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5.1.02
Washington Post—SETI@Home project nears 500 million mark
CNN.com—Matt Groening is thinking about bringing the Simpons to an end
ZDNet—Fossil unveils wrist PDAs, watches that are compatible with Palms and Pocket PCs
MSNBC—Yahoo! to launch pay advice site
ABCnews.com—Abandonded supercolliding superconductor in Texas may soon be home to counter-terrorism training camp
Fox News—Big Game lottery winners had recently filed for bankruptcy before hitting the jackpot |
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5.2.02
C|NET—Apple sues Macromedia over Flash
Wired News—Local newspaper is suing to prevent a Dallas man from deep-linking to their content
USA Today—Creator of Melissa virus gets jail time
CNN.com—Analysis of the Xbox's poor sales
ZDNet—A more famous person may be able to take your domain name away from you if it is related to their name
Fox News—Scientists implant electrodes in rat's brain so that they can control them remotely |
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5.3.02
Wired News—Museum in NYC to open exhibit on the art of hacking
CNN.com—Elementary school girls expelled for stick-figure rendetion of her teacher, which the school called "terrorist threats"
ZDNet—Sony to release Everquest 2 next year
USA Today—Clinton reportedly in negotiations to host his own talk show
Fox News—Robert Blake claims that he can't read and needs to be freed on bail so that he can prepare an adequate defense with an attorney
New Scientist—Future liquid crystal displays could be painted on to any surface |
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5.6.02
CNN.com—New, more accurate measuring devices could replace Nielen's sweeps system for television ratings
USA Today—Live version of "Pet Sounds" (recorded in London last year) is set to be released by Brian Wilson
C|NET—C#, Microsoft's new object-oriented programming language developed for .NET applications, is quickly gaining in popularity
MSNBC—New web sites let parents see how their children's school stacks up technology-wise
BBC News—Scottish engineer is quitting his job and moving to Spain on the advice of web users
ABCnews.com—Ozzy visits with President Bush during White House Correspondents dinner |
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5.7.02
Wired News—Computer users are helping to discover new comets using freely available images from SOHO
Salon.com—Right-wing Dutch politician gunned down in the street
CNN.com—Next generation of GPS satellites may boast signals 8 times stronger than the current version
MSNBC—Toaster grills two hotdogs and two buns at the same time
Fox News—Jailers accidentally free a convicted killer and turn him loose in downtown Nashville
C|NET—Mac OS 9 officially put to rest at WWDC |
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5.8.02
CNN.com—Lucas talks Star Wars
Salon.com—On the heels of the success of Code Red, Pepsi will market a blue cola this summer
Fox News—Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew dies at age 28 in Lexington
ABCnews.com—Second space tourist is denied the right to purchase the craft he travelled in, but is allowed to keep his flight suit
MSNBC—Will Ferrell announces that he is leaving SNL. Well, crap.
Reuters—Attack of the Clones advance tickets selling well |
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5.9.02
Salon.com—Microsoft says that proposed sanctions against it will allow hackers to run wild (like they don't already). This is after previously claiming that the sanctions would cost them money and reduce their incentive to upgrade their products (which, if they weren't a monopoly, would mean that they would go out of business).
CNN.com—California school refuses to allow students to attend graduation ceremonies unless they can prove that they are going to college, a trade school, or the military after graduating
New Scientist—Airbus will build spy cameras into its next generation of aircraft to allow the crew to monitor all passengers at all times
Fox News—Some colleges (including the University of Iowa, Ms. Tori) have a hard time getting their students to graduate in four years
Reuters—Spider-Man may set record for continuity errors
Atlanta Journal-Constitution—Segway tester in Atlanta falls from one of the machines and injures his knee |
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5.10.02
Wired News—Macromedia sponsors the first major corporate weblog in order to promote their newest version of Flash
New Scientist—Having a son shortens a woman's life, while having a daughter prolongs it
Fox News—Dan Quayle, who once criticized fictional parent Murphy Brown, says Ozzy is a good father
CNN.com—Next Harry Potter book probably won't be ready until next year
ABCnews.com—New GPS tracking system for dangerous parolees keeps exact tabs on ex-cons 24 hours a day, but it helps if law enforcement officials monitor it
C|NET—States in Microsoft antitrust case abandon plans to demo a stripped down version of Windows at the last minute |
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5.13.02
CNN.com—Dionne Warwick arrested for possession of pot. So that's where Whitney gets it from...
