• According to the August 15th 1994 issue of Newsweek, unnamed record companies have been paying some posters on Usenet music newsgroups to praise the companies' new releases.
• In September 1994, NYNEX (the Tri-state and New England phone company) initiated dialing changes that would increase the number of possible area codes and exchanges (formerly, area codes were designated by #1# or #0#, and exchanges excluded these possiblities). In a letter to customers, NYNEX explained the action: The original dialing system had been expected to last well into the next millennium. The folks who planned the phone system, however, never imagined that there would be a need for more than one number per household. Thanks to modem-lines and cellular technology, we're running out of phone numbers.
• In mid-1994, The Princeton Review reserved the Internet domain name "kaplan.com." Stanley H. Kaplan, The Princeton Review's primary business competitor, successfully sued to release ownership of the name.
• The FBI's got a home page these days (added 1 Nov, '94)