NEWS Cyberlaw Roundup
"Typo Pirates," domain names, META tags, Online Privacy, and information brokers are all in the news, and the courts this week. Net4TV Voice takes a look at some of the legal stories affecting the Internet, and you. [Published 04/25/99, Written by News Staff]
AT&T Body Checks Comcast in Acquisition Bid for MediaOne
Now that they're received government approval for their purchase of TCI, AT&T has turned its attention to MediaOne, outbidding Comcast. [Published 04/25/99, Written by News Staff]
NAB: Does WebTV Offer Anything for Broadcasters?
WebTV took its show on the road to the National Association of Broadcasters this week, but despite a big booth and a sign out front, broadcasters wondered where they fit into the picture. [Published 04/25/99, Written by News Staff]
WebTV Restores Chat Functions in Response to User Demand
In response to thousands of telephone calls, emails and posts from WebTV subscribers, WebTV Networks Inc. has restored the IRC codes that it had changed in its 1.4.1 update that is now being offered to Classic subscribers. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Pagoo Offers WebTV Users VoiceMail, Call Waiting Solution
VoiceMail on the Net? Pagoo works with WebTV and offers one way around the single phone line and disconnection problem... and a lot more. We interview Pagoo about their service, and how it works for WebTV. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Staying Organized With Comments
The Construction Crew from ADH-HH shows you how to stay organized with comment tags, how to use transitions, and more! [Published 04/25/99, Written by The ADH-HH Construction Crew]
How to Use the PM Printer Adapter with the Sony Classic
Got a Sony Classic and can't find an adapter? The Philips Magnavox adapter will work, with a little modification. Saverio (IOM) tells you how. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Saverio]
Voice Resources: Everything Homepage
Building a home page? In the second of our "Voice Resources" series, we've gathered all our resources on the home page building together in one place, with everything you need to know from starting out to programming. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Sluggy's Temporal Vacation
Bunbun took on Santa, and now he's resting up for the week. It's a great chance to catch up on the archives. Have you got a Bunbun switchblade yet? [Published 04/25/99, Written by Pete Abrams]
Better Homes and Websites
This week's Better Homes include a tour of West Virginia, a magnificently designed "Night Gallery," one that's just pure fun, and some terrific WebTV tools, utilities, and links to breaking news! [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Becoming a Surfer
Ginger Rigsby joins the Net4TV Voice Op 'n Ed team and reflects on her discovery of life online. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Ginger Rigsby]
VOX POP -- Reader Opinions A WebTV Customer Service Rep Speaks Out
The inside scoop from a rep on the other side of 1800-GOWEBTV. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Name Withheld]
MattMan Provides More Info
Mattman69 also sent us more information about Doom and YDKJ. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Mattman69]
Freedom of Speech and Murder Manuals Online
Bob Steele considers the dilemma between freedom of speech and the dissemination of violence and hate online. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Bob Steele]
VoxComm: Why Is It Soooo Sloooooow?
We continue to hear problems of connections and sloooow email and access to parts of the WebTV service. These are just a few of the many similar emails we've received in the last two weeks. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: Upgrade Blues.
A number of users have commented on the "upgrade." Is it really a "bug fix" when so many bugs remain? [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: The Mattman69 Controversy
Many, many readers commented about Mattman. Most of them supported his position, but a few did not. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: Mattman and the TOS
Mattman's situation raised some commentary about the TOS and WebTV's application of it in his case. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: The TOS Is NOT Fairly Enforced.
We also received some more unsettling stories of WebTV's Compliance Department and their selective enforcement of the Terms of Service. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Voice Mail
A sample of some of our general "Voice Mail" since our last issue. [Published 04/25/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Bunbun took on Santa, and now he's resting up for the week. It's a great chance to catch up on the archives. Have you got a Bunbun switchblade yet?