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New(s) media
The question occurred to me over lunch in the press lounge at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Atlanta.…
Frank Catalano
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Domainatrix
One of the perverse ironies of the World Wide Web is that in order to reach a virtually…
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Wherefore and Wi-Fi
Seattle companies developing the wireless Internet are chasing new venture capital.
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Uncivil liberties
While electronic freedom fighters wage battles to protect our access to information on the Internet, who is watching…
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Undeveloped
On my refrigerator hangs an old cartoon in which Dilbert, extolling the freedom his laptop computer and cellular…
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Shut down
When word got out that this would be the last Byte Me column, the accolades from Seattle’s technology…
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Gamey
Is Nintendo finally off its game? You couldn’t tell from its public pronouncements, but there are signs the…
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Spamazon.com
Online consumer beware: 'Trusted' retail partners don't honor Amazon's privacy policy—or your marketing preferences.
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Son of spam
Anyone who thinks there can be a rational resolution to the e-mail spam problem might first want to…
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Finding MS-God
More than two decades before the first personal computer, Arthur C. Clarke’s short story “The Nine Billion Names…
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Foursight
I first heard the complaint two years ago, mentioned in passing in the halls of computer trade shows.…
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Caveat surfor
If you want to get a bargain, simply fire up the modem and shop on the Web, right?…
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Amazon.gone
Bigger is better—so promoters of super-sized fast-food meals, cinematic lizards, and Viagra would have you believe. Now it…
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Animals must die
The software industry may have finally found the real mass market “killer app”: programs that encourage the realistic…
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Ventures: Wipeout
Seattle's remaining tech companies aren't likely to rebound soon, but some are poised to capitalize if new products…