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August 6, 2001

Bell Companies Blamed for D.S.L.’s Woes

no shit … “According to a paper released last month by the School of
Information Management and Systems at the University of California at
Berkeley, the regional Bell operating companies … have maintained
‘unreasonable delays’ in providing D.S.L. connections to Internet service
providers while charging wholesale prices that are ‘unjustifiably high.’”
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/06/technology/06DSL.html

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August 3, 2001

Rent Exchange for $14 per/user/month

found on GeekNews and i’m guessing it’s .Net-based …

“Broadband customers of Telewest can now subscribe to a “rentware” version of Microsoft Exchange with Outlook using their cable modem PC connection. The U.K. service costs 10 pounds ($14) a month on top of their existing cable modem subscription.”

another interesting quote:
“Obviously there plans to extend the service to Microsoft Office, but we’re also looking at the possibility of offering access to financial software for small businesses across the broadband connection…”

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August 2, 2001

ASPs Aim To Survive;And Thrive

“Tough economy may boost app hosting’s appeal, even among larger companies”

From: InformationWeek

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July 30, 2001

Morpheus Out of the Underworld

this is old news to those in the P2P space, but MusicCity’s Morpheus has already eclipsed Napster on the number of simultaneous users …

From: OpenP2P.com: Morpheus Out of the Underworld [Jul. 02, 2001]

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July 29, 2001

Lance wins #3

Congratulations to Lance Armstrong for his 3rd Tour de France win!

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July 29, 2001

The Jet powered beer cooler

this is hilarious (found on slashdot) … turbo cooled beer!
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer/

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July 26, 2001

Increasingly Cross-Trusted Variable Groupware

From Doc Searls BuzzPhraser ™

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July 26, 2001

Damn, the Internut never ceases to amaze me

currently you can buy a Webvan stock certificate for $510 on eBay! more here: “Webvan, Drkoop stocks winners–on eBay”

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July 26, 2001

Distributed file systems

found this post about Microsoft’s Farsite on Geeknews, but it sounds a lot like Ian Clarke’s “distributed decentralized information storage and retrieval system” (i.e. Freenet)

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July 25, 2001

Slashdot: TRS-80 Laptops Still Plugging Along

hey … i think i know this guy … found on Slashdot: jfruhlinger writes: “The San Francisco Chronicle ran this story about the very first laptop, and the fact that it’s still in use by non-hobbyists. It’s biggest selling point is apparently its indestructable nature.”

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