Slashdot | Google's Gmail To Offer 1GB E-mail Storage?

Slashdot | Google's Gmail To Offer 1GB E-mail Storage?: "'Wow, according to the New York Times (free reg. req.), looks like Google is really trying to push the envelope by offering 1 GB free storage for e-mail users via a service called Gmail, still in the testing phase, so that users never need to change their e-mail address. In addition, they want to offer their searching capabilities so that users can search through their entire set of e-mail, I guess forever. CNET News also has more details.' Update: 04/01 02:38 GMT by S: The Google site now has an official press release, naturally dated April 1st."

Slashdot | Recording Industry's Unexpected Benefit from P2P

Slashdot | Recording Industry's Unexpected Benefit from P2P: "'Yahoo / AP is reporting that the record industry is using the files traded on Kazza et al. to track where music is popular. It turns out that they even pay for this information. 'It's the most vast and scalable sample audience that the world has ever seen'' Now if they could only use this data to somehow put out better music..."

Slashdot | Pew Study Says RIAA Tactics Are Working

Slashdot | Pew Study Says RIAA Tactics Are Working: "'The Pew Internet & American Life Project has posted a new data study that purports to show that the RIAA lawsuit strategy has successfully reduced P2P filesharing. While the presentation of the data is weak (poor graphics and weak statistics), the report does suggest that there has been a change in the usage of P2P tools.'"

Slashdot | File Sharing Increases CD Sales

Slashdot | File Sharing Increases CD Sales: "'ARIA have released figures that show for 2003, album sales have reached an all time high. In fact, according to Peter Martin, who recently went on Australian radio, before file sharing and CD burning they were selling 10 million less. Total unit sales were also at an all time high at 65.6 million. CD single sales declined 1.9 million over the year, but as Peter said file downloading is doing a better job. Should help Kazaa's legal problems.'"

Oops! They're swapping again | CNET News.com

Oops! They're swapping again | CNET News.com: "The NPD Group, an independent market research firm, reported on Friday that peer-to-peer usage was up 14 percent in November 2003 from September. This upturn comes after six straight months of declines in digital file sharing. Usage dropped dramatically starting in April 2003, when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) began its well-publicized campaign of threatening individual file sharers with legal action."

EFF: IAAL: What Peer-to-Peer Developers Need to Know about Copyright Law

EFF: IAAL: What Peer-to-Peer Developers Need to Know about Copyright Law: Fred von Lohmann gives a godd run down of the major points!!!

P2P's little secret | CNET News.com

P2P's little secret | CNET News.com: "RIAA's threats of litigation have had no effect, said Wayne Rosso, president of peer-to-peer company Grokster. 'As far as I can see, nobody really cares,' Rosso said. 'Our downloads are up, traffic is holding steady. Come on, users know they can't sue 60 million of them. Who are they kidding?'"

New study rubbishes claims that net piracy is hitting CD sales - NME.COM

New study rubbishes claims that net piracy is hitting CD sales - NME.COM: "'If this worst-case scenario were true, file sharing would have reduced CD sales by two million copies in 2002. To provide a point of reference, CD sales actually declined by 139 million copies from 2000 to 2002,' claimed the authors. They even found that downloads can help to sell the most popular CDs - for the top 25% best-selling albums, 150 downloads increased sales by one copy. Professor Strumpf added that the American music industry's campaign of legal action against file-sharers which began last September, is likely to prove ineffective."

Wired News: Maybe the Music's Just Lousy?

Wired News: Maybe the Music's Just Lousy?: "'We find that file sharing has only had a limited effect on record sales,' Felix Oberholzer-Gee of Harvard Business School and Koleman Strumpf of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill said in their report. 'The economic effect is also small. Even in the most pessimistic specification, five thousand downloads are needed to displace a single album sale.'"

Wired News: Seeing-Eye Computer Guides Blind

Wired News: Seeing-Eye Computer Guides Blind: "Helen Keller once said that what a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self. Researchers are developing a system that aims to provide something close -- a computerized 'seeing' assistant that will help blind people read books, access Web pages, recognize faces and navigate unfamiliar rooms."

The Social Software Weblog - socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com

The Social Software Weblog - socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com: blogging about social networks!!!

FunHi | Meet Stars, Represent', Get Noticed | 100% Hater Proof | Home

FunHi | Meet Stars, Represent', Get Noticed | 100% Hater Proof | Home: yeah ok. not sure. but i am gona investigate when time allows.

Wired News: Designing Drugs to Swat Addiction

Wired News: Designing Drugs to Swat Addiction: "Drug addicts want one thing: more drugs. And a new way to approach addiction calls for just that."

here comes the speed vacine!!!

Slashdot | Making A Better Browser History

Slashdot | Making A Better Browser History: "Students at the University of Illinois have released TrailBlazer, a new user interface to represent your web browsing history. It lays out the pages you visit in a simple 2D map with thumbnails and summaries. The project took 2nd place at the university's annual Engineering Open House and a three minute video is available that demonstrates TrailBlazer for those who don't have Mac OS X Panther. TrailBlazer is implemented with Apple's WebKit on a bare bones browser, but this interface would probably be more useful if it were added to a real browser. This is a much better history than chronological lists of web page titles or crazy cubes floating around a 3D space. Hopefully Safari or /insert favorite web browser/ will do something similar in the future.'"

Slashdot | PeopleAggregator - An Open Source Social Network

Slashdot | PeopleAggregator - An Open Source Social Network: "'When Orkut, LinkedIn, Friendster, Zaibatsu and Tribe.net just don't cut it, meet PeopleAggregator, an open-source, PHP-written, FOAF-based social network. There's the site and there's the source in case you decide to launch your own. I found out about PeopleAggregator reading this interview with Mark Canter on Read/Write Web today.' I wish such sites would provide profile-conversion tools to encourage jumping ship from one to another."

Slashdot | How Will We Get Around Near-Future Earth?

Slashdot | How Will We Get Around Near-Future Earth?: "'The prospect of a revolution in air travel has been raised by Nasa's successful test of a 5,000mph plane. But are we likely to see similar advances in other forms of transport? Dusting off the crystal ball, what changes might come in the way we get around? What big ideas are out there, and do they have any chance of seeing the light of day?'"

paul, speak on it!!!

Koleman Strumpf's Home Page

Koleman Strumpf's The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis (with F. Oberholzer) : "A longstanding economic question is the appropriate level of protection for intellectual property. The Internet has drastically lowered the cost of copying information goods and provides a natural crucible to assess the implications of reduced protection. We consider the specific case of file sharing and its effect on the legal sales of music. A dataset containing 0.01% of the world's downloads is matched to U.S. sales data for a large number of albums. To establish causality, downloads are instrumented using technical features related to file sharing, such as network congestion or song length, as well as international school holidays. Downloads have an effect on sales which is statistically indistinguishable from zero, despite rather precise estimates. Moreover, these estimates are of moderate economic significance and are inconsistent with claims that file sharing is the primary reason for the recent decline in music sales."

Hollywoodreporter.com

RIAA attacks college study on file sharing: "A study from researchers at two elite universities attacking the notion that Internet file sharing is to be blamed for declining music sales has prompted the industry's trade association to issue a six-page response rebutting the study. The RIAA issued its lengthy statement late Tuesday in response to a study released Monday called 'The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis,' which was authored by researchers at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The Harvard-UNC study was immediately heralded by those who share music files over the Internet as proof that their behavior should not be criminalized, and many Web sites friendly to peer-to-peer networks posted highlights of the study."

CNN.com - Tidal waves may rock Saturn moon - Mar 31, 2004

CNN.com - Tidal waves may rock Saturn moon - Mar 31, 2004: "Saturn's moon Titan might be one of the most out-of-this world places to hang ten, according to new computer modeling that suggests wind could generate waves there that are seven times taller than on Earth." and they would move a lot slower too.

laird, time to get training!!!

MOSR Evening Update

MOSR - Wine & M$: "Just something that occurred to me the other day. Microsoft might not consider Apple supporting WINE a threat. In fact, they might encourage it. After all, they sell a lot of Windows programs other than Office that could be sold for Macs if Apple included an emulation layer."

