Six months ago many industry analysts predicted the demise of Apple after they posted a 700 million dollar loss. Many thought that they were ripe for a hostile takeover. Recent events have saved Apple from the brink of destruction and set them on the road to a fabulous comeback. After licensing the technical info for…
Lately the research I’ve been doing has to do with Visual Basic and its Web potential as opposed to Perl or C. Visual basic is much easier to learn and it seems that most programmers have frowned upon it for no other reason than its lack of complexity. I have been searching through a plethora…
Before the internet, Early Adopter meant that you had to read page 74 of obscure trade magazines and go to lame gatherings to see the latest and greatest technologies. In other words, you either were a major enthusiast or you stood in line with the rest of the world and got it when it came…
Didn’t we just settle this? The Communications Decency Act? Deemed Unconstitutional? Hello? Anyone paying attention? New York Governor George “Ringo” Pataki signed a bill making it a felony to transmit indecent materials to minors via the internet in the State of New York. Basically, it’s a localized version of the CDA. I’m not sure if…
Yahoo launched yet another local guide to a city. This time 2000 miles away from Yahoo’s California home base. It’s good old New York New York. If they can make it here they can make it anywhere. New York. The site, although in the same monotone, lame-o style as the rest of Yahoo, covers the…
I am so sick of spin doctors. Every company wants to be on the front page of the trade mags delivering the next big thing. Today it was big blue, IBM. IBM announced that by the end of the year they will ship a $700 internet box capable of email and web browsing. Be still…
Macromedia is kicking ass! Just after releasing a new shockwave version with streaming audio and porting the popular plugin to Microsoft Internet Explorer, Macromedia has struck a deal with Netscape. In the next version of Netscape Navigator (4.0), Shockwave will be bundled into the package, most likely making Shockwave the most popular plugin on the…
With the end of summer comes the end of vacations and loose business climates. The autumn weather should bring serious new attitudes to the internet. All of those companies that have been mulling over what to do for an internet strategy are finally ready to put up the bucks to finance the cyber-construction. Budgets for…
I had the good fortune to try out Windows NT 4.0 yesterday and install it on my PC. I learned some very important lessons. The first lesson is to always listen to your girlfriend; she knows best. She told me to install NT on a weekend so I wouldn’t be down during the week if…
What a hellacious week. First I got a summer flu. Then I sprained my ankle. And finally my bathroom turned into the Thing that ate Cleveland when raw sewage overflowed from the toilet and bathtub for three hours. So in case you really missed these columns, I have a good excuse. It’s been a bad…
The smell is in the air. Bullshit, I believe. Here are the web sites of the oh, so hip, political candidates and parties. Register to Vote The WhiteHouse Republican National Committee Clinton/Gore 96 Dole/Kemp 96 Demacrats The Green Party CNN All Politics Wannabe Presidential Candidates
March 22 8 meg EDO RAM $220 April 9 8 meg EDO RAM $160 May 9 8 meg EDO RAM $91 July 19 8 meg EDO RAM $55 TODAY 8 meg EDO RAM $50 Ram prices are being slashed worse than Ron Goldman and show no sign of stopping. It raises the question whether chip…
Last night at midnight Pacific time, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 3.0 officially. Yesterday Netscape posted a new homepage outlining how Netscape Navigator 3.0 can kick the crap out of Internet Explorer 3.0. They also announced that the official 3.0 version will be released in one week. This is a milestone event in the evolution of…
The strangest events have been taking place. AOL goes down for 19 hours. My ISP, usually impeccable with connect rate (28800) and no busy signals, has been connecting at 26400 and frequent busy signals starting a week ago. My father’s Prodigy seems to be working in slow motion for the last 3 days Coincidence?? Decide…