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The dawn of a new age in media is always marked by false starts, false assumptions and false expectations. In other words, failure. So even though many successes have appeared [...]

Todd Chaffee is sitting in his office at Visa headquarters in San Mateo, Calif., tooling around the World Wide Web to show off some of the cool stuff his band [...]

On a wide green lawn down the block from the Dallas Convention Center is a sprawling iron sculpture of a dozen bulls galloping across the grass with a few heroic [...]

The first two years of the digital era have been rife with dire prophecies of the impending bloody war between cable companies and telcos over the (putative) spoils of interactive [...]

The closer the infobahn comes to being a reality rather than a futuristic fantasy, the more apparent it becomes that this new media form follows its own rules and requires […]

Walter Isaacson, Time Inc.'s editor of new media, has already established Time and other magazines owned by the company on online services. In addition, he developed the News Exchange, an interactive news service available on Time Warner's interactive television pilot project. He also established Pathfinder, Time's home page on the World Wide Web. Isaacson has an ambitious agenda for Time that includes integrating disparate elements of the Time empire into a cohesive, accessible whole that is nimble enough to capitalize on new information technologies., Late one night last week I was trolling around America Online, seeking tidbits from Time's outpost on AOL, when I thought of a question to pose to the subject of [...]

Late one night last week I was trolling around America Online, seeking tidbits from Time's outpost on AOL, when I thought of a question to pose to the subject of [...]

The future of interactive television services will be depend on which computer hardware systems emerge as the industry standard. Conventional wisdom suggests that most interactive television revenues will come from video on demand services based on centralized supercomputers. The outcome is not certain, however, as distributed processing networks become increasingly powerful and inexpensive. Networked personal computer systems can produce the same results as more expensive and complex supercomputers., Last fall in Hollywood, a film deal was struck that could eventually shake the foundations of the interactive television business. In a surprise move, Paramount Pictures selected tiny San Francisco [...]

Last fall in Hollywood, a film deal was struck that could eventually shake the foundations of the interactive television business. In a surprise move, Paramount Pictures selected tiny San Francisco [...]

Last fall in Hollywood, a film deal was struck that could eventually shake the foundations of the interactive television business. In a surprise move, Paramount Pictures selected tiny San Francisco [...]

Digital technologies such as the Internet and interactive media networks will empower ordinary Americans by giving them access to information quickly and enabling them to bypass centralized information providers. The irony is that these providers will eventually lose the power they have over consumers. Digital services will become commodities. Worse yet, digital providers have overestimated the demand for such services.

Five new media programming companies working in San Francisco and Silicon Valley are profiled. CD-ROM publishing companies Pop Rocket, Rocket Science and Colossal Pictures create adventure titles. DaVinci Time & Space, led by engineer Carol Peters, is working on a 24-hour interactive network for children. Dan Mapes' Cyberlab 7 specializes in virtual reality., Picture sometime just past the turn of the century. The gigantic media mergers and cable vs. telco distribution wars have ended. The PC/TV living room skirmishes and operating system clashes, [...]

I: Dead In The Water Login: mkrantz < Return > Password: xxxxxx < Return > 30 days left on your Basic Panix account. This helpful reminder that, 24 hours after [...]

It is an article of faith in Silicon Valley that there's nothing worse than being in hardware. Software artistes move blithely from one project to another, creating innovative, hardware-agonistic content, [...]

By night, the 20,000 cable operators, programmers and vendors who descended upon New Orleans during last week's National Cable Television Association convention swarmed the seamy streets and alleys of the [...]

Four major daily newspapers continue to determine what is news today. But what about tomorrow? Will they remain the arbiters of the important? The New York Times, The Washington Post, [...]

Trip Hawkins has been one of the most successful software marketers of the past decade. With 3DO, he aims to set the standard for the interactive, multimedia future. It's the […]

The question isn't it but when, where, what and how brand building will surface in the new tecnologies. Last spring you couldn't open the Wall Street Journal without marveling at [...]

'When we started this,' Tim Boyle tells his public, 'I didn't have any idea what multimedia was.' It's a lovely evening in May 1993, and a large and jubilant crowd [...]

An evaluation of shows broadcasted by Lifetime Television, the only cable network programmed for women, reveals the realist nature of women. Women watch shows with content, although they do allow for little flights of fancy.

Everybody understands everything, after the fact. Of course pre-Sept. 11 U.s. airport security was woefully inadequate. Of course Florida's electoral process was wracked by inaccuracy. Of course Ross was the [...]

One day Hunter Madsen was talking to a skeptical advertiser about Internet links--the on-screen words or icons that take users from one World Wide Web location to another with the [...]

High-tech innovations--along with a few minor changes in lifestyle--can help most men triumph in the baby game! They are an average couple in their early thirties. For three years, they […]

Focuses on denial-of-service (DOS) attacks by computer hackers in early 2000 that were routed through computers at Stanford University and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the DOS attack on Web sites such as Amazon.com and eBay; How the vandals prepared for the attack; Profile of the perpetrator by the hacker-watch website, AntiOnline.com. INSET: The World's Most Hunted Hacker, by Kevin Mitnick.

Discusses the merger between America Online and Time Warner. Combined worth of the companies; Reasons why the companies decided to merge; Plans for the future; How the merger will affect consumers.

Horizons Technology will announce TrueMotion-S, described as a breakthrough video-compression technology, at the 1994 Comdex exposition. TrueMotion-S, a PC-oriented version of Duck Corp's TrueMotion product for video games, achieves greater flexibility and quality by abandoning interframe compression. The software-only technology will allow enhanced interactivty., A California company thinks it has a software solution to the industry quandary of getting computer video to look as good as television. Data - even super-efficient digital data - [...]

The Banff National Park is one of the national parks located in the Canadian Rockies. It features gray cliffs, glaciered peaks, vast valleys and sparkling lakes.

Rizzuti Marketing and Media Group landed the media planning account of Modatech Systems after losing the account for Contact Software's Act! contact management software program. From scratch, Rizzuti successfully devised a media campaign for Modatech's Maximizer computer program that was a direct competitor to Act!. The successful media campaign markets the software to traveling salespeople based on 90-second direct-response radio ads and target marketed magazine ads. The campaign propelled the start-up Maximizer program ahead of former market-leader Act!., For Rizzuti Marketing & Media Group, a six-person agency in suburban Dallas, last October was a case of good news/bad news. The good news was that just three months after [...]

So what's on the interactive channel tonight? This fall, digital couch potatoes will get their first taste. Barely two years old, the multimedia era already has produced a slew of [...]

The TV networks have been around for decades. Online services are fairly new to the media universe. As the nets and online services forge their first unions, the question that's [...]

Focuses on the popularity of auction Web sites as of 1999. Details of sites which offer goods and services; Money spent on the sites; Role of eBay as the dominant auction site; History of its creation by Pierre Omidyar; Economic success of the company; Competition from others, including Amazon.com; Benefits of online auctions for consumers and retailers. INSET: Creating a Web Community Made Him Singularly Rich.

Focuses on Amazon.com, an electronic retailer, as of 1999. Its goal to become more profitable; Efforts of the Amazon staff to attract consumers; Details of the work of Amazon's editorial department and design team; Outlook for the success of the company.

Profiles Apple chief executive officer Steve Jobs. His life and career; Various business enterprises in which he has been involved; His success at Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios; Release of a new iMac by Apple; Scheduled release of motion picture `Toy Story 2'. INSET: Meet the New Macintosh, by Joshua Quittner.

Reports that Americans are increasingly engaging in risky behavior in the late 1990s. Involvement in extreme sports in the United States; Number of people changing jobs; Those that leave secure positions to start Internet companies; Quit rate, day trading and the way people spend money; How US culture is built around risk taking; Profiles of risk takers. INSETS: For Our Ancestors, Taking Risks Was a Good Bet;We Dare You to Take This Quiz.

Reports on the shooting rampage of Buford O. (Neal) Furrow at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles, California, as of August 23, 1999. Details; Wounding of five people, which included three children; Charges that he faces, including federal charges for killing an on duty federal employee, Joseph Ileto; Biographical and personality information; Involvement with the Aryan Nations, an organization of white supremacists; Comments from family friend and former classmate Loni Merrill. INSETS: Fueling Hate;The Journey of a Gun.

Discusses violence in video games, and its possible effects on children in the United States. Profitability of the electronic games industry; Benefits and drawbacks of the games; Concerns about desensitizing children to violence; Views of Doug Lowenstein of the Interactive Digital Software Association; Opinion of David Grossman, professor at West Point; Who is responsible for children in a society; Targets of violence in video games. INSETS: Learning to Love Zelda, by Claudia Wallis;I Beg to Differ, by Michelle Slatalla.

Discusses the role of parents in monitoring the use of the Internet by their children in the United States. Influence of the Internet in US culture; Role of the government; Privacy issues; Advice for parents who monitor; Use of filters; Importance of parental involvement. INSETS: Pokemon: The Cutest Obsession, by Michele Orecklin et al;Cyberguide, by Chris Taylor.

Presents photographs of items that use microchips. The number of microprocessors onboard a 1998 Corvette; The Motorola chip being used by farmers in their livestock; Convenience appliances and a prosthetic limb using computer chips; More.

Reports on how electronic commerce is expanding in the late 1990s. Advantages of electronic commerce; Concerns of privacy issues; Economic statistics; Plans of Jerry Yang and David Filo on expanding their Yahoo! search engine to include more electronic commerce features.

Focuses on the antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. by the United States Dept. of Justice as of June 1, 1998. The belief of Justice Dept. chief Joel Klein that the ways Microsoft uses its Windows monopoly to dominate other markets violate antitrust law; The filing of separate suits by the Dept. of Justice and several states, as well as requests for preliminary injunctions; Details leading up to the lawsuit; The remedies proposed by the Dept. of Justice. INSETS: Gunning for Gates;Microsoft's trophies;So who was Sherman?.

IT'S A LOVELY SATURDAY EVENING IN THE Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, and Joe Sparks is sipping pear cider at a local cafe, doing his best to enjoy the view [...]

Focuses on Masayoshi Son's ambitions for owning an Internet empire that he calls zaibatsu. Background on Son, who is of Korean heritage, and his Internet vision; Development of his holding company, Softbank, based in Tokyo, Japan; Joint ventures in Europe; His 300-year plan to build a web of mutual cross-investments with sales, marketing and supply ties; Effect of Son's business strategy on the competition.

Focuses on Apple Computer founder and interim chief investor Steve Jobs in light of the July 1999 introduction of Apple's iBook laptop computer. Success of his digital animation studio, Pixar; Apple's resurgence since Job's return; Contributors to the iBook project; iBook features; Apple's Internet goals; Public response to Apple products.

Focuses on the music record industry and the Internet. How record companies are concerned about their products being pirated off the Internet; Digital music files being downloaded for free; Estimated percentage of college students who are music pirates; Effect on music industry revenues; The software program called MP3 or Mpeg1 Layer 3; Why lifting tunes online is illegal; The response of the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA); The Madison project relying on broad-band-cable-television modems. INSET: Music Without Lables, by Christopher John Farley.