NEWS Amazon "Feature" Angers Customers, Privacy Advocates
Amazon revealed a "feature" that showed you what books and videos people from Disney, IBM, Microsoft, and your company were buying. They just forgot to ask their customers (or the companies) if they minded. [Published 08/29/99, Written by News Staff]
Tripod Defends Against Linking By WebTV and e-Bay Users
Tripod is fighting back against what it calls "remote loading" -- bandwidth theft from e-Bay and WebTV users who store images on Tripod and use them for email and auctions. Users have reported problems -- what now? [Published 08/29/99, Written by Dexter Davenport]
E-Commerce Security Code Cracked by Experts
The "uncrackable" code that protects bank and credit card data has been cracked, but it took a supercomputer to do it. Experts say hackers can'tÉyet. [Published 08/29/99, Written by News Staff]
Felony Conviction Says "Free" Still Can Be Piracy
Many people believe that it's not a crime to give away illegally-copied movies, audio, and software -- just to sell them. But in the first Internet Piracy conviction, a young man learned the hard way that it's not true. [Published 08/29/99, Written by News Staff]
Tidbits: Just A Few Stories More
A WebTV-TV postponed by RCA, and old infomercial revamped by Philips, and a 30-year-old piece of vaporware sort of finally almost releases. [Published 08/29/99, Written by News Staff]
The Buzz: BuzzBotª
Buzz has a new, better way of getting inside WebTV HQ that looks like it will be a lot safer. But what a surprise when he gets there -- where is everyone? [Published 08/29/99, Written by G. Nat URL]
FEATURES From Junk to Treasure Via Internet Auction
Garage overflowing with things that used to be important? You may have riches there, but merchandising
is the key to making turning them into money on Internet auctions. Dudette tried it, and here's how she fared. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Dudette]
Printer Fun and Aerial Antics
Flying high or flying low, these paper airplane designs will print out on your color printer and are sure to please even the biggest of 'kids'. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Hymn]
Area Code 809? Wrong Number!!
WebTV Addict takes a look at a currently circulating hoax that could cost you money if you aren't careful. If you get an email or phone message demanding you call a phone number with an 809 Area Code...don't. [Published 08/29/99, Written by WebTV Addict]
Dweebs That Go Bump In The Night
Ali Yazid returns with a review of a popular movie that has also become the summer's hot phenomenon. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Ali Yazid]
Net4TV Presents: FITNET 38
Discover the fountain of youth, take time out of your busy calendar for a good nights' rest, shake that pelvis with Elvis, and go where no man--no one--has gone before, all while staying fit and healthy with our daily inspirational messages, fun facts, and historical observations. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Tim Lane]
Picture This! Client-side Image Maps
How do your turn a picture into a a great interface? Learn the secreats of Client-side Image Maps from the Construction Crew of ADHHH! [Published 08/29/99, Written by ADH-HH Construction Crew]
Tips and Tricks
More neat tricks for our fellow users -- how to grab an image from a page for your scrapbook, how to see the text you're writing when the form background is fancy, and a note on a neat new Transload service from Anthony himself! [Published 08/29/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
The DishPlayer Experience: Part 2 - The Hardware
What's the size of a VCR, has a wireless keyboard, a remote control, and dresses in black? Wolverine_X explores the DishPlayer hardware. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Wolverine_X]
The DishPlayer Experience
DishPlayer: part satellite receiver, part digital video recorder and part internet access appliance. This hybrid's really got something going for it, and Wolervine_X explores it with you in a 5-part review. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Wolverine_X]
The DishPlayer Experience: Part 3 - The TV Side
The TV side of the DishPlayer brings you all of the benefits of satellite over cable, plus some actual use for the enhanced TV features. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Wolverine_X]
The DishPlayer Experience: Part 4 - WebTV Side
On the Web side of the DishPlayer is the WebTV Plus experience -- and if you're not already a WebTV user, Wolverine_X fills you in and tells you the pros and cons. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Wolverine_X]
The DishPlayer Experience: Part 5 - The Future
Wolverine_X concludes his DishPlayer review with a look at the future offerings, including Digital Video Recording (DVR), new games, and the new EchoStar satellite. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Wolverine_X]
Hollywood's Bronze Legend
The first Negro movie star to appear on the cover of Life Magazine, Dorothy Dandridge was a truly remarkable woman. Take a Surfari to dicover this amazing star. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Lindsey Page]
Sluggy Freelance: The StormBreaker Saga
Sluggy and friends pile into their inflatable time machine for the trip home. Wait! Stop! Is someone carrying a sharp sw . . . . . . . . KABOOOOOOMMMMMMM! [Published 08/29/99, Written by Pete Abrams]
COMMUNITY Games - A La Carte
"The world's youngest 50 year old" is a gourmet cook who misses Coney Island hot dogs, and has done everything from law enforcement to advertising. Online strategy games, crossword puzzles and trivia are his WebTV passions. Slip into his website for games, humor, receipes, sounds, images and movies. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Catherine Kelley]
Get your Gifs, Grab your Graphis and Mind your Midi's!
Grab a drink and sandwich, sit back in your favorite chair or couch, and get ready to spend some time with this stay at home Mom who calls the family's Rottweiler "her baby". Better take a bite of that sandwich because the [Published 08/29/99, Written by Catherine Kelley]
A Very Special ~Kis~
Kis built her first website because of peer pressure. All too soon she found her fav folders were bulging with on-line goodies. Deciding to share her discoveries with others, her site took on a life of its own, giving Kis the freedom to let her creative juices flow. And now for [Published 08/29/99, Written by RC]
A Very Kewl BabyDoll
She couldn't bend, lift, stoop or reach over her head but this remarkable lady didn't let that stop her! She discovered WebTV, got on-line, made lots of new friends and started creating her own web pages. Spend some time with this remarkable [Published 08/29/99, Written by Linda Anderson]
E-Mail Sucked Grandmother In
And that was only the beginning. Now this lady is determined to conquer the internet and use it for what she deems necessary: creating, teaching, writing, and sharing herself with her new world, all while she's sitting back in her recliner with her feet up and the keyboard in her lap. And to top it all off - [Published 08/29/99, Written by Linda Anderson]
Sleepless in Michigan
A sleepless night found this woman staring at an infomercial - about WebTV. She went right out and bought one and now "can't sleep because of it". Stop by and find out why. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Ginks]
Better Homes and Websites
From Egyptian hieroglypics to jazz, rock people (who are always stoned) to fish, poems to crafts - any way you call it, this is quite a tour. Come on along with us as we surf around the world in search of the best of the best. There's something here for everyone. [Published 08/29/99, Written by RainSong]
Chien Goes Fishing!
We've grabbed our poles and nets and headed for the water to fish up some great recipes for fish and seafood from those wonderful cooks at alt.cooking.chien. How about it folks? Ready to "Go Fish"? [Published 08/29/99, Written by Nancy McPoland]
Dreading School? Here's Some Help
Not to worry, there are worse things than school (well, maybe not worse than the cafeteria food). Read on and I'll give you some help. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Emma]
The Way It Is....
Wolverine_X expresses his opinion on what the WebTV experience and product really is all about [Published 08/29/99, Written by Wolverine_X]
Coffee, Tea or Pretzels?
Taken any airline trips lately? Get anything to eat besides a nearly impossible to open bag of crumbs? Hear about it from someone who has been a flight attendant. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Ginger]
VOX POP -- Reader Opinions WebTV Users React to the Bank Surcharge - 1
The WebTV users we've heard from do not, for the most part, think the plan to impose a surcharge of $5.00 on checking account debits (and to eliminate payment by check and money order entirely) is right. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
WebTV Users React to the Bank Surcharge - 2
The WebTV users we've heard from do not, for the most part, think the plan to impose a surcharge of $5.00 on checking account debits (and to eliminate payment by check and money order entirely) is right. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
WebTV Users React to the Bank Surcharge - 3
The WebTV users we've heard from do not, for the most part, think the plan to impose a surcharge of $5.00 on checking account debits (and to eliminate payment by check and money order entirely) is right. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
WebTV Users React to the Bank Surcharge - 4
The WebTV users we've heard from do not, for the most part, think the plan to impose a surcharge of $5.00 on checking account debits (and to eliminate payment by check and money order entirely) is right. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
What Being Online Has Meant to Me
We love to hear stories of how being online is changing our readers' lives. Here's how a couple of our readers feel. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Rants and Raves
Our readers have all kinds of opinions about their online experience, and we present some of the the rants and the raves we've received this issue. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Letter to Club WebTV
Club WebTV asked readers to send their letters to letters@corp.webtv.net, and we were cc'ed on this one. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Thoroughly Disgusted]
I Think the Spam Block Is Great
Tom thinks that Net4TV Voice has the wrong idea about spam blocking. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Tom]
No Games... More Money... Grrr!
cerberus is not happy that he can't play the games that he used to on his WebTV Plus, and thinks that its just a ploy to get more money. [Published 08/29/99, Written by cerberus]
The Billing Horror Stories
G Pices had a big problem because his brother's credit card was on his account and he couldn't change it. He found that he wasn't the only one. [Published 08/29/99, Written by G Pices and other WebTV users]
TalkCity Banning Gay Chatrooms
Tyler is concerned that TalkCity plans to shut down all Gay chatrooms on the service, except those officially moderated by TalkCity. [Published 08/29/99, Written by YLER]
WebTV Needs More Advertising!!!
JaxRed observes that, if WebTV doesn't try to get more customers, then there will be only a few of us carrying their rising costs. Get on the stick, WebTV! [Published 08/29/99, Written by JaxRed]
Voice Mail
We love to hear from our readers (even when you bite us), and here's a sample from the past two weeks' mailbag. [Published 08/29/99, Written by Net4TV Voice]
