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CompUSA’s new owners clean house, get rid of management responsible for Cozone.com debacle. CNET.com – CompUSA names new CEO WSJ Interactive CompUSA Announces a Shuffle Of Management as CEO Resigns (subscription required)

Petroleum Electronic Pricing Exchange, or PEPEX, will enable its participants to electronically negotiate sales at www.pepex.net, which is scheduled to begin trading products May 1. Web Petroleum Marketplace Unveiled

Redherring.com – Shop Talk: Marine industry proves big B2B challenge- March 21, 2000

Mark Hurst passed along an interesting item from his own weblog at goodexperience.com. He criticizes the idea that computers should be designed to interact with people on an emotional level — for instance, responding with friendly noises when you hug the computer, I guess. It would be much better, M

AOL is about to roll out the next version of Netscape Navigator, as the company struggles to figure out what to do with its browser, portal, and all. Most pathetic hope: the browser’s open source model will make it easy to create custom versions of the browser for the media giant’s many different br

Link: Coming shakeout Link broken? Try the Wayback Machine.

The good news: The queen of all dictionaries, the OED, is finally making itself available over the Internet. The bad news: The OED is no Encyclopedia Britannica, giving itself away for free: You’ll need to pony up at least 1,000 UK pounds to buy access. Oxford English Dictionary goes online

Here’s an interesting article on an early Unix BBS in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that dates back to 1983. Predating the Web by seven years, M-Net still boasts a healthy community who regularly frequent its Unix shell-based bulletin boards and live chat rooms. M-Net’s software also wound up being used by t

“Digital divide” at least 30 years old: Internet founding father Robert W. Taylor wrote presciently in 1968 on whether a nationwide network would be a force for good or evil: “For the society, the impact will be good or bad, depending mainly on the question: Will to be ‘online’ be a privilege or a r

GE beginning to migrate its proprietary EDI systems to IP-based networks: GE aims at reinvention as Net trading platform

WAP! Take that! The honeymoon is over for the Wireless Application Protocol, or WAP. This standard aims at providing a consistent transport for getting Internet data to wireless devices, such as cell phones. But some folks — particularly content providers — are upset at WAP’s requirement that they r

BrowseAbility 1.0.4 Bottom Line: Useful bookmarking and multiple-site features are overshadowed by interface problems and occasional bugs. Price: $29.95; 30-day free trial available Melanie Systems Inc. (973) 324-1333Melanie Systems Inc.WinList: WebMarch 13, 2000Utility Promises Browser Enhancements