Technology Log - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/technology_log/?source=rss&aim=technology_log en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST Houston under siege By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2002/01/24/houston_sept11/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2002/01/24/houston_sept11/index.html?source=rss Residents of Enron's hometown can't stop comparing the collapse of the energy trader to Sept. 11. Ken Lay: "There are no accounting issues" By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2002/01/15/no_surprises/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2002/01/15/no_surprises/index.html?source=rss Even as an executive was warning Enron's CEO of impending problems, he was telling the press that all was well. Send in the iKlowns By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2002/01/10/iklown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2002/01/10/iklown/index.html?source=rss At Macworld, out-of-work dot-commers pose as marauding clowns. The authorities are not amused. Internet optimism lives! By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/12/05/web_optimism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/12/05/web_optimism/index.html?source=rss At a conference to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first U.S. Web page, even the dot-com bust doesn't ruin the party. Is there an anthrax doctor in the house? By Chris Colin Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/10/26/infectious_disease/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/10/26/infectious_disease/index.html?source=rss Scoops are few and desperation is catching at the annual conference of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. No free speech for animal rights Web sites By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/08/31/dmca_animals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/08/31/dmca_animals/index.html?source=rss A British medical research firm hammers its online opponents, courtesy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The Tao of the Dow By Tom McNichol Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/08/21/tao_dow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/08/21/tao_dow/index.html?source=rss Interest rates go up. Interest rates go down. That is the Eternal Way. Free Dmitry! By Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/08/03/dmitry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/08/03/dmitry/index.html?source=rss A Russian programmer charged with violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act languishes in jail. It's time to step up the pressure. The humiliation virus By Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/07/26/sircam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/07/26/sircam/index.html?source=rss How Sircam can help turn your most private documents into a worldwide joke. Partying like it's 1999 By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/07/19/webbys2001/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/07/19/webbys2001/index.html?source=rss Dot-coms come and go but the Webby Awards booze on. The case of the homeless dot-commer By Damien Cave Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/06/19/sacrosante/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/06/19/sacrosante/index.html?source=rss John Sacrosante says he went from six figures to a shelter. His friends say there's something fishy in San Jose. Sucked company By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/06/08/feed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/06/08/feed/index.html?source=rss Feed and Suck are the latest casualties of the dot-com downturn, but co-editor in chief Steven Johnson vows to bring them back from the dead. Battle of the gaming giants By Justin Hall Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/e3_hall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/e3_hall/index.html?source=rss At opening day of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft eye one another warily. Will culture-jam for food By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/voteauction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/voteauction/index.html?source=rss The prankster behind the Voteauction.com satire needs your help to pay off his $3,800 legal debt. The not-com downturn By Damien Cave Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/04/not_com/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/04/not_com/index.html?source=rss Bankruptcies! Layoffs! Has the old economy bubble popped? Is the FBI tracking online protesters? By Amy Standen Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/02/fbi_web/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/02/fbi_web/index.html?source=rss A subpoena asking for the Independent Media Center's Web server logs sparks charges of government-<br />sponsored intimidation. Web etiquette lessons from David Lee Roth By Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/01/celebrity_web_sites/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/01/celebrity_web_sites/index.html?source=rss The ex-Van Halen frontman sends condolences to his band mate via his Web site. Who's next? Is the RIAA running scared? By Janelle Brown Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/26/felten/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/26/felten/index.html?source=rss A fumbled attempt to silence a Princeton professor backfires on the recording industry. All hail Neil Cicierega By Katharine Mieszkowski and Amy Standen Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/26/animation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/26/animation/index.html?source=rss The creator of the Web-animation hit "Hyakugojyuuichi" is a home-schooled aspiring screenwriter -- and he's only 14! Elegy for Kozmo By Damien Cave Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/13/kozmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/13/kozmo/index.html?source=rss We come to bury the defunct dot-com delivery service, not to praise it. Sex, e-mail and Modem Media By Janelle Brown Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/07/modem_e_mail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/07/modem_e_mail/index.html?source=rss Another day, another inadvertent corporate e-mail spreading rage and embarrassment. Triumph of the Brill By Salon Technology & Business staff Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/03/30/brill_names/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/03/30/brill_names/index.html?source=rss Brill's Inside Content is just the beginning! Get ready for Content Inside Brills Bush.com. Massacre at Tripod By Amy Standen Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/03/20/tripod/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/03/20/tripod/index.html?source=rss The Web hosting company over the weekend axes hundreds of fan-created pages, as well as anti-Malaysian government protest sites. "Dot-coms are dead! Long live the Internet!" By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/03/13/roast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/03/13/roast/index.html?source=rss A report from the South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Napster gets court's marching orders By Damien Cave Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/03/06/napster_ruling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/03/06/napster_ruling/index.html?source=rss Service must start blocking music files pronto, judge rules, but record companies must provide lists of copyrighted songs.