NEWS Blue Mountain Arts Wins Temporary MS Injunction
Microsoft received yet another blow from the judicial system as Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Robert Baines issued another preliminary injunction against Microsoft in favor of Blue Mountain Arts over spam blocking. [Published 01/31/99, Written by News Staff]
Putting the XXX in Super Bowl XXXIII
Too funny! An X-rated site puts out a "Cleavage Convergence" call to WebTV users during the Superbowl, but hasn't quite done its homework. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Newz Chewz]
Gates $100 Billion, Jobs Nothing
They both started off as kids in garages, but Gates is now worth more than Singapore. Poor SteveÉ. [Published 01/31/99, Written by News Staff]
MS/DOJ: Weeks 12 & 13:"WebTV Who?"
A Microsoft executive paints WebTV as a potential MS competitor, forgetting the previous purchase, evidently. Netscape's air supply, browser share, and whether computers are addictive, it's all been happening this week in the courtroom. Catch up on the whole story in our continuing coverage. [Published 01/31/99, Written by News Staff]
Yahoo Buys GeoCities
Yahoo continued its move into the mega-portal business by acquiring GeoCities, home of many WebTV user home pages. With this merger, it becomes the number 2 site in traffic, behind AOL. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Nancy McPoland]
WebTV Founders Chat to Mixed Reviews
The highly-promoted WebTV Founders' Chat on TalkCity drew a reported 1,228 users who gathered in a special set of rooms on January 21 to see Perlman, Goldman and Leak answer users' questions. Reviews are mixedÉ [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
NCI, NTL, Microsoft Bring Interactive TV to Britain
NTL, Britain's third largest cable TV company with 200,000 users, and Network Computer Inc. has announced the launch of its first interactive service, bringing the Internet to homes throughout the UK via TV sets. Microsoft also has an NTL stake, even though NCI competes with WebTV. [Published 01/31/99, Written by News Staff]
FEATURES Founders' Chat: Details and WebTV User Comments
We've reformatted the Founders' Chat transcript to make it easy to read, and then asked the users whose questions were answered to start off our commentary. There's a place for you to add yours. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Politicians Get In On the Forwarding Frenzy
You'd think that some people wouldn't fall for them. Well, maybe notÉ. especially when we're talking about politicians. [Published 01/31/99, Written by WebTV Addict]
Zen of HTML 6: Achieving Perfection
Dudette concludes the Zen of HTML with some clues on how to go beyond just a nice website -- achieve perfection, and pass it on! [Published 01/31/99, Written by Dudette]
How to Buy a PC - Part 2 Where to Get the Software
In our last issue, we talked about what you need to consider when buying a new PC, focusing on hardware. This time, we're going to talk about the fun stuff, softwareÉ and how to get a lot of it for free! [Published 01/31/99, Written by Nancy McPoland]
The Great WebTV Text FX!
Think WebTV is limited to just one font for Web pages and email? Dudette shows you how to use the WebTV text effects to add variety and artÉ at NO bandwidth cost above plain text! [Published 01/31/99, Written by Dudette]
Valentine Surfari
Make this Valentine's Day special for everyone by using WebTV to help! Uncle Bob has found a bouquet of websites that will dress up your home page, teach you more about the origins of the holiday, or help you shop for that special person. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Uncle Bob]
Office Politics Yup, Torg is still having troubles in the office, compounded by berk sticking a shotgun in Torg's face. It's just like your job, but with aliens and live ammo! [Published 01/31/99, Written by Pete Abrams]
COMMUNITY Libby's Next Adventure: Webtv 4 Kids
Net4TV Voice's own Libby gets profiled by Community Editor Catherine Kelley, who showcases Libby's current endeavor, a wonderful site for children and family fun called WebTV 4 Kids. From games and puzzles to learning activities, Libby's gathered a bounty of great sites and fun for all ages. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Catherine Kelley]
York: A New Star In The Sky
In a loving tribute to an absent friend, Lindsey bids farewell to one of Iacta/Net4TV Voice's best and brightest team members, York Massengale. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Lindsey Page]
Puzzleman and Suflower, WebTV's Dynamic Duo!
Kynzic profiles two of Net4TV's favorite chatters, Puzzleman and Suflower. This busy pair, when not playing a killer game of trivia during Sunday Net4TV chat, find time to make homepages for their interests ranging from HTML help to sunflowers. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Kynzic]
Karen B. - A Community Leader!
