Network World columns


2000   

see "Edited" for the version that ran in the paper.


What will the Internet look like in the future?
Clinton's National Plan for Information Systems Protection. 
Did Toys R Us screw up on purpose?
The stupidity of outlawing circumvention technology. 
The NRC's "The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the information age" reports.
Corrections to the DVD column.
Denial of service attacks and the Internet architecture.
Doubleclick's change of plans.
Is protecting privacy moral?
DoubleClick changing plans again.
Sony PlayStation2.
There needs to be a cost to lax security.
Federal Internet sales tax panel's report.
802.11 Wireless in action
Cell phones, the Internet and WAP.
The power of Internet Radio.
Reasons for the failure of ubiquitous ATM.
Problems with Microsoft's version of Kerberos.
Microsoft enabled the LoveBug virus.
Napster vs. the Recording Industry Association of America.
A failure to evaluate the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Some simple laws that would help protect Internet privacy.
Problems with WAP
A failure to learn the lesson of the non-scalability of ATM.
The problems with the new House of Representatives bill on spam email.
Content will not be king of the Internet.

Will the carriers be able to tell if you are running VoIP?

Aggressive daydreaming in the dot com world

Violating Toysmart's privacy policy

The Blockbuster-Enron video on demand dsaydream

The FBI's Carnivore wiretapping system

Digital materials in libraries

There are no simple solutions to the Internet's routing problems

The non-link between Internet carriers and services   

Mandatory features for VoIP considered harmful

The speed of distribution of a false report on Emulex

Australia's dumb idea for international Internet settlements

Bad pricing will kill cause an Internet in planes service to fail

Ignoring human behavior in application design

Overloading CEOs with data

Fortune mag's Internet predictions

Can AT&T be this stupid on its own?

The feds asking for opinions on a draft set of regulations for the Consumer Reporting Reform Act 

National Research Council's book on "Toward a National Research Network"

What will voice service look like in an IP enabled world

The problems with Internet voting

The far-to-expensive spectrum auctions in Europe

Advance planning is not always best

The French courts desire for a France-only Internet

Security problems are not just failures in technology