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Some Users Might Be Boxed In by Net Appliances

News | By Jon Healey | August 2, 2001

The World Wide Web has expanded the Internet’s appeal far beyond the world of computer geeks, but it hasn’t pushed the Net far beyond the computer. Read more

‘Code Red’ Unleashed on the Web

Business | By Charles Piller | August 1, 2001

Fears that a malicious computer program dubbed “Code Red” would cripple the Internet had not materialized by Tuesday evening. Read more

Putting the ‘World’ in World Wide Web to the Test

News | By Dave Wilson | June 21, 2001

I’ve never been to France, largely because I’m told it’s absolutely teeming with French people. Read more

Singing for the Masses in the Privacy of Home

News | By Michael James | February 14, 2001

Pablo Retes is a 47-year-old police instructor in Nayarit, Mexico. Read more

Creating a Web Page

California | Local | February 7, 2001

On the World Wide Web, we can view NASA photos of Jupiter, listen to a speech by the Rev. Read more

Broadcasters Sue Over Web Radio Fees

Business | January 27, 2001

CBS Corp.’s Infinity Broadcasting Corp. Read more

Father of World Wide Web Moves on to Next Step: Keeping It Simple

Business | By Anick Jesdanun | December 25, 2000

It’s amazing to think today, with the World Wide Web now spanning some 7 million sites, that its creator could barely get his colleagues interested at first. Read more

Duds and Delights of ‘Dot-Coms’ This Year

Business | By Michael Liedtke | December 25, 2000

The “dot-com” fairy tale turned into a macabre farce this year as one e-commerce company after another flopped and business bystanders clucked about the stupidity of it all. Read more

High-Tech Solutions to a Low-Tech Problem: Catching the Bus

Business | By Lee Dye | December 11, 2000

Not long ago I tried to exercise my civic responsibility by leaving my car at home and taking the bus from suburbia to the Times building in downtown Los Angeles. Read more

Revamped Wal-Mart Site Could Bring Stores’ Dominance Online

Business | By Todd Pack | November 23, 2000

Amazon.com has been dubbed the “Wal-Mart of the Internet,” a virtual superstore selling everything from “Harry Potter” books to potting benches. Read more

Agency OKs 7 New Net Address Suffixes

Business | By Karen Kaplan | November 17, 2000

Seven new suffixes that promise to revolutionize the way the Internet is used joined the ubiquitous .com Thursday, marking a small but epochal shift in the evolution of the Internet from a computer network for researchers and corporations to a bustling agora of the masses. Read more

Sunday, November 5, 2000

The Election Online

News | November 5, 2000

All of the major candidates and most of the campaigns for statewide propositions have Internet sites. Read more

Tuesday, August 22, 2000

Web Becomes Promising Tool for Construction

Business | By Bob Howard | August 22, 2000

Instead of taking monthly photos, Costa Mesa-based Birtcher Construction now uses Web cameras at some projects to monitor the work and give customers and others a live view of the progress. Read more

Developers’ Internet Use Building Slowly

Business | By Bob Howard | August 22, 2000

Developers and builders who use the Internet can cut their expenses and improve project management from the planning stages through to completion of construction–but not many of them do so, according to a new report. Read more