online archive
5:00PM
NOV 28 2007
The best thing about the Web
From Time, is Facebook overrated? Google is preparing a service that would let users store on its computers essentially all of the files they might keep on their personal-computer hard drives. Russell Fish may redefine computer industry: He claims to have invented e-mail. He holds a world skydiving record. But his current invention promises to top them all. E-mailers send a message: Please don't leave paper trail — they aim to reduce printing, but some doubt it will work. Steven Berlin Johnson on the pothole paradox: Why building the Geographic Web is hard, and why it's worth doing. The addict's veto: Why should problem gamblers ruin online betting for everyone? Larry Lessig on how creativity is being strangled by the law. A look at why creative people are putting their work free on the Net. Pay me for my content: How long must creative people wait for the Web’s new wealth to find a path to their doors? Land of free stuff: You want it? It's yours. From a college education to your favorite shampoo, it's all happening gratis on the Internet. In defense of lurking: Solitary consumption, not interactivity, may be the best thing about the Web. In MySpace suicide case, community fights back: After a teen girl falls victim to a Web hoax, angry neighbors take matters into their own hands. A look at how the case of a cyberbullying suicide stokes the Internet fury machine. An article on how to punish a cyber-bully.
