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Hotjobs hoax By Frank Houston
An Internet job listing lured about a dozen people to interviews at a CBS studio. The only problem is ... no one told CBS.
(12/23/99)

Amazon to world By Scott Rosenberg
We control how many times you must click! With a decision to patent the obvious, Amazon sparks the ire of a free-software advocate -- and a boycott of its site.
(12/21/99)

Get granny shopping online! By Janelle Brown
Who really benefits when an e-commerce site and an ISP team up to teach seniors how to surf?
(12/20/99)

Technology Log: I kissed him! By Janelle Brown
Janelle Brown meets Mahir: Across a crowded room (filled to bursting with dot-commers and nude models), our intrepid reporter spots the Turkish stud.
(12/17/99)

Panhandling made perfect By Janelle Brown
an a Web site teach street people how to improve their money-making skills?
(12/16/99)

Diamonds are a lech's best friend By Janelle Brown
Jewelry.com yanks one sexy ad after a group of angry fathers protests -- but its "toned down" replacement is pretty saucy.
(12/13/99)

Dissecting the VA Linux IPO By Mark Gimein
Its stock soared 698 percent on opening day -- but does that mean investors really believe it's got a gilded future?
(12/11/99)

Click on charity By Janelle Brown
Toys for Tots calls the Net a godsend for nonprofits accustomed to expensive direct-mail fund-raising.
(12/09/99)

Viva Net glam! By Janelle Brown
Even drag queens are getting rich off dot-com mania, as RuPaul becomes the latest Internet celebrity spokesperson.
(12/08/99)

Y2Kiss By Janelle Brown
Romance novelists attempt to cash in on millennial computer chaos. (12/06/99)

The free PC is dead! By Mark Gimein
Long live the free PC! By driving the price of low-end computers to near zero, the free-PC movement is driving itself to near extinction.
(12/03/99)

Celebs flock to Apple's digital hype fest By Janelle Brown
Douglas Adams, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Donald Glaser visit Cupertino to make digital movies.
(12/02/99)

Holiday gift mania By Janelle Brown
Tis the season for journalists to be flooded with gifts from start-ups eager for attention.
(12/01/99)

Toy story By Mark Gimein
Between "eToys" and "etoy" lies more than a letter's difference.
(11/30/99)

Microsoft beseiged by civil suits By Janelle Brown
Will the five class action suits -- and more undoubtedly to come -- cause the software giant any pain?
(11/29/99)

Cyberslacking epidemic By Mark Gimein
Are companies losing billions of dollars to recreational surfing and e-mail chit-chats?
(11/24/99)

I told you once ... By Christopher Sandlund
Hey Steve Case, why should I have to tell you again? I don't want junk mail.
(11/23/99)

Trapped in a healthnet By Andrew Leonard
A domain name dispute rages between a big HMO and a tiny nonprofit that links together Third World health-care providers.
(11/22/99)

"Hot women and dry martinis" By Janelle Brown
If we've come such a long way, baby, then why are we still being treated to sites like TheMan.com?
(11/19/99)

Sunspots By Mark Gimein
Excerpts from a diary of a networked future. (11/18/99)

MP3 crackdown By Janelle Brown
As the recording industry "educates" universities about digital music piracy, students feel the heat.
(11/17/99)

Who surfs to be a millionaire? By Andy Dehnart
Talk about hefty user acquisition costs. A CBS-backed portal site called iWon.com gives away millions -- to differentiate itself.
(11/16/99)

Why Microsoft really does suck By Andrew Leonard
All the warm, fuzzy feelings evoked by my gorgeous new laptop went up in smoke when I discovered the evil that lurked inside.
(11/15/99)

When help in the shop is a flop By Janelle Brown
Why don't e-commerce sites offer real customer assistance, instead of clogging up bandwidth with cartoon helpers?
(11/12/99)

Pick a peck o' presidents By Jenn Shreve
Not sure who to vote for? Tell your views to a presidential polling site and it will pick out just the right candidate.
(11/11/99)

"Fair use" vs. foul play By Mark Gimein
Newspapers win copyright battle against FreeRepublic.com, but does ruling threaten their investigative reporting?
(11/10/99)

