Egghead Falls Off the Wall. This onetime software retailer, which decided it didn't need physical stores to sell its products, finds out that customers have plenty of other places to buy software. Plans call for shutting down site and company. They're Good for your Heart. Sold a form of virtual currency, similar to the old Green Stamps, that people could give to each other and which could be redeemed at various Websites.
Surveys find cable modems easier to install and a better value for customers.
Phone company DSL services suffer from problems related to installation and poor support. Also doesn't help that major DSL providers like Covad and Rhythms now look as if they are drawing their last breaths. Microsoft Takes it on the Chin. Appeals court denies last ditch attempt by company to avoid antitrust fate. This likely will drive the software behemoth back to the negotiating table to try to work out a settlement with the Justice Department and various state Attorneys General.