BitPass - Micropayment system for online content and services

BitPass - Micropayment system for online content and services: "The easy way to buy and sell online content and services."

finally, cheap and easy micro payments that are actually reasonable! $.01-$5.00 is only 15%, no other fees!!!

IT Conversations

IT Conversations: "Audio and transcripts of interviews
and important events."

AKMA’s Random Thoughts: Let’s Start Something

AKMAs Random Thoughts: Lets Start Something: "Lets Start Something, Anyone feel like recording a chapter of Lawrence Lessig’s new book? The license pretty clearly indicates that, so long as we’re not making a commercial venture of it, we can make a recording of (“perform�) the text. There are a Preface, Introduction, fifteen chapters, a conclusion and an afterword. If you’re willing to contribute an MP3 recording of a chapter (ideally, hosting it on your own server — but I’ll bet we can gird up the Disseminary to host chapters for you, if you can host it yourself — drop us a comment and let us know which chapters you’ll take. Heck, we could have duelling chapters; which version of chapter 5 do you like, Accordion Guy’s or Jenny the Shifted Librarian’s? (Disclaimer: I just typed their names in there. They haven’t offered or anything. Yet.) (Another disclaimer: When I went to Jenny’s just now to get her link, I saw that she had the same idea — and we didn’t even talk about it Wednesday night!)"

Legal Theory Blog

Legal Theory Blog: "Legal Theory Blog comments and reports on recent scholarship in jurisprudence, law and philosophy, law and economic theory, and theoretical work in substantive areas, such as constitutional law, cyberlaw, procedure, criminal law, intellectual property, torts, contracts, etc."

easyJet.com - easyjet low cost airline, easy jet, flight, air fares, cheap flights

easyJet.com - easyjet low cost airline, easy jet, flight, air fares, cheap flights: "To provide our customers with safe, good value, point to point air services. To effect and to offer a consistent and reliable product and fares appealing to leisure and business markets on a range of European routes. To achieve this we will develop our people and establish lasting relationships with our suppliers."

Ryanair.Com - The Low Fares Airline - 50% cheaper than easyJet

Ryanair.Com - The Low Fares Airline - 50% cheaper than easyJet

bIPlog: About This Site

bIPlog: About This Site: "The bIPlog was produced by a class at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism that brought together students from journalism, law, computer science and information management and systems to create a Weblog on intellectual property issues."

Wired 11.10: BigChampagne is Watching You

Wired 11.10: BigChampagne is Watching You: "BigChampagne is Watching You In fact, they're tracking every download and selling the data to the music industry. How one company is turning file-sharing networks into the world's biggest focus group."

Franz Ferdinand say downloading is 'great' - NME.COM

Franz Ferdinand say downloading is 'great' - NME.COM: "FRANZ FERDINAND have come out in defence of people downloading music."

L.A. Observed: Kaplan on at Air America Radio Archives

Air America : bcast in LA on 1580 am.

The Globe and Mail

Civilian to conduct tests on trip to space station: "The next civilian to be rocketed into orbit at his own expense won't just be enjoying the ride. Gregory Olsen, an American scientist who made a fortune with optics inventions, plans to do some research during his $20-million (U.S.) trip to the International Space Station, set for April, 2005. Mr. Olsen, 58, says he plans to take along infrared sensors, which detect varying levels of heat, to analyze pollution in the Earth's atmosphere and the health of agricultural systems on the ground."

NeoOffice/J FAQ

NeoOffice/J FAQ: "NeoOffice/J is a mildly functional prototype office suite used for exploring the use of JavaTM technologies within OpenOffice.org. It is a free software distribution intended for Mac OS X developers. The goal of NeoOffice/J is to use Java to eliminate OpenOffice.org's dependency on X11."

Music sharing doesn't kill CD sales, study says | CNET News.com

Music sharing doesn't kill CD sales, study says | CNET News.com: "A study of file-sharing's effects on music sales says online music trading appears to have had little part in the recent slide in CD sales."

Morrissey among Lollapalooza acts: "Morrissey, Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth and String Cheese Incident are among the acts confirmed for the 2004 Lollapalooza tour. This year's event will mark the debut of a two-day format and a more diverse musical lineup. Tour founder Perry Farrell will also be involved as a DJ or host, although his band Jane's Addiction is not expected to be on the bill. Offers are also out to such acts as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Le Tigre and the Fire Theft. 'The only theme to the whole thing is eclectic music not driven by the commercial marketplace,' says Marc Geiger, the agent for Lollapalooza at the William Morris Agency, one of the founders of the festival."

Microsoft cuts Xbox price by $30 | CNET News.com

Microsoft cuts Xbox price by $30 | CNET News.com: "Microsoft's Xbox game console will be $30 cheaper starting Tuesday."

Slashdot | Australian Record Industry Has Best Year Ever

Slashdot | Australian Record Industry Has Best Year Ever: "'ARIA (Australian Record Industry Assoc.) had their best year ever, but are fudging the figures because they run counter to their anti-filesharing arguments.'"

Slashdot | Political Pop-ups, and Follow the Money

Slashdot | Political Pop-ups, and Follow the Money: "'Now we know why Bush wants broadband for everyone: The Republican National Committee plans on bringing the campaign to Internet pop-up ads. From the article: 'Internet experts said that Republicans have entered a new realm of campaigning. Pop-up and pop-under ads of any variety haven't been around long, and little data exist to suggest how voters might respond to uninvited interruptions.' Okay, folks -- get your pop-up blocking browsers now!' While you're waiting for your first pop-up, pop on over to a website that tracks campaign contributions: vVF4N writes 'Fundrace 2004 lets you enter any street address and see what people at or near that location have contributed to a presidential candidate, along with their addresses and occupations. The data is based on reports that campaigns regularly file with the Federal Election Commission. You can also look up a name and get the same information. The Washington Post (registration required) has more. Find out who your friends and neighbors are contributing to.'"

Slashdot | Buckyballs Kill Fish

Slashdot | Buckyballs Kill Fish: "'The Washington Post (free registration, not too invasive) has a disturbing article on a new study of the environmental dangers of nanotech. Buckyballs caused 'severe' brain damage in largemouth bass when added to their aquariums in concentrations of 0.5 ppm, a concentration level on par with common US pollutants. They also caused die-offs of Daphnia, waterfleas that are a crucial part of the ocean food chain. 'The new findings are somewhat surprising because many scientists had predicted that buckyballs would not linger in water but would quickly form clumps and sink.' The findings have yet to be peer-reviewed.'"

Slashdot | Google Updates Its Face

Slashdot | Google Updates Its Face: "'About 12:00 am Central Time, at least when I saw it, Google changed it's face. Before it was a simplistic search engine, with a minimal front page, and now has become even more so. Those pretty tabs we have become accustomed to are now gone, and in the search results, the 'summary' section at the top is now a faded blue bar (see here with a search returning ads). And the ads are a little more low key. Nice to know they are cutting back on their interface rather than adding spastically like Yahoo.' Other folks noted that they've added Froogle and Local Directory pages have now been given links on the front page. Which is good, since inclusion in the main page tends to mean ready for prime time."

wow the war is in full swing and i didn't even notice!!!

Google takes searching personally | CNET News.com

Google takes searching personally | CNET News.com: "As the search wars intensify, Google hopes that making a personal connection with its visitors will give it an edge. The company launched a test version of its personalized search engine Monday, part of its effort to tailor its search results to users' preferences. Google also plans to e-mail registered users of personalized search with the results of their querie"

Hollywoodreporter.com

Surf-music's Berry dies: "Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan & Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits 'Deadman's Curve' and 'The Little Old Lady From Pasadena,' has died. He was 62. Berry had a seizure and stopped breathing Friday at his home. He was pronounced dead that evening at a hospital, his wife Gertie Berry said. Berry, who would have turned 63 on Saturday, had been in poor health recently from the lingering effects of brain damage from a 1966 car crash."

