4.2.01
New Scientist—New developments in CD writing technology could render new anti-piracy measures useless just as the music industry is exploring their widespread implementation
ZDNet—Macromedia to ship first major application update for Mac OS X next month
CNN.com—US officials still denied access to crew from downed spy plane in China
USA Today—Next generation of vending machines could offer hot fries and allow you to pay using your cell phone
MSNBC—Versace's possessions to be put up for auction
Space.com—Supercold polar clouds hasten depletion of ozone layer. Good thing we have a president who has pledged to keep greenhouse emissions down. Oh, wait... |
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4.3.01
Wired News—eBay changes its privacy policy so that it may share user info if the company is bought out
Salon.com—Can eliminating payola fix what's wrong with radio?
CNN.com—Paramount cancels Dr. Laura's TV show
Red Herring—The science behind miniature electric muscles
USA Today—Suzanne Somers plans to battle breast cancer with an untested extract of the mistletoe plant; doctors concerned
ABCnews.com—Prince to premiere new song on Napster |
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4.4.01
Wired News—Third Voice goes silent. As a web designer, I'm not sorry to see it die.
ZDNet—Internet systems dangerously overloaded
New Scientist—Investigators may have found Yeti hairs in Bhutan forest
Library of Congress—Digital scans of old maps housed at the Library of Congress
I-Resign.com—Real resignation letters
ABCnews.com—USPS considering raising rates 3-5 cents and ending Saturday delivery; critics charge that fraud and waste are rampant |
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4.5.01
Baltimore City Paper—The 25 most underreported stories from last year. There are some real shockers in here.
ZDNet—Will AOL have to open up its IM database of users to other providers?
Space.com—Photos from a commercial imaging satellite show US spy plane sitting on Chinese runway
Wired News—Will public surveillance cameras become as widely used here as they are in Britain?
New Scientist—New drug taken once a week could prevent up to 50% of cancers from being able to form
CNN.com—Sunspot causes largest solar flare ever recorded |
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4.6.01
Wired News—New exhibit at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art documents the history of artificial light
Salon.com—Can new internet-based recommendation software free us from the shackles of the big record companies?
CNN.com—Scientists have created a new type of material that defies the known laws of physics
New Scientist—Top scientists reject Bush's claims about global warming
Red Herring—New game attempts to elicit emotional response and soul searching from its players
Yahoo! News—Bush will no longer email his family due to privacy concerns |
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4.9.01
Salon.com—Interview with Robert Smigel, the sick genius behind TV Funhouse
Wired News—With no system in place to properly archive electronic records, are we in danger of losing our history in the information age?
CNN.com—Newly restored Leaning Tower of Pisa to be open to tourists for climbing
Space.com—Lockheed Martin accused of accounting scam
New Scientist—Mars Odyssey spacecraft launches successfully
MSNBC—Who Wants to Be a Millionaire now a ride at Disney-MGM theme park |
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4.10.01
BBC News—US researchers may be close to finding the elusive Higgs boson theoretical particle
ZDNet—Hackers break into Warner Bros. email system
Salon.com—The new game "Black and White" attempts to expand the frontiers of gaming
New Scientist—Viruses may trigger some cases of schizophrenia
The Register—German Interior Minister threatens to shut down foreign neo-Nazi sites with denial-of-service attacks
CNN.com—New satellite photos show evidence that China is dismantling captured US spy plane |
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4.11.01
New Scientist—First map of ancient Alexandria revealed
ZDNet—Amazon considers outsourcing more of its fulfillment work
USA Today—Yahoo! now selling porn online
Space.com—Hubble spots unknown flash light on Jupiter
The Register—Microsoft supports Firewire over USB 2.0 in Windows XP
Business 2.0—Judge finds Napster's efforts at blocking copyrighted material disgraceful; hints at possibility of shutdown |
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4.12.01
Wired News—Creator of the G-Force plug-in cannot embark on a real multimedia career due to his committment to the Navy
New Scientist—Gene therapy trials for Alzheimer's begin
Salon.com—Families of Oklahoma City Bombings will be allowed to watch McVeigh's execution via closed circuit tv
Counting Down—View the new trailer for Spielberg's A.I.
Technology Review—Interview with Gordon Moore, cofounder of Intel best known for Moore's Law
CNN.com—CBS sues Fox, claiming that Boot Camp infringes on Survivor's copyrights |
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4.13.01
CNET—Yahoo! decides not to sell porn after all
Dallas News—Hologram of Texas governor beamed to crowd in demonstration of new technology from Teleportec
Wired News—Scientists go hunting for ghosts in Edinburgh
New Scientist—Could new light-sensitive fibers in our clothes provide a source of power for our portable devices?
USA Today—Experts worry that McVeigh execution video feed could be hacked
CNN.com—Spy plane crew says Chinese pilot caused collision |
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4.16.01
Salon.com—Joey Ramone is dead
Washington Post—Lockheed's X-33 vehicle, originally conceived as a next generation space shuttle, may be used for military applications
ZDNet—Will consumers trust Microsoft with their most personal information? Should they?
New Scientist—South Africa becomes first country to allow use of human blood substitute in surgery
CNN.com—New Picasso exhibit opens in Madrid
Whitney Museum—Bitstreams exhibit focuses on art influenced by the digital age |
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4.17.01
ZDNet—Porn company sues for right to webcast McVeigh execution
SF Gate—Ummm...is this legal?
Dead Letter Office—Anonymous letters of regret; sad and oddly touching
e-Company—The top 100 dumbest moments in e-business history
Wired News—New laptops for British intelligence agents will contain hard drives that self-destruct if stolen
UniSci—New radar flashlight can see through walls |
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4.18.01
Excite.com—So let's recap. A Chinese pilot crashes into a US plane in international airspace, causing the $80 million plane to make an emergency landing on Chinese soil. They hold the crew hostage for 2 weeks and make us issue an apology. And now they won't give the plane back.
Wired News—Growth of the internet is changing the FCC's policies on media ownership and congolmeration. Might free speech be affected?
Salon.com—Hearing-impaired girl told to stop using sign language on her school bus
ZDNet—Could new fuel cell technologies mean an end to recharging wireless devices?
USA Today—Nintendo Game Cube delayed
Business 2.0—New technologies could allow regular CD-ROMs to store up to 100 GB of data |
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4.19.01
New Scientist—A new paint will provide extra insulation for your house; it will also change colors with the seasons
Dreambank—A searchable database of dreams
Wired News—Experimental aircraft with scramjet engine could one day cut the time between New York and London to 40 minutes
c|net—Judge denies company's request to webcast McVeigh's execution
ABCnews.com—Next shuttle mission to deliver 58 foot robotic arm to the International Space Station
Ottawa Citizen—Girl finds slug in rice krispies treat |
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4.20.01
c|net—KMart online site bluellight.com refuses to honor orders placed for item with the wrong price
Volvo—Cool Flash piece detailing a safety-oriented concept car
New Scientist—Farmers using antibiotics on farm animals may be helping to create drug-resistant superbugs that could infect humans
CNN.com—BMW unveils new C-1 scooter, an alternative to public transportation
The Register—IBM marketing campaign for Linux servers raises ire of San Francisco city government
Space.com—Italy will be responsible for the dormitory module of the new space station |
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4.24.01
Salon.com—Bush's new policy on student loans for people convicted of drug posession
Wired News—Controversy over which computer will challenge human chess champion Kramnik
New Scientist—Scientists have designed a robotic scorpion that they hope can make its way across an 80 km stretch of desert on its own
USA Today—Microsoft to spend half a billion on Xbox marketing
Space.com—Scientists celebrate 11 years of Hubble telescope service
ZDNet—Napster says it will use new technology to block copyrighted songs by screen for their acoustic fingerprints |
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4.25.01
sohu.com—You might have seen this somewhere else. But I don't care. It's still cool.
Excite—Schwarzennegger says he won't run for governor in 2002
ZDNet—Microsoft is integrating the latest version of its Media Player into XP the same way it chained Explorer into 95
USA Today—Banned parody of Gone With the Wind starting to show up on internet
Philadelphia Daily News—People are just so weird
ZDNet—Napster says it will use new technology to block copyrighted songs by screen for their acoustic fingerprints |
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4.26.01
Salon.com—How product placement has invaded television and film
Wired News—Scientists discover "engine" that drives the earth's cycles of volcanoes, earthquakes, and climate changes
Seattle Times—Retired college professor wins $90 judgement against Microsoft
CNN.com—China is testing Bush, and he is failing badly
New Scientist—Sea-dwelling mammals lack the ability to see the color blue
ZDNet—AOL planning to abandon Internet Explorer as their default browser and replace it with their own browser technology |
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4.27.01
May 1st Reboot—Not sure how I feel about this one. Sometimes I think it's an interesting attempt at creating a larger web community/movement, other times I think what's the point?
Wired News—IBM wants to build networks that will protect themselves
ZDNet—Nanotube technology could replace silicon in next generation chips
New Scientist—Fake hits inserted into data will help prevent cheating in distributed computing projects
USA Today—This bill is supposed to deter attacks on pregnant women by making it a crime to harm a fetus. But since it is the first law to recognize a fetus as an acutal person, is it really the first step for conservative lawmakers who want to subvert Roe v. Wade?
Paint by Numbers—A cool logic game, now in Java |
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4.30.01
New Scientist—Electronics industry trying to push new DVD-Audio format on consumers as a replacement for CDs
Wired News—Time capsule to be opened in 3000 does not include pop music, thanks to uncooperative music labels concerned about copyright
Salon.com—Clear Channel, the largest radio company in America, is indicative of what conglomeration has done to commercial radio in the last decade
USA Today—Possible evidence of Big Bang found in Antarctica
ZDNet—Interactive game in which players get emails and faxes from the characters is being used to promote Spielberg's AI
CNN.com—First space tourist arrives at the International Space Station |
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