Honesty is the best policy By Kaitlin Quistgaard
RealNetworks is the latest company to expose personal data, yet escape action by TRUSTe. Does the privacy watchdog ever bite?
(11/09/99)

More Mahir mania By Janelle Brown
The Net's favorite Turkish accordian player says he just wants peace -- but parodies of his "I Kiss You!!!!" site persist.
(11/08/99)

Boo to Boo By Mark Gimein
A much anticipated site devoted to hipster fashion launches -- complete with some offputting boo-boos.
(11/05/99)

I Kiss You!!!!! By Janelle Brown
A friendly Turkish accordion player becomes the Net's latest collective craze.
(11/04/99)

Hail your e-mail By Mark Gimein
Will the Yahoo taxis, with their free Net access, become the vehicles of the future?
(11/03/99)

Babble on By Janelle Brown
English is the mother tongue of most of the Web -- but not necessarily of the people who surf it.
(11/02/99)

Think translucent By Janelle Brown
Does Steve Jobs know what he has unleashed? Suddenly, see-through plastic is the rage.
(11/01/99)

Vegetarian love, online By Jenn Shreve
Looking for that elusive hunk of meat-shunning lovin'? Try VeggieDate.com.
(10/29/99)

Battle of the Amazons By Katharine Mieszkowski
Why are Jeff Bezos' lawyers asking sexual-orientation questions about the ladies who run a bookstore in Minneapolis?
(10/28/99)

Microsoft and Dow Jones -- no love lost By Mark Gimein
Microsoft demands a retraction from Dow Jones, even as it joins the Dow Jones industrial average.
(10/28/99)

Sony's $900 picture frame By Mark Gimein
The company's new memory cards are ultra-cool. But are they really good for anything?
(10/27/99)

Microsoft flip-flop By Andrew Leonard
First Microsoft fired its volunteers -- then turned around and rehired them. Does Microsoft understand the software business?
(10/26/99)

Prog rock lives! By Noah Shachtman
The band Yes is back -- in a soundtrack for the hit video game Homeworld.
(10/25/99)

Gambling on the Net -- or not? By Janelle Brown
As the country undergoes an anti-gambling backlash, Congress again attempts to restrict wagering online.
(10/22/99)

Casting an academic eye on Linux By Andrew Leonard
Researchers at the University of Michigan want to know how the open-source community "gets things done."
(10/21/99)

Microsoft chess: Call it a draw? By Mark Gimein
The virtual match "Kasparov vs. the World" ends in chess suicide, offering a glimpse into the nature of online community.
(10/20/99)

Same old worm in the Apple By Mark Gimein
A week after Time taps Steve Jobs as the new model for American business, it turns out that Apple is struggling to ship computers out the door.
(10/19/99)

Software pirates beware? By Janelle Brown
Free T-shirt giveaway doesn't exactly draw a crowd for the cause of legal software.
(10/18/99)

Lost and found By Mark Gimein
A wacky new start-up wants to reunite you with your misplaced belongings.
(10/15/99)

Surf and sniff By Janelle Brown
Scent with your site? A new company bets on odor technology.
(10/14/99)

Pot pol By Mark Gimein
George W.'s Silicon Valley point man, Tim Draper, isn't quiet about legalizing marijuana.
(10/13/99)

Microsoft's annual report: Made on Macintosh By Scott Rosenberg
The evidence is written all over the report's Microsoft Word file.
(10/12/99)

Lessons in anything By Janelle Brown
How do you publicize a Web start-up? eHow counts the ways.
(10/11/99)

Open-source journalism By Andrew Leonard
Slashdot members' vicious response to a cyberterrorism story spurs a rewrite -- and questions about geek-influenced journalism.
(10/08/99)

Talkin 'bout a revolution By Janelle Brown
RCN, the up-and-coming fiber optic network, tries -- a little too hard -- to get us to think of it as a telecom revolutionary.
(10/07/99)

Bernie Ebbers, a 19th century-style tech tycoon? By Mark Gimein
Unknown two years ago, the MCI Worldcom chief makes a $129 billion play for Sprint.
(10/06/99)

Office 2000, for $99? By Mark Gimein
Balking at software packages that can cost more than a PC, some people are turning to a special Microsoft offer. But is it too good to be true?
(10/05/99)

Media money fixation By Janelle Brown
Another day, another IPO, another media lament on how today's Silicon Valley is all about greed, greed, greed.
(10/04/99)

