NEWS Monster Merger: AOL Buys Time Warner in Historic Deal
Out of the blue, or so it seemed, America On-Line has announced it will acquire Time Warner, Inc. Stockholders in both companies seem to be in favor of the marriage. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice News Staff]
Tidbits: A Few Stories More
Steve Perlman is starting a new venture, Network Solutions made a boo-boo that left Amazon.com, Yahoo.com and others up for grabs; Exite@Home nearly got the Internet version of the death penalty and other tasty tidbits. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice News Staff]
Lots More Cool Web Appliances at CES
CES 2000 was loaded with new products - some of which are vaporware and will never be released. Here are some of the items that one of our staffers explored (and sometimes crashed). [Published 01/16/00, Written by Chai Trakulthai]
CES Overview: The Year of the Networked Appliance
Home entertainment, portable electronics, phones, satellite and other goodies are the staples of CES, but this year, they're finally coming together via the Internet and some nifty networking. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Dudette]
CES 2000: Connections Go HIGH Speed
This new standard allows support for up to 63 devices to be connected to a computer! At once! Just how far can technology go? [Published 01/16/00, Written by Chai Trakulthai]
A First Look at AOL-TV
More than two years after America Online formed its plans for its AOL-TV internet appliance, it finally
came out from under wraps at the January 2000 Consumer Electronics Show. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV News Staff]
Email Hijack Code STILL Not Fixed on WebTV Classic
Net4TV Voice has learned that the "patch" made by WebTV over the weekend to disable
the ability to hijack the email of the old Classic was easily defeated, and it is
still possible to have a user's box send email without the user's knowledge. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice News Staff]
Microsoft Goes Home at CES
Microsoft imagines what the Microsoft Home would be like. We wondered if it would crash daily and have security problems every few months. But we withheld judgment long enough to bring you this report fresh from CES. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Dexter Davenport]
Gates Steps Down from CEO Position Amid Break-up Rumors
In a surprise move, Bill Gates has turned over the CEO reins to his best friend, Steve Ballmer who also gets a seat on the Board of Directors. Gates becomes "Chief Software Architect." [Published 01/16/00, Written by Nancy McPoland]
Miss Your Paperboy? If you're wondering where your Paperboy delivery was last issue, he had a little problem. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice Editors]
FEATURES WebTV Page Builder
Vs. Geocities, Tripod & Angelfire
Beth Candy shows us more reasons the Page Builder is such a solid piece of software and more than worth the time to learn to use it properly. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Beth Candy]
Blueblood Updates
Our resident genealogist has taken the time to update some his articles and links from the past to help readers stay informed in the ever changing Internet world. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Gene Blueblood]
Freeloader Interface & Home Page Editing Tricks
Thanks to the ADHHH team, you can have your own Freeloader interface right on your own home page; preview the JS failure alert; and do global find and replace when editing. [Published 01/16/00, Written by ADH-HH Construction Crew]
Cyber-Junkies? Us?
If you only remember your kid's names because you've recently updated your home page, you might have a problem. WebTV Addict takes a look at some sites that may be helpful to all of us. [Published 01/16/00, Written by WebTV Addict]
Review: Inside the WebSurfer Pro
Looking for more printer support and RealAudio 5.0? The WebSurfer Pro has it, along with some other features that users really want. But it's still missing some other features, and it's a somewhat different experience. James Waters spend a couple of weeks putting it through its paces. [Published 01/16/00, Written by James Waters]
Aurora Borealis Aurora Australis
The story of the mysterious, shifting, swirling curtains of light sometimes seen in the sky in the far northern or far southern regions of our planet. [Published 01/16/00, Written by RainSong]
It's About Time
A "timely" excursion into the history of time - from sundials, to calendars to atomic clocks. No more excuses for not knowing what day it is. There is even a link to the "Death Calendar". [Published 01/16/00, Written by Uncle Bob]
Sluggy Freelance: Kiki's Virus!
Good grief! Kiki has a virus that's spreading like wildfire to all the people she comes in contact with. Everyone is slipping into a coma! Even Pete! Who will be left to draw the comic? [Published 01/16/00, Written by Pete Abrams]
COMMUNITY The Calm Before The Storm
Born in a "cowtown", this young man now hangs out on the Internet, helping people conquer HTML, webpage design and much, much more. His main interest? Making someone's day just a little better. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Linda Anderson]
All Sandra Wanted Was A Little E-mail!
She had no idea she would end up with 3 lists, a homepage full of graphics and HTML help, her own cyber greetings card site, a fun page and a great deal more. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Nelson Tankus]
Jerry and Diana - Two Kids From Kansas
Between them they get 400+ emails a day! They each have homepages featuring their interests - hers has poems, family and horses. His has sports, family, horses and tornados! [Published 01/16/00, Written by BEEBOPHOP1]
Susan's "Kidz Friendly Graphics"
This Mother has designed a site for children that has lots of Pooh (and friends), Calvin & Hobbs, Garfield, Mickey, Flintstones and many other graphics, plus some wonderful sound files and lots of links. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Catherine Kelley]
Meet Garret - The Brew Man
This young man wants to help people who are just getting started with WebTV by having everything they needed all in one site. And he has succeeded! [Published 01/16/00, Written by RC]
Better Homes and Websites
This issue's Better Homes take you on tour -- of a homepage with tales from the "Old One", Native American stories handed down from generation to generation; a site written by someone who has spent 40 years living in and loving Alaska (watch out for that bear!); a web page by a roller coaster affectionado who also enjoys watching the neighbors; and a webpage full of printables - everything from boxes to magnetic frames toÉ, well read and find out. [Published 01/16/00, Written by RainSong]
Chien Cooks: Italian
The Chien cooks have done it again - wonderful new Italian recipes for the new millennium. And a refresher course in how to eat spaghetti properly - so you don't embarrass yourself or anyone else. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Nancy McPoland]
Space Invaders
Our Gen Next writer lets us know how she feels about space invaders - that's private, not outer, space. And comes up with some rather creative solutions. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Emma]
A Wake-Up Call
One woman slips into a coma and misses 16 years of raising her 4 children while another records the highlights of those 16 years, including the loss of her 2 sons. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Ginger]
VOX POP -- Reader Opinions Politics: The Net4TV Caucus
Everyone else has a primary or caucus. Bob Quinn proposes a Net4TV Caucus in which you can vote against as well as for! [Published 01/16/00, Written by Bob Quinn]
My CES 2000 Adventure
Thousands of products including set-top boxes from Open TV, Dishplayer 500, Replay TV, Tivo, Planet Web, Web Surfer Pro, AOL-TV and, yes, even WebTV! [Published 01/16/00, Written by David R Beatson]
Targeted by a PC User
Janet Schwartz was threatened with termination (final warning) by WNI because of a string of complaints made about her by a PC user, who also has been mailbombing her box. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Janet Schwartz]
Abused by Abuse
When Carol Baker called and reported a problem with the Pagebuilder and her DishPlayer, she had no idea that she would be threatened by WNI's Compliance Department or the Customer Service Reps. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Carol Baker]
Bogus Abuse, or Not?
Tracy isn't sure whether her warnings from Abuse are real or bogus -- but WebTV won't tell her. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Tracy]
Databases Are the Security Issue
Knightratt is very much concerned about the collection of our personal data in databases, and the poor security of those databases. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Knightratt]
The Outdated WebTV Browser
A-Diva feels that the WebTV browser is falling further and further behind; the CSRs say "we've received no complaints." [Published 01/16/00, Written by A-Diva]
Insight From Job Postings
Lynda Weiner observes something very interesting in WebTV's job postings. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Lynda Weiner]
Another Way to Deal With Trolls
When his favorite newsgroup was invaded by trolls, SkiSkat/Nuker found another way to deal with them. [Published 01/16/00, Written by SkiSkat/Nuker]
Service Issues
A number of our correspondents had comments about current issues with the WebTV
Service. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Questions About Advertising
We're receiving comments and questions about some of the advertising ... and the
fact that there IS advertising ... on WebTV. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
The PageBuilder and The DishPlayer
If you've got a DishPlayer or PTV and are having trouble with your PageBuilder
site, you are not alone, no matter what "we care" tells you. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
The Importance of Security
The email hijack code brought a number of security concerns into our
mailboxes. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
More Abuse, By Abuse
Here are some of the other emails we've received in the last two weeks about threats and abusive treatment directed at WebTV users. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Voice Mail
A sampling of our other mail since our last issue. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
QOW: New Year's Resolutions
We asked you about your resolutions for the New Year (and Century). Here are
those of our readers. [Published 01/16/00, Written by Net4TV Voice]
If you're wondering where your Paperboy delivery was last issue, he had a little problem.