| daily links: septmeber 2001 |
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9.4.01
Wired News—Man selling his urine for $69 a sample to help others pass drug tests
Salon.com—The final Mr. Blue advice column from Garrison Keillor, who is retiring in the wake of a heart operation
CNN.com—HP and Compaq to merge
USA Today—New White House web site unveiled
ABCnews.com—Janet Reno to run for governor of Florida
Space.com—Los Alamos scientists claim to have created a completely secure way to transmit satellite data back to Earth |
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9.5.01
Wired News—Despite Microsoft's claims that XP is the most secure OS ever, cracks are already starting to appear in its armor
CNN.com—Goodyear develops no-air, non-rubber tire
New Scientist—New Euro bills will have many advanced security features
ZDNet—In an interview, Stephen Hawking says that we should start genetically engineering humans so that our species can keep up with AI
USA Today—California judge says red light cameras can't be used to issue tickets
Salon.com—Utah Attorney General challenges county ordinance requiring that every home have a gun and ammunition |
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9.6.01
CNN.com—Mother Teresa underwent exorcism in her later years
C|NET—Toys R Us sells out first preorder of Xbox in 30 minutes
USA Today—The US Justice Department has decided end its requests to have the courts break up Microsoft
New Scientist—New data helps bolster the theory that there is a massive black hole at the cener of our galaxy
Wired News—Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf dies
Space.com—Air Force will not pick up X-33 program from NASA |
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9.7.01
Salon.com—A review of this year's MTV VMAs
Wired News—Napster is preparing for a comeback, but has its time already passed?
CNN.com—Man uses software to monitor the online activities of his estranged wife
ZDNet—IE6 making fast inroads into marketshare
USA Today—Farmer in Utah alters his cornfield to show the Olympic rings and a corporate logo
New Scientist—Scientists prepare to prove the existence of gravity waves |
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9.10.01
Wired News—Microsoft plans to release the Xbox so that it becomes the PS2 of this holiday shopping season—only they're going to make extra profits by forcing people to preorder it with loads of extras
ZDNet—Going against normal upgrade policies, most computer manufacturers are forcing users to pay for an upgrade to XP, even if they have just purchased their machine recently
Salon.com—The death of Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf
CNN.com—At least one group of economists believe that the economy will rebound by the end of the year
New Scientist—EU wants its members to institute anti-Echelon measures
Space.com—Hungarian researchers claim photographs show evidence that life exists now on Mars |
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9.12.01
Wired News—Federal agents use yesterday's attacks as an example of situations that the controversial Carnivore system could help prevent
Salon.com—Security expert argues that new, more extreme tactics are needing to deal with this modern brand of terrorism
USA Today—bin Laden applauds attack, but denies involvement
CNN.com—Many passengers on the doomed jets were able to make calls to loved ones
ABCnews.com—Speculation on how the hijackers may have been able to gain control of the aircraft
Yahoo! News—eBay bans sale of items relating to the WTC and the Pentagon |
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9.18.01
Salon.com—Did the terrorists attempt to make a profit on the attacks by short selling shares of insurance companies the week before?
Wired News—E-Tickets for airlines to face new restrictions
CNN .com—Hate crimes against middle Easterners up since attacks
ZDNet—WTC scams and hate speech have flooded the internet in the last week
ABCnews.com—Should flight training schools have more rigorous acceptance standards?
Yahoo! News—Baseball to resume play today |
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9.19.01
New Scientist—Nimda is latest worm to wreak havoc on internet
Salon.com—Were the WTC and Pentagon attacks merely the first phase of a much larger master plan?
Wired News—Rescuers use robots to search WTC rubble
USA Today—Several video games being edited in wake of attacks
ZDNet—Doctors in US use video conferencing link and robot to perform surgery on a patient in France
ABCnews.com—Military draft unlikely |
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9.20.01
NASA—Images from space of lower Manhattan on the day of the attacks
C|NET—Keywords relating to the WTC attacks replace sex-related words as most searched for terms on search engines
New Scientist—New theory on the location of Atlantis
CNN.com—Travel sites such as Expedia and Travelocity see dramatic dropoff in online bookings
Wired News—How well prepared are we to deal with a biological terrorist attack?
USA Today—More terrorist suspects arrested near Chicago |
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9.24.01
Wired News—In the wake of the NYC attacks, Microsoft is again forced to defend an eerie coincidence in its symbol font, Wingding
Salon.com—Crop dusting planes grounded for fear of biological or chemical attacks
The Simpsons Archive—It's shocking to me that I was unaware of the existence of this site until recently
CNN.com—Box cutters found on other September 11 flights
ZDNet—Surprise, surprise—despite many promises from Microsoft, Xbox launch is pushed back
ABCnews.com—Airlines investigate the use of biometrics to prevent known terrorists from boarding airplanes |
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9.25.01
Wired News—GPS devices may help British drivers avoid speed cameras
C|NET—Laid off dotcomers taking more than just office supplies with them when they leave
New Scientist—Hackers alter news stories on Yahoo!
USA Today—US loses contact with spyplane over Afghanistan; Taliban claims to have shot it down
CNN.com—New submersible could expand the frontiers of underwater archaeology
Space.com—Asteroids to be named for victims of WTC and Pentagon attacks |
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9.26.01
CNN.com—Oracle head Larry Ellison backs the idea of a national ID card, and is willing to donate the software to help implement it
ZDNet—Web sites experiment with new, harder-to-ignore forms of online ads, in an effort to remain solvent
USA Today—Two colleges try to prevent frivolous internet use during classes
ABCnews.com—New virus takes advantage of interest in fighting terrorism
MSNBC—Nintendo's GameCube likely to be in short supply
The Register—Security firm says web will eventually become unusable if email viruses continue to spread |
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9.27.01
Salon.com—Will Giuliani try for another term?
Wired News—New Star Trek prequel series debuts on UPN
CNN.com—Jesse Jackson receieves invitation from Taliban to head peace delegation to Afghanistan, but is initially reluctant to accept
Moby's Online Journal—Includes New Yorker's perspective on the attacks
Space.com—Danish scientists claim to have taken a step towards making teleportation a reality
C|NET—Sony will not discount PS2 price when the Xbox and GameCube are released |
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9.28.01
Wired News—The latest geek sport: Photoshop tennis
CNN.com—Document found in WTC suspects' car reveals their mindset
ZDNet—South Korean software companies lodge official complaints of unfair business practices against Microsoft over the new Windows XP
New Scientist—Could underwater vents releasing streams of bubbles be responsible for disappearances in Bermuda Triangle?
ABCnews.com—Defector from bin Laden's organization gives insider view of training camps
USA Today—New bill would make even minor hacking a major offense carrying a life sentence |
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