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 From the Ether
 Bob Metcalfe

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After 35 years of technology crusades, Bob Metcalfe rides off into the sunset September 22, 2000
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Slam Dunk Networks flatly denies charging customers e-postage September 15, 2000
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The fall lineup, part 2: DSL sales, Internet collapses, and bursting bubbles September 8, 2000
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The start of the fall lineup: Elections, Linux, antitrust problems, and privacy September 1, 2000
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DSL is like the Erie Canal, but don't be buffaloed by claims of telemonopolies August 25, 2000
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Napsterization will mean boon times for musicians at every Ramada Inn August 18, 2000
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Ucentric Home Server is an appliance for the new Internet household utility August 11, 2000
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There's been a reality check, but the Internet stock bubble has not quite burst August 4, 2000
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A question for the IETF on the eve of its meeting: What's next for TCP/IP? July 28, 2000
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Do computational fabrics hold the key to the future of the Internet's Web? July 21, 2000
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Yipes! Ethernet is killing ATM, as evidenced by IP/GigE/DWDM service July 14, 2000
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NewDeal seeks to recycle across Digital Divide with bloatless ease for just $99 July 7, 2000
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Microsoft.NET continues Redmond's slow, sad slide toward Microsoft.NOT June 30, 2000
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Microsoft.NET continues Redmond's slow, sad slide toward Microsoft.NOT June 30, 2000
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Immortality or extinction: It all hinges on your use of the Honor System Virus June 23, 2000
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Immortality or extinction: It all hinges on your use of the Honor System Virus June 23, 2000
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What will come next if silicon fails to sustain the 35-year-old Moore's Law? June 16, 2000
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What will come next if silicon fails to sustain the 35-year-old Moore's Law? June 16, 2000
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Kerbango AM/FM/IM Radio moves us toward The Broadcast Internet June 9, 2000
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The Next Big Thing in the world of convergence: The Broadcast Internet June 2, 2000
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Ask Jeeves' rising revenues fail to boost stock price of Web interaction company May 26, 2000
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FCC and TeraBeam are shedding new light on broadband wireless May 19, 2000
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Pingtel offers Java phone for voice over IP -- and for all your phone needs May 12, 2000
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Centrata to create fastest (virtual) computer and largest disk on the Net May 5, 2000
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Centrata to create fastest (virtual) computer and largest disk on the Net May 5, 2000
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Quality multimedia in real time is the impetus for Enkido's 768 service April 28, 2000
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Navic and ipVerse: Two start-up companies in new business categories April 21, 2000
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FIRST and Sun's Bill Joy weigh in on the light and dark sides of robotics April 14, 2000
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Alacritech looks to off-load TCP/IP processing into the silicon of the NIC April 7, 2000
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Here's a vignette about how e-commerce platforms are shaking out in the future March 31, 2000
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Attention Internet privacy paranoids: Join the revolt against U.S. Census 2000 March 24, 2000
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Open Ratings touts trust for Internet commerce while preserving privacy March 17, 2000
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Live From the Ether weekly Webcast debuts March 22 at www.itworld.com/metcalfe March 10, 2000
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Count out your XACCT change to merge to the Pay-As-We-Go Internet March 3, 2000
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Internet security means less anonymity, not to be confused with privacy February 25, 2000
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If America Online and Time Warner merge, they must unplug their cable February 18, 2000
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If open-source software is so much cooler, why isn't Transmeta getting it? February 11, 2000
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Bob Metcalfe's report from DEMO February 9, 2000
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The story of the rebirth of a company, Gofish.com, a B2B exchange for ... fish February 4, 2000
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Faster than DSL or CTM, fiber optics to the home: Build it and they will come January 28, 2000
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Microsoft, Internet stocks, residential broadband, Y2K, and AOL-Time Warner January 21, 2000
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An all-optical Internet is the vision of InfoWorld's Internet Plumber of 1999 January 14, 2000
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My ISP is into Linux and wireless technology, but not inflated Internet stocks January 7, 2000
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A look back at a revolution of communications and where it has brought us today December 22, 1999
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Predicting events is hard, especially predicting those events before they happen December 18, 1999
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Open-source sendmail welcomes its commercial cousin, Sendmail Inc. December 11, 1999
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Qwest is testing its lambda switching Net backbone with Corvis and Qtera December 4, 1999
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What if I-commerce were restricted on weekends and around the holidays? November 29, 1999
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Dean Kamen's IBOT is not a wheelchair -- users wear it, processors and all November 22, 1999
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Regulating pop culture on the Internet shouldn't be the job of the government November 15, 1999
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Agenda verdict: Retooling sites for wireless devices is the next big Internet trend November 1, 1999
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Without the government, Gates would need F-16s to enforce his copyrights October 25, 1999
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Internet services moving us back toward Multics utility computing of old October 18, 1999
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Auction network service to give Internet first mover a serious run for its money October 11, 1999
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The final days: Last Net IPOs before Wall Street bubble bursts on Nov. 8 October 4, 1999
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Internet commerce climbs to $1.3 trillion by 2003; users to total 500 million September 27, 1999
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Liar, liar, pants on fire, your nose is longer than a copper telephone wire September 20, 1999
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The future of the Internet: ideas and visions from SIGCOMM's luminaries September 13, 1999
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The Internet is 30 now, maybe, but what about its long-term possibilities? September 6, 1999
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Advertising dependency will help burst the Internet stock bubble on Nov. 8 August 30, 1999
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In the beginning there were mainframes; what's the next big thing after IP? August 23, 1999
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The agenda at Agenda? Focusing on the people who provide the products August 16, 1999
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Lobsters, lighthouses, foliage, and Pop!Tech: It's time to head for Maine August 9, 1999
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It's time to brainstorm about opportunities in always-on Internet access August 2, 1999
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Crafty benchmarks and no Unix certification undercut open-sourcerers July 26, 1999
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Bowstreet launches early XML-LDAP platform on The Semantic Web July 19, 1999
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