04/11/02

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I may switch from Blogger
Marc Andreesen lectured the NAB
I'm not sure who Matthew
What is causing the water
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories has
Selwyn Wright, an engineer at
On 11/12, New Line will
The Washington Post questions when
Senator Fritz Holling's ill-conceived bill
A Slashdot reader points out
BBC news Anthrax conspiracy theory:
Did you know that chewing
Gov. Ridge Announces Homeland Security
I interrupt your regular programming
A Reuters story, via Yahoo,
Apparently, the universe not turquoise,
Take a gander at Bruce
In the left hand column,
Remember the Active Denial System,
Microsoft Pushes Windows for Automobiles.
An interesting article about Augmented
The Doomsday Clock has moved
It seems the Bush administration
Boycott-RIAA.com. What a wonderful idea.
Wisconsin may ban disabling spycams
According to the Washington Post,
Coming soon: gunships with lasers.
The Associated Press reports that
Just as The Times reports
Wired News reports that the
Act now and you too
It seems a cow has
A first for New Scientist:
Brazil to Scare Smokers with
Salon reports that media coverage
Toilet Paper. Custom printed.
I hadn't realized that Minority
World Cup hooligans face police
Scientific American has an excellent
Warehouse 23 Basement. Try opening
Army Lost Track of Anthrax
‘Sucks’ sites to be doled
Cow Used in Man-Made Spider
Enron Code of Ethics book,
Europe GPS Plan ShelvedExasperated European
Having noticed a previous post
A powered exoskeleton could transform
Anti-Terror Campaign Cloaking Human Rights
This is one of the
On the lunch menu at
It's a surprisingly chilly day
Who Killed Clinton's Dog? What did Buddy
Report: Poverty, Disease Worsening. Curiously,
According to Popular Mechanics, Electromagnetic
The One Ring, only $295
Wayne Klick has posted a
What's Wrong With This Picture?For
Is CD copy-protection illegal? Record
Face recognition technology a proven
Lord of the Rings: What
Rise of Net 'Borders' Prompts
Spam Restrictions Upheld The California
Thermal camera captures guilty faces
Legless Man Wanted in Pants
The Exploding Whale This story,
Why Goldfish Might Turn BlueSay
Applied Digital Solutions Introduces Verichip,
A note I just received
I'm pleased to report that
Coming Soon: Hollywood Versus the
Saddam's New Novel Gets Rave
At a UN meeting, Pascal
I'm off to see The
SOS: Students for an Orwellian
Coincidence Design has to be
Universal to release copy-protected CD
Ex-postal worker says he's guilty
Wind may explain mystery anthrax
Wounded Army Captain Details Offensive
Axed Intel Man Loses E-Mail
Patent Ruling Aids Seed Biotech
Bush and turkey caption competitionThis
Woman Hunting 'Fargo' Movie Loot
Russia, Oil, and Conspiracy TheoriesDown,
Cooking Oil, Chicken to Power
The Real Story of Flight
Cyber-Security Chief Petitions Execs The
Mail irradiating device born in
An Inventor Unveils His Mysterious
By way of Narsissy, comes
Conductors Pose First Challenge to
After following the Shriekback link
Scientists warn of 'super athletes'
Underground Sea in Jupiter Moon?Recent
Gagpipe BETA: Headline satire from
Twin gene idea could wipe
Copyright Law Foes Lose BigIf
Rivals Mobilize Alternatives to U.S.
Keeping a Who's-Naughty ListLondon police
Lung Cancer to Change Its
Unwiring the WebIt’s an increasingly
The Little Engine That Could
Sources: Microsoft Nears Private Antitrust
They Rule: Either creepy or
Taliban nuclear documents mirror spoof
SafeWeb is no more. Resistance
Topps Enduring Freedom Collectible Cards
A Flavor Explosion The Pentagon
IP Conference: Copyright Law Has
Terror 'Mules': Bombs in BodiesEven
The Polygraph Test Meets Its
Firm Marketing Parachute for Office
Illinois School Uses Lie Detectors
Judge: Yahoo! Not Subject to
Antibiotic chemicals found in sweat
Victory for DVD Code Cracking
Whatever happened to fair use?
