Last updated:Wednesday, March 19, 1997, 8:30 a.m.
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Time's on his side: Len Cutler, a physicist who designs and builds atomic clocks, finds that his work is the metronome of the Internet. By the way, have you checked the accuracy of your computer clock lately?

It's harder than it looks: Schools are finding that wiring is easy but using technology takes constant learning, upgrades and tweaking.

Compaq is losing ground in Japan PC makers NEC and Fujitsu battle to the top.

You heard it here second: We already told you about the Hewlett-Packard-Microsoft alliance for Windows NT and NetPC. Today's the day of the announcement.

Not to repeat ourselves, but today's the day that the Supreme Court hears arguments in the Communications Decency Act case.

Delights of the Net: Whether you're a kid tracing an explorer's route, or a farmer seeking new markets, or a military commander organizing intelligence, the Net is finally filtering down to the real-world, real people level.

Paranoia strikes deep: Is techno-terrorism a real threat? Those who are paid to think so, do.

Yahoo! is going to take over Netscape's Destinations page, one of the most visited sites on the web.

Them versus them: Another Netscape-Microsoft battle may be brewing over dynamic HTML (or is that Dynamic HTML?). Both companies, using the same names but for differing capitalization, are seeking to create more interactive web pages, but it's unclear if they will be fully compatible.

Old message boards are cluttering up AOL, and and content providers are being warned to use it or lose it because the system's filling up fast and unless some old posts are removed, new ones can't get in.

Warning from Down Under: Losses are mounting among the top Australian ISPs as well as the smallest ISPs. The ones in the middle, however, seem to be making money.

IBM CEO Louis Gerstner earned $1.5 million, plus $3.3 million in bonuses, in 1996, according to a proxy statement filed Tuesday. Related news: IBM may be acquiring NetObjects tomorrow.

CD-ROM speed continues to soar, as 24X drives are shown off in Germany.

Channel surfing: The Networked Economy Conference running this week looks pretty interesting as tech bigshots blast browsers, new CEO Eric Schmidt defends Novell's market position and discussions start on whether more bandwidth is really a panacea.

Something different: It's come to our attention that many of the fine, intelligent readers of GMSV are also incredibly busy and don't surf around Mercury Center much. But you like technology stories. So, we'll pull them out of the corners and cubicles and stack them up neatly here at the end of our report until you tell us to stop. If you prefer to treasure hunt, go right ahead to our home page.

Webby Awards add glamor to geekdom
Novell picks a new CEO
Pink slips fly at Apple
Avant! case headed to trial

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