Links

Will OggVorbis beat MP3 Pro? Will Netscape 6.1 beat IE 5.5? Will OpenBSD 2.9 overtake Linux? Unlikely. But should be interesting to watch.

A review of Spielberg’s A.I. with lots of spoilers.

Danny Yee’s micro-advertising experiment indicates that weblogs like Robot Wisdom (which is quite impressive) may be more effective than Google.

The US Copyright office has come up with a Copyright search engine.

Feed is dead. Suck is dead. Thankfully, Plastic is alive. Demise of a Net Magazine.

Intruiging, but Collins (author of Built to Last) finds that the most successful executives are filled with self-doubt and humility.

The Gartner Group, which focused on IT strategy, has launched GartnerG2, which will talk about business strategy.

A note from my friend Ashish: “To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone:

* # 0 6 #

A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Should your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset. So even if the thief changes the SIM card your phone will be totally useless. If everybody did this, there would be no point in stealing mobile phones.”

Envisionet filed for Chapter 11 (they’re bankrupt), and sent a reassuring e-mail to their employees, telling them it was business as usual.

Keep up with Yahoo’s buzz.