"Tech guru": What Americans wanna be when they grow up By Janelle Brown
Survey finds that people respect the nerdly calling but don't want to slog through the math.
(10/01/99)

James Bond's browser By Mark Gimein
The CIA gets a onetime game designer to head its tech effort. Can top-secret data management compete with air-combat simulators?
(09/30/99)

Is Alanis top of the Net pops? By Janelle Brown
The "Silicon CD" isn't quite the same as a platinum record.
(09/29/99)

The Web's newest talking head By Mark Gimein
What's Sam Donaldson up to with his thrice-weekly webcasts? Something very much like an old TV newscast.
(09/28/99)

Memo to an insta-millionaire By Mark Gimein
Congratulations! As Webvan's new CEO you're a winner at stock-option Monopoly: Just pass "Go" and collect millions!
(09/27/99)

Internet icons on parade?
By Janelle Brown
Jeeves is the first Net character to get a float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Who'll be next?
(09/24/99)

From beta to bonafide By Janelle Brown
Google, a favorite search engine of the plugged-in crowd, uses its $25 million in venture funding to launch a site almost unchanged from the "test" version.
(09/23/99)

Snob sites By Mark Gimein
Gucci, diamonds, vintage watches -- with the Web awash in luxury goods sites, the rich needn't leave home to shop for baubles.
(09/22/99)

Pop chart By Janelle Brown
Pamela Anderson? Britney Spears? Who tops the list of celebrity search terms on the new Lycos 50?
(09/21/99)

Slashdot goes quiet By Andrew Leonard
Can one muzzle the "News for Nerds" site? Probably not -- but its parent company has entered the quiet period, preparing for an IPO.
(09/18/99)

The peacock's hall of mirrors By Mark Gimein
NBC figures out the secret to making money off the Web: Send surfers back to their television sets.
(09/17/99)

URLs 'R' us By Janelle Brown
Knight Ridder New Media maintains 45 separate Web sites -- and it's expanding. Why?
(09/16/99)

Eau de Mac By Janelle Brown
Apple's new G4 has a sleek look -- and a strange scent.
(09/15/99)

Is the Thinkpad now Linux-friendly? By Andrew Leonard
IBM says its laptops will be "compatible" with Red Hat Linux -- but just what does that mean?
(09/14/99)

Is the Oval Office going open source? By Andrew Leonard
Will all candidates in favor of free software please step forward?
(09/13/99)

We value your opinion -- really By Mark Gimein
Epinions launches a ratings site with a twist: Users don't just rate products. They rate each other's opinions.
(09/13/99)

Goodbye, Internet poster boy By Mark Gimein
Marc Andreessen steps down from his CTO job at America Online. Is there anything left of Netscape?
(09/11/99)

The Cybercommunist Manifesto By Andrew Leonard
Are free-software hackers undermining capitalism and the free-market economy with their code giveaways?
(09/10/99)

Dreamcast chaos! By Moira Muldoon
Rain, long lines and canceled orders: A much-hyped launch for Sega's new gaming console is a little less than dreamy.
(09/10/99)

Hitting the gold ceiling By Janelle Brown
Why aren't young female entrepreneurs making it into the upper echelons of Silicon Valley wealth?
(09/09/99)

Open-source fiction? By Thomas Claburn
An online writers workshop aims to expose the guts of works in progress to the Internet's hive mind.
(09/07/99)

Hard times for hardcore gamers By Janelle Brown
Total Entertainment Network dumps its first-person shooters to launch Pogo.com.
(09/03/99)

Hacker's remorse By "Lily Black"
When a Hotmail security breach exposed e-mail inboxes, I spied on a rival and learned more than I wanted to know.
(09/02/99)

Micropublishing comes of age By Mark Gimein
Fatbrain.com offers writers the chance to self-publish -- and take home 50-percent royalties.
(09/01/99)

The 25-day bounce By Mark Gimein
Why do new stocks often jump at exactly the same point after the initial public offering?
(08/31/99)

Desperately seeking Silicon Valley studs By Janelle Brown
Will the guys emerge from behind their monitors to meet potential mates when a matchmaker comes to town this fall?
(08/30/99)

