From sj-approval Sat Jul 29 11:06:53 1995 Return-Path: Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA10754; Sat, 29 Jul 1995 15:06:57 -0400 Received: from mail02.mail.aol.com by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA10745; Sat, 29 Jul 1995 15:06:54 -0400 Received: by mail02.mail.aol.com (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA141334813; Sat, 29 Jul 1995 15:06:53 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 15:06:53 -0400 From: RUBENEWS@aol.com Message-Id: <950729150652_43513464@aol.com> To: sj@world.std.com Subject: NET NOTES 4 Sender: sj-approval@world.std.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sj FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NET NOTES 4 COLUMN (This column of source material is written specifically for journalist colleagues around the globe. This information is not for publication. Please share with as many journalist netters as possible.) By Ruben Sosa Villegas c1995 Recent magazine articles about the Internet: KIPLINGER's PERSONAL FINANCE MAGAZINE AUGUST 1995, $2.95 U.S., P. 38 "On The Cover: Guarding Your Financial Privacy: Cyber thieves aren't the only ones who can tap your secrets. Marketers and employers may want to check on you" by Kristin Davis - "... customers can scan . . . thousands of public records data bases - electronic versions of county, state and federal court filings, tax assessors' rolls and department of motor vehicles records, among other files. Among the companies' most voracious customers: employers, journalists and private detectives." "Snooping in Cyberspace" p. 44 - "What can a prospective employer, private detective or nosy reporter learn about you without ever leaving the keyboard? To find out, Kiplinger's signed on to . . . a giant public-records data base, and ran a "universal" search on Rick Rozar, the president of the company." HARPER'S MAGAZINE August 1995, $3.95 U.S., p. 35 FORUM: "What Are Doing On-Line? A Heated Debate About A Hot New Medium" by John Perry Barlow, Sven Birkerts, Kevin Kelly and Mark Slouka - "... little has been said about how this tool we are shaping is, in turn, shaping us. To answer that question, Harper's Magazine turned to four observers of the Internet and asked them to consider the message of this new medium." SUCCESS: The Magazine for Today's Entrepenurial Mind July/August 1995, $2.95 USA, $3.50 Canada, p. 19 "Raising Money on the Internet: How to Find Investors Online" by Jenny C. McCune (JennyM3798@aol.com) - "When Spring Street Brewery Co. needed investors for a $5 million stock offering, it posted an announcement on the Internet. In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of people had visited the microbrewer's home page on the World Wide Web." FORTUNE (Infotech Special) July 10, 1995, $4.50 U.S. "Why Andy Grove Can't Stop" by Brent Schlender, p. 88 - "Move it, Bill Gates. Intel's boss is racing to make PCs more important than TVs, and he's leaning on Microsoft and computer makers to get in gear." "IBM Moves to Fix Its Microsoft Problem" by David Kirkpatrick, p. 102 - "Big Blue is back: With its purchase of Lotus, IBM can once again be taken seriously. Now the other computer giants have to stand up to Microsoft." "The Net's Surprising Swing To The Right" by Ann Reilly Dowd, p. 113 - "Conservative Republicans are big online. But there's a dark side: Militias, pornographers, and hate mongers are too." "Net Surfing As A Political Tool", p. 114 - An Interview with Vice President Al Gore. "What Information Costs" by Thomas A. Stewart, p. 119 - "Information wants to be free," say people who surf the Internet. But whatever it wants to be, free it isn't, as Fortune's charts make evident." "Setting Up Your Own Home Office" by Michael J. Himowitz, p. 124 - "Doing it right takes time, effort and money. But with careful planning, you can make your home office a haven." "The Rise of Netscape" by Allison L. Sprout, p. 140 - "The tiny startup is the hottest outfit on the Internet. But Jim Clark's company is also becoming a player on the corporate networks IBM wants to rule." "Fortune Visits 25 Cool Companies" p. 145 - They may not all make money (yet), but they all address real needs: These trailblazers deepen our knowledge, enhance our ability to communicate, expand our capacity for shared effort - they push the limits of possibility, but with a purpose." DV: Totally Digital Video July 1995, $3.95 U.S., $4.95 Canada, p. 38 "Playing The Web: Digital Video in Cyberspace (50 Hot Digital Video Web Sites) " by Allan Lundell - "The rich and avaried World Wide Web is not only a cool place to go for thrills and entertainment, but a place to take part in the mix. When will play the Web? Explore 50 Web sites." NET NOTES 4 -30- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------