Reprint of 99-1-21 LinuxWorld piece.

Big business provides most of the market for Java.

A group of Internet top-level domain (TLD) holders have formed a nonprofit association to prevent what they fear will become a splintered Internet domain naming system.

Danny Sullivan discusses the various trends among search engines. Open Directory is referenced as the provider of the main search results for Lycos and Netscape Search.

Microsoft's Web-based e-mail service suffered a damaging blow to its integrity Monday when a security breach came to light that made it so anyone's Hotmail messages could be read. By Robin Lloyd.

CNN.com article: Some companies are gradually implementing the proposed Platform for Privacy Preferences[...] But it remains unclear whether P3P will succeed as a standard.

Developers at E-Ink and Xerox are working on electronic replacements for ink and paper that may one day lead to electronic books that are portable, renewable and cheap. [CNN]

Electronic books have finally arrived and now represent a challenge to the traditional paper and ink, but how good are they and how do they work? [CNN]

Try to imagine your e-mail in-box accumulating 300 to 600 messages - not while you are away on vacation, but every day. [CNN]

There may come a day when government IT managers realize the cost savings of not having to pay for an OS license for every desktop and server. [CNN]