NEWS Tidbits: Sampling the News Surf
Microsoft forgot to pay a $35.00 bill and got cut off!!!! An Oregon city will now be known as a dot com. $10,000,000 million bid for a URL. And other interesting tidbits in the news. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Net4TV Voice News Staff]
1999: The WebTV Year That Was
It's time for the annual look back at the year in review. Remember the Founder's Chat, the Amnesia Bomb, Hip Hop, Gen3 WebTV, Perman's Resignation, the twists and turns of the Microsoft Trial, and the Spam Blocker that kept mom from writing? A long, strange year later, we look back at the WebTV Year That Was. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Net4TV Voice News Staff]
WebTV Security Breach: Hijack Code Can Forward Stored Mail
Net4TV Voice has learned that the "hack" code that is being used to send email from a WebTV user's box without the user's knowledge also is being used to compromise the security of users' stored mail. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Laura Buddine]
TV Online Ceases Magazine, Website to Follow TV Online announced that it has ceased publication of the dead tree version of its interactive television magazine. The Website's death is imminent. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Dexter Davenport]
Y2K: The Catastrophe That Wasn't
Put away the generator, drink the bottled water, and sell the freeze-dried food. The Y2K Bug has bitten, but it appears to have been an annoying and expensive itch, but not a fatal one. Find out what worked, and what didn't when 2000 hit the world. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Net4TV Voice News Staff]
E-tailers, Shoppers Face Many Unhappy Returns
E-tailers around the world had dreamt of a day when people would flock to their sites to make holiday purchases. But it was a case of "Be careful what you wish for!" as clogged servers, depleted supply channels, and overburdened package delivery services struggled, and in many cases failed to deliver in time for Christmas. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Net4TV Voice Staff]
Buzz: Y2K
Nat wraps up the Cable Show and celebrates Christmas. But the New Year is approaching, and he's worried
about what's going to happen. Is everything in Buzz Central Y2K-compatible, or was something
overlooked? [Published 01/02/00, Written by G. Nat URL, Agent 007]
UPDATE: WebTV Says Email Hijack Code Fixed
WebTV Networks is now reporting that the "email hijack code" that had allowed malicious
exploitation of users' email accounts and opened their stored mail to prying eyes has now
been fixed. [Published 01/06/00, Written by Net4TV Voice Staff]
UPDATE: Old Classic 'cc' Left Out of Email Hijack Fix
Net4TV Voice has just learned and validated that WebTV's 'fix' to the email hijack code is not complete,
and that the original WebTV Classic email is still vulnerable to hijacking. [Published 01/13/00, Written by Net4TV Voice News Staff]
FEATURES PageBuilders and WebScissors
Beth Candy is taking a few days off so we are re-running one of her more popular articles. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Beth Candy]
Big Changes in American Local History Network
One of the great volunteer genealogy projects has moved to its own domain, there have been changes in the leadership team and the project is really growing. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Gene Blueblood]
Instant Messenger; Banners Using Tables; Text Areas
Want to place an instant messanger on your home page? Or need text banners for your web pages? Here are the solutions! [Published 01/02/00, Written by ADH-HH Construction Crew]
No Hiding Place: Privacy in Online Shopping Not Protected
Privacy on the internet seems to be close to non-existant. A survey of 100 of the top e-commerce sites paints a chilling picture. [Published 01/02/00, Written by WebTV Addict]
Searching By Surname
Amature genealogists list their family trees hoping that, as you read through, you'll be able to fill in some blanks for them. So why not make it easier to search? [Published 01/02/00, Written by Gene Blueblood]
PageBuilders and WebScissors
A brilliant young man gave us WebScissors, a handy PageBuilder tool. While he will be greatly missed by all of us, his legacy lives on. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Beth Candy]
Folksites: Home Pages That Anyone Can Build
Want to build a quick and simple webpage without having to learn HTML? How about a scrapbook for
vidcaps that isn't on the WebTV server. FolkSites offers an easy page-builder, "mail to" image
uploading, and a company that cares about people on TV. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Net4TV Vocie Staff]
Chocolate Holidays
Anyone out there a "chocoholic"? Here are some tips on getting your fix - without breaking the bank. After all, someone has to eat that leftover, delicious, mouth watering, yummy, wonderful, chocolate! [Published 01/02/00, Written by Rogi Riverstone]
Going the Distance
Finishing a triathalon requires athletic ability, emotional strength, endurance, and determination. Join Bob Quinn (the CEO of Net4TV) as he summons the strength and support of our readers and tackles his New Year's Resolution. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Robert G. Quinn]
Bring Out Your Dead
A brief look at some of the famous, infamous and not so famous mortals who didn't get to see the new millennium.