Farewell Tuvalu The world has
'Fellowship' One Flight Closer Over
Microwave beam weapon to disperse
Army to Fund Video Games
Safeguards Punish Consumers, Not Pirates
Technological advances are liberating news
Pentagon Probes New Afghan Bombing
FBI considers torture as suspects
Germ Banks Sell, Swap Anthrax
U.S. Arms Unmanned Aircraft The
How vulnerable are the Saudi
Phone lie detectors to test
Law Professor Sparks a New
Convergence indeed: Picking cotton for
It was only a matter
RIAA Wants to Hack Your
Falwell-Robertson-Bin Laden Quiz Jerry Falwell,
Outcry Over Pinky And Yellowy
Freedoms Curtailed In Defense Of
As seen on Slashdot.org, the
Everyone should have a roll
Jedi Knights achieve official recognition
Ad Firm to Suspend Images
NASA's new frontier: Selling space
SlugBot: Enemy of Slugs In
New Code Tracks Genes, Not
Brain-scans can defeat terrorism, InfoSeek
The 09/27/01 entry at Web
Ancient Secret System Moves Money
Fusion power 'within reach' "There
Spotted on Slashdot: A Miniaturized
Authors Ask Editors to Treat
Cell Phone Gun Beneath the
Copy-control Senator sleeps while fair-use
Patent Blunder: Terrorists' recipe for
If This Is Patriotism, Keep
Bush Seeks to Coax Americans
Hackers face life imprisonment under
Atom Experiment Brings Teleportation a
Beware Scientologists Claiming To Be
Fellowship of The Ring: A
Massive search reveals no secret
Real-Life Cyborg Challenges Reality With
Stupidest Headline of the Day:
Nanotech future for soldiers The
Business jets pose a little-regulated
Who did it? Foreign Report
Yahoo! News hackedIn a development
Airports Seize Tweezers, Scissors by
Surgeons Here, Patient There Surgeons
Paradise Gained, Paradise Re-lost
Hedgers or terrorists behind pre-attack
Wired News is running an
Did bin Laden Kill Afghan
A cure for optimism: The
From what I can tell,
Phil Agre, an associate professor
On Doomed Flight, Passengers Vowed
Novel Auction Offers Chance to
The Counterterrorist Myth A former
Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
The Day I Didn't Die
Anti-Attack Feds Push Carnivore Federal
World Trade Center Towers Collapse
An essay by Phil Agre:
New Copyright Bill Heading to
Leader of the Free World:
Microsoft's new twist in error
Software Free-for-All Microsoft Corp. has
‘Green weapons’ for future battles
'Just Say No to H20'
Words From Our Sponsor: A
Hawking's plan to offset computer
Social Security Paid $31M to
Stocks Sink, Dow Under 10,000
Lobbyists Tied to Microsoft Wrote
Denial and the Ravaging of
New Method of Stealth Computing
Taming the Web "Information wants
Governments push open-source software Governments
Court ruling 'threatens free internet'
Brain Cells, Silicon Chips Are
Clever dicks try to end
Borders Books kills face-scanning plan
Family Ties and Antitrust Whys
Big Borders bookshop is watching
Updates may be sporadic, or
Risking All to Expose the
E-books solving a problem consumers
Reporters Scowl at Face Scanners
US man to amputate legs
iRobot CorporationMy Real Baby is
The Next Battlefield May Be
The parasite economy There's a
Email Address Encoder This form
Cocktail stick could detect date
FDA OKs ingestible camera pill
The Legal Implications of Nanotechnology
Anti-rip CD system bypassed Macrovision's
Jail Time in the Digital
Software Is Called Capable of
Scientists Claim Evidence of Life
( blogdex )blogdex is a
Organized Crime Case Raises Privacy
A five-star review of Reflecting
New Singapore Software Can Beef
Artists share worldwide images of
Taming the Wild, Wild Web
File-trading pressure mounts on ISPs
The Hacking Truths WebsiteTutorials for
Dirty Money Most US dollar
Printable battery rolls off the
Smart cameras will spot the
'Survivor' Pig Killing Prompts New
Boycott Adobe campaign launches Protestors,
The Ultimate Driving Machine? One
T-shirt fills vitamin gap A
Note on Frankentoons While Joel's
A spy satellite’s rise ...
Philip Morris Report Attacked Anti-smoking
Twelve-Minute Book Delivery Shortly before
Floridians Mock Cop Cams Wearing
Northern Irish, Serbs, Hutus Granted
Hydrogen-Powered BMWBMW officials traveled to
Beijing Is Selected as 2008
HotWired ArchiveBack in the days
International Space Station 'Sucks' Says
Ex-Hippie Icon Cuts Throat to
Stool-Sampling CyberjohnUK toilet manufacturer Twyford
L.A. County Targets Satellites in
Debt to Society: Mother Jones'
Theseus and the Minotaur: A
Legal Secretary Wins Bad Writing
In the midst of this
The PerfectBook Machine: "What brought
Britain Plans World's Biggest Gene
Scientists reveal breakthrough in nanotech
Eyesight of the future is
Controversial clown allowed in parade:
McDonald's Sued for Maggot-Infested Cheeseburger:
Tampa uses cameras to scan
Scientist Says Mind Continues After
3G phones to become ultimate
Designer cat controversy: "Allergy-proof cats
Data-entry error blamed for cancer
House leader: Red-light cameras threat
Triangle Boy 1.0.1 Now Available:
Student Sues Professor Over Class
High-tech thieves plant money ‘bugs’:
High Court Rules For Free-Lancers:
Birth of a Thinking Machine
Car spy pushes privacy limit:
Satellites help feds win false
Nowhere left to hide: "Getting
Pirates Flourish on Asian Seas:
Scientist finds fungus that eats
MSNBC doctors anti-MS WSJ story:
Japan corners the market on
O'Neill's "Political Dynamite" Fails to
A cartoon from Harper's Weekly:
Sony workers were faux fans
Birds are imitating cell phones:
The Great CEO Pay Heist:
What are SLAPPs?: :SLAPPs --
An illegal prime number
The Supreme Court has ruled
The Heavens at War: "Once,
Clicks for free: "Whether it's
Study: Bad Diets May Breed
New Windows XP Feature Can
News: Technology and the corruption
Disney Workers Get Clean Underwear:
My own private space station:
The Internet’s legal conundrum: "The
Code-Breakers Go to Court: "After
Trojan lets cyber-cops plant bogus
Battered Computers: An Epidemic: "One
Lankhmar - The Fritz Leiber
The Reviewer Who Wasn’t There:
India to levitate flying car:
Portable Privacy: "A mobile phone
Computers Will Save Us: The
They Price Laundered Money: "Two
New video game recreates hysteria
Army concept truck designed with
The Attacks on GRC.COM: "When
Advertisers Hope Eau De Urine
elle est disparue: "KayCee was
Researchers Develop Liquid Nicotine: "Smokers
When You Ride Alone You
Ask-a-Baz: Another Shriekback/Barry Andrews interview.
Creem Interview with Shriekback: "The
Herr der Ringe: A new
'Wind Done Gone' Injunction Lifted:
Net pirates nab TV episodes
Polymer Chemical Kills Germs: "A
Nowhere to Hide, Video Eyes
Pimps and Dragons: A well-written
The Beijing Hack Attack: "'Human
Pizza Hut Celebrates Successful Delivery
Retrofuture Today: A collection of
Afghan Hindus Told To Wear
PeopleCards.Net: "The Official People Trading
Time twister: "Ronald Mallett thinks
McVeigh death T-shirts for sale
Death of Web 'inevitable': "The
Authors: Perish Before iPublish: "In
Cyber Law Journal: Hacker Gadfly
DVD Demystified: More than you
Suck it and climb: "Anyone
Night and Day, Computers Collect
Parrot Calls Out Police in
The Futility of Digital Copy
The DNA Bomb: "This is
The DNA Bomb: "This is
TV Makers Take a Side
New Light-Based Computer Runs At
Worldwide Copyrights a Quagmire?: "Richard
More on the Moller SkyCar:
The No-Book Report: Skim It
New Economy: Behind Bars, a
Deaf-Mute Arrested in Phone Fraud
Measuring Evil: It's a Science:
Richard Stallman Interview: A transcript
MPAA v. 2600: Transcript of
Insurance Plans for Humanity's Survival:
Safety Official: Too Soon to
Researchers Find Brain Area That
Privacy Laws No Match for
The Rise of Steganography: "The
capsule pipelines: A site devoted
Warp Drive Underwater: "Of late,
Denmark plans to legalize music
SFLan - - Your megabit
Genetically altered babies born: "Scientists
Hackers to release anti-censorship tool:
EBay Bans Nazi Artifacts, Material:
Will manufacturing be Napsterized?: "Advances
Enemies of the Press 2001:
Mann sues electric company for
Wanted: Loveable hero for copyright
The Toughest Decision: Assisted Computing
Buy a Shot, Wave to
P O X: Spotted on
Home alone: "Most stars may
DVD Piracy Judges Resolute: "A
MS May Have File-Trading Answer:
Web Piracy-Crackdown Spawns Stealth Platforms:
Computing at the Speed of
My Mother the Flying Car:
Behind BlueEyes: "Engineers at IBM's
Job Opening: Super Hero: Fairly
Gonzo Marketing - Introduction: Christopher
Nifty animation: Spotted on kottke.org.
IBM scientists develop carbon nanotube
Is the RIAA running scared?:
Hawking Mucus On the Net:
PSEUDOdictionary: A nicely designed and
Owning the Future: PB&J Patent
Buzz at Bangkok's First Oxygen
Court Allows Arrest for Minor
Lucas Shoots for 'Stars' With
Global Hawk arrives in Australia
Cyber Toilet Seizes Patron: "A
The New, New Nanostuff: "There's
Toads, Cattle And Kites Baffle
Handhelds: Tagger's Best Friend?: "Think
Sean In The Middle: "Last
No More Exploding Cows in
Breeding Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria: "Farmers
Bush Regales Dinner Guests With
HeroMachine: Design your own superhero
Department Of Education One: "Developed
The Robot With the Mind
Is the FCC Quelling Free
Harlan Ellison's Paladin of the
Clear Paper Trail Leads To
1-800-888-3999: This phone number connects
Dr. Scott's Flesh Brush Directions:
The Vance Integral Edition: "Jack
No Top Guns Need Apply:
Mickey Mouse is the devil:
Punk Rocker Joey Ramone Dead
ProjectCensored.org: A list of "the
Orwell Would Revel in 'Collateral
International Treaty on Cybercrime Poses
Napster Alternatives: LimeWire, BearShare, iMesh,
The REAL-LIFE Worst-Case Scenario Survival
What IT Is: The Evidence
Pre-Historic Dentists May Have Repaired
Robotic insect takes to the
Europe Adopts Restrictive Copyright Regime:
Ian Clarke's Strange Journey From
Chemical mop: "Half of all
How Hollywood portrays hackers: "Movie
Cannibalism is symptom of Moldova's
Clowns Told to Get Custard
Easy writer: "Bob Brennan, a
