4-4-2001
Paladin employee adds Cisco certification
Fred Siegenthaler, a consultant specializing in network design and documentation at Paladin Date Systems in Poulsbo successfully passed the rigorous Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) exam. He is also a Cisco Certified Network Associate and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer...   (Full Article)
4-4-2001
HP planning to bypass PC
Hewlett-Packard announced it will launch a new generation of internet-enabled printers as it continues it efforts to expand the market for the devices...   (Full Article)
4-4-2001
Gates sets sights on AOL, Time-Warner
Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman and co-founder, recently unveiled the software giant’s .Net web services and laid out the strategy for the group’s ambitions to create a community of users that could rival AOL Time Warner’s customer base...   (Full Article)
4-4-2001
Palm spreadsheet program released
Solutions In Hand has released MiniCalc v. 6.1, a Palm spreadsheet application with a graphical interface, Excel compatibility, and much of the functionality found in desktop spreadsheet programs...   (Full Article)
4-4-2001
AOL boosts ad spending
  Escaping America Online (AOL) isn’t easy these days. After a three-year lull, the online giant has dramatically ramped up advertising spending in an attempt to burnish its brand, plug new products and tout its merger with Time Warner...   (Full Article)
4-4-2001
Training options keep computer skills up to date
By: Peggy Roy, Paladin Data Systems Corp.
Many of us think that if we use computers in our daily work routine, we are computer savvy. Many companies employ a specific person just to deal with Information Technology (IT), and in many smaller firms, that person is often the owner. However, in today’s environment of fast changes in IT, it’s difficult, but mandatory, to keep up with the latest and greatest advances...   (Full Article)
4-4-2001
Microsoft faces hacker threat
Microsoft has warned that hackers have obtained two digital certificates that would allow them to pass off malicious programs and viruses as official pieces of Microsoft code and spread viruses in its name...   (Full Article)
4-4-2001
Northwest Network Services offers
free web design software
Bainbridge Island’s Northwest Network Services Inc., owner of NorthsoundNet and BainbridgeNet Internet Services, recently announced it is now offering it clients free web creation software called LiveSite Creator from Valadeo Technologies...   (Full Article)
4-4-2001
EmailChannel unleashes SPAM watchdog
EmailChannel Inc. has unveiled a free service for consumers called MyMailMutt, which lets registered users manage their inflow of commercial e-mail messages...   (Full Article)
4-4-2001
Technical Solutions welcomes two
Technical Solutions, a Bainbridge Island firm dealing in network communications and systems integration, recently announced two new additions to its staff. They are Michael Terry and Kaore Bonell, both formerly of the Information Services Department at a local bank, Terry was in Network Support while Bonell held the position of I.S. Operations Officer.
   Terry will serve as a Network Specialist, and Bonell as an Account Executive handling new accounts and overall client support.
3-6-2001
Air Canada first to test in-flight Web and e-mail
Tenzing Communications, Inc., a global communications provider offering frequent business travelers in-flight access to Web content and email, has announced a Beta trial of its airborne email and Internet system on select Air Canada flights This marks the first passenger trial of in-flight email and “Best of Web” browsing capabilities on a commercial airline...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
Microsoft, Yahoo unify IM scheme
A number of companies will soon use a unified protocol in their instant messaging (IM) services, as part of an attempt to pull some IM market share away from dominant player America Online Inc. (AOL), according to an IMUnified spokeswoman...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
AmEx to offer free access
American Express is testing the waters for a full-scale launch of a free Internet service provider (ISP) for U.S. cardholders...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
AT&T, Excite@Home to provide
broadband to content providers
AT&T and Excite@Home recently announced an agreement to serve the advanced needs of Internet content providers through several high-speed, dedicated Internet access services. Together the two companies will jointly market, provision and maintain high-speed, dedicated Internet access services via both AT&T and Excite@Home’s industry-leading IP backbones...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
Tips to prevent online fraud
In an article for www.merchantfraudsqaud.com, Julie Fergerson, Co-founder of ClearCommerce offers these recommendations for preventing the unauthorized use of credit cards online...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
Time Warner Cable opens broadband to Juno
Time Warner will open its high-speed cable network to Internet service provider Juno when its exclusive arrangement with RoadRunner expires, the entertainment giant has announced...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
Coming soon: Web sites with a voice
A growing number of companies that want to reach beyond the universe of PC users have begun developing wireless Web applications to push their e-business efforts. Some companies are trying an unglamorous approach, giving customers access to their sites the old-fashioned way: using the spoken word...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
It’s an e-date
The overarching strategy of Internet dating services is so simple, it’s scary: Provide compelling content — almost all from end-users — and require those clients to respond with an e-mail. Allow users to join and post personal ads for free, then charge a modest subscription fee in order to communicate with other members...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
More IT services going offshore
For startup CashEdge Inc., looking to India for workers to field customer questions over the Web was an easy decision...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
Poulsbo coach to teach local e-zine class
Have you thought about developing your own e-zine and don’t know where to begin? Poulsbo business coach Maria Marsala has the answers...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
Oracle not seeking Clinton for board
Oracle Corp. is trying to put to rest speculation the software giant is recruiting Bill Clinton to join its board of directors...   (Full Article)
3-6-2001
The most-searched news stories of 2K
Web searchers want sports and lots of it, says Lycos’s Aaron Schatz. Of the past year’s 20 most-searched news events on Lycos, six were sports-related, more than any other category...   (Full Article)