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Suicide watch on the Net
David Cassel
Suicide watch on the Net: By David Cassel. When chat room participants say they're going to kill themselves, what should service providers do?
Let's Get This Straight: The great e-mail scare
Scott Rosenberg
Will the Asian crisis end Silicon Valley's boom?
Andrew Leonard
The church of Amiga
Greg Lindsay
Why do fans of the long-eclipsed computing platform keep the faith?
A Web of their own
Janelle Brown
A Web of their own: By Janelle Brown. Scientologists say their Internet filter protects the faithful. Critics call it "cult mind-control."
Consciousness dethroned
Matthew DeBord
The mind's I only thinks it's in charge, argues 'The User Illusion.'
Going once, going twice and growing like crazy
Janelle Brown
Everything under the sun is on sale in eBay's online auctions.
Microsoft.orgy
Andrew Leonard
When Microsoft started giving away free videoconferencing software, it didn't plan on hosting a global sex party.
User-friendly?
Andrew Leonard
Don't throw away Windows yet, a test of three approaches to installing Linux suggests.
Let's Get This Straight: Court to Microsoft: “Integrated” means whatever you say it does
Scott Rosenberg
In the latest antitrust decision, Microsoft finds some friends on the bench.
Let's Get This Straight: Any portal in a storm
Scott Rosenberg
All-in-one Web sites are sparking a corporate mating frenzy. Are they really worth the billions?
The software that refused to die
Greg Lindsay
When the owner of mTropolis gave it the ax, users raised money to take the code into their own hands.
Let's Get This Straight: Private matters
Scott Rosenberg
The FTC urges new protection for personal information online. Can the Web industry do what's right?
Password spamming
Andrew Leonard
When Web companies make deals, sometimes it's not cash that changes hands.
The little operating system that could
Andrew Leonard
Microsoft, beware: Linux fans are hell-bent on world domination.
Movie Interview: Celebrated Whit
Laura Miller
Salon interviews Whit Stillman, the director of "Metropolitan" and "The Last Days of Disco."
Move over, Ken, it's “Bend Over Boyfriend”
Susie Bright
Who owns the desktop?
Andrew Leonard
Who owns the desktop? By Andrew Leonard. Microsoft and the Department of Justice stake their claims to the ultimate information battleground: the user interface.
Trashing the flamers
Mike Godwin
Trashing the flamers: By Mike Godwin. An online civil libertarian discovers the proper uses of "censorware" software filters
The dumbing-down of programming
Ellen Ullman
Part Two: Returning to the source. Once knowledge disappears into code, how do we retrieve it?
The dumbing-down of programming
Ellen Ullman
Rebelling against Microsoft and its wizards, an engineer rediscovers the joys of difficult computing. First of two parts.
Web-ability
Mike Britten
Web-ability: By Mike Britten. Even people who aren't in the position to enjoy all the Web's bells and whistles ought to be able to access its information.
Reviews: Getting MUDdy with Xena
Moira Muldoon
A new online game lets fans of the TV show explore their textual fantasies.
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