Bill Owens was quietly filing
paperwork last May when he felt the distinct presence of another
person's hand fondling the front of his pants. Startled, he
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They fought over Social Security, tax cuts and defense.
But Al Gore and George W. Bush agreed on one thing: Both pledged
to extend the current three-year moratorium on new Net taxes.
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When The Center for Democracy & Technology took
on DoubleClick, the nation's largest Internet advertising placement
firm, late last year, the small public-interest advocacy organization
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Who's winning in the new economy? Not as many people
as you might think. Even as the market hits the stratosphere,
the vast majority of working Americans continue to struggle
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In April 1999, Bruce Schneier, mathematician, digital
security expert and unlikely hacker-scene hero, had an epiphany.
It prodded him to reorganize his company, Counterpane Internet
Security,… more
It's the free market's Orwellian answer to the digital
divide: A plucky web start-up offers, say, the cash-strapped
Jones family free internet access. In exchange, family members
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Not so long ago it was common for high-minded "Netheads"
to spout theories about the Internet's capacity to learn, evolve
and, yes, even think. For anyone who still believes this, consider
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Thomas Hardy once wrote that "some folk
want their luck buttered." He was ages ahead of his time; his
words now describe the Internet entrepreneurs who continue to
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If theJustice Department succeeds in
breaking up Microsoft (MSFT) , the U.S. economy will collapse
and PC users will have fewer tools to guard against hackers
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Pity the poor social scientists. They've
warned us about the dangers of the Internet, and yet we continue
to surf unabated. How many times must we be told that the Net
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