[Published 01/02/00, Written by Uncle Bob]
Sluggy Freelance: Millennium-ish Thingy 2000
Bun-bun thought he got the best of Mrs Claus - but it looks like she outfoxed him! That's not going to go over very wellÉ [Published 01/02/00, Written by Pete Abrams]
COMMUNITY No Time To Snooze At Sleeping Lady's Place
The name of this story does NOT reflect this lady's life! She's traveled to nearly 70 countries around the world, lived with tribal people, and found time to build a great WebTV page. Don't miss the Polar Bear sound asleep in the snow! [Published 01/02/00, Written by Bea Happy]
In This Doghouse You're In No Trouble At All!
Taking time out from hunting and fishing, this gentleman has built a great site that includes HTML, image machines, gifs, backgrounds, midi's, jokes, and homepage help. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Master-Dunc]
"Mom, Tell Her I Love Her!"
Too scared to ask her out, this man had his MOM call and ask. Two weeks later he proposed and the rest is, as they say, É.. Well, you'll have to read the story to find out!. [Published 01/02/00, Written by BEEBOPHOP1]
MALLRATS: We Aren't Talking Rodents!
Midnight Artifact Liberation Requisition Acquisition Transferal Squad. Gunrunners? Bandits? No, it's a newsgroup that expanded its knowledge and self into a wide variety of information and tutorials for those new and old to WebTV. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Linda Anderson]
This Neo Helps Newbies
This young man "lives for helping people with webpages". And he means it! He has helpful tips you won't find elsewhere. He and his best friend are working on a tremendous resource for WebTV called www.webtvresources.com. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Bill Johnson aka Le Fantome]
RainSong: Anything But All Wet
RainSong is the new "kid" at Net4TV. Here is a brief look at where she's been, and a glimpse of the driving passion in her life. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Linda Anderson]
Better Homes and Websites
This issue's Better Homes take you on tour -- of a New Year's site with an assortment of links for the new year and the new millennium; a site devoted to fun and games, games, games; a webpage with nature images, gardening tips and native American links; a page of links to graphics, email tips, tools, tutorials and much more; and a site with a collection of sayings, quotes and verses for inspiration and comfort. [Published 01/02/00, Written by RainSong]
Chien Cooks: Casseroles
Ok, the holidays are over and it's time to unwind, put away the fancy dishes and spend time somewhere other than the kitchen. Here are some delicious (but easy!) delights. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Nancy McPoland]
The Exploitation of the Mammoth
Our Gen Next writer points out some cold hard facts in opposition to an upcoming scientific project - "raising the mammoth". Perhaps in the excitement of the chase, scientists have lost sight of some important moral and ethical issues. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Emma]
Tears for Topics
Its hard to lose old friends. The online community known as GEnie has closed it's doors after many years. Many of us here at Net4TV were part of it in the early years. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Nancy McPoland]
VOX POP -- Reader Opinions I Am Grateful
Net4TV Voice writer Nelson Tankus shares with us his thanks and gratitude to the people who have made a difference in his life, and we're grateful that he has. [Published , Written by Nelson Tankus]
Inside the WebSurfer
David has tried the WebSurfer, and writes us that he suddenly appreciates WebTV a lot more. [Published , Written by David]
My Input to WebTV
Andy Mounce describes what WebTV means to seniors like himself, and offers some input to WebTV... or WebTV competitors(?). [Published , Written by Andy Mounce]
A Great Product, Lousy Service
Damodara knew it was a software problem, but let them convince him it was hardware. He sums up his take on WebTV as a whole. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Damodara]
A New Mail Problem?
Hansjuergen Duchardt tells us what happened in his email a year ago, and raises the question whether the ability to force a box to send email is really new. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Hansjuergen Duchardt]
WebTV and the Major Search Engines
Jonathan Bell vents his frustration about the difficulty (or impossibility) of getting a PageBuilder site listed in a major search engine. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Jonathan Bell]
Tripod Loses Another Site
Linda Durham reports that Angel's Castle of GIFs was almost the victim of an erasure! [Published 01/02/00, Written by Linda Durham]
Reserve Officers Association Asks For Help With WNI
Steve Pankow passes on a request for help from the Reserve Officers Association regarding email bouncing from their WebTV members. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Steve Pankow]
E-Shopping: A Pleasant Experience
Robin50 could teach Dexter a thing or two -- her e-shopping was great! [Published 01/02/00, Written by Robin50]
Inergy Gone? No Surprise.
With the experience Uncle Fester had, he's not surprised they went away. How much money did they take with them? [Published 01/02/00, Written by Uncle Fester]
The Email Hijack Code
We were alerted to the email problem by our users, and we've heard a lot
since our update. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Grumps and Gripes
We're still hearing of problems coming from the last update, and well as some of the usual issues. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Voice Mail
Here's some more of the email that we've received since our Christmas issue. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week:
What Will Happen After 2000?
We asked what you thought this next
millennium, century, or even next few
years will bring, and how will our world
and our society change? We didn't get many answers, but they were interesting ones. [Published 01/02/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
