Monthly Archives: January 2001
Do-It-Yourself DSL
It sounds so good. All your customer has to do is call, tack a $39.95 monthly charge to his credit card, and hell get...
DSL Breed to Improve Speed
Keeping DSL flowing With the expected ratification of the G.shdsl standard by the International Telecommunications Union comes a tide of new bridges and routers...
The Worst Show on Earth
Broadband was supposed to be a booming business, but someone forgot to tell the DSL service providers.Mounting financial losses, funding shortages, logistical problems and...
Tough Play
The old saying, "he who has the most toys wins," is certainly not true among Internet retailers struggling to make a profit in a...
The Buzz: January 22, 2001
GM Adds Voice to OnStarGeneral motors has taken another step in bringing the Internet into the automobile.OnStar, a GM subsidiary, is licensing speech recognition...
K-station Places Information in Easy Reach
Lotus Development Corp.s K-station, which is the first component of the companys knowledge management project (code-named Raven) to take flight, gives IT managers an...
Are Devices Better Dead Than Infrared?
Recently, while navigating my way through the exhibit halls at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I caught sight of a large banner...
Digital Interference
In this day of high-speed, two-way, digital communications, the radio has to be considered a pre-Cambrian device. OK, so its music has long ago...
Pandoras Playlist
This month, SoundScan released year-end figures showing album sales increased 4 percent in 2000 from the previous year, to an all-time high of 785.1...
Geekspeak: January 22, 2001
Add one more item to the list of problems that youll never have with a pen-and-paper personal digital assistant. Its unlikely that youll ever...