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3.1.01
Rule the Planet—The official site for the new Tim Burton helmed "Planet of the Apes" movie
USA Today—Harvard professor believes he has developed unbreakable code
Wired News—Electronic ink could revolutionize PDA and cell phone displays, and provide a real alternative to traditional paper for books
ZDNet—Microsoft, which argued in its antitrust case that IE had to be integrated into the OS itself, will likely release IE6 as a standalone component
New Scientist—Genetically modified orange trees could bear fruit after just one year of growth
MSNBC—Random House sues electronic book publisher |
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3.2.01
Salon.com—Is the Pentium 4 an engineering wonder or a marketing ploy?
Wired News—The new technological art exhibit at the SFMOMA emphasizes how the artists use new tools, not the tools themselves
Excite—Was Shakespeare a drug user?
ZDNet—Microsoft, feeling cocky after the latest hearings, is acting more aggressive than ever
Space.com—Bush's budget cutbacks may dramatically reduce the America's contribution to the International Space Station
CNN.com—New non-lethal weapon uses electromagnetic waves to heat the surface of the skin |
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3.6.01
Wired News—Virtual reality game helps reduce burn victims' pain by distracting them
New Scientist—First craft to sail on solar light could be launched within a year
Salon.com—Behind the scenes on Temptation Island
USA Today—Tens of thousands of credit card numbers stolen from an Amazon subsidiary over several months
ZDNet—Netscape veterans Barksdale and Andredssen reunite to work on secret peer-to-peer project
Space.com—SETI researchers take great pains to verify potential signals |
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3.7.01
New Scientist—Sky Mirror sculpture in Britain will have to be shielded in order to keep it from zapping birds
Salon.com—Robert Thompson, head of the Center for the Study of Popular Television
CNN.com—Nintendo unveils next generation Game Boy
Trek Today—Details on the next Star Trek series. Yes, I'm a geek. So sue me.
ZDNet—New version of Opera browser provides some stiff competition, but are the browser wars already over?
megnut.com—Latest twist on the weblog: a source log (view source to see content) |
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3.9.01
USA Today—Facing mounting losses, the US Postal Service warn of yet another rate increase and potential loss of universal service
Salon.com—Taliban resumes destruction of statues of Buddha
Wired News—Canada to consider banning cell phones in public places
New Scientist—Two researchers say first human clone will be born in their lab within two years
Red Herring—What will the next generation of search engines be like?
MSNBC—Three men charged with acting as shills on eBay art auctions |
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3.12.01
Excite News—New 3D browser displays five pages at a time
Salon.com—Florida newspaper study concludes that Gore should have won election
ZDNet—IBM to design chips for Playstation 3
Wired News—A professor and a composer have collaborated to produce music based on the human genome
Earthquake Art—A sand pendulum in Seattle records the recent earthquake
USA Today—The proliferation of mobile devices is starting to interfere with Police transmissions |
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3.13.01
Salon.com—Even the once-godlike tech staffers are starting to be affected by the economic downturn
New Scientist—The color of your eyes can predict how your ears will react to a bacterial meningitis infection
USA Today—In BBC interview, Bezos advises people not to buy Amazon stock
Wired News—Authors protest used books being sold alongside new ones at Amazon.com
San Francisco Chronicle—Sneaky web site software secretly gets your computer to give the web site operator your email address without your permission
Let-Me-Stay-For-A-Day.com—Dutch weblogger attempts to travel the world on no budget, depending only on the kindness of web strangers |
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3.14.01
Wired News—Face-scanning technology, although inaccurate, is becoming increasingly common in public places
Excite News—Bush breaks environmental campaign promise
Salon.com—Why the radio still sucks
CNN.com—Coke to cut back on exclusive deals with schools
Pi Day—3.14. Get it?
Weird Al's Wishlist—Weird Al Yankovic's Amazon.com wishlist |
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3.15.01
Salon.com—Bush's about-face on CO2 emissions causes outrage, even among some conservatives
New Scientist—Night vision goggles can be modified to help identify radioactivity
Excite News—Disposable cell phones coming to market
Wired News—Dean Kamen: scientists should be rock stars
O'Reilly Network—Can micropayments work as a revenue stream?
Yahoo! News—Britney Spears, novelist. Yikes. |
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3.16.01
Wired News—Dreamworks' upcoming "Shrek" animated feature may be the most technically advanced animation project ever
Salon.com—Only a fool would try to tackle "Finnegan's Wake" alone, but reading it by committee is just asking for a disaster
USA Today—Napster usage down significantly since they have begun policing the site
CNN.com—Vancouver plans to invest millions in building a high tech industrial park
New Scientist—Flaw in a chip used for genetic research leads several scientists to doubt the validity of their research
All Your Base Are Belong to Us—I know, I know. This one has been out there for a couple of months already. Still, if you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, this site gives a good overview. |
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3.20.01
Objet of the Week—You gotta love American culture
Mir Reentry—Site will attempt to provide footage of the satellite as it heads back to Earth
ZDNet—Troubled dotcom Kozmo attracts CFO from BMG
ABCnews.com—Taco Bell offering free tacos if Mir hits a target in the Pacific
Salon.com—Free web hosting site Tripod axes hundreds of sites for violations of their Terms of Service agreement
MSNBC—Millionaire who had paid to join the Russians on the International Space Station is turned away at NASA's training facility |
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3.21.01
Wired News—Salon.com asks readers to deal with bigger ads or pay an annual subscription
Excite—Bush administration seems poised to undo many of the environmental reforms of the last decade
CNN.com—Two Brooklyn men accused of stealing celebrity identities online
Space.com—US spy agency may have located the Mars Polar Lander—and it may still be intact
ABCnews.com—New imaging technique may help decipher ancient texts and help detect cancer
Village Voice—A former AOL censor gives a behind-the-scenes look at the popular internet service |
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3.22.01
New Scientist—New skull unearthed in Kenya points to another potential ancestor to modern man
Salon.com—Corporations look to early adopters for next big trend
Wired News—How will we preserve today's digital works of art for the future?
How to Become as Rich as Bill Gates—A practical guide to becoming the wealthiest person on the planet
CNN.com—Theme park to unveil world's first compressed air roller coaster on Saturday
ZDNet—Steve Jobs unveils Mac OS X, promises future updates |
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3.23.01
Lego Palm Pilot—The only thing surprising about this is that it took someone this long to build one
ABCnews.com—Computer system designed to prevent price gouging by government contractors can be manipulated
Salon.com—A history of the corporate culture of Wizards of the Coast
Wired News—Government officials unsure of how to implement vague memo from Bush administration to remove any trace of Clinton administration and its policies from their web sites
MSNBC—"The Rules" author getting divorced as new book on keeping marriage together goes to press
Red Herring—Review of Mac OS X |
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3.26.01
CNN.com—TiVo service has been collecting information on users' viewing habits without informing them
USA Today—Amazon.com says it will be profitable by year's end
Salon.com—Mad cow disease is affecting McDonald's European business. Now they get ready for a similar scare in the U.S.
New Scientist—Dim dwarf stars may account for much of the dark matter in the universe
Space.com—Full coverage of Mir's reentry, including video
Red Herring—Scientists are still solving the physics mysteries of water |
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3.27.01
Wired News—Scientist's analysis of JFK assassination audio adds more evidence that Oswald was not a lone gunman
CNN.com—Original manuscript for Kerouac's On the Road expected to sell for $1 million plus at auction
The London Times—Scientists have found a way to use bacteria to restore marble statues
MSNBC—Saudis ban Pokemon
Space.com—Where else in our solar system is life most likely to exist?
TheStandard.com—Healthcare company to build hospital using Oracle technology to manage patients' data |
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3.28.01
Salon.com—The music industry plans to introduce copy-protected CDs later this year
Howard House—Recreations of famous historical and film events done in the style of computer game screenshots
Wired News—Starting this season, MLB will allow fans to listen to a webcast of any game for a $10 annual subscription fee
ZDNet—Many PC users will have to upgrade their hardware to be able to use the forthcoming Windows XP
CNN.com—A new virus can jump between Windows and Linux
Reason—Is the novelist losing cultural status in this age of proliferating entertainment options and 10 second attention spans? |
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3.29.01
USA Today—New book about Timothy McVeigh quotes him as saying that he wished the building had been leveled and that the children he killed were "collateral damage"
Wired News—Video games are increasingly turning into lucrative film franchises
Salon.com—An audit of CD police communications reveals many racial slurs
ZDNet—Sprint introduces a cell phone with a color screen
Tech Comedy—A site that collects war stories from the tech support trenches, including audio clips from customers who are angry, ignorant, or just plain crazy
New Scientist—US military invents a new amphibious suit that is comfortable out of the water |
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3.30.01
BBC News—British scientist has plan to use unmanned mini-planes to create floating power station
CNN.com—Search engines are being overwhelmed by the amount of information on the web. Are they slowly becoming useless?
Wired News—More and more sites are moving from an advertising to a subscription based revenue model
Salon.com—Despite having much to answer for, Bush has decided that he will no longer hold press conferences
ZDNet—Sega will develop 11 games for the Xbox launch
New Scientist—Superconducter with zero electrical resistance at room temperature is unveiled, but many are still sceptical |
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