NEWS Click to Video: Another Way to Sell
WebTV premieres a new ad format, this one to take advantage of full-streaming video to show an advertiser's commercial. It's bound to be popular with the sellers, but will the buyers like it? [Published 12/20/98, Written by Nancy McPoland]
MS/DOJ Weeks 8 & 9:South Carolina Bows Out
The AOL/Netscape merger is changing the waters, and South Carolina has reduced the states joining the suit to 19. It's the last of this for 1998! [Published 12/20/98, Written by News Staff]
Tidbits: Parades, iMac Cuts, PersonalJava, Ask Jeeves
Every now and then we have a whole lot of small things to tell you. Welcome to tidbits. Our first edition features parades, iMacs at sea level prices, PersonalJava in a telephone, and WebTV's new help feature. [Published 12/20/98, Written by News Hound]
Steve Speaks!! Posts to Users Newsgroup Address RA, Java, and Direction
WebTV users were stunned to see a new poster in the moderated webtv.users newsgroup this week, as WNI President Steve Perlman directly addressed them about some of their greatest concerns. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Blue Mountain Arts Sues WebTV and Microsoft for Email Blocking
Blue Mountain Arts, a free greeting card greeting card site that is popular with WebTV users, has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and WebTV for blocking its cards as "spam." [Published 12/20/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
FEATURES ImageMagick for WebTV'ers Moves to Net4TV!
It's a wonderful Christmas present for all of us! The MagickMogrifier, a great image tool for WebTV users, will now be hosted on Net4TV. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Dudette]
Cristy Makes Magick!
Meet John Cristy, the amazing man who created ImageMagick, the wonderful graphics tool for WebTV users! [Published 12/20/98, Written by Chai Trakulthai]
Furby Frenzy
What looks like a Gremlin, makes rude noises and is the hottest toy around this Christmas, inciting shoppers to maul each other at the mall and pay outrageous prices on the secondary market? [Published 12/20/98, Written by WebTV Addict]
Furbies: A Modest Proposal
Fed up with the Frenzied Furby Follies? Uncle Bob takes a Surfari to check out some sites that take an, erm...insidelook at the furry creatures. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Uncle Bob]
Zen of HTML: Calling the Elements
More enlightenment into home page building, as the Zen of HTML shows you how to call graphical and audio elements into your page. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Dudette]
Tip: Carry a Clipboard
Uncle Bob returns with a clarification of last week's tip, and a new one for extending the usefulness of the Cut/Copy/Paste Function. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Uncle Bob]
Away With The Manger
Welcome back, Betty! Betty Green returns with another of her wonderful stories of days gone by. This time it's about a not-so-Merry Christmas, and a little girl who dreamed of being a cowboy. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Betty Green]
A Big Bag of Christmas Stories
Gather the family around the WebTV for a new way to enjoy traditional favorite Christmas stories and songs, and find some new ones to add to your holiday celebrations. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Uncle Bob]
Sluggy Freelance -Why Did It Have to be Snakes?
See how Torg and Riff keep their spirits up during their time of imprisonment and with the holidays approaching, how will they get their
shopping done? And are mummies really the lamest monsters ever thought up? [Published 12/20/98, Written by Pete Abrams]
COMMUNITY A Real WebTV Community: Fuzzy's Place
You can chat anywhere, but where can you go to find a real sense of community? Join Kynzic for a look at just such a place--Fuzzy's Place. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Kynzic]
Vinstir: Cooking Up Laughter
Chef, clockmaker, glass etcher, craftsman, handyman...and this busy guy still has time for 15 or more hours a week on WebTV! Join mynnk as she profiles Vinstir, who loves to laugh and entertain his WebTV friends. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Mynnk]
Family Times
Libby3 profiles an interesting group of Web users--her own family. They're a diverse group with varied interests from Beanie Babies to psychology, and they're all online (even the dog!) [Published 12/20/98, Written by Libby3]
BJ's World
Bedridden due to Multiple Sclerosis, BJ found a lifeline in WebTV. Now she uses email, newsgroups and homepages to keep in touch with the world at large. Join dashma in this profile of a very special WebTV user. [Published 12/20/98, Written by dashma]
Famous Seniors on the Net
George Coniglio, our Seniors correspondent, has been checking out the websites of some of the more famous Seniors, and has found a great collection of links for you. From the Oldest Person in the World to the Oldest Woman on the Web, there's a lot of great Seniors websites for you to visit. [Published 12/20/98, Written by George Coniglio]
Better Homes and Websites
We've got a stocking stuffed with some cool presents for you -- great WebTV links and webcams, how to do cool things with the WebTV Audioscope, a site for deer hunters, and a thought-provoking journey into the Tao of Stephen. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Dudette]
[Published 12/20/98, Written by Dexter and Dudette]
Landing on Triple Zero
People think life is a crap shoot. They are wrong. It is a roulette game. For the first time in the Gregorian calendar we are poised to land on triple zero - the Las Vegas embellishment
of European roulette inserted to boost the house take - when all bets are losers. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Uncle Al Schwartz]
VOX POP -- Reader Opinions Question of The Week: Changed, But Not That Happy
Some users responded that they liked WebTV, had but problems with the service. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Being Left Behind?
A number of users raise the question of being left behind -- so how about trade-ins for updated units? Is WebTV really going to charge us for extras? [Published 12/20/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Issues of Spam and Email
The issue of spam continues to occupy some users' thoughts. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Ideas for Improving WebTV
We received a great description of what's good about the Plus and ideas for improvement from a happy WebTV family. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Frustrated Users
Some comments are still coming in about what users don't like about WebTV's direction and behavior with its users. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Voice Mail
A sampling of our other Voice Mail. [Published 12/20/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
How WebTV Changed My Life: I Fell in Love
Can you find happiness on WebTV? This member of our community tells us what happened to her! [Published 12/20/98, Written by Nesse]
