Making money - The Great Microsoft Blunder

The Great Microsoft Blunder
PC Magazine - I think it can now be safely said, in hindsight, that Microsoft's entry into the browser business and its subsequent linking of the browser into the Windows operating system looks to be the worst decision and perhaps the biggest, most costly gaffe

A caveat emptor to every inventor
Bergen Record - Not all inventions come from the Thomas Edisons and Steve Jobses of the world. As the folks at ABC-TV have shown, everyday people like Janusz Liberkowski and Joe Safuto can also come up with products to make our life safer or easier -- and have a

Nets, Stations Weigh Web Pacts at NAB
Mediaweek - Talk of new Internet-driven business models and who would profit from them dominated the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas last week. Anne Sweeney, president, ABC/Disney Television Group, took the podium to address TV

Software Notebook: Microsoft gambles on big spending
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Turns out it's not cheap to take on Google, Yahoo! and the rest of the known Internet. Microsoft's latest financial filings show that it boosted spending by more than $100 million, or more than 22 percent, in its MSN division last quarter -- even as

In 'Darfur Is Dying,' The Game That's Anything But
Washington Post - In the online game "Darfur Is Dying," launched at yesterday's Save Darfur rally on the Mall, atrocity is a click of a mouse away. A player can be a 14-year-old girl in a blue dress with white polka dots named Elham, in search of water for her camp

Internet voting campaign underway for Pam Dickson to win Diet Rite
North Channel Sun - Have you voted for Pam Dickson today? Dickson's friend and Atascocita neighbor Clota "Tina" DeNoville hopes that you did. She nominated Dickson for Diet Rite's Zero Boundaries Woman of 2006 contest and now Dickson is one of seven finalists who have a

Internet merchants fight the cost of credit fraud
Medford Mail Tribune - BETHLEHEM, Pa. Talk about buyer's remorse: A man who had purchased a $4,500 custom-made engagement ring over the Internet abruptly called off the wedding just days before the big day then called his credit card company to get his money back

Blogger who criticized Maine tourism office faces lawsuit
Boston Globe - A coastal Maine blogger who criticized the state's tourism office has been hit with a lawsuit seeking potentially more than $1 million in damages for allegedly making false statements and posting on his website, Maine Web Report, images from proposed