AOL/TW can't take their own medicine

So the new version of Netscape will have Mozilla’s popup blocking except…

Users that activate the pop-up suppression on the latest version of Netscape will find that a number of sites have been excluded from the block. Seven of these 15 exceptions relate to sites that belong to AOL Time Warner, including aol.com, aim.com and cnn.com. However, the consumer has the option of removing the exceptions and applying a blanket ban on pop-up ads.

What cowards.

Howard Rheingold does battle with /.ers of his new book

Fun reading in a /. story about “Smart Mobs”.

Patent on Mnet tech

Here is Jim McCoy’s patent application on the tech behind Mnet.

More HavenCo / Cryptonomicon ||els

A short posting by Ryan from last year makes you wonder if Neal Stephenson got his ideas from Ms. Cleo.

Declassified Satellite Pics Needs Netscape 4!

Talk about dumb. MSNBC had a story on declassified satellite pics from the 1970’s and linked over to here, which, get this, demands Netscape 4. Nuts.