Tuesday, June 18, 2002

eBay opens bidding on Sothebys.com. The online auction giant and the traditional auction house have opened their joint Web site, stocked with pricey goods and special collections. [CNET News.com]
7:21:56 AM    

An Internet Pioneer of the 90's Looks to Future. Times have changed since Marc Andreessen co-founded Netscape Communications six years ago. Mr. Andreessen and his new company Loudcloud have changed with them. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology]
7:21:40 AM    

Lily Tomlin's One-Student Show. The comedienne delivers the keynote address at the National Educational Computing Conference. Katie Dean reports from San Antonio, Texas. [Wired News]
7:16:33 AM    

The 'Lost Tribe' of Appalachia. DNA can reveal a lot about a person, but does it hold the key to a people's heritage? An ethnic sub-population in Appalachia -- with no firm idea where they came from -- hopes so. Kristen Philipkoski reports in the first of a three-part series. [Wired News]
7:15:55 AM    

Loudcloud passing on hosting business. Marc Andreessen's company is selling its Web hosting business to EDS. Loudcloud will now be known as Opsware and will focus on software. [CNET News.com]
7:10:48 AM    

AllTheWeb Claims Bigger Index Than Google

AllTheWeb Claims Bigger Index Than Google
The InternetPosted by timothy on Monday June 17, @09:27AM
from the necessary-but-is-it-sufficient dept.
An anonymous readers writes: "Hoping to attract more mass appeal for an online search engine with a cult following, Norwegian search engine AlltheWeb on Monday declared that it indexes more Internet information than longtime pacesetter Google. Boston.com has the story." Of course, pages indexed is not the only measure of a search engine and probably isn't even the most important.

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