A Community Leader at GeoCities, and listed in the new edition of WebTV For Dummies, Karen B. has an outstanding homepage chock-full of HTML help for the WebTV community. Our Community Editor CK visits with this helpful lady and finds out all about her. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Catherine Kelley]
Gerry and Anne Chester's Books on WebTV - "Gateway to the World"
The Chesters have written three whole online books of information about using WebTV! CK profiles this busy couple and hears about Gerry's interesting encounter with some famous Liverpool natives. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Catherine Kelley]
Dave's MIDIs For WebTV
Looking for MIDI music for your homepage or email? Dave has an enormous collection of rock and other types of MIDI music, and has been featured by Dr. Draac and WebTV For Dummies. Warp-Speed visits with this music man and finds out how he's used his WebTV to collect his huge site. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Warp-Speed]
Better Homes and Websites
What to do when the Superbowl is over? Go surfing in our WebTV Community! We've got a selection that includes some of the very best -- Station X, Hadoe's Printshop, the best index for cat sites, crafts, WebTV tricks and help, and a wonderful castle to explore! [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
I Was All Messed Up On Drugs
Uncle Al considers the insanity at drugging children for the convenience of parents and schools. It's not a pretty list of pharmaceuticals. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Uncle Al Schwartz]
VOX POP -- Reader Opinions Question of the Week: WebTV Could Improve Its Marketing By BETTER Advertising
We felt that WebTV could have achieved more success in its twenty-eight months on the market, and we asked how you felt WebTV could improve its marketing. These WebTV'ers feel that, not just more advertising, but different advertising is needed [Published 01/31/88, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: WebTV Could Improve Its Marketing with Word of Mouth!
We felt that WebTV could have achieved more success in its twenty-eight months on the market, and we asked how you felt WebTV could improve its marketing. These WebTV users point out that WebTV isn't taking advantage of WebTV users' word of mouth! [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: WebTV Could Improve Its Marketing By Fixing What's Broken!
We felt that WebTV could have achieved more success in its twenty-eight months on the market, and we asked how you felt WebTV could improve its marketing. These WebTV'ers strongly suggest that WebTV first fix the problems that are making the service so slow before trying to expand to more (potentially dissatisfied) users. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: WebTV Could Improve Its Marketing By More Attention to Retail
We felt that WebTV could have achieved more success in its twnety-eight months on the market, and we asked how you felt WebTV could improve its marketing. A number of WebTV users point at the poor retail exposure, lack of retail training, and the need for promotions. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: WebTV Could Improve Its Marketing By More Advertising
We felt that WebTV could have achieved more success in its twenty-eight months on the market, and we asked how you felt WebTV could improve its marketing. These WebTV users felt that more advertising was the answer. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: WebTV Could Improve Its Marketing By Focusing on the Internet
We felt that WebTV could have achieved more success in its twenty-eight months on the market, and we asked how you felt WebTV could improve its marketing. Focus on the Internet! is the most important thing, say these WebTV users. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: WebTV Could Improve Its Marketing By Staying Up to Date
We felt that WebTV could have achieved more success in its twenty-eight months on the market, and we asked how you felt WebTV could improve its marketing. The WebTV'ers felt that the most important thing that WebTV could do is improve its feature set. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: WebTV Could Improve Its Marketing With Better Customer Service
We felt that WebTV could have achieved more success in its twenty-eight months on the market, and we asked how you felt WebTV could improve its marketing. These WebTV users suggest better explanations and customer service [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: WebTV Could Improve Its Marketing Paying Attention to Price/Value
We felt that WebTV could have achieved more success in its twenty-eight months on the market, and we asked how you felt WebTV could improve its marketing. These users feel that value and price is an important issue. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: Watch the Competition!
Fritz is concerned that WebTV is not keeping a close eye on the coming competition. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: Get the Glitches Out!
"Get the glitches out!" says Linda, and she provides a list. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: A Long List of Suggestions
Erin had a lot of ideas about how WebTV could market betterÉ [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: More Good Insight!
Carole offers her insight and suggestions. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Email Disconnections and 1-800-GOWEBTV
Rhyder tells of her experience with WebTV customer service. Typical? No wonder it's rated so bad by so many users. [Published 01/31/99, Written by Rhyder]
WebTV For Retirement Homes?
Boombaby raises some questions about WebTV in retirement homes. [Published 01/31/99, Written by boombaby]
