WEB SITE OF THE DAY

Apr 23, 2001 | humor

You were probably thinking to yourself, gosh, I wonder where I can see stick figures fighting Jackie Chan-style? Aren’t you glad I’m around to help? (Requires Flash and a bit of a wait while it downloads.) After you’ve seen that, you’ll...

BORDERS HANDS ONLINE OPERATIONS TO AMAZON

Apr 23, 2001 | Amazon, business

Did you see that Borders is handing its web site to Amazon? Borders will close its own site, and Amazon will open a new site that features both logos, with Amazon essentially taking all responsibility for inventory and order fulfillment. At one time it was thought...

LINKS TO PUNDITS

Apr 23, 2001 | Internet

A new addition to the Favorites page (under News / Links): Slate links, a collection of links to hundreds of political columnists, editorial pages, movie critics, book reviewers, gossip writers, and others.

GATEWAY PULLING OUT OF OFFICEMAX

Apr 23, 2001 | business

Tough year! Gateway is struggling with slumping sales and a fuzzy business plan. It’s closing a bunch of its own Gateway Country stores, and it just announced that it’s going to withdraw from 1000 OfficeMax stores.

MICROSOFT CORDLESS MOUSE

Apr 22, 2001 | hardware

I should have expected that Microsoft would release its own cordless mouse, to counter the recent successful releases from Logitech. Here’s an early review of the Microsoft cordless mouse.