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ZDNet (1991)
Enterprise tech news for the people who kept the servers running.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Media
- Era
- Pioneer (up to 1994)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
Ongoing: +2 Power to your other Pioneer cards here.
Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 1 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Media cards broadcast Power to your other lanes.
The site, in 1991
A business technology news site from Ziff Davis, which began as a subscription service for CompuServe users.
By the end of 1998 it led its rival CNET by 26% and was the 13th most popular site on the Web. CNET Networks agreed in 2000 to buy it for about $1.6 billion, and Ziff Davis took it back in August 2024.
In 1991: Began on 1 April as ZiffNet, a subscription service for CompuServe users, with forums, features and searchable archives.
Pioneer era, up to 1994. Grey pages, blue links and a browser called Mosaic. Images were optional. So was colour.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1991 page.
Put it on your site
Run ZDNet, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1991. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1991, then plays a short scene. Want ZDNet in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
