People looking for decent bandwidth in 2000 were trying things like modem-bonding. The theory is that two modems hooked up to two telephone lines could be “bonded” using software. Theoretically you could download at 112k. As they say, my mileage varied. I got less – but more than 56k. Back then if your internet service provider didn’t charge extra for using the second line, it might have been a reasonable deal.
AOL Anywhere was a familiar phrase in 2000. The concept was that AOL would bundle together a lot of information about restaurants, theatres, things to do, and help you complete a transaction using a wireless phone. Yep, Ted Leonsis was a big part of that.
Miscrosoft was late to another party in 2000. It was called the Pocket PC, which was to compete against the Palm/Handspring offerings, including the Palm VII. Not only could the Pocket PC be an electronic Rolodex for contacts and schedules, it could play mp3 music and serve as a digital recorder. At the time, Microsoft’s Steve Balmer called the Pocket PC, “A quantum leap forward.”
On the slightly technical side, the Digital Edge guy was once again reminding people to be careful about donating their computers without properly taking care of their hard drives. The truth remains today that deleting a file doesn’t delete the information, just an entry in an address book the computer uses to find the information. And when you put something in the recycle bin, and empty it.... it’s gone – except it’s not. Again, just the address of where the information is. Nothing is deleted until some stuff comes along and overwrites the old (several times to meet some standards).
Maybe this post has brought back a few memories…please share… :}
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