NEWS Microsoft Goes to China
Microsoft is taking aim at one of the largest Internet markets left to be won, China's 320 million TV sets. A new project, code-named "Venus" will allow users to surf and receive e-mail on an Internet settop box. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Voice News Staff]
@Home TV to Meld Broadband and Settops
@Home is the latest to charge into the settop box arena, announcing that they will offer a high-speed settop box as early as this fall! [Published 03/14/99, Written by Voice News Staff]
Sony Unveils PlayStation2
PlayStation2 will offer better-than-arcade-quality gaming, compatibility with legacy games, DVD, and more! [Published 03/14/99, Written by Voice News Staff]
Y2K SCAM ALERT!
The latest Y2K scam could clean out your bank account if you fall for it. Be aware --- and beware! [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice News Staff]
Microsoft to Settle? Rumors Fly, But It's Not Likely
In the wake of the last-minute Intel settlement, rumors abound as to whether Microsoft will try to cut a similar deal in its own anti-trust case. No definite word yet, but it appears unlikely, since MS thinks it's winning. [Published 03/14/99, Written by News Staff]
US West, NCI Reveal Settop Plans UPDATE! NCI re-enters the settop market with a new deal, a box combining NCI's TV Navigator with US West advanced telephone services. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Voice News Staff]
Steve Claims WebTV Has 98% Connection Success Rate
In his latest post to webtv.users, Steve Perlman claimed that only 2% of WebTV users have trouble connecting. True? Read what he has to say, then tell us your experience. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Users Give Two BIG Thumbs Up to Custom Chats!
More than 7,000 WebTV users have voted in Net4TV Voice's Chat Poll! The results include a BIG vote for custom IRC chats that WebTV users build themselves, and mixed reviews for TalkCity. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
WebTV Wants to Control Your Home
It sounds straight out of the Jetsons. Email your house and tell it to turn on the lawn sprinkler? WebTV is readying a system using the settop box as a central control center to network all your appliances. But, do you really want to call WeCare when the dryer crashes? [Published 03/14/99, Written by Voice News Staff]
FEATURES Going, Going Gone!
Online auctions are popular and fun, but be cautious. WebTV Addict has tips for protecting yourself in the bidding frenzy. [Published 03/14/99, Written by WebTV Addict]
The Secret of the Sidebar
Having trouble taming the sidebar? Carl Jones shows you how to make it work on WebTV without breaking your page for PCs -- and without having to use JavaScript! [Published 03/14/99, Written by Carl Jones]
Making a Webtv Form Mailer
Diane Dumas continues her "how to" series with this neat add-on to either your chat or your homepage! [Published 03/14/99, Written by Diane Dumas]
Fearless HTML and Setting a Good Table
The Construction Crew of ADH-HH returns with the insider's tips to taming HTML and setting a good table! [Published 03/14/99, Written by The ADH-HH Construction Crew]
OK, now the Gwynn/Demon storyline and everything is finally resolved. Or is it? What happened to Gwynn? Where did the Demon go? How will the media explain what happened? [Published 03/14/99, Written by Pete Abrams]
COMMUNITY Disease leads to WebTV Addiction for "UpAllNyte"
Tom Chatterton may have purchased his WebTV to use Internet resources to find out more about Hepatitis C, from which he suffers, but he quickly became a WebTV addict. V profiles this busy man who helped get the ADH Homepage Helpers Group revived. [Published 03/14/99, Written by V]
One Man's Journey
Join Libby3 as she takes a look at a wonderful site created by a WebTV user. He may think he's Just a Prairie Boy, but we think he's pretty special and you will, too! [Published 03/14/99, Written by Libby3]
My Sister, The Frog
Our newest Net4TVVoice Community correspondent, Ginks, started close to home for her first profile. Meet "SisterFrog," Ginks' real-life sister, and a self-described WebTV addict. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Ginks]
Hero for a Day!
If you've ever had the desire to beat up on scaly monsters like Conan does, you've got a WebTV-accessible way to do just that. Long-time WebTV user hymn, formerly Ancient One, has created a role playing game for WebTV users to release that inner Hercules, and have fun doing it. [Published 03/14/99, Written by TomCrown]
Starcruiser and BellaChita - A Meeting in the Heartland!
A match made on WebTV, Starcruiser and BellaChita are enthusiastic WebTV Classic users who met online. Join RC as he visits with the happy couple. [Published 03/14/99, Written by RC]
Better Homes and Websites
This week's collection of Better Homes from our own WebTV user community includes page-building tools, jokes, a new twist on Star Trek, some wonderful original stories, a truly cool audio-visual experience that defies description, and a seriously good support site for a very serious subject. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Chien Soups It Up!!
This time, our cooks of alt.cooking-chien have turned their imaginations to soups, and the selection includes some that are bound to be hearty family favorites, and others that can be truly elegant treats for entertaining. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Dudette]
Ask Dr Schund: Thermonuclear Big Macs
You think that's heartburn? Dr Schund explains how that Big Mac and the A-bomb have more in common than you imagined. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Uncle Al Schwartz]
Joe Dimaggio, The Doc, The Napkins, and Me.
Joltin' Joe has left us, but he will always live in our memories, and especially in the memory of one of our fellow WebTV'ers who had a very special experience with his hero. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Retired Esquire]
VOX POP -- Reader Opinions WebTV: An Endangered Species?
It won't happen tomorrow, but new developments in the television industry may make WebTV's current boxes obsolete in a few more years. [Published 03/14/99, Written by MediEvil14]
Question of the Week: Terms of Service
In our Question of the Week, we asked how you felt about the WebTV Terms of Service (TOS). These users were most concerned about the privacy aspects of it. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: Terms of Service
In our Question of the Week, we asked how you felt about the WebTV Terms of Service (TOS). Some WebTV users feel that WebTV isn't keeping their agreement by not enforcing the standards of behavior that they spell out in the TOS [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: Terms of Service
In our Question of the Week, we asked how you felt about the WebTV Terms of Service (TOS). These WebTV users thought that WebTV could at least let its users know when it changes it. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: Terms of Service
In our Question of the Week, we asked how you felt about the WebTV Terms of Service (TOS). These WebTV users thought it was fine. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: Terms of Service
In our Question of the Week, we asked how you felt about the WebTV Terms of Service (TOS). Terms of Service??? These users wondered what we were talking about. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: Terms of Service
In our Question of the Week, we asked how you felt about WebTV's Terms of Service. These users had some other comments [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: Connections!
One of thie things we keep hearing more and more about is connection problems and very slow servers, email, etc. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: More Privacy Concerns
Privacy -- of email, of surfing, or TV viewing habits -- continues as a major issue of concern in our email! Here's a sampling of the letter's about it that we've received since our last issue. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: Privacy? No Problem!
Although most of the readers who wrote to us were concerned about privacy, there were a few who were not. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Enforcement of the TOS: Why I Left WebTV
Our Question of the Week sparked this letter from a former WebTV user, who explains that the TOS and its enforcement was the reason that he cancelled his service, adn sheds some light on how WebTV responds differently to complaints from PC users. [Published 03/14/99, Written by Name Withheld]
From the Forum: Improvements to Alt.Discuss
Ray posted an intriguing commentary in our forums that deserves to have some wider readership! [Published 03/14/99, Written by Ray2047]
From the Forum: Newsreader Ideas
OldFool offers some ideas for the improvement of the WebTV newsreader. [Published 03/14/99, Written by OldFool]