:(

Wired News: Congress Moves to Criminalize P2P

Wired News: Congress Moves to Criminalize P2P: "Congress appears to be preparing assaults against peer-to-peer technology on multiple fronts. A draft bill recently circulated among members of the House judiciary committee would make it much easier for the Justice Department to pursue criminal prosecutions against file sharers by lowering the burden of proof. The bill, obtained Thursday by Wired News, also would seek penalties of fines and prison time of up to ten years for file sharing"

Blur hit out over court threat for illegal downloaders - NME.COM

Blur hit out over court threat for illegal downloaders - NME.COM: "BLUR have hit back at the BRITISH PHONOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY's (BPI) warnings to online song swappers that they may face court action if they continue to download music."

Slashdot | X-43A Hits Mach 7

Slashdot | X-43A Hits Mach 7: "'As previously reported, NASA tested the X-43A yesterday. The results are in, and the scramjet hit Mach 7, setting a new speed record. CNN is also reporting the story, with a note that a similar jet could be tested by the end of the year, hopefully reaching Mach 10.'"

Wired News: Probe Flotilla to Scour Planets

Wired News: Probe Flotilla to Scour Planets: "Mars may be getting all the attention right now, thanks to the two NASA rovers currently crawling its surface, but scientists believe they still have plenty to learn from the rest of the heavenly bodies whirling around our solar system."

Wired News: Soviets Burned By CIA Hackers?

Wired News: Soviets Burned By CIA Hackers?: "A new book detailing a plan to use a Trojan horse embedded in stolen software to wage economic war against the Soviet Union" just came out.

Dryden Flight Research Center - News Room: News Releases: NASA's X-43A Hypersonic Aircraft Ready For Flight

Dryden Flight Research Center: NASA's X-43A Hypersonic Aircraft Ready For Flight: "NASA has set Saturday, March 27, for the flight of its experimental X-43A hypersonic research aircraft. The unpiloted 12-foot-long vehicle, part aircraft and part spacecraft, will be dropped from the wing of a modified B-52 aircraft, boosted to nearly 100,000 feet altitude by a booster rocket and released over the Pacific Ocean to briefly fly under its own power at seven times the speed of sound, almost 5,000 mph.
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Hollywoodreporter.com

Studios shifting d-cinema stance, hint at subsidies: "Marking a significant industry breakthrough, the major studios officially acknowledged for the first time Wednesday a willingness to subsidize, at least in part, the transition to digital cinema through an independent financing entity yet to be created. Speaking to theater owners at ShoWest, Charles Goldwater, CEO of Digital Cinema Initiatives, the seven-studio coalition created to address the transition to digital, proposed the creation of a financing entity that would create a pool of capital for the entity to then administer as subsidies to theater owners. Theater owners in turn would use the subsidies to buy the equipment needed to outfit their theaters digitally. Although he did not specifically address who would provide the financing entity with the bulk of its capital, Goldwater offered the formula that 'the contribution toward the financing of digital cinema employment from the various industry participants, including distributors and exhibitors, should be relative and proportional to the potential benefits expected to be realized in digital cinema.'"

it takes a while but now they are starting to think in a manner that might actually allow them to win. pick up the pace my friends!!!

Slashdot | Fifty Years of Color Television

Slashdot | Fifty Years of Color Television: "'The Houston Chronicle notes that color TVs were first manufactured on March 25, 1954 at a price of $1000 (about $4000 in today's dollars). Some of the older folk here remember the excitement of your first neighbors acquiring one of these in the 1960s and as the TV series one-by-one switched to color. Ironically, for such a high tech nation, there hasn't been a major quality improvement in TV broadcast images for a half-century until the 2006 changeover to HDTV.'"

happy b-day to the new god. praised be the mighty tv!!!

Slashdot | Howard Rheingold on Using the Internet in Politics

Slashdot | Howard Rheingold on Using the Internet in Politics: "'The latest issue of BusinessWeek Magazine, dated March 29, 2004, contains a special report, 'Click The Vote,' which states that 'in the age of Internet politics, the Web can make or break a candidate.' The online version of this report includes an interview of Howard Rheingold, 'A Major Change in the Political Equation.' This overview contains selected excerpts about what is the essential impact of the Internet on politics today or what are the benefits to using the Internet in politics. Finally, if you want to discover the universe of Smart Mobs, be sure to visit regularly the Smart Mobs collective weblog.'"

Slashdot | Tivo Plans Commercials On Demand

Slashdot | Tivo Plans Commercials On Demand: "'News.com reports that Tivo will soon feature interactive ads that apparently link from ordinary television commercials. Viewers can activate the link and view extended, interactive content about the product being advertised. Tivo hopes to 'tune in' to a way to keep advertisers on their side since the idea of TV commercials being made obsolete because of PVRs has made them an enemy to marketing departments everywhere. Is anyone else reminded of the blipverts from the Max Headroom series?'"

nothing like blipverst, but like the reference. see the right hand side of this page for more information :)

Wired News: Comcast Buys TechTV

Wired News: Comcast Buys TechTV: "Tense TechTV employees, numb from months of speculation about their future, were told during an emotional all-hands meeting late Wednesday afternoon that Comcast is buying their company."

Wired News: Satellite Struggles to Find Niche

Wired News: Satellite Struggles to Find Niche: "The early days of satellite radio could hardly have been less auspicious. XM Satellite Radio planned to debut its service Sept. 12, 2001, but the nation ended up having other things on its mind that week. Once the service got up and running, subscribers slowly trickled in. Wall Street turned up its nose at XM and its late-to-the-party competitor Sirius Satellite Radio, and both began drowning in heaps of debt. Now, two and a half years later, the bust has turned to boom. Skeptical subscribers and investors have come around. Howard Stern is making noise about switching to satellite radio. And, most tellingly, broadcast radio is on the defensive."

Apple delays global launch of iPod mini | CNET News.com

Apple delays global launch of iPod mini | CNET News.com: "The number of orders--which included more than 100,000 preorders, according to Apple--was high enough to outstrip the availability of the 4GB drive from its manufacturer."

i was sure it would fail. guess you just should never listen to me!!!

The Globe and Mail

Mr. Smith Goes to College: "When the director of Jersey Girl does his popular Q&A sessions on college campuses, he gets asked why he cast Jennifer Lopez after seeing Gigli"

Jinx - Hacker Geek Nerd Gamer Computer T-Shirts TShirts T-Shirt TShirt Shirts Shirt Hats Sweatshirts Clothes Clothing Gaming Hacking

Jinx: good geer for the kids!!!

E Ink

E Ink: "Royal Philips Electronics, Sony Corporation and E Ink Corporation announced today the world's first consumer application of an electronic paper display module in Sony's new e-Book reader, LIBRIé, scheduled to go on sale in Japan in late April. This 'first ever' Philips' display utilizes E Ink's revolutionary electronic ink technology which offers a truly paper-like reading experience with contrast that is the same as newsprint."

KQED | Arts and Literature: Music and Sound: Noise Pop Mix Tape: Home

KQED | Arts and Literature: Music and Sound: Noise Pop Mix Tape: Home: "Noise Pop asks today's most innovative musicians to share the music that is on their stereos, mp3 players, and walkmans. Hear for yourself what these cutting-edge artists are listening to and find out how it affects the music they are making."

Wired News: Mars Rover's Day at the Beach

Wired News: Mars Rover's Day at the Beach: "At least one region of Mars was once immersed in a salty sea that might have supported life, said NASA officials on Tuesday."

Slashdot | EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million, Officially

Slashdot | EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million, Officially: "'As reported by CNN.com, the European Union has hit Microsoft with a record US$613 million fine after a five-year investigation, finding the company guilty of abusing the 'near-monopoly' of the Windows operating system. Microsoft has been given 90 days to make a European version of Windows available without a media player and 120 days to give programming codes to rivals in the server market to allow 'full interoperability' with desktops running Windows. Microsoft plans to appeal the decision.'"

RIAA Files 532 Music-Sharing Lawsuits

RIAA Files 532 Music-Sharing Lawsuits: "The recording industry on Wednesday sued 532 computer users it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet, the first lawsuits since a federal appeals court blocked the use of special copyright subpoenas to identify those being targeted."

BW Online | January 27, 2004 | Big Music's Worst Move Yet

BW Online | January 27, 2004 | Big Music's Worst Move Yet: "The RIAA's newest legal assault on file swappers is pushing them to encrypted networks, where the damage could become catastrophic"

E-Commerce News: Personal Tech: The Legal Strategy of the RIAA Without Subpoena Power

E-Commerce News: Personal Tech: The Legal Strategy of the RIAA Without Subpoena Power: "The music industry has been quite aggressive in pursuing alleged copyright infringers, filing several hundred lawsuits since September 2003, primarily against those whom it suspects of swapping 1,000 or more songs. The RIAA can ask for $150,000 in damages per copyright violation, but has been known to settle for $2,500 to $5,000 with individuals."

Slashdot | Record Industry Sues 532 More U.S. File-Sharers

Slashdot | Record Industry Sues 532 More U.S. File-Sharers: "'The RIAA today issued 532 new subpoenas for music file swapping, many of them college students using their campus networks. They will not say which ISPs or colleges were involved, but that the users were sharing 'substantial amounts' of music files. This brings the total number of subpoenas to 1,977. The RIAA has been averaging $3,000 per settlement so far.' Readers Digitus1337 and Warpedcow point to stories respectively at Wired and Reuters.
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Hollywoodreporter.com

NPR's Edwards to be replaced as 'ME' host
: "Bob Edwards, host of National Public Radio's 'Morning Edition' since its inception in 1979, has been forced out of that job. At the end of April, the 56-year-old Edwards will become senior correspondent of NPR News, with his reports being heard on various network broadcasts. NPR's Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne will serve as interim co-hosts starting in May until a permanent successor to Edwards is named."

npr and its affiliates better get their shit together, first loh now edwards!!!

Real's Glaser exhorts Apple to open iPod | CNET News.com

Real's Glaser exhorts Apple to open iPod | CNET News.com: "Rob Glaser has a message for Apple Computer chief Steve Jobs: Open iPod or shrivel."

now i a =m a big fan of rob's, always have been. but just becaused he got slamed by the times on sunday does not require him to sound like mike dell on tuesday. quit whining rob, and make a better product!!!

Slashdot | Audio Format Shifting To Be OK'd In New Zealand

Slashdot | Audio Format Shifting To Be OK'd In New Zealand: "'The New Zealand government is about to define a small part of the rights assumed by the 'fair use' clause in the Copyright Act 1994. Essentially they are going to protect the consumers' rights to convert media from one format to another for personal use, making it clearly legal to transfer tracks from a commercial CD to a mix-CD, MP3 player, PDA, PC, 8-track, or tuned array of hummingbirds. NZ law already makes it clear that gifting or reselling items includes a transfer all of rights, including copyright, warantee, and licencing agreements, so providing your original is the genuine article you're not a criminal. An article in the The Dominion Post gives an outline of the responses from the recording industry and why the government is considering it. It boils down to; this is 'fair use' and don't argue, and that the government can't see how the alternative could be (affordably) enforced.'"

Slashdot | A History of Every GUI Ever

Slashdot | A History of Every GUI Ever: "'I stumbled upon this site - GUIdebook, that offers a history of every GUI, from command prompts, to GEOS for the commodore 64, through Mac OSX. It's an interesting stroll down memory lane.'"

Slashdot | Thebroken Videos

Slashdot | Thebroken Videos: "'The guys over at thebroken have put together a fun hacking videozine ( .torrent here ). This episode covers Windows password hacking, destroying your hard drive with 3,000 degree molten iron, console modding, and an interview with Kevin Mitnick. Think 'The Man Show' meets computers. Divx Required. '"

Entertainment News Article | Reuters.com

Schrader 'Disturbed' by Gibson's Crucifixion Film: "A 56-year-old woman died of a heart attack in Wichita, Kan., last month while watching the film's climactic crucifixion scene."

i would not have posted anything about the film normally, but i found this article and the facts contained pretty interesting.

Slashdot | Is {pluto|sedna} A Planet?

Slashdot | Is {pluto|sedna} A Planet?: "'NASA's announcement last week of Sedna's discovery reignited the debate over whether Pluto is a planet. Dr. Alan Stern a noted planetary scientist and leader of the New Horizons mission to Pluto, pours on some gasoline with this article in which he skewers the various arguments against Pluto-as-planet. Choice quotes include 'You wouldn't deny a chihauhau a place among dogs because it is too small,' and 'if your brain was so completely full of names of people that it just couldn't take any more, would anyone new who you met after that, therefore not be a person?''"

Doug Engelbart's INVISIBLE REVOLUTION

Doug Engelbart's INVISIBLE REVOLUTIONWelcome to the Invisible Revolution, the story of Doug Engelbart, the man who invented much of the computer environment we live in today - and still few know his name. This is his story, and the story of his fellow dreamers, thinkers, doers - revolutionaries - who changed our lives forever.

Archos reveals the AV500 at CeBIT 2004 : Multimedia Devices : MobileMag

Archos reveals the AV500 at CeBIT 2004 : Multimedia Devices : MobileMag: "If this will indeed be called the AV500, Archos has done a nice job on the successor of its AV300 series."

Slashdot | Microsoft To Be Fined E500M By European Union?

Slashdot | Microsoft To Be Fined E500M By European Union?: "'According to a Reuters story, the European Commission is in the process of fining Microsoft 497 million Euros ($613 million). The most important reason for the fine was the refusal by Microsoft to share more information about its products with competitors. Mario Monti, the EU competition commissioner, decided to impose the fine after talks with Microsoft broke down last week.' The last estimate was a mere 100 million Euros, and it's noted: 'If the full European Commission backs the fine as expected on Wednesday it would exceed the 462 million euro penalty imposed on Hoffman-La Roche AG in 2001 for being ringleader of a vitamin cartel.'"

Yahoo! News - Eating Less at Any Age Prolongs Life: Mouse Study

Yahoo! News - Eating Less at Any Age Prolongs Life: Mouse Study: "Cutting calories late in old age may lead to a longer life, at least in mice, researchers report."

Wired News: Supremes Weigh In on ID Debate

Wired News: Supremes Weigh In on ID Debate: "Do you have to tell the police your name? Depending on how the Supreme Court rules, the answer could be the difference between arrest and freedom.
The justices heard arguments Monday in a first-of-its kind case that asks whether people can be punished for refusing to identify themselves. The court took up the appeal of a Nevada cattle rancher who was arrested after he told a deputy that he had done nothing wrong and didn't have to reveal his name or show an ID during an encounter on a rural road four years ago."

Slashdot | AAC Chosen For DVD-ROM Section Of DVD Audio Discs

Slashdot | AAC Chosen For DVD-ROM Section Of DVD Audio Discs: "'According to a news post at HighFidelityReview.com: 'The DVD Forum has chosen AAC for the DVD-ROM zone of DVD-Audio discs - the inclusion of a low-resolution (lossy) track suitable for solid-state and portable devices has long been championed by DVD-Audio figureheads such as Dolby's John Kellogg as a way of enhancing the value of the format to all listeners, not just those interested in its high-resolution potential. The selection of AAC came after a number of competing formats were proposed; they included MP3, ATRAC and Microsoft's WMA. Additional formats, such as [Ogg Vorbis] for example, were not put forward for consideration.''"

Wired News: Brits Going at It Tooth and Nail

Wired News: Brits Going at It Tooth and Nail: "The Brits sure are randy. First came dogging, an underground swinging scene where couples and sometimes third or fourth parties engage in public sex for an exhibitionist thrill.And now comes "toothing," where strangers on trains and buses and at bars and concerts hook up for clandestine sex by text messaging each other with their Bluetooth-enabled cell phones or PDAs."

Netscape Co-Founder's 12 Reasons for Growth of Open Source (LinuxWorld)

Netscape Co-Founder's 12 Reasons for Growth of Open Source (LinuxWorld): "The 12 reasons Andreessen - he of the all-time great quote: 'The Valley is going to save the Valley' -  came up at the conference with were as follows:
'The Internet is powered by open source.'
'The Internet is the carrier for open source.'
'The Internet is also the platform through which open source is developed.'
'It's simply going to be more secure than proprietary software.'
'Open source benefits from anti-American sentiments.'
'Incentives around open source include the respect of one's peers.'
'Open source means standing on the shoulders of giants.'
'Servers have always been expensive and proprietary, but Linux runs on Intel.'
'Embedded devices are making greater use of open source.'
'There are an increasing number of companies developing software that aren't software companies.'
'Companies are increasingly supporting Linux.'
'It's free.'"

Slashdot | MP3...in Surround Sound

Slashdot | MP3...in Surround Sound: "A number of people sent in the latest news from the fine folks at Frauhofer that they are expecting to have surround sound working for MP3s by July. The details are pretty sketchy in the article, but supposedly it won't be much more space per MP3s, and existing players will work with it."

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters: "'According to CBBC News, they have come up with a 'game' that you control directly with your brain waves. University College Dublin researchers have designed a game where you are trying to get a monster to walk across a tightrope - if he leans one way or the other you have to concentrate on a box on either side of the tightrope to make him tip the other way. It's still in research and it's not for sale yet but it's the first step.'"

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters: "'According to a news post at HighFidelityReview.com: 'The DVD Forum has chosen AAC for the DVD-ROM zone of DVD-Audio discs - the inclusion of a low-resolution (lossy) track suitable for solid-state and portable devices has long been championed by DVD-Audio figureheads such as Dolby's John Kellogg as a way of enhancing the value of the format to all listeners, not just those interested in its high-resolution potential. The selection of AAC came after a number of competing formats were proposed; they included MP3, ATRAC and Microsoft's WMA. Additional formats, such as [Ogg Vorbis] for example, were not put forward for consideration.''"

Slashdot | Nasty New Virus Variants

Slashdot | Nasty New Virus Variants: "'Numerous journals, such as Mac Daily News and The Motley Fool, are reporting that the latest versions of the Beagle/Bagle virus can infect users' computers whether or not they open an attachment. Apparently, the simple act of selecting the message activates the code. Given that you have to select an E-mail to delete it, how are users supposed to protect themselves from this one?'"

MTV.com - News -FCC Reverses Ruling On Bono Profanity, Hits Howard Stern With Maximum Penalty

MTV.com - News -FCC Reverses Ruling On Bono Profanity, Hits Howard Stern With Maximum Penalty: "The Federal Communications Commission admonished U2 frontman Bono and hit radio personality Howard Stern with the maximum penalty allowed in a handful of rulings issued on Thursday. The FCC decried Bono's use of the phrase 'f---ing brilliant' during NBC's live 2003 Golden Globes broadcast, saying the remark violated its rules regarding indecency and profanity. The FCC had previously ruled that Bono's speech was not indecent because his use of the f-word was 'fleeting and in a non-sexual context.' This week's ruling was a response to a complaint lodged by the Parents Television Council."

my friends i don't advocate violent overthrow but maybe its time to pick up arms!!!

Slashdot | CPA Googles For His Name, Sues Google For Libel

Slashdot | CPA Googles For His Name, Sues Google For Libel: "'Mark Maughan, an accountant, searched Google for his name on March 25 2003 and found some 'alarming, false, misleading and injurious' information about himself and his firm. Therefore, he is now suing Google, Yahoo (which used Google as its search engine at the time), AOL (for using Google to enhance its search results) and Time Warner (because they're the same company as AOL) for libel. Specifically, his lawyer John Girardi believes that Google's PageRank algorithm takes known good information and twists its context when displaying search results.'"

Official Site of The Like - ilikethelike.com

Official Site of The Like - ilikethelike.com: i like the like too!!! :)

Dark Horizons: How to Swear on Network TV (March 19th, 2004)

Dark Horizons: How to Swear on Network TV (March 19th, 2004):
This is an explaination of the channel4 post submitted by tree!

"One of the most utterly disturbing trends this year so far has been the sanitising of American TV in the wake of the Superbowl half-time disaster. Yes the Janet Jackson incident seems to have been, as Bill Maher put it this week, 'the nipple that broke the camel's back' with conservative lobbying groups using it to finally muzzle Howard Stern, cut back on anything risque in terms of sex and profanity in their shows, and make some decisions which just defy any rational sense or stand by the old staple arguments (ie. think of the children).

Thank god for the English though who couldn't give a rat's ass about Janet or pressure from family groups. Newspaper The Guardian reports that this week saw the first airing of a new 75-second promotional spot for UK's Channel 4 in which dozens of celebs from the UK, Australia, and US shows like 'The West Wing', 'Six Feet Under', 'The Osbornes', 'The OC', 'Without a Trace' & 'Scrubs' are asked what their favourite swear word is. The result is a quick cut TV spot filled with nearly twenty utterances of f**k, whilst the dreaded 'C' word is mentioned at least six times (easily giving it the record for the highest number of expletives in a promo spot ever).

The spot is part of a series of similarly themed ads in which celebs in programs on the channel are asked personal questions like 'When did you lose your virginity?' and 'What angers you the most?'. The broadcaster was hoping to air this promo on the big screen, attached to the second 'Kill Bill' in Brit cinemas however the country's Cinema Advertising Association has baulked at the idea. The spot can now be seen on FilmFour after 10pm in England, however for those of us who live abroad - you can find the entire hilarious ad online in a 2.8MB high quality shockwave flash version at the network's official site.
"

Wired News: Record Stores: We're Fine, Thanks

Wired News: Record Stores: We're Fine, Thanks: "Some independent music stores are thriving despite the competition from illegal downloads on the Internet. The stores are finding that file sharing can help create a buzz online that can lead to more sales, according to a panel of independent music store owners who spoke at the South by Southwest Music Conference & Festival here Friday."

The Proper Adorable Homepage

The Proper Adorable Homepage: how adorable!!!

Slashdot | Audio Lunchbox: Music with no DRM

Slashdot | Audio Lunchbox: Music with no DRM: "'MacCentral just posted an article on Audio Lunchbox, an online music store dedicated to music by independent artists and labels. ALB offers all of its music in DRM free MP3 (192 kbps) and Ogg Vorbis (Q6) formats with iTunes style pricing and a completely web based and platform independent delivery system.'"

Slashdot | UFO Streaks Through Martian sky

Slashdot | UFO Streaks Through Martian sky: "'The BBC is reporting that the Spirit rover has observed an object streaking across the Martian sky. They believe it was either a meteor or possibly the Viking 2 probe which still orbits Mars.'"

J.J. Jackson, original MTV VJ, dies: "John 'J.J.' Jackson, a longtime radio station disc jockey who in the 1980s helped usher in the music video era as one of the first MTV on-air personalities, has died. He was 62. Jackson died of an apparent heart attack Wednesday while driving home from dinner in Los Angeles, friends and radio industry colleagues said Thursday. 'I talked to him like two days ago. J.J. was in a great place,' said Mark Goodman, a longtime friend who also worked with Jackson as a 'VJ' when MTV launched in 1981. 'It's incredible, so incredibly sad it happened like this.' In a statement, MTV said Jackson's love of music and good humor helped set the tone for the cable music network in its formative years. 'He was a big part of the channel's success and we are sure he is in the music section of heaven, with lots of his friends and heroes,' the statement said. 'He will be greatly missed.'"

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Slashdot | Lessig On IP Protection, Conflict

Slashdot | Lessig On IP Protection, Conflict: "'According to NewsForge [part of OSDN, like Slashdot], Stanford University law professor, author, and Creative Commons chairman Lawrence Lessig sharpened the definition of the ongoing legal struggle over intellectual property while talking at the Open Source Business Conference on Tuesday. According to Lessig: 'Contrary to what many people see as a cultural war between conservative business types and liberal independents, this is not a 'commerce versus anything' conflict. It's about powerful (business) interests and if they can stop new innovators'.'"

Slashdot | NASA Develops Tech To Hear Words Not Yet Spoken

Slashdot | NASA Develops Tech To Hear Words Not Yet Spoken: "'Yahoo News has a story about technology that comes close to reading thoughts not yet spoken, by analyzing nerve commands to the throat. 'A person using the subvocal system thinks of phrases and talks to himself so quietly it cannot be heard, but the tongue and vocal cords do receive speech signals from the brain,' said developer Chuck Jorgensen, of NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Jorgensen's team found that sensors under the chin and one each side of the Adam's apple pick up the brain's commands to the speech organs, allowing the subauditory, or 'silent speech' to be captured. The story indicates the method could be useful on space missions or other difficult working conditions.'"

Slashdot | Asteroid to Make Closest Recorded Pass to Earth

Slashdot | Asteroid to Make Closest Recorded Pass to Earth: "'A 100-ft diameter asteroid will make the closest (26,500 miles, or about 3.4 Earth diameters) pass of earth ever detected in advance today, NASA reports. Asteroid 2004 FH's point of closest approach with the Earth will be over the South Atlantic Ocean. Using a good pair of binoculars, the object will be bright enough to be seen during this close approach from areas of Europe, Asia and most of the Southern Hemisphere. While we are in no danger this time, it is good to know NASA's LINEAR guys are on the job, for when that Death Star-sized object pays us a visit.'"

Slashdot | Trekkie Communicators Now a Reality

Slashdot | Trekkie Communicators Now a Reality: "'Forbes is carrying an article about Vocera Communications and their little internal communication system that they have working at their office that functions like the badge communicators from ST:TNG. The employees wear the system as a badge and touch it to start the connection. Then they speak the name of the person they want to talk to and the system connects them using VOIP for one-on-one communication.'"

the big 1 - 2 to the fcc: if your easilly offended please don't watch. oh and fuck off!!!

thanks tree!!!

Slashdot | SpaceShipOne Back in Action

Slashdot | SpaceShipOne Back in Action: "'After a 3 month wait, Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne is back in the skies above Mojave! Not only is it patched up from a failed landing gear, it's got a 'thermal protection system' installed. Looks like high temp insulation on the leading edges. Also they have a picture of it with 'the rocket motor for the flight 13p'. This was the 12th SpaceShipOne flight.'"

Slashdot | End of Online Anonymity in Canada?

Slashdot | End of Online Anonymity in Canada?: "'Are we close to losing our anonymity online in Canada? As Angela Pacienza writes in a National Post article; 'The record industry's attempts to sue people who share music online threaten to change the widely held expectation that everyone's anonymous when surfing the Internet, lawyers representing the public interest argued Monday.' This is a very interesting article that shows how much the lawyers representing the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic are trying their best to protect our privacy online.'"

Slashdot | Unicast Claims Success With Internet Commercials

Slashdot | Unicast Claims Success With Internet Commercials: "'Remember that trial run of full-motion commercials on sites like ESPN.com and MSN? The BBC reports that Unicast, whose caching technology makes these ads work, is claiming a strong favorable response from Internet users who viewed the advertisements. It looks like they could now be making long-term deals with clients (the article mentions Forbes.com and weather.com). As a dialup user, I am less than thrilled about the idea of an extra 2 MB download each time I visit one of these sites.'"

Wired News: Darpa's Far-Out Dreams on Display

Wired News: Darpa's Far-Out Dreams on Display: "Conspiracy freaks, hold onto your tin hats. Darpa, the Pentagon's far-out research arm, may have publicly abandoned its creepiest programs, like Total Information Awareness. But the agency, as shown at its DarpaTech conference, still has a project to make you run full-speed into your bunker."

Wired News: Welcome to S-s-s-s-edna

Wired News: Welcome to S-s-s-s-edna: "A newly discovered dark and frigid world, a bit smaller than Pluto and three times farther away, has emerged as the most distant object in the solar system, astronomers said on Monday."

Slashdot | Dept. Of Homeland Security Chooses Groove, P2P

Slashdot | Dept. Of Homeland Security Chooses Groove, P2P: "'Groove Networks has announced that their P2P infrastructure will power the Homeland Security Information Network, an initiative to increase information sharing between federal, state, and local intelligence agencies. (The initiative doesn't give the govt. more information, it just helps agencies better share the information they already have.) Groove Workspace has also been certified with two govt. security standards, FIPS 140-2 level 1 and NIAP CCITSE. In related news, Groove's developers have been diagnosed with acronym whiplash.'"

Slashdot | Top Web Businesses Oppose Utah Spyware Law

Slashdot | Top Web Businesses Oppose Utah Spyware Law: "'According to MediaPost.com: 'Some of the Web's leading content and technology providers have taken action to lobby against Utah's controversial Spyware Control Act, which is awaiting the governor's signature. Web publishers and businesses including AOL, Amazon, Cnet, eBay, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! signed a letter to the bill's sponsors arguing that the bill could create serious repercussions for the entire online community. The parties to the letter warned that the bill could interfere with computer security and would also impair the delivery of local, targeted ads'.'"

know who your friends are!!!

Slashdot | Burnt Coffee and Burnt CDs

Slashdot | Burnt Coffee and Burnt CDs: "'Cnet reports that HP and Starbucks are jointly working on Storefront Coffeeshops which will allow people to browse and listen to music from a digital library...and have selected songs burned to cd. Sounds really cool...wonder how long before Starbucks and HP get John Doe lawsuits in the mail. --- But does this seem like an idea that would work?'"

Wired News: P2P in the Legal Crosshairs

Wired News: P2P in the Legal Crosshairs: "Is California's attorney general preparing a legislative assault on peer-to-peer file sharing? A draft letter purportedly circulated by Bill Lockyer to fellow state attorneys general characterizes P2P software as a 'dangerous product' and describes the failure of technology makers to warn consumers of those dangers as a deceptive trade practice."

Independent labels may boycott MTV - NME.COM

Independent labels may boycott MTV - NME.COM: "THE WHITE STRIPES, PRODIGY, CRAIG DAVID and BASEMENT JAXX are among a huge number of artists set to boycott MTV in Europe in an escalating row over how much money the music channel pays to broadcast videos."

Apple falters on iTunes tally | CNET News.com

Apple falters on iTunes tally | CNET News.com: "Apple Computer said Monday that it has sold 50 million songs through its iTunes Music Store--a substantial number but far below its goal of selling 100 million songs by April."

Video-C - The best music you'll ever see

Video-C - The best music you'll ever see: cool british video site!!!

Slashdot | Titan Missile Complex Up for Sale

Slashdot | Titan Missile Complex Up for Sale: "'Take a look at this, some guy in Washington State is auctioning off a 'Titan Missile Complex' on eBay. I don't know if this is a fake auction or not, but I already talked to the gentleman running the auction on the phone and plan to take a visit to the complex! This would be an awesome place to live! Check it out here.' Looks like he bought it in 1999."

Slashdot | The Sun's 10th Planet... Sedna?

Slashdot | The Sun's 10th Planet... Sedna?: "'While NASA remains intentionally vague, promising only a news conference Monday, The Australian has the details. The new planet, dubbed Sedna after the Inuit goddess of the sea, is 3 billion km further from the sun than Pluto, and is slightly smaller at 2000km in diameter. This discovery has apparently reignited the debate as to how big a solar object must be in order to qualify as a 'planet', but it is significant nonetheless.'"

Guardian Unlimited | Arts Friday Review | I lost it

I lost it: "In his first interview for 12 years, My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields talks to Paul Lester about his madness, making Alan McGee cry - and how his house got full of chinchillas"

big ups to allen for bring this one forward!!!

Electronic Law Journals - JILT 2003 (1) - Just

Internet File-sharing and the Liability of Intermediaries for Copyright Infringement: A Need for International Consensus: "by Matthew R. Just, this Article is based on a revised and updated chapter from an LL.M Dissertation, submitted at the University of Warwick, September 2002."

Slashdot | Making IE Standards Compliant

Slashdot | Making IE Standards Compliant: "'Dean Edwards has taken it upon himself to make Internet Explorer W3C compliant. How? Well, it isn't by patching the application, as you might suspect. He's created a stylesheet, dubbed 'IE7' that uses DHTML to load and parse style sheets into a form that IE can understand. Just include the style sheet in your HTML pages, and things should render correctly. The complexity of the CSS transformations is really amazing and shows off the power of this stuff.'"

You Are Here :: Astrobiology Magazine :: Search for Life in the Universe

You Are Here: earth from mars!!!

Slashdot | WiFi Phone Announced

Slashdot | WiFi Phone Announced: "'Zyxel just announced its Prestige 2000W VoIP Wi-Fi Cordless Phone. It's designed to work with 802.11b networks, implements QoS and IP-to-IP call functionality and uses 128-bit WEP encryption. It also scans for 'available APs in [the] hand set's environment'. War driving just became a whole lot more interesting.'"

Wired News: What the BLEEX Is That?

Wired News: What the BLEEX Is That?: "Move over, Bionic Man, and make room for BLEEX -- the Berkeley Lower Extremities Exoskeleton -- with strap-on robotic legs designed to turn an ordinary human into a super strider."

Dead Milkman bassist commits suicide: "Dave Blood, bassist for defunct Philadelphia rock act the Dead Milkmen, committed suicide Wednesday, according to a post by his sister on the band's official message board (http://deadmilkmen.com). In a subsequent post, drummer Dean Clean confirmed the news. A memorial service will be held in the Delaware County area of southeastern Pennsylvania at some point in the near future, with details to be announced. The Dead Milkmen formed in 1983 and quickly rose to prominence in the college radio circuit. Their 1985 debut album, 'Big Lizard in My Backyard' boasts the cult-classic single 'Bitchin' Camaro,' but was overshadowed in 1988 by 'Punk Rock Girl,' which was an MTV staple of the time. The band dissolved after releasing 'Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig)' in 1995. In late 2003, Restless/Ryko released a retrospective of early and rare recordings, 'Now We Are 20,' and the 'Philadelphia in Love' DVD, which compiled all of the band's videos. In recent years, Blood had stopped playing bass due to extreme tendonitis."

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Slashdot | Search Engines Set To Vie For China

Slashdot | Search Engines Set To Vie For China: "Could China be where the battle for top search engine is waged? Reuters is carrying an article on the play for the Chinese search engine market. Already the second largest internet market in the world, there are estimated 80 million users in China and the number growing fast. Yahoo's acquisition 3721.com, Google-styled Baidu.com and Zhongsou.com are already poised and profitable. Where is Google? Blocked at one time, Google has made its way into China. Their handy cached pages are not available, but they do offer the Ad Words service in chinese to lure business. Those unfamiliar with China's rapid adoption of the internet might like to read up on the success of DangDang.Com an online bookseller, on the BBC, where it's noted that houses without heat or running water may actually have internet access. Thanks to China coming in where many growing pains, suffered by the west, have already passed or obstacles such as competing vested interests aren't as influential, so internet infrastructure is going in at a rapid pace.'"

Morrissey, Jarvis and Bono aid Nancy Sinatra comeback - NME.COM

Morrissey, Jarvis and Bono aid Nancy Sinatra comeback - NME.COM: "NANCY SINATRA is staging a comeback with the help of stars including MORRISSEY, JARVIS COCKER and BONO."

Yahoo! News - Russian Inventor Patents Space-Ads Device

Yahoo! News - Russian Inventor Patents Space-Ads Device
: "Big Dipper and Andromeda could be joined in the heavens by ads for soft drinks and cigarettes if a Russian inventor's device catches on."

Slashdot | Overclocking Your Sega Genesis/MegaDrive

Slashdot | Overclocking Your Sega Genesis/MegaDrive: "'I've recently been working on a project to alleviate the slowdown inherent in older game systems. How you ask? By overclocking them! I've managed to perfect overclocking the Sega Genesis / MegaDrive. The processor (a Motorola 68000, running at a stock speed of 7.6 MHz) can be pushed to 16.0 MHz in my experience, and I am still working on higher. The machine doesn't overheat and is entirely stable at these higher speeds.'"

PARC founder George Pake dies | CNET News.com

PARC founder George Pake dies | CNET News.com: "George Pake, the scientist who founded Xerox's fabled Palo Alto Research Center, died after a long illness last week, less than a month shy of his 80th birthday."

bummer :(

Rotation Archive

Rotation Archive:
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HeadPhoneRecord
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Trail Of Dead

Punk guitar hero dies in sleep - NME.COM

Punk guitar hero dies in sleep - NME.COM: "SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES and MAGAZINE guitarist JOHN McGEOCH has died in his sleep at the age of 48. The punk veteran was also famous for his work with Sex Pistol John Lydon's Public Image Limited."

Wired News: Hubble Offers Glimpse of Creation

Wired News: Hubble Offers Glimpse of Creation: "New images, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, of a time long ago and galaxies far, far away could shed new light on how the universe began."

Fully Equipped - CNET reviews

DVD To Pocket PC: taboo or fair use?: "With the introduction of RCA and Archos portable video players (PVPs), there's been a lot of talk lately about such products, and ... if you're a devotee of Palms, Pocket PCs, and smart phones, you've probably noticed that these devices are viable PVPs, particularly as prices for high-capacity 256MB and 512MB memory cards continue to fall. "

Hollywoodreporter.com

Dish Network drops Viacom channels: "EchoStar Communications dropped all Viacom-owned channels, including CBS O&Os in 16 major markets, from its Dish Network satellite service as of 12:01 a.m. today, leaving its 9 million subscribers without access to MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, Comedy Central and other widely distributed channels. One minute after midnight, Viacom-owned channels and CBS O&Os on the Dish Network service were replaced by a text title card (accompanied by a melodic solo acoustic guitar soundtrack) informing subscribers that the channels are dark because 'Viacom has demanded rate increases which are unreasonable and would contribute to a higher monthly bill for you.' The slate says EchoStar hopes to resolve the dispute quickly and directs subscribers to the Dish Network Web site for more information. The move came after hours of last-minute negotiations between EchoStar and Viacom aimed at striking a new carriage agreement to avoid a blackout of popular channels. But the two sides have turned bitter adversaries in recent weeks, battling in court EchoStar's claims that Viacom is violating anti-trust laws by bundling its channel services and seeking what EchoStar has termed 'excessive' rate hikes in a new deal."

Main Page - Wikibooks

Wikibooks: "is a Wikimedia project set up July 10, 2003. Since then, volunteers have written around 1778 book modules in a multitude of books."

Common Content

Common Content: "is a catalog of works licensed in the Creative Commons, available to anyone for copying or creative re-use. The catalog includes 1284 records, many of which are collections which include hundreds or thousands of other works."

Wired News: One File Swapper, One Lawsuit

Wired News: One File Swapper, One Lawsuit: "A federal judge ruled on Friday that the music industry cannot sue over 200 alleged file sharers in one swoop and that the companies must sue each defendant individually."

Wired 12.03: START

Wired 12.03: START: "Artificial muscles pump up everything from military gear to drug delivery."

Slashdot | Viacom and DishNetwork Battle On Air Over Contract

Slashdot | Viacom and DishNetwork Battle On Air Over Contract: "'This weekend, Viacom stations began scrolling messages on their cable stations(MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, etc) stating that DishNetwork may soon be removing the channels from its lineup and urging subscribers to call DishNetwork. DishNetwork subscribers(me!) may have begun to see black bars cover the messages and calls to DishNetwork regarding the messages were greeted with a recording telling subscribers to call the President and GM of KCBS. These antics stem from lawsuits here. I, for one, will be switching to DirecTV if they don't get this figured out.'"

Slashdot | 'Brain Pacemakers' Being Tested

Slashdot | 'Brain Pacemakers' Being Tested: "'Shades of 'The Terminal Man'? Rob Stein of The Washington Post has reported, via MSNBC, that: 'A handful of scientists around the world have begun cautiously experimenting with devices implanted in patients' bodies to deliver precisely targeted electrical stimulation to the brain in hopes of treating otherwise hopeless behavioral, neurological and psychiatric disorders.' A lot of good can come out of this - potentially. But I can see a the potential for misuse too.'"

SnapStream - Products - Beyond TV 3

SnapStream - Products - Beyond TV 3, all i can say is wish they had a mac version, and its about fucking time!!!

Slashdot | iPod Mini Sells Out

Slashdot | iPod Mini Sells Out: "'According to USATODAY.com, the iPod mini is virtually sold out after two weeks. As we know, it had 100,000 on pre-order. It's the top seller at the Apple Store, where they advise people that there will be a one to three week wait. And it isn't a component shortage that's causing the delays. It's the huge demand amongst teens (for the colors) and athletes who like exercising with the ultralight device. While many here on /. felt that the mini was overpriced and pointed out that for $50 extra, you could buy a regular iPod with 15GB of storage instead of the 4 GB of the mini, Apple seems to have correctly identified the price point and the market they were going after. The space has become so hot that Creative's MuVo2 has also been selling well, but also for a slightly different reason. The MuVo2, which also has 4 GB of capacity, uses a CompactFlash card (which can be used in a digital camera). People have been buying the MP3 player and taking it apart for the card, which would cost more than the $200 dollars for the MuVo2.'"

Hollywoodreporter.com

Hollywoodreporter.com: "Bryan Singer is ready to run. The filmmaker is in negotiations to develop and direct 'Logan's Run' for Warner Bros. Pictures. Singer is producing the project with Joel Silver. Originally a book by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, the novel takes place in a youth-obsessed future society where residents are euthanized as soon as they turn 21. The story centers on Logan, a police officer whose job it is to track down those who run from their fate. But with his 21st birthday fast approaching, he decides to run as well and search for Sanctuary, a fabled place where older folks live. MGM adapted the book into a 1976 movie starring Michael York as well as a TV series the following year. The '76 version changed the age of euthanasia to 30."

alright thats it. i need to start already! everyones makeing my ideas happen before i can get to em!!!

Slashdot | Michael Dell Steps Down as CEO

Slashdot | Michael Dell Steps Down as CEO: "A whole lot of readers made sure we knew that Michael Dell is calling it quits as CEO of Dell, and has named Kevin Rollins, the current president and chief operating officer of Dell, as his successor. Rollins will retain the title of president, but Michael Dell hasn't left completely. He's still planning on sticking around as chairman of the board."

about fucking time!!!

Wired News: Cannibals Descend on MP3 Players

Wired News: Cannibals Descend on MP3 Players: "Digital photographers have found a source of cheap microdrives for their cameras: Creative Technology's MuVo2 digital music player."

Slashdot | Powered Exoskeleton Legs

Slashdot | Powered Exoskeleton Legs: "'Berkeley Engineers have come up with an ingenious mechanism that almost mimics, well, Borg technology. Developed by UC Berkeley's Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory, the Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX) consists of mechanical metal leg braces that are connected rigidly to the user at the feet, and, in order to prevent abrasion, more compliantly elsewhere. The device includes a power unit and a backpack-like frame used to carry a large load. This development bring to the forefront the ability to not only carry large loads in wartime efforts, but may possibly help people with limited muscle ability to walk optimally.'"

Wired News: Need Stem Cells? We Got 'Em

Wired News: Need Stem Cells? We Got 'Em: "Faced with limitations on stem-cell research from the Bush administration, a Harvard scientist has raised his own money and developed 17 new batches of stem cells, which he's offering to any researcher who needs them for just the cost of shipping."

Slashdot | Two-Legged Home Robot, Coming Soon To Japan

Slashdot | Two-Legged Home Robot, Coming Soon To Japan: "'Two Japanese companies, (ZMP corp., and Mizuno, a athletic goods manufacturer), announced that they will start selling the first two-legged robot for home use. The robot, called nuvo, will retail for 500,000 yen. It wil be able to understand 1,000 (Japanese) words, dance, and allow the owner to contact the robot via 3G phones.'"

Convert Yahoo CSV files to iPod VCF files!

Convert Yahoo CSV files to macos address book files!

big big up to josh@newdream.net!!!

just follow through step 4. then rename the "anything.vcf" w/o letting macos change the ext from ".vcf". then double click and address book will ask to add!!! :)

Hollywoodreporter.com

Panel stresses lawyers' value in film funding: Hollywoodreporter.com: "To navigate the byzantine world of international film financing, a panel of experts suggested the most valuable weapon in a filmmaker's arsenal remains a knowledgeable lawyer. 'In a nutshell, it is more and more of a partnership, and I think the entire independent U.S. film marketplace is in complete partnership with Europe,' film financier Bob Yari said, commenting on the overall health of relations in the European-American financing marketplace. 'But it becomes extremely complicated to structure, for example, a German fund investment into a film with a U.K. sale lease-back fund. It is doable, but it just takes tremendous expertise, and that is another component you need to explore.' Yari's comments came Tuesday morning at a packed American Film Market panel titled 'The State of Film Financing in Europe and the U.S.'"

Slashdot | Science of the coin-toss: Bias in Heads-or-Tails

Slashdot | Science of the coin-toss: Bias in Heads-or-Tails: "' An interesting article published in Science News puts a new scientific spin on the outcome of the venerable coin-toss. 'A new mathematical analysis suggests that coin tossing is inherently biased: A coin is more likely to land on the same face it started out on.''"

Wired News: DEA Accedes to Ecstasy Test

Wired News: DEA Accedes to Ecstasy Test: "After a monumental struggle by a small group of advocates who believe Ecstasy, or MDMA, can have beneficial health effects, the Drug Enforcement Agency has finally given the go-ahead to test the drug on patients with post-traumatic stress disorder."

Slashdot | NASA Says Mars Once Drenched With Water

Slashdot | NASA Says Mars Once Drenched With Water: "NASA is currently holding a press conference (carried live on NASA TV) where they are discussing findings from the Mars rovers. They are saying that the crater that the second rover has landed in has convincing evidence that it was once drenched or covered in liquid water. They cite the tiny spherules, odd holes in the rocks, sulfur in the spectrometric analyses, and evidence of an iron sulfate hydrate (a hydrate is a chemical compound which includes water molecules in the crystal lattice). Update: 03/02 19:45 GMT by M: CNN has a story, or see the NASA press release."

Slashdot | Do Your $20 Bills Explode In the Microwave?

Slashdot | Do Your $20 Bills Explode In the Microwave?: "'After repeatedly setting off RFID scanners in a truck stop, the author discovered the culprit was a wad of $20's in his back pocket. In a paranoid attempt to keep the government from tracking him, he attempted to fry the embedded chips in his microwave, with interesting results.' Alex Jones has interesting theories about a number of things, but evidently a lot of readers were interested in this one."

Slashdot | Satellite Celebrates 20 Years Working in Orbit

Slashdot | Satellite Celebrates 20 Years Working in Orbit: "'The UoSAT-2/UO-11 small satellite was launched into low Earth orbit on 1 March 1984 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Twenty years later, it's still in orbit and operational -- and we recently found launch footage. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of starting in orbit, the original video celebrating the UoSAT-2 launch is available (in windows media and mpeg). Thrill to the computers, the clothes, and the haircuts of 1984. SSTL has launched more than twenty satellites since.'"

the vid is really cool!!! welcome to the future!!!

Slashdot | Rockstar Announces GTA San Andreas

Slashdot | Rockstar Announces GTA San Andreas: "'According to a Yahoo-reprinted press-release, Rockstar Games has officially announced Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the latest in the GTA series. The press release continues: 'Developed by world-class designers Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be available exclusively for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and is expected to be in stores in North America on October 19, 2004 and in Europe on October 22, 2004.'' This confirms earlier rumors of (initial?) PS2 exclusivity and possible name for this much-awaited game."

wait, i'm sorry, what platform?!? ;)

Slashdot | Famous Hawking Black Hole Bet Resolved?

Slashdot | Famous Hawking Black Hole Bet Resolved?: "'In 1997 the three cosmologists Stephen Hawking, Kip Thorne and John Preskill made a famous bet as to whether information that enters a black hole ceases to exist -- that is, whether the interior of a black hole is changed at all by the characteristics of particles that enter it. It now looks like Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne may owe John Preskill a set of encyclopedias of his choice, since physicists at Ohio State University 'have derived an extensive set of equations that strongly suggest that the information continues to exist -- bound up in a giant tangle of strings that fills a black hole from its core to its surface.''"

Hollywoodreporter.com

DMCA No Friend-Of-The-Court: "WASHINGTON -- The federal government isn't giving up on the hope that the expedited subpoena powers in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act are legal despite the opposite ruling by the appellate court here. In a 'friend-of-the-court' brief filed in St. Louis in the RIAA's case against Charter Communications, the Department of Justice strongly backed the recording industry's argument that the DMCA subpoenas are a legitimate legal tool. In its brief, the DOJ told the appeals court there that the 'D.C. circuit was wrong.' In its December opinion, the court here dismissed one of the RIAA's key arguments that the subpoenas were legal even if the P2P technology wasn't invented when the DMCA was approved. The subpoenas were issued by a court clