- Mon Apr 22 2002 Stop! Look before you click
Mark Hochhauser, a psychologist who specializes in the readability of online documents, explains why Web surfers mindlessly click on contracts that could hijack their computers or make them targets of aggressive advertisers.
- Wed Apr 25 2001 IM poised to become instant information tool
In a few weeks, a new "buddy" will appear on instant messaging lists worldwide to answer fans' questions about a new Radiohead album--and it just might change the Net.
- Wed Jan 30 2002 On a digital privacy crusade
Internet security expert David Holtzman warns of the consequences of a digital society that's polarized into two camps: "vanilla politicians" and security-obsessed "curmudgeons."
- Wed Dec 26 2001 Oversight needed?: Mishaps fuel regulation debate
The consolidation of telecom powers and high-profile failures that hurt customers has many calling for regulation, but others warn that the heavy hand of government would stifle the industry.
- Mon Jun 24 2002 Addressing the cause, not symptoms
What checks and balances should be imposed on software makers to ensure adequate protection of consumers in the digital age?
- Thu Jan 11 2001 AOL, Time Warner complete merger with FCC blessing
The companies complete their historic merger late Thursday shortly after the Federal Communications Commission approves the deal with conditions that affect instant messaging and Net cable access.
- Fri Jun 23 2000 End of the beginning for digital economy
The Net economy is not doomed. It simply is experiencing the kind of natural consolidation that recast many other industrial landscapes, from automobiles to banking.
- Wed Jul 9 1997 Deposing the information
Pamela Samuelson doesn't come off as the hell-raiser she is. The 48-year-old law professor speaks in the measured, long sentences of one long accustomed to delivering classroom lectures, not diatribes.




