Message-ID: <20802322.1075857099238.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:32:00 -0800 (PST) From: clickz.today.txt@my.clickz.com To: alewis@ect.enron.com Subject: Calling All Dropouts Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: ClickZ Today X-To: "alewis@ect.enron.com" X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Andrew_Lewis_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Lewis-A X-FileName: alewis.nsf |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| C L I C K Z T O D A Y Monday, December 11 2000 The Internet's Leading Resource http://www.clickz.com/ for Doing Business Online___________________________________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This e-mail is optimized for mono-spaced typefaces. 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Few buzzwords are more elusive than "convergence." People use the term casually to refer to many of the stunning developments reshaping the media and technology businesses. But what does it really mean? http://clickz.com/cgi-bin/gt/article.html?article=2990 _____________________________e B U S I N E S S R E P O R T _____________________________d a n a b l a n k e n h o r n Protection for a Broadband Net Sure, it's great to have broadband access. It's fast, it's powerful. But power can make you vulnerable. How are we going to protect a broadband Net? http://clickz.com/cgi-bin/gt/article.html?article=2991 _____________________________________C L I C K Z F O R U M ____________________________________sponsored by DoubleClick At Issue in the Forum Today Valuable information can be obtained from discussion groups. Is the online grocer business model sound? Email marketing can foster customer relationships. 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