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1999 Archives | 2000 Archives


  After 35 years of technology crusades, Bob Metcalfe rides off into the sunset  
 
  Slam Dunk Networks flatly denies charging customers e-postage  
 
  The fall lineup, part 2: DSL sales, Internet collapses, and bursting bubbles  
 
  The start of the fall lineup: Elections, Linux, antitrust problems, and privacy  
 
  DSL is like the Erie Canal, but don't be buffaloed by claims of telemonopolies  
 
  Napsterization will mean boon times for musicians at every Ramada Inn  
 
  Ucentric Home Server is an appliance for the new Internet household utility  
 
  There's been a reality check, but the Internet stock bubble has not quite burst  
 
  A question for the IETF on the eve of its meeting: What's next for TCP/IP?  
 
  Do computational fabrics hold the key to the future of the Internet's Web?  
 
  Yipes! Ethernet is killing ATM, as evidenced by IP/GigE/DWDM service  
 
  NewDeal seeks to recycle across Digital Divide with bloatless ease for just $99  
 
  Microsoft.NET continues Redmond's slow, sad slide toward Microsoft.NOT  
 
  Microsoft.NET continues Redmond's slow, sad slide toward Microsoft.NOT  
 
  Immortality or extinction: It all hinges on your use of the Honor System Virus  
 
  Immortality or extinction: It all hinges on your use of the Honor System Virus  
 
  What will come next if silicon fails to sustain the 35-year-old Moore's Law?  
 
  What will come next if silicon fails to sustain the 35-year-old Moore's Law?  
 
  Kerbango AM/FM/IM Radio moves us toward The Broadcast Internet  
 
  The Next Big Thing in the world of convergence: The Broadcast Internet  
 
  Ask Jeeves' rising revenues fail to boost stock price of Web interaction company  
 
  FCC and TeraBeam are shedding new light on broadband wireless  
 
  Pingtel offers Java phone for voice over IP -- and for all your phone needs  
 
  Centrata to create fastest (virtual) computer and largest disk on the Net  
 
  Centrata to create fastest (virtual) computer and largest disk on the Net  
 
  Quality multimedia in real time is the impetus for Enkido's 768 service  
 
  Navic and ipVerse: Two start-up companies in new business categories  
 
  FIRST and Sun's Bill Joy weigh in on the light and dark sides of robotics  
 
  Alacritech looks to off-load TCP/IP processing into the silicon of the NIC  
 
  Here's a vignette about how e-commerce platforms are shaking out in the future  
 
  Attention Internet privacy paranoids: Join the revolt against U.S. Census 2000  
 
  Open Ratings touts trust for Internet commerce while preserving privacy  
 
  Live From the Ether weekly Webcast debuts March 22 at www.itworld.com/metcalfe  
 
  Count out your XACCT change to merge to the Pay-As-We-Go Internet  
 
  Internet security means less anonymity, not to be confused with privacy  
 
  If America Online and Time Warner merge, they must unplug their cable  
 
  If open-source software is so much cooler, why isn't Transmeta getting it?  
 
  Bob Metcalfe's report from DEMO  
 
  The story of the rebirth of a company, Gofish.com, a B2B exchange for ... fish  
 
  Faster than DSL or CTM, fiber optics to the home: Build it and they will come  
 
  Microsoft, Internet stocks, residential broadband, Y2K, and AOL-Time Warner  
 
  An all-optical Internet is the vision of InfoWorld's Internet Plumber of 1999  
 
  My ISP is into Linux and wireless technology, but not inflated Internet stocks  
 

1999 Archives | 2000 Archives


  A look back at a revolution of communications and where it has brought us today  
 
  Predicting events is hard, especially predicting those events before they happen  
 
  Open-source sendmail welcomes its commercial cousin, Sendmail Inc.  
 
  Qwest is testing its lambda switching Net backbone with Corvis and Qtera  
 
  What if I-commerce were restricted on weekends and around the holidays?  
 
  Dean Kamen's IBOT is not a wheelchair -- users wear it, processors and all  
 
  Regulating pop culture on the Internet shouldn't be the job of the government  
 
  Agenda verdict: Retooling sites for wireless devices is the next big Internet trend  
 
  Without the government, Gates would need F-16s to enforce his copyrights  
 
  Internet services moving us back toward Multics utility computing of old  
 
  Auction network service to give Internet first mover a serious run for its money  
 
  The final days: Last Net IPOs before Wall Street bubble bursts on Nov. 8  
 
  Internet commerce climbs to $1.3 trillion by 2003; users to total 500 million  
 
  Liar, liar, pants on fire, your nose is longer than a copper telephone wire  
 
  The future of the Internet: ideas and visions from SIGCOMM's luminaries  
 
  The Internet is 30 now, maybe, but what about its long-term possibilities?  
 
  Advertising dependency will help burst the Internet stock bubble on Nov. 8  
 
  In the beginning there were mainframes; what's the next big thing after IP?  
 
  The agenda at Agenda? Focusing on the people who provide the products  
 
  Lobsters, lighthouses, foliage, and Pop!Tech: It's time to head for Maine  
 
  It's time to brainstorm about opportunities in always-on Internet access  
 
  Crafty benchmarks and no Unix certification undercut open-sourcerers  
 
  Bowstreet launches early XML-LDAP platform on The Semantic Web  
 

1999 Archives | 2000 Archives



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