Archive for December, 2002



Happy internet eve!

For most people, today is New Year’s Eve. But more importantly, 20 years ago tomorrow the internet as we know it was born.

From its early days as a pet project in the Department of Defense to its infamous time nestled under Al Gore’s wing, the history of the Internet is littered with dozens of so-called […]

A company called Information Today (ITI) has picked up the ailing Streaming Media shows and publications from Penton Media, best known for the Internet World shows and publications.

The deal includes streamingmedia.com, a site whose Reader Deterrence Program was known for its never-ending popups and onerous registration requirements in the name of pumping readers into buying […]

RSS is a standard for syndicating content. If you’re not familiar with RSS, What is RSS? is a great new introductory article by Mark Pilgrim.

RSS is used mostly for articles on news and journal websites, but it’s not just for that. As Mark writes:

Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can […]