NEWS AT&T to Buy TCI
The nation's largest telecommunications company plans to buy the largest cable company to create a giant provider of all-in-one consumer services. Regulatory approval is still required, but Microsoft and AOL wasted no time in trying to join the romance. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
HotMail, Excite, NT Security Flaws Expose Users' Personal Data!
Several security flaws were revealed this week that can expose private data of users of some of the most popular "personalized" sites. You may well have data on one or more of them that can be seen by websites that you visit. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Encryption Standard Broken in Record Time
The battle for strong encryption heated up this past week when it took researchers using a $250,000 computer less than 3 days to break the US government's Data Encryption Standard. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
BBC new partner in WebTV UK Trials
WebTV expanded its UK presence by announcing a relationship with the BBC for its next phase of trials, but the effort still is proceeding slowly with no launch date in sight. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
WebTV's Mystery Partner
A company promising to "transform the way individuals socialize" announces a partnership with WebTV, but details about what they actually offer are very sketchy. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
WebTV Rolls Out Classic Update
To Resounding Crash(es)
WebTV began the long-awaited rollout of its 1.4 update to the Classic terminal on Thursday, June 25, only to grind to a halt as the service shut down for several hours, leaving all users unable to go online. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Enhanced TV Guide to be Included in WebTV Plus
Microsoft has extended its six-month-old interactive programming agreement to include porting Gemstar's interactive program listings into WebTV Plus. The agreement, announced this week, will also include marketing cooperation. [Published 07/22/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
FEATURES Cut and Paste, but not Real Audio: the Classic 1.4 Update
The much anticipated 1.4 client-side update for the Classic and the accompanying server-side upgrade have some nice features, but lacks a RealAudio upgrade and takes away some tags. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Dexter Davenport]
Fiction in the Headlines
There's more that you should be skeptical of than just chain letters -- like what you read in the major news media. Welcome to the World Wide Web of Deceit. [Published 07/05/98, Written by WebTV Addict]
Cut, Copy and Paste: the Mini-Tutorial
The one feature that most Classic users greeted with joy after the update was the ability to copy or cut text from one part of a page and paste it into another. The cries of joy were quickly followed by more cries of "Huh? How does this work?" [Published 07/05/98, Written by The Watchman1 and Outrage69]
How to Manage Your Webring
Outrage69 shows you how to build up and maintain your webring without becoming overwhelmed with the management. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Outrage69]
Variety Show: Internet Advertising
Jeff Thomas explores the evolution of television and the Internet, and looks at how the convergence from two very different directions is becoming a new advertising medium. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Jeff Thomas]
Meow Mail Call
Valerie (the real boss) paws through the mailbag and discovers that her correspondents' humans are displaying the same behavior. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Valerie]
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Izabel Sonia Ganz returns with a poem written for a friend
who lives in Provene. They met on line in a French poetry group, and have been friends ever since. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Izabel Sonia Ganz]
feverus upgradicus
Koffedrnkr offers a poetic view of the user (and perhaps WebTV management) state of mind [Published 07/05/98, Written by Koffedrnkr]
COMMUNITY RUEL? Where Are You? The Ruel Hernandez Story
Ruel Hernandez is one of the first WebTV users to have set up a news-oriented web page devoted to the WebTV, and his site was long the first stop of users looking for the inside scoop. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Voice Community Staff]
Gravity Sucks: the Statement, the Man
Behind every user's name is a story, and Gravity Sucks is especially interesting! Meet the man whose pen name tells us much about himself -- disabled and with a sense of humor! [Published 07/05/98, Written by Mynnk]
Weembaville: The First User-Created Newsgroup Community
What's a Weemba? We wondered the same thing. Penryn lets us in on the mystery of one of the earliest WebTV newsgroup communities. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Catherine Kelley interviews Penryn]
Craig Matthews: Ministering on WebTV
Not all users are on just for fun. Read how a Baptist Youth Minister makes WebTV part of his personal mission. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Mary Bowen]
DocTech -- All Shook Up!
It took a tornado to get DocTech away from his WebTV! Meet the WebTV addict who's been a support lifeline for hundreds of his fellow WebTV'ers. [Published 07/05/98, Written by Catherine Kelley]
Elder Net Users - Let Your Voice Be Heard!
WebTV is a large population of senior surfers, and George Coniglio proposes a way for them to speak up for themselves! [Published 07/05/98, Written by George Coniglio]
Why Didn't We Get RealAudio 5.0?
The BlueAvenger has a theory on why Microsoft will not provide full streaming media support to WebTV, and what users might do about it. [Published 07/05/98, Written by BlueAvenger]
VOX POP -- Reader Opinions WebTV 1985?
1985? Yep! George Coniglio suddenly gets "dj vu all over again" and realizes he's been here before. [Published 07/05/98, Written by George Coniglio]
