Monthly Archives: January 2002

Today’s News Stories New York Times: United Airlines may be headed for bankruptcy. “Several industry experts and two senior executives at rival airlines said they were beginning to conclude that United, widely considered the most troubled of the domestic airlines, … Continue reading →

Maps as a Web Service Microsoft has begun evangelizing MapPoint.net to developers. Here’s the beta signup page.

Today’s News Stories Harvard Business Review: Newspapers Lose Web War. CIO asks about B2B epayments. Poor AOL!

Seth Godin Seth Godin has a new book out. Book summary available here. FastCompany article available here. “Penguins don’t evolve on purpose. They don’t have meetings about evolution. They don’t debate the most effective routes for their future on the … Continue reading →

Today’s News Stories A useful .Net technology map from Microsoft. Al Zollar, CEO of IBM’s Lotus, is interviewed here and here. His comments about “authentication convergence” are interesting as are his comments on peer-to-peer. “Peer-to-peer is a bunch of baloney … Continue reading →

Cubs No, not baseball, but Pipers! [WSJ: Subscription Required] “Zero Six Hotel has a 12-gallon fuel tank. That’s enough for three hours, but the Federal Aeronautics Administration requires me to keep 30 minutes in reserve, and a cautious pilot doubles … Continue reading →

Internet.com has some commments about MasterCard’s SPA.

Davos NYC You have to love this… Opening day details The Forum has just announced a few of the details for the opening day. Hamid Karzai, who heads the interim administration in Afghanistan, will speak at the opening plenary. If … Continue reading →

Brrr! Today was the coldest morning of the year in San Francisco — at least that’s how it felt to me! Reports of snow on the high peaks/roads in the Bay Area this morning. Cold that went right through my … Continue reading →

Today’s News Stories ComputerWorld this week has a couple of web services stories. They also report on the use of biometrics by banks. Top economist critical of Microsoft settlement. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Nobel prize-winning economist criticised the proposed settlement … Continue reading →