Afraid to stand up to the likes of Microsoft and RealNetworks, pussycat privacy-protection organization TRUSTe is trying to show it’s tough by beating up on MotherNature.com:
TRUSTe Cracks the Whip… Read the rest
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Car buyer beware: It turns out that online sources for car pricing information, including Kelly Blue Book and Edmunds.com, may not have such accurate information after all — in fact, they often report prices hundreds of dollars higher than the SRP.… Read the rest
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)… Read the rest
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… Read the rest
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.… Read the rest
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 brands.… Read the rest
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.… Read the rest
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.… Read the rest
“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 right?”… Read the rest
