May 1, 2001 - Family members of children killed at Columbia claim that video games like Doom inspired the violence at the high school.
April 26, 2001 - Many people fear cell phones could cause cancer. A new class action lawsuit forces the option to buy handsets.
April 25, 2001 - A bleak earnings report drove Compaq to lay off over 2,000 employees. It is due to an overarching downward business across the board.
April 24, 2001 - Online music sharing service, Napster, is going to start using new technology that will identify songs not by title, but by pitch. They are going to use this to get around the court order to not provide copyrighted songs.
April 23, 2001 - Online advertisements are getting bigger, brighter, and busier in order to attract more buyers. There is a way to get rid of them: buying Ad Buster, software that will let the user decide what ads they want to see. People do not want ads because ads slow down computer usage and take up bandwidth.
April 20, 2001 - Tech-driven new economy is the strongest on the west coast. Progressive Policy Institute, a think tank, found that the west coast in first, second, and third in the new economy.
April 19, 2001 - Three tiny unmanned airplanes are flying over Alaska to study arctic warming. They will be surveying the coasts for warming effects. It looks similar to a model airplane.
April 16, 2001 - We should be pretty worried about how easy it is to commit crime on the internet and computers, but we should be even more worried about how hard it is for the law enforcement to catch the criminals.
April 5, 2001 - Napster is still as popular as ever, even after the legal problems. Many companies are stepping in to fill a post-Napster void.
April 4, 2001 - Wireless phones and untethered internet has an impact on users around the world.