Directions to our offices By By Bill Wasik
Prepare to abandon hope as you turn left at the second light.
(08/27/99)

Bare the wealth By Andrew Leonard
A Linux programmer builds a "wealth monitor" that tracks Red Hat's valuation and who's getting rich off free software.
(08/26/99)

Can Sega buy success for the Dreamcast? By Janelle Brown
The $100 million marketing budget is burning a hole in the company's pocket. But will all the hype sell the new gaming console?
(08/25/99)

11 million Net addicts? Come on! By Janelle Brown
Is there really anything to "Net addiction," or are complusive gamblers, shoppers and sex fiends just doing their thing online?
(08/24/99)

At least the Web doesn't waste paper By Janelle Brown
Gil Bates and Greta Garbage take tech novelty books too far.
(08/23/99)

Godhatesfags.com feels the love By Dave Cullen
The infamous anti-homosexual Web site is redirected to godlovesfags.com, and its new owner isn't returning the domain name any time soon.
(08/20/99)

Fear, marketing and Microsoft By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Will software-piracy busts and the coming of a new millennium scare you into buying more software?
(08/19/99)

Here comes the Media Mobile By Janelle Brown
An old school bus outfitted with iMacs, wireless Net access, even a video studio, hits the road to teach kids about the media.
(08/18/99)

Local regulators and the Net By Mark Gimein
AT&T's battle against open access to its cable system is about Internet infrastructure. What if it were about Internet content?
(08/17/99)

The teeny-weeny Web server By Jamais Cascio
It's the size of a match head and costs a buck, but can serve audio clips and thousands of Web pages.
(08/16/99)

Cashing out By Mark Gimein
Several Priceline executives sold millions of dollars worth of Priceline stock on Wednesday. Is anything wrong with that?
(08/13/99)

The burger machine By Mark Gimein
Who needs Ronald McDonald when you can order two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun from a machine?
(08/12/99)

Wired's futurists, past and present By Janelle Brown
The magazine issues its first CD -- a compilation of "Music Futurists."
(08/11/99)

Future imperfect By Andrew Leonard
The Industry Standard sees a future filled with "culture-clash" stories from LinuxWorld. But things seem a little cloudy in its crystal ball.
(08/10/99)

Dissecting the Barbie debate By Janelle Brown
Why did my criticism of John Dvorak's iBook critique incite a media firestorm?
(08/06/99)

Why won't Amazon help you compare prices? By Mark Gimein
Amazon could tell you the lowest price for anything you want to buy on the Web, but it doesn't.
(08/05/99)

Will a Barbie computer make math easy? By Janelle Brown
Mattel is making a pink Barbie computer and a blue Hot Wheels computer, but why is it choosing such different software for each?
(08/04/99)

Loyalty matters By Kaitlin Quistgaard
A new portal site hopes to entice members by offering free stock for frequent visits.
(08/03/99)

Can a petition silence China's MP3 pirates? By Janelle Brown
More music is pirated than paid for in China, says an upstart music label. It's asking listeners to pledge allegiance to artists.
(08/02/99)

Day trader madness By Mark Gimein
For some, any day can be Black Monday.
(07/30/99)

Fly the deal-making skies By Mark Gimein
For would-be Net moguls, a flight to San Francisco can be a gift from the networking gods -- or a devilish tease.
(07/29/99)

Bess filter blocks Time magazine but not hardcore porn By Janelle Brown
On the eve of its IPO, Internet filtering company N2H2 receives some bad marks from the Censorware Project.
(07/29/99)

The Barbie fixation By Janelle Brown
What do eBay's Meg Whitman and Apple's iBook have in common? Could it be sexist journalism?
(07/28/99)

Birthday spammers By Andrew Leonard
It's your birthday -- and online marketers know just how to celebrate your special day.
(07/27/99)

AOL vs. Microsoft By Kaitlin Quistgaard
In this week's skirmish over online messaging, who's on the consumer's side?
(07/24/99)

A look at the iBook By Chris Allbritton
Can the iBook top the iMac? Critics and fans consider the candy-colored clamshells -- and what they'll mean for Apple.
(07/23/99)

The magician of Macworld By Chris Allbritton
There's no business like the show business of Steve Jobs, who pulled Apple's iBook and Pixar's "Toy Story II" from his Macworld hat.
(07/22/99)

AOL domain-name madness By Andrew Leonard
A screw-up in the Internic registry of Web addresses makes one man's life a living hell.
(07/21/99)

Sidewalk sale By Andrew Leonard
Microsoft trades its long-troubled city guides site for a stake in the competition, Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch.
(07/20/99)

Hands off whose Net? By Andrew Leonard
A new series of television ads warns of the dangers of Internet regulation. The real story: Telecom industry bickering.
(07/19/99)

Red Hat snags Atomic designers By Andrew Leonard
The leading Linux vendor hires a boatload of Web designers -- perhaps for a portal play?
(07/16/99)

What's it gonna Be? By Etelka Lehoczky
After nine years of building an operating system, Be is going public. But has the company figured out what it wants to be?
(07/15/99)

Prankster gives away Excite's domain By Janelle Brown
Network Solutions transferred two domain names to an unsuspecting network administrator on Tuesday night.
(07/14/99)

Masticating the millennium By Janelle Brown
Tired of the Y2K hoopla? The Millennium Lunch Club invites you to join in the simplest celebration yet.
(07/14/99)

MP3.com: A billion-dollar business? By Janelle Brown
On the eve of its IPO, the digital music site ups its valuation; all the more money to stand up to the recording industry.
(07/13/99)

Do we really need an Internet time capsule? By Janelle Brown
Al Gore and AT&T ask students to upload pictures of their pet kitties for future generations to enjoy. Here's to online history!
(07/12/99)

Will Digital Coast push Silicon Alley off the map? By Janelle Brown
The Silicon Alley Reporter's editor in chief has spoken: High-tech Los Angeles will overtake New York in no time.
(07/09/99)

India darkens Dawn By Andrew Leonard
The giant nation's online censorship of a Pakistani newspaper highlights its disturbing hold on the Internet.
(07/08/99)

Blame the consumer! By Andrew Leonard
Slate argues that developers shouldn't be faulted for bloated software.
(07/06/99)

Linux is like a Chinese peasant uprising By Andrew Leonard
When the oppressed recognize their suffering, they find the strength to overthrow those in power, reports Beijing's China Youth Daily.
(07/06/99)

Microsoft wants you, too By Andrew Leonard
Amid protests of Yahoo's ownership claims to Geocities' home pages, Microsoft debuts its "Windows Way" community.
(07/02/99)

Can AOL silence its critics? By Janelle Brown
The latest anti-AOL site to be burned by America Online's heat is peeved, but not surprised.
(07/01/99)

Slashdot sells out By Janelle Brown
Andover.net buys "news for nerds" -- and is apparently planning to finance the site's growth.
(06/30/99)

Silicon bachelors By Janelle Brown
Santa Clara County beats out Alaska to become home to more single guys than anyplace else in America.
(06/29/99)

Walking the open-source walk By Andrew Leonard
Eric Raymond incorporates reader insights into his essay on the open-source economy.
(06/28/99)

Buck's: The breakfast spot of champions By Janelle Brown
The Woodside diner that's all the rage with VCs and journalists makes a perfect party locale for "The Nudist on the Late Shift."
(06/25/99)

Microsoft to Web sites: Behave! By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Redmond says it will pull ads from sites that don't post strong privacy policies.
(06/24/99)

Meesa like Web talk? By Jamais Cascio
Stand aside Swedish Chef, Jar Jar Binks translates the Net.
(06/23/99)

Life on the fringe isn't easy By Janelle Brown
FringeWare, a bookstore and Web site devoted to the obscure and alternative, must close up shop, but aims to keep selling its wares.
(06/22/99)

Elvis, live on the auction block By Joe Ashbrook Nickell
Streaming video will bring the online world to Vegas to bid for the King's never-before-sold clothes and contracts.
(06/22/99)

Geek gourmands By Andrew Leonard
A group of chief technology officers gathers for a grand dinner and to contemplate what makes a good geek.
(06/18/99)

Mea culpa: Viruses, worms and zipped files By Scott Rosenberg
Yes, zipped files now arrive with an ".exe" extension -- and the main reason we need compression utilities is Microsoft.
(06/17/99)

The best anti-virus defense: Knowledge By Scott Rosenberg
Learn how your computer works and you'll be much less susceptible to viruses like the Explore.zip worm.
(06/16/99)

Got my groovy browser baby, yeah By Kaitlin Quistgaard
It might be worth turning your browser into a "desktop-portal" -- if "Austin Powers" is part of the deal.
(06/15/99)

Time Warner, Condé Nast go for the girls By Janelle Brown
A new alliance is formed to build yet another women's TV network and Web site -- to capture that "smart, active," big-spender female demographic.
(06/14/99)

Windows 98 SE -- the phantom upgrade By Scott Rosenberg
Microsoft tiptoes out with a new "Second Edition" of its operating system.
(06/11/99)

MP3 entrepreneurs: Show us the money! By Janelle Brown
A $45 million investment in MP3.com is further proof that the digital music format has graduated from its garage days.
(06/10/99)

The really new economy: Red Hat's IPO By Andrew Leonard
A company that distributes "free software" announces a $96 million public offering.
(06/09/99)

Office 2000 rolls out with a bash By Scott Rosenberg
Microsoft weaves more of the Web into the latest update of its applications suite -- and celebrates its launch in style.
(06/08/99)

Will Linux be banned down under? By Jamais Cascio
The source code's four-letter words could run afoul of new Australian censorship legislation.
(06/07/99)

AOL's crash chat: You've got grief! By Chris Allbritton
No sooner did a plane crash in Little Rock on Wednesday than America Online commanded members to hit its ad-heavy chat rooms and "react."
(06/04/99)

Kevin Mitnick supporters plan rallies By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Fellow hackers organize Friday protests of his imprisonment, in hopes of winning him a room at a halfway house.
(06/04/99)

Gates Foundation's $5 billion: Where will it go? By Andrew Leonard
More contributions to reproductive health organizations may be in store -- they're a pet interest of Gates Sr., who administers the foundation.
(06/03/99)

Be true to your portal By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Random Web-heads become overwhelmingly loyal portal users,through the simple process of registration.
(06/03/99)

Will AOL give legal cred to MP3? By Andrew Leonard
By purchasing Nullsoft -- creator of the Winamp MP3 player -- America Online could lend legitimacy to digital music distribution.
(06/02/99)

Whine a little for me By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Got a problem? This site will serve your complaint -- for a fee.
(06/01/99)

"Buffy" fans distribute postponed finale online By Howard Wen
Network's decision irks the faithful, who take to their Web sites and "tape trees" to get their "Vampire Slayer" fix.
(05/28/99)

"Star Wars" lovers call for Jar Jar's head By David Cassel
Get that Gungan out of the galaxy, cry fans annoyed by the character's cloying subservience and pidgin English.
(05/28/99)

"I am Obi Wan Kenobi!" By Andrew Leonard
Can a "Star Wars" personality test help you choose a new career? Well, it's sure fun trying.
(05/27/99)

Open legal season on Microsoft By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Redmond's lawyers face four separate suits simultaneously, including the resumption of the federal antitrust trial.
(05/26/99)

Family-tree sleuths throng new Mormon site By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Long-awaited database goes online -- and has trouble staying up, thanks to an overload of traffic.
(05/25/99)

Raytheon triumphs over Yahoo posters' anonymity By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Company drops its lawsuit -- once it gets the names it seeks.
(05/24/99)

Some Web with your Whopper? By Janelle Brown
Burger King's latest combo meal includes Net access -- but the Web will be sliced and diced through filtering software.
(05/21/99)

Publisher O'Reilly admits open source goof By Andrew Leonard
But there's still a dispute over who who holds the copyright to the phrase "open source."
(05/21/99)

Co-opting open source's good name By Andrew Leonard
Is O'Reilly & Associates bending the definition of open source as it promotes a book on the subject?
(05/20/99)

Mock court rules COPA unconstitutional By Janelle Brown
Student jurists turn thumbs down on Net censorship law.
(05/19/99)

Game wars at E3 expo By Moira Muldoon
Underdog Sega takes on Nintendo, Sony in battle of the next-generation platforms.
(05/14/99)

Permatemps prevail in bid for Microsoft stock options By Andrew Leonard
A court deems Redmond's long-term temp workers "common-law employees" and says the software giant owes some palimony.
(05/14/99)

Pointcast for pennies By Scott Rosenberg
The once-proud king of the push market sells for a rock-bottom price.
(05/13/99)

Gamers shun talk of Littleton violence By Moira Muldoon
The buzz at E3 is all about next-generation platforms, not the ethics of first-person shooters.
(05/13/99)

Bianca shacks up with Nerve By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Smut meets erotica: Legendary Web hangout to be acquired by literary sex 'zine.
(05/12/99)

MSN UK's "naked" experiment By Kaitlin Quistgaard
E-shop or die!
(05/11/99)

Write your name on Mars By Jamais Cascio
Space enthusiasts are signing their names to a CD bound for Mars -- where it will be radiated beyond recognition.
(05/10/99)

The end of the road for Pascal? By Peter Wayner
A venerable language falls victim to changing programming fashions.
(05/07/99)

Keeping Linux in tune By Andrew Leonard
After taking a "beating" from a well-oiled NT machine, open-source mavens rush to collect performance-enhancing tips.
(05/05/99)

Attention shoppers! This display made with electronic ink! By Janelle Brown
A long-heralded revolutionary technology makes its debut hawking merchandise in a mall store.
(05/04/99)

Xerox PARC loses a "ubiquitous computing" guru By Andrew Leonard
The research lab's chief technologist passed away this week -- and there's already a memorial Web site.
(05/03/99)

Honda's electric car putt-putts its last By Janelle Brown
Automaker ends experiment with alternative-fuel vehicles. Who's to blame?
(04/30/99)

Does that cubicle come in "blueberry"? By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Owners of Apple's new blue-hued G3 get some style pointers on fun furniture to complement their machines.
(04/29/99)

Don't send this message to all your friends! By Janelle Brown
The latest chain letters circling the Net aren't inspiring action -- unless you count the frequent delete-key tapping.
(04/28/99)

Real-life "Truman Show" By Joe Ashbrook Nickell
Six students offer advertisers a chance to sponsor their daily lives -- online, unedited, 24 hours a day.
(04/27/99)

Marketing in the wake of a massacre By Andrew Leonard
Cybersitter's maker responds to the Colorado tragedy by telling parents how to monitor kids' Web activities.
(04/22/99)

Polynesian techno-porn By Andrew Leonard
Search engine results turn into adult links, thanks to a sleazy programming hack.
(04/21/99)

Ebay.com, the magazine? By Janelle Brown
The Net's hottest auction site adopts a new medium to reach its fans -- paper.
(04/20/99)

Richard Stallman's plans for Microsoft By Janelle Brown
The free software guru lays out his prescription for punishing Microsoft if it loses its antitrust battle.
(04/19/99)

Free encryption takes a big step By Andrew Leonard
Does FreeS/WAN herald the crypto-libertarian utopia?
(04/16/99)

Online tax filing: why bother? By Kaitlin Quistgaard
So far, the combination of TurboTax and the Internet doesn't seem to have made electronic filing a very appealing choice.
(04/15/99)

MIT's Gates building: Free Software Foundations's new home? By Janelle Brown
Bill Gates' $20 million donation to MIT may find an unlikely -- and unhappy -- beneficiary.
(04/14/99)

Young investors love the Net By Janelle Brown
Internet optimists are under 40 and not so wealthy, survey finds.
(04/13/99)

Netcenter forums win a wan reprieve By Janelle Brown
Netscape's community area will remain open for 30 days, officials say -- but users still can't get in.
(04/12/99)

Web celeb eyes city hall By Kaitlin Quistgaard
Mailing list pioneer toys with San Francisco mayoral race.
(04/08/99)

"Simply Palm" ad parody shows some skin By Kaitlin Quistgaard
An unamused 3Com sics lawyers on Web designer's spoof.
(04/05/99)

Foolishness overwhelms the Net
(04/02/99)

How much is that Web site in the window?
(03/31/99)

Melissa virus panic attack
(03/30/99)

Slate slags Linux
(03/29/99)

Invasion of the dancing hamsters!
(03/26/99)

"Bug's Life" games for Mac users? Sorry
(03/25/99)

Starcraft invades Amazing Stories
(03/24/99)

The newest online consumers -- kids
(03/23/99)

Webby acceptance speeches: Five-word wonders
(03/19/99)

Purple Moon and Barbie -- together at last
(03/19/99)