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On Amazon Mechanical Turk, thousands of people are happily being paid pennies to do mind-numbing work. Is it a boon for the bored or a virtual sweatshop?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
July 24, 2006
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Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000
By Joyce Millman
December 12, 2000
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BountyQuest CEO Charles Cella explains why his Web site is offering cash to patent destroyers.
By Damien Cave
October 23, 2000
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Since when does a computer maker need to license technology from a retailer like Amazon?
By Damien Cave
September 20, 2000
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With its stock down 66 percent, is Amazon.com still worth the trouble?
By Diane Seo
June 29, 2000
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Salon's TV picks for
Weekend, Feb. 25-27, 2000
By Joyce Millman
February 25, 2000
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With a decision to patent the obvious, Amazon sparks the ire of a free-software advocate -- and a boycott of its site.
By Scott Rosenberg
December 21, 1999
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Consuming fashion in the Big Apple; Bezos luvs Bill; Paul Newman: Unhandsome me! Plus: Claudia Schiffer's new bedmate!
By Amy Reiter
November 19, 1999
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Why are Jeff Bezos' lawyers asking sexual-orientation questions about the ladies who run a bookstore in Minneapolis?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
October 28, 1999
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Pasty, shameless CEO strips for commerce; discovering the king's banana; "Look out! He's got a fish!" Plus: Dual-noggined porker returns home craving alcohol.
By Amy Reiter
June 17, 1999