By Tarez Acortez

Breath ragged, you pause for a moment to scan the area for the enemy. Your last run was a good one: five kills, and you yourself only slightly wounded. Spying a ladder across the room, you consider the possibility of putting your sniper rifle to use. From that high vantage point, you could easily pick off more victims, plus, your portable rocket launcher is becoming quite heavy. Before sprinting toward the ladder, you take one more glance around the area, and see no one in site. You burst free from your temporary hiding place at full speed...40', 30', 20', 10'. You suddenly hear the distinct sound of a rocket explosion, not twenty feet behind you. You curse under your breath, and with five feet to go, you leap at full run toward the ladder and smash into it, almost blasting the wind from your lungs. However, keeping your focus, you grasp the ladder rungs and drag yourself to the top in a matter of seconds. You quickly bring your rifle to bear and peer down the scope at your attacker. A moment later - six kills. A smile finds its way on to your lips as you crouch on the platform looking for your next target. Unexpectedly, a searing pain fills your body as you realize you've just been shot with a flak cannon - you should have remembered the ladder on the other side of the platform. Darkness fills your eyes as you hear the words, "You be dead!" The message: "You are dead, press fire to respawn!" flashes on your computer screen - waiting to see if you are ready to rejoin the endless cycle of online 3d gaming. Are you ready?  Continue...

Is Your Domain Name a Trademark Infringement? By Shelley Lowery I recently received an email from a concerned fellow internet business owner asking for my opinion on an issue that could literally destroy his internet business and the business of several other domains involved. He had received legal notice from a prominent company, stating that he needed to relinquish his use and rights to his website domain name because it contained three letters that infringed upon their trademark and their domain name. This same company also contacted several other internet business owners and made similar demands. Should a company that registers a specific trademark have the ability to destroy numerous businesses that legitimately registered domain names? Should a company that registers a trademark have the responsibility of ensuring that a domain name registration agency doesn't issue domain names that may be a trademark infringement? Or should an internet business have the responsibility of making sure a potential name doesn't infringe upon a registered trademark? Where does the responsibility lie? Continue...

Owens4: On Family, WebTV and PC By Jewleelyn You know that F-key saver you are using? Awesome tool for webpage builders, isn't it? How else could you have a multitude of favorite links on one page without it? In this issue of WebNewsNow, John and Cathy Owens of Owens4 (the original creators of this widely used and versatile tool) share with us their thoughts on family life, WebTV, and their recent move to a personal computer. What started out as a personal organizational idea turned into a tool that is utilized by many websites. Realizing that WebTV keyboards only offered seven "F-keys" for quick access to favorites sites, John and Cathy set out to put all of their favorites on one page and assign that to one of the original F-keys. This allowed the use of WebTV's other six for sites most frequented i.e., transloaders, tools pages, newsgroups, etc. Focusing on organization and ease of use, John came up with the idea of 24 buttons in a frame which provided "one screen access with no scrolling." Voilå, the "F-Key Saver" was a reality. Continue...

By Dracfire Here we are, once again, with yet another review of instant messengers. Last time, I reviewed the Yahoo! and MSN messengers. Both of these programs were of good quality, and their services were outstanding. Today, I will be reviewing the AT&T Instant Messenger - better known as "I'm Here." This Instant Messenger is a multi-compatible one allowing instant messaging with AIM, MSN, and the POWWOW systems. This is an impressive system. Now on to the review...

Internet Community Notes - geared towards specific areas of interest such as WebTV (and internet appliances), iMacs, browsers, newsgroups and mail programs. Why WebTV? By Frank Solis Simply stated, WebTV is a small box approximately 7x8x3" that easily connects to your existing phone line and your TV set. It has no storage memory, nor disk or CD-ROM drive. Operating memory and programs are contained on a remote server. The latest models have a slot for smart cards, or credit cards, and though currently limited in use, plans are being made to expand this capability. If you're interested in keeping up with records for your home, tax information, or playing some of the newest games available, then a computer would probably better suit your needs. However, if you are primarily interested in email and surfing the web, then you really should consider a WebTV.Continue... Whogabooga's View on WebTV Clubs By Whoga The WebTV newsgroups are an invaluable source of information for WebTV users - from tools to html resources, and from page building advice to news on set-top-boxes; on and on it goes. I post regularly in three groups, and I generally find most of the information available there helpful. However, as with all good things, "serpents have made their way into Eden" in the form of trolls. Trolls come into newsgroups and destroy the normal flow of conversation, while adding nothing. They insult and demean people for reasons known only to themselves, and while some people try to fight them in flame wars, these are fights no one wins. It makes one wonder why WNI refuses to enforce its own TOS [Terms of Service]. Continue...

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