AOL STRIVES TO BE LEADER IN INTERACTIVE SERVICES
If there can be said to be a clear leader in the Internet industry, it is America Online. Even before its planned acquisition of Netscape Communications Corp., AOL attracted one...
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NO HIDDEN COSTS, SOME HEADACHES, WITH FREE INTERNET SERVICE
Here's a novel idea: "free" Internet service that's actually free. NetZero (www.netzero.net) is a three-month-old Internet service provider, or ISP, that charges absolutely nothing for unlimited access through a network...
GRETZKY STILL SHOWS FLASHES
Not all of the sports legends retired last month. Wayne Gretzky was pleased to remind us of that recently at the NHL All-Star Game. In his sport's annual fashion show--although...
TO IPO CANDIDATE, 3 MONTHS CAN BE PROFITABLE LIFETIME
What a difference three months make. Just ask Healtheon Corp. Much has changed since mid-October, when the high-profile but highly unprofitable Internet start-up first planned to go public. Healtheon, founded...
SISTERS’ EDGY WEB SITES CLICK WITH YOUNG WOMEN
Back in high school, you knew a couple girls just like Heidi and Heather Swanson. Everybody did. Smart mouth. Bad attitude. Absolutely no sense of when to quit. They were...
3 NETWORKING FIRMS CREATE COMPUTER SECURITY ALLIANCE
Three networking bigwigs-- Network Associates Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc.--have joined forces to create the Security Research Alliance, the industry's first cooperative effort to create better security...
TECH LAW BOOM
Tech companies are experiencing their biggest legal boom ever. Although the demand for business law is high nationwide, it's soaring in the tech sector as companies of all sizes need...
MICRO-PREEMIES
The first time Emily Ray saw her baby daughter Molly, the reality struck her. Born 16 weeks early and weighing only 1 pound 12 ounces, Molly was not much bigger...
FALL FROM GRACE MAY BE INEVITABLE FOR NET STOCKS; THE QUESTION IS HOW?
At this time last year, Net skeptics whined a common refrain: Internet-related stocks are overvalued. Now note how the cry has changed. Everyone knows Net stocks are overvalued. For example,...
TO ONE ANALYST, Y2K BUG IS A GOLDEN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
In mid-October, during the trough of the market for tech stocks, nearly every analyst who mattered was bearish on prospects for the rest of last year and this one. An...