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Boon or boondoggle?
Nicholas Confessore
The E-Rate subsidizes Net access for schools and libraries -- and your telephone company wants to kill it.
Of mice, men and machines
Andrew Leonard
Doug Engelbart invented the mouse -- and much more. He still dreams of upgrading the human operating system.
Internet activism, Czech-style
Mark Schapiro
Internet activism, Czech-style: By Mark Schapiro. The Communists are yesterday's target -- today, it's the phone company's Net-access rate hikes.
21st Log: His was the mouse that roared
Andrew Leonard
You've got sendmail
Andrew Leonard
Eric Allman's free program makes sure your e-mail gets through. Now it's going commercial.
Let's Get This Straight:Windows on the wane?
Scott Rosenberg
Open source and information appliances squeeze the PC from both sides.
Martin Luther, meet Linus Torvalds
Thomas Scoville
Linux and free software challenge the Microsoft papacy.
Seven deadly sins: The student stoner dilemma
Bebe Maddux
The university's hypocritical stance against marijuana can prevent even the best of students from getting an education.
Is one enough?
Vivienne Walt
Will China's generation without siblings break away from the one-child rule?
Is the emperor of queer theory naked?
Etelka Lehoczky
An e-mail prankster fans the flames of controversy in the inner circles of queer studies, but the anticipated war never erupts.
Generation byte
Andrew Leonard
"Extra Life" recalls what growing up with computers once was like -- and complains about what it has become
Blame it on Rio
Janelle Brown
Netheads love the MP3 digital-music format. Why does the music industry hate it so much?
Good times for Dilbert
Janelle Brown
Good times for Dilbert: By Janelle Brown. The world's best-loved cartoon engineer gets off on the tight job market, while his creator, Scott Adams, talks about Zippergate and the enduring stupidity of humankind.
The adventure continues
Greg Costikyan
The adventure continues: By Greg Costikyan. Why Myst was no dead end -- and online gaming isn't ready for the big time. A rebuttal to Greg Lindsay's 'The Games People Play.'
Social engineering, Web-style
Mary Eisenhart
How do online communities work? One veteran -- Salon's Cliff Figallo -- writes a book with some answers.
Clinton's amen chorus
David Horowitz
African-American support for the president is being cynically manipulated by liberals who play to blacks' sense of victimization.
A man for all seasons
Jeff Stein
A man for all seasons: Russia's former KGB chief dishes the truth about new Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov.
Bombs away
Andrew Leonard
Bombs away: Dispatch from the frontlines of the new electronic battlefield. By Andrew Leonard.
How Palm beat Microsoft
Mary Eisenhart
How Palm beat Microsoft: One of the PalmPilot's parents explains its success. By Mary Eisenhart.
The Microsoft defile
Scott Rosenberg
'The Microsoft
File' is all the dirt on Microsoft that fits between covers.
Let's Get This Straight: The iMac debate rages on
Scott Rosenberg
Apple's legions weigh in, prompting second thoughts on iMac pros and cons.
iMac: iLove it or iHate it
Janelle Brown, Scott Rosenberg
Is Apple's new blue bombshell a hit or a dud? A debate.
The Xy files
Amy Virshup
The Xy files: By Amy Virshup. For the rest of the world, XyWrite is history -- but to its devotees, the antiquated word processor still rules.
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