How to Dance Properly: Sort
Some Camera to Watch Over
DOJ: Cypherpunk Threatened Feds: "A
Bring Out Your Dead: "The
Blowing in the wind: "A
No Coins? In Australia You
All Your Brand Are Belong
Anti-piracy plans for hardware fail:
Polygraph Tests Don't Work: "Polygraph
Chinese Feds demand computer virus
Department of Personal Freedom: Shey.Net
Law Newsletter Has to Sneak
Cloned Cows Dropping Like Flies:
New Economy: Musicians Press Point
Billboard Liberation Front eVinces e-Vision:
Java Toaster prints weather forecast
Movie Industry Frowns on Professor's
Ultima Online: Via Lum the
Dutch police fight cell theft
Microsoft storm warning: "The HailStorm
The Federalist Society: "The Conservative
Napster-Proof CDs: The Music Industry's
Bush Rejects EC Privacy Proposal:
Scientist: Two Gunmen Involved in
San Francisco's Free Computer Networks:
All your base are belong
Hardwiring copyrights: "'If they succeed
3Q: "First a virtual clone
Business lessons learned from 'The
Cell phone jammers defy law:
mycereal.com: Via Silent Tristero... "Welcome
Terms of Service by Rita
Sex-Starved Moose Defecates on Car:
A Thorn in Hollywood's Side:
Bushonics speakers strike back: "We're
Space, the Final Frontier...Of Trash?:
Technology Review - Interactive Gaming
Big Media v. Freelancers: The
Taliban Atone for Delay in
Record Industry Plays Both Sides:
Moller International: Home of the
Welcome to the World Wide
The Human Body Shop: "What
This Trap Mimics Humans to
Prepaid Phones and Privacy, Too:
Syringe Wielding Muggers Terrorize City:
How Cyberpunk lit influenced technology:
Stumping for Fair Use: "'The
Shepherd Shot Dead, Sheep Blamed:
Hundreds Volunteer for Clones, Scientists
The open PC is dead
Shedding more light on Kamen’s
Descramble That DVD in 7
Copyright fight might narrow TV,
Mutant Bacteria Next Threat From
Australia Outlaws Email Forwarding: Now
Breaking It Open, Making It
CIA, CUL8R: Inside the CIA's
Courtney Love Seeks to Rock
Pentagon Unveils Plans for a
Computer 'can talk like a
Taliban Begins Smashing All Afghan
Drunk Finds Cigarettes And Gasoline
Air Force Times: This week's
ReplayTV vs. TiVo/How One Little
Gene therapy 'prevents cancer': "A
Triangle Boy: Get it and
China's New 'Purifying' Software: "'The
Personalized Action Figures: Or so
Stalker chic: "If fashion is
ID, Registration and DNA, Please:
A robotic fish powered by
Astronomers Find Life Ingredients: Apparently,
Global music industry to ID
White House Sides With Studios
Is online journalism on the
Turn-off: "Motorola has devised a
The Party Line: A distressing
al-gore-2004.org: "Restore Gore in 2004
Doggone Mad for Their Aibos:
The Ultimate Rush: Sydney to
Harry Potter Web fans organize
Pirate Utopia: Of steganography, Napster,
Justices Look at Heat-Seeker's Ability
Lighter fuel: "A revolutionary new
The official U.S. time -
Cellular Jammer Devices: I wish
The Key Vanishes: Scientist Outlines
Thermal Imaging Search in Court:
Open Source 'stifles' innovation: So
Copyright or Copy Wrong?: I
MS Fantasy World Gets Real
Western Planes Attack Targets in
Rationale & Rhyme & Reason:
JSG Boggs Studio Page: The
Breaking the engine barrier: Way
Self-Healing Material Developed: Nifty, but
'Napster' Networks Have No Peers:
'Carnivore' Internet wiretap gets new
Freenet: Following the recent Napster
Cyberspace Taking the 'Sneak' Out
Digital rights management's hidden dangers:
You Can't Hide Your Lying
Soul Sale Pulled from eBay:
Insurance firm admits using genetic
E-Books Barely a Blip on
China Goes One-on-One With the
Doctor Stumbles Onto Orgasm Machine:
Pat Schroeder's New Chapter: "Publishers
In Defense of Copyleft: Some
Brain scans spot 'happy thoughts':
DirecTV hacks its hackers: An
The Unabomber's Media Pen Pals:
CNNdn -- news from the
Planet Earth on the move:
Bug-sized robots could be next
Criminal Faces in the Crowd
Penguins wobble but they don't
Yahoo Launches Paid Placements: It
mors.ante.servitium: Death Before Employment. An
Kafkaesque? Big Brother? Finding the
Bid to personalize sneakers has
Secret Cameras Scanned Crowd at
CNNdn - the financial crash
Could the Scientists Be Wrong
Yahoo! News - Most-viewed content:
Code and Law: An Interview
More about Ginger than you
ProjectCensored.org: Stories all but ignored
Space Is Playing Field For
Senator introduces strong e-privacy bill:
Gene-altered smart mice may be
Big Cheeses Fear Net's Power:
Kurzweil vs. Dertouzos: Astute musings
The Army Is Watching Your
The Pessimist's Mug: I may
Time for real intelligence?: Teach
Bear Fight Ad: Shades of
Laser Sends Powerful Message: "Authorities
DeCSS Allies Ganging Up: The
Google Link Is Bush League:
Christiane Amanpour: Why Do I
Web war rages over DVD-cracking
I received the following email
Indie Films You Can Buy
DirectTV Can Shut You Down:
DeSDMI: French hackers break SDMI...and
SamSpade.org: Anti-spam tools.
What's Wrong With Content Protection:
Letter 'W' missing from White
Mechanical taster passes cheese test:
Privacy Battle Brews in England:
Are movies about to meet
Excalibur: A site devoted to
I'm a cyborg and I
Big Blue touts new Napster-proof
Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare
Free-Speech Advocates Fight Filtering Software
Double-Hand Transplant Patient Applauds Operation:
Ghetto Scooter: Could this be
EPIC Bill Track - 107th
Scientists Bring Light to Full
ORSC Registries, Registrars and TLDs:
Plastic: Look out Honey: Newly
Toy Santa Wins Stock-Picking Contest:
Bank Robber Nabbed by Eye
Fight Rages Over Digital Rights:
'Ginger': Kamen's Stirling Idea: Too
Powered Exoskeletons: "The US military
End of Anonymity Without Liability?
The Feds'll Come A-Snoopin': Guidelines
The Lord of the Rings:
Not the End of Freedom:
Mystery 'Ginger' May Be Motorized
Ginger: The Wheel Thing?: The
Inventive Genius Dean Kamen Profiled:
Dean Kamen speaks...: Inside reports
Mystery Invention 'Ginger' Has Tech
Bird-plane collisions on the rise:
Mysterious 'IT' will be subject
The Insurance Industry/FBI Connection: Fee-for-service
Call for Safeguards After Chance
Microsoft to provide wireless Internet
Forbes.com: Disaster Of The Day:
Proposal to limit copyright on
What Is 'IT'? Book Proposal
Toysmart Settles: Database Killed: Good.
'Dracula Ants' May Be Key
Apple Sets March Release for
Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue
Our crystal ball: Salon's tongue-in-cheek
Drug Use in Animals Seen
U.S. Firms Abstain From EU
Experts See Online Speech Case
Patent Office to Issue New
Major Linux Upgrade Issued with
All Digital TVs To Include
U.S. Agency Seeks Approval to
Blind man passes test to
On The Internet, Patents Have
Attention, Masters of the Media
The Nanomicrophone: Though many years
Anonymous monolith brings a landmark
The End of Freedom: "Hastening
Pamela Samuelson: Cyber-rights guardian: One
Clothes that do the thinking:
Sacrificial sheep shoves Egyptian to
Big Brother knocked in 2000:
Deep Blue Monk: Computerized jazz
Man Breaks Into Kenya-Bound British
Free Links, Only $50 Apiece:
New technology to help squelch
'Traffic': Teeming Mural of a
Fast food: A curious tale
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