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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 28 - December 16, 2000 - ISSN 1528-6703
This & That
1) 'The Dog Ate My Homework' - Email Problems CAN Happen
By Ina Steiner
If you do online auctions, you've heard all the excuses imaginable to explain why you haven't heard from a buyer or seller. If you've ever heard the one, "I didn't get your email message til today" and snorted in disbelief, read on. Many times there are hiccups in email systems, and Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic)'s DSL service demonstrated a major case of indigestion this week. For over a week, Verizon DSL customers have been unable to send or receive their email due to overloaded mail servers at Verizon's facilities. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62460-2000Dec12.html
I guess that sometimes the dog really does eat homework!
2) Digital Photos
By Ina Steiner
CNET has an interesting email newsletter: Digital Photo Center Dispatch
http://home.cnet.com/subscription/0-16335.html.
Note that by the end of 2000, digital photographers will swell to more than 10 million U.S. households, according to a Gartner Group study. New photo kiosks allow consumers to input digital images or scan photos to print, upload to a Web page or otherwise communicate their photos.
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