end up paying a fee -- perhaps a huge one -- to some hoarder sitting on the name...
View articleOnline shoppers worry about credit card security, but the fact has always been that merchants have as much to fear in any transaction as consumers. A ...
View articleA lot of e-tailers have looked a lot like whiny children most of this year, at least to investors. And the upcoming holiday season is the "one more ch...
View articleUnder U.S. law, the border between one's right to anonymity and the power of the state lies along the line of speech and action. But there is no clear...
View articleAs you sit down to turkey this afternoon, you may not feel there's much to be thankful for. Last year, you felt rich and did work you loved. Now maybe...
View articleWhen the Internet was emerging, everyone agreed that this new medium would bring together people of different backgrounds, nationalities, and ideologi...
View articleWhat's ahead for the coming e-Christmas? Conventional wisdom holds that the online arm of real-world stores will shove the dot-coms aside. But are the...
View articleYou think the Florida secretary of state has problems? Look at what Vinton Cerf, the new chair of ICANN, faces. How he deals with them might affect us...
View articleLaughter holds no party, no position. It skewers both sides without fear or favor. And the web serves up some of the best political humor around. Read...
View articleDo you spend a lot of your day fighting? With employees, suppliers, creditors, etc.? No doubt, you're absolutely right in all cases. But this election...
View articleDana's here to tell you about a terrible scandal. Democracy is being undermined, its intentions thwarted. The expressed will of the majority is being ...
View articleOne of 2000's big nonstories was the wireless application protocol (WAP). Wireless access to the Internet failed to take off because services such as ...
View articleThere's always been a certain amount of paranoia in the ISP community, and at last week's ISPCON conference, the villain was easy to identify. It wasn...
View articleThere are big surprises in the air for the Bellheads and cable head ends. Dana's looking at some of them at ISPCON this week. Read More...
View articleYou know the joke about real estate, that the three key words to know are location, location, and location? Well, at the ISPCON Fall 2000 conference t...
View articleDid the bear bite you? You're not alone. The woods are filled with Internet retailers, content companies, and builders whose stocks are worth pennies ...
View articleWhen it was announced that PRIMEDIA was to purchase About.com, PRIMEDIA's shares shed a fifth of their value within minutes. Did PRIMEDIA even buy a r...
View articleThe Internet isn't a product, or even a set of products. It's a medium, like radio or TV. This is a point being missed by investors looking at web bus...
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