February 2001

The California power crisis is not due to computers. So distributed projects like Seti@home and RC5 are not to blame.

A sneak preview of MS IE6. What is worrying is that Microsoft may not release IE6 as a standalone application. They’re planning to bundle it with their next OS: Whister.

Forbes: Best of the Web

Now you can talk to websites like TellMe or BeVocal.

A new look for News.com. It’s supposed to make ads more clickable. Personally, I don’t think so.

BountyQuest is a place where companies post rewards for documents – and anyone who comes up with such documents gets a prize. Many requests are for patent debunks.

I’m using Analog for analysing the IIMB webserver stats. Anyone with enthu, find a better log analyzer and mail me its name.

Tools for testing web sites.

Domain names seca-iimb.com, seca-iimb.net and seca-iimb.org are not taken. Likewise for secb and secc. Free purchases are possible at NameZero and NameDemo.

I did some quick layoff calculations. It appears that Layoffs have been increasing over time The dominant reason for layoffs is cost-cutting E-Commerce companies have laid off the most If the NASDAQ or S&P 500 fall, layoffs increase If the Dow Jones falls, layoffs fall !

With all these people getting fired, TheStandard has come out with an ex-Exec tracker. Brilliant!

Dot-coms go bust, but e-commerce initiatives in companies still thrive.