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 Wednesday, January 24, 2001
MS Failure: Geeks Lose Their Site. It wasn't quite hell that broke loose when Microsoft's main website went down, but some developers were at a loss for answers when they couldn't access the MS Knowledge Base. By Farhad Manjoo.
6:35:31 PM 
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Tonight's song is a real rocker. "Lotta poor man got to walk the line just to pay his union dues." (I chose the live version from Europe 72.)
4:53:33 PM
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VeriSign Blows Away Forecasts. The company topped earnings estimates by 10 cents per share and pointed to a diversified business as the reason.
4:29:08 PM
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News.Com: SDMI antipiracy effort loses leader. The group will look for another director to serve as Chiariglione's replacement as he phases out responsibilities over the next few months, a representative said. That could add another delay to a group criticized by many for being too slow.
4:27:54 PM
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Assets of Pseudo.com Are Sold to New York Internet Company. The remnants of Pseudo.com, the online television network that filed for bankruptcy protection after investors refused to give it more cash, were acquired today by INTV, a New York Internet company, for $2 million. By JAYSON BLAIR; NYT UPDATE, 4:18 P.M. ET.
4:20:47 PM
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Assets of Pseudo.com Are Sold to New York Internet Company. The remnants of Pseudo.com, the online television network that filed for bankruptcy protection after investors refused to give it more cash, were acquired today by INTV, a New York Internet company, for $2 million. By JAYSON BLAIR; NYT UPDATE, 4:18 P.M. ET.
4:20:28 PM
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Shut Windows Leave Geeks Blind. It wasn't quite hell that broke loose when Microsoft's main website went down, but some developers were at a loss for answers when they couldn't access the MS Knowledge Base. By Farhad Manjoo.
4:00:40 PM
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David Singer wants a WDSL description of the Manila-RPC interface. I don't begin to know how to create one, but I'd like to see it too, if anyone is up for it.
2:14:21 PM
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Paul Andrews: "What a wimpy way to end the Java lawsuit."
1:01:26 PM
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It doesn't take long to find the gotcha in the redesign at News.Com. There's a big huge ad in the middle of almost every story. News.Com, like every other dotcom, is radically altering its formula, wanting to be one of the survivors. If this proves economic (that is if people continue to read the stories wrapped around the flashing TV-size ads) then you can truly see the cost of being an eyeball. Judge for yourself if the editorial that surrounds the ads is worth the distraction. I've found lately, even before the redesign, that I'm visiting News.Com less. Fast-flowing news, once the exclusive domain of News.Com, is now commonplace. So the quality of the reporting and analysis becomes the issue and the distraction cost of the ads.
7:10:19 AM
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