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Qwest..

This is only worthy of FOIBing because PUD’s comment made me laugh out loud. >From fuckedcompany.com: Plug n’ prey Rumor has it 50 people were laid off from Qwest’s “Cyber Solutions” division (oh god). “Cyber” huh. 1988...

Airlines To Offer ‘Net Access

This should take a long time to reach peons like us, and it’ll take forever to convince the FAA that this is a good thing. But, it’s cool. I’d be happy if they’d just provide @%#$ AC power. -Ian.

ADIR buys Netspeak

The final nail in Netspeak’s coffin.. -Ian. >From VentureWire: VoIP Software Firm ADIR Buys NetSpeak for More Than $46M   NEWARK, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) — After spinning out of Net2Phone earlier this week, ADIR VoIP Technologies, which provides voice-over-IP...

iBeam in Trouble..

>From FuckedCompany: Hi beam Rumor has it hyped-up iBEAM will run out of cash sometime in July. When: 6/13/2001 Company: iBEAM Severity: 80 Points: 179 -Ian.

Every OS Sucks..

“Back in my day, computers were only good for two things: go to the moon or play pong.” http://cramsession.brainbuzz.com/video/everyossucks/default.asp?OSsucks=Open -Ian.

Palm & Handspring Should Merge

http://www.forbes.com/2001/06/08/0608palm.html?partner=www.ianbell.com Management & Trends Palm, Handspring Should Merge Lisa DiCarlo, Forbes.com, 06.08.01, 1:30 PM ET NEW YORK – If Palm and Handspring have any hopes of maintaining the handheld...

Netscape No Longer Makes Browsers..

Wednesday June 6, 1:03 am Eastern Time Netscape: We’re in media, not browser business now By Reshma Kapadia NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) – AOL Time Warner Inc (NYSE:AOL – news) is remaking its pioneering Netscape software business into an Internet...

SpeedPass..

Bet you hadn’t thought of this.. Petroleum companies are leveraging their billing relationship with customers (via gas cards, etc.) to become banking and credit institutions on a much grander scale. And they are actually pioneering electronic currency with...

The Ultimate SneakerNet Peripheral…

Saw this on another mailing list. It’s really cool! (Imagine if it was big enough to store your OS install — talk about emergency recovery options…). IBM rules. ——— http://www.diskonkey.com/ The DiskOnKey utilizes a standard...