Search engines and a cool idea from 1995
AltaVista dazzled in 1995; Google got relevance right. A Tech Talk column on PageRank, paid keyword placement, and Google’s first programming contest.
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What happened to the stories of 2001?
After September 11th, the big stories of 2001 vanished, including the SSSCA. A Tech Talk column on what that bill would have required of PCs and gadgets.
Enron will be Bush's Whitewater?
Will Enron be Bush’s Whitewater? This column weighs the campaign cash, White House access, and Cheney’s task force against the Clinton record.
Turnitin.com and Postman's question
What will new technology undo? A Tech Talk column puts Neil Postman’s question to Turnitin.com’s plagiarism detection and the errors its marketing omits.
DeCSS, fair use, and the Bunner injunction
A California appeals court lifted the DeCSS injunction against Andrew Bunner. A Tech Talk column on CSS, fair use, source code as speech, and DVD region codes.