Latest articles by Frank Beacham
New Internet Content Creation and Distribution Apps Debut
One of the neat things about the Internet is that people are constantly coming up with new things to do with it.
It's Subscriptions, Stupid!
If you want to sum up the new AOL Time Warner media company in a single word, CEO Gerald Levin suggests that word is: SUBSCRIPTIONS.
9/11: What Worked, What Didn't
The big technology test came on the morning of Sept. 11. Terrorists had attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Thousands of people were missing. Americans wanted to communicate.
The Loss of Serendipity
Internet users are now spending more time concentrating on fewer Web sites. This means, as the novelty wears off and habits set in, the serendipity of random Web surfing is in decline.
Is ITV the Next I-Spy?
Personal privacy violations on the Internet have become so rampant that even the most-unsophisticated users are quickly learning not to entrust their private data to nosy Web sites.
Another Shotgun Wedding for the PC and TV
The news from January’s CES was like turning the clock back five years to that high-tech reality distortion field when world-changing ideas were a dime a dozen.
Desktop TV Gets Another Boost at Macworld
It was last January when Apple Computer introduced the first simple and affordable personal DVD mastering system.
Microsoft Draws Battle Lines On Content Protection
In the end it wasn't Fritz Hollings, Jack Valenti or the FCC that took the first step into the explosive minefield of content protection. It was - to the surprise of many - Bill Gates.