Reuters—Cats finally closes in London
USA Today—Another large chunk of ice breaks free from Antarctica
ZDNet—eBay is considering adding pop-up ads to its site
ABCnews.com—TeleZapper really can get rid of telemarketers
MSNBC—New device claims to translate your dog's barks |
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5.14.02
Wired News—An overview of the sometimes complicated relationships between the two generations of Star Wars characters
USA Today—Lion bites arm off keeper at Tampa zoo
CNN.com—On the heels of a reputed $20 million for two more seasons on MTV, the Osbournes land a $3 million book deal
New Scientist—Copy-protected music CDs can cause a Mac to crash hard
Fox News—A rental truck driven by three Israeli nationalists is found to have traces of TNT and plastic explosives inside
BBC News—NASA is scouring the internet in search of old computer components that are needed to keep the space shuttles up and running |
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5.15.02
ABCnews.com—Ozzy to perform for the queen
Fox News—Teens find thousands of dollars in the walls of an abandoned house
Wired News—Napster is in its death throes
CNN.com—GOP will use 9.11 photo of Bush to raise campaign funds
USA Today—Sony will cut PS2 to $199
C|NET—Amazon's new strategy may take sellers away from eBay |
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5.16.02
Salon.com—<sigh> We knew it had to happen sooner or later. Baseball is facing another impasse, which could lead to a strike or lockouts
CNN.com—Teen could serve time for spitball
USA Today—The day after Sony cuts the PS2 to $199, Microsoft follows suit with the Xbox, a console they were already losing tons of money on. Isn't this what the tobacco companies used to do that spawned the first antitrust legislation?
ABCnews.com—Some legal experts think animals should be able to file suit in a court of law. Seriously.
ZDNet—Teenager facing charges in IM harassment case
Fox News—The Big Game expands and changes its name to Mega Millions (I feel compelled to point out the redundancy) |
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5.20.02
Wired News—Napster is back in business after accepting a buyout from Bertelsmann
USA Today—Clones doesn't break Spidey's recently set record (largely due to Spiderman opening on significantly more screens), but Episode II has a fine opening weekend nonetheless
New Scientist—Sony's latest copy protection scheme can still be defeated using a magic marker or tape
MSNBC—N'Sync member hoping to be next space tourist has surgery in order to pass his medical exam
Fox News—Relatives of illegal aliens trying to cross the border from Mexico are suing the US for not putting water stations along well-known routes used by illegal aliens. What? You mean, they were doing something illegal, and we have to assume the risk for it?
ABCnews.com—British grocery stores to begin stocking purple carrots |
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5.21.02
CNN.com—Stephen Jay Gould succumbs to cancer
BBC News—China says it plans to have a base on the moon by 2010 in order to start mining its resources
USA Today—Following recent price cuts by Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo reduces the GameCube to $150
MSNBC—Scientist develops featherless chicken that should survive more easily in hot weather and which will reduce processing time and resources
Reuters—Four Britons will live in a Harrod's department store window for a week
ABCnews.com—Senator from Montana pushes anti-spam legislation |
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5.22.02
Salon.com—The Justice Department will file suit against three Florida counties, for voting rights violations in the 2000 election
CNN.com—On the heels of more vague warnings from Bush, Rumsfeld, Fleischer, and Cheney, the FBI says the NYC landmarks may be a target. Well, duh. What tipped it off? The fact that they've already made it a target?
New Scientist—UK panel says that obtaining someone's DNA illicitly should be considered a crime
MSNBC—Australian scientists engineer wheat that doesn't have to be milled
ZDNet—Sony claims victory in the escalating game console wars
ABCnews.com—Egyptian authorities use the web to identify gay men and free speech advocates |
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5.28.02
ZDNet—7-11 wants to put ecommerce kiosks in all of its stores, enabling customers to use cash to purchase goods online
Wired News—Japanese engineers believe the computer models used to design a new supersonic jet are so accurate that they will skip wind tunnel testing entirely and go straight to test flights of the prototype
CNN.com—Hawking wants to stop publication of a book of his lectures
Fox News—Man killed by kick from passenger on a roller coaster
MSNBC—Scientists debate whether the moon should be used for industrial purposes or set aside for research only
New Scientist—Nearby star could go supernova and wipe out life on Earth |
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5.29.02
New Scientist—Woo hoo! Study shows that quick naps at work may help boost performance.
Salon.com—Memorial Day weekend may have been the biggest ever for Hollywood
CNN.com—NBC planning the Rerun Show, which will use old sitcom scripts being performed by new actors
MSNBC—id Software poised for another revolution with Doom III
Fox News—Russia joins NATO
BBC News—Warner Brothers is set to roll out an online gaming world based on the Matrix |
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5.30.02
Fox News—11 year old girl gives birth to a baby conceived with a 75 year old man
Salon.com—Original Nancy Drew author dies
New Scientist—Hi-tech British bank notes lose serial numbers due to faulty printing process
Reuters—Insulin shots do not help prevent juvenile diabetes
CNN.com—New Osbournes-style show on E! will feature Anna Nicole Smith
BBC News—London's Millenium Dome to be turned into entertainment complex |
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5.31.02
Wired News—Is a new anti-cloning bill also an attempt to make abortions illegal?
CNN.com—US forces using the internet to help them in the ground war in Afghanistan
USA Today—Digital cameras are finally priced within the reach of the ordinary consumer
C|NET—Tivo viewers in Britain had a new comedy pushed to their machines even though they didn't ask for it
Fox News—A 23 is a passing grade in Palm Beach County
ABCnews.com—Police in suburban Maryland use mapping software to help nab crooks |
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