New York Times, Digital Commerce column, 1995 -1999.
1995
• Virtual worlds
• Nielsen Survey
• Randy Cassingham
• General Magic
• Microsoft, Intel irrelevant
• Operating system with security built in
• Web magazines
• E-mail and democracy
• Censorship and the Net
1996
• New Year’s resolutions
• 3 ‘Twitch’ game makers push for dependable Internet speeds
• Apple must reinvent its strategy
• In sea of Web data, a sudden flash of light
• Multimedia tools
• New sweatshop jobs: Reviewing Web sites
• Can the Web be a time capsule if no one saves data?
• Growing fears that Big Brother might decide to read your e-mail
• Internet companies at risk in early public offerings
• In CD-ROM movies, Hollywood plays a stumbling block
• Interactive media must tell compelling story
• FTC to study Internet privacy
• In debate on advanced TV, FCC can be assertive
• When Internet monikers compromise trademarks
• Should copyright law apply to Internet?
• Education technology recruits a top games marketer as its leader
• Internet pathways could use an overhaul
• Apple may be saved by former executive
• Industrial control system marches homeward
• Computer pioneer works to raise the ‘collective IQ’ of organizations
• The Internet’s future: The personal pipeline
• Exploring potential of the enhanced CD
• Proposed treaty on copyright spurs debate
• For pure creativity, these sites take the cake
1997
• At Macworld, Apple shows disturbing lack of direction
• Will video ever truly work on the Internet?
• When push comes to shove
• Spoof e-mail may hurt Internet
• The ubiquity of Microsoft
• Censorship problems increase when moved to private sector
• Knowing when you’re being seduced
1998
• Netscape decision could alter software industry
• Protecting children on the Internet
• New ways to deliver same old goods?
• Online sellers learn how to get packages to consumers
• A fundamental shift against Microsoft
• E-Ticket wariness
• ‘Baby Softs’? Imagining a breakup of Microsoft
• The primal force of change
• Legal changes threaten online sales
• The future of the Internet: One piece or many?
• The new synergy
1999
• Improving dialogue on the Internet
• A new model for the Internet: Fees for services
• Infinite Loopiness
• Consumers’ desire for information privacy ignored
• Taking technology investment to Africa