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Articles by Frank Catalano
New(s) media
New(s) media
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The question occurred to me over lunch in the press lounge at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Atlanta. As hundreds…

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Domainatrix
Domainatrix
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

One of the perverse ironies of the World Wide Web is that in order to reach a virtually unlimited number…

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Wherefore and Wi-Fi
Wherefore and Wi-Fi
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Seattle companies developing the wireless Internet are chasing new venture capital.

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Uncivil liberties
Uncivil liberties
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

While electronic freedom fighters wage battles to protect our access to information on the Internet, who is watching to protect…

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Spam on the Lam
Spam on the Lam
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Why the scourge of the Internet might be unstoppable.

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Undeveloped
Undeveloped
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

On my refrigerator hangs an old cartoon in which Dilbert, extolling the freedom his laptop computer and cellular phone give…

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Shut down
Shut down
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

When word got out that this would be the last Byte Me column, the accolades from Seattle’s technology elite poured…

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Going, going…
Going, going…
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

If you want to get a taste of what it’s like to live in Internet time, don’t go to work…

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Gamey
Gamey
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Is Nintendo finally off its game? You couldn’t tell from its public pronouncements, but there are signs the master of…

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Spamazon.com
Spamazon.com
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Online consumer beware: ‘Trusted’ retail partners don’t honor Amazon’s privacy policy—or your marketing preferences.

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Toys With Tech
Toys With Tech
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

A roundup of battery-draining holiday fun.

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Tablet PC: another try.
Redefining Microsoft
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Like it or not, the company that aspires to innovate is tied to the PC.

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Son of spam
Son of spam
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Anyone who thinks there can be a rational resolution to the e-mail spam problem might first want to tackle issues…

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Finding MS-God
Finding MS-God
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

More than two decades before the first personal computer, Arthur C. Clarke’s short story “The Nine Billion Names of God”…

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Foursight
Foursight
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

I first heard the complaint two years ago, mentioned in passing in the halls of computer trade shows. Last spring…

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Caveat surfor
Caveat surfor
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

If you want to get a bargain, simply fire up the modem and shop on the Web, right? Sure—if you’re…

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World without Microsoft
World without Microsoft
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Imagining a Seattle where Microsoft never existed.

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Amazon.gone
Amazon.gone
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Bigger is better—so promoters of super-sized fast-food meals, cinematic lizards, and Viagra would have you believe. Now it appears the…

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Animals must die
Animals must die
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The software industry may have finally found the real mass market “killer app”: programs that encourage the realistic dispatching of…

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Ventures: Wipeout
Ventures: Wipeout
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Seattle’s remaining tech companies aren’t likely to rebound soon, but some are poised to capitalize if new products catch on.

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The amazing, washable Icebox keyboard.
(PC – P) + E = CE
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

This year, all cables lead to consumer electronics.

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Vive la differFrance
Vive la differFrance
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The French are not like us. They put huge ads for vacations in Cuba in their subway stations. They eat…

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Toys R Tech
Toys R Tech
By Frank Catalano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

In 2002, ‘smart’ and ‘multimedia’ are givens.

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