TCS Daily : February 2000 Archives
Is Amazon Holding a Junk Patent?
Just after Thanksgiving, a federal judge gave Amazon.com something to be thankful for. He prohibited Barnesandnoble.com's "Express Lane" method of ordering books on the Web, finding that it infringed a patent procured by Amazon for its "One Click" method. Clearly,.
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Can Chinese communism survive the Internet?
If the Chinese people have free access to the tools of the information economy, history says that the communist regime can't last. So I'm rooting for a few hundred million Chinese to get wired. How to deal with China has...
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Rules for Politicians to Live By
We live in an amazing era. This may be the most exciting and rewarding time to be alive on the planet. In the United States, it is certainly the most prosperous period in history. In no small part, we owe...
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Lawyer Feeding Frenzy
American consumers are about to get hit with a new tax. And no legislature ever voted for it. Instead, millionaire lawyers are trying to impose this tax on everyone who uses Microsoft products. The lawyers have swooped in to grab...
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The Glassman Technology Top Thirty, Building the New Economy
What are the thirty greatest technology companies in the United States? Attempting to answer that question is sort of like A&E's Biography picking the greatest people of the Millennium. It's guaranteed to start an argument. Well, I'm game for that...
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Should the Fed Boost Borrowing Rules for Buying Tech Stocks?
Buying stocks on margin - especially high-technology stocks -- is becoming more and more popular, and it's alarming some folks. "Margin buying" is just a fancy term for borrowing, using stocks as collateral. In the fourth quarter of 1999, brokers...
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AOL / Time Warner: Free Markets Win!
The merger of America Online and Time Warner is great news for tech investors and consumers. To be clear, I'm not making a judgment on whether Steve Case cut a good deal with Gerald Levin. Depending on how you look...
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TechCentralStation Host Jim Glassman interviws Gov. Jim Gilmore
TechCentralStation Host Jim Glassman: So, Governor, for online consumers that haven't heard of your proposal for cybertaxes, can you just give us the highlights? Gov. Gilmore: Well, I sure can. I'm coming from a little different direction than the traditional...
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Each week, we talk with a "Big Shot" from the world of politics or technology. Below is this week's interview with Gov. Jim Gilmore!
TechCentralStation Host Jim Glassman: So, Governor, for online consumers that haven't heard of your proposal for cybertaxes, can you just give us the highlights? Gov. Gilmore: Well, I sure can. I'm coming from a little different direction than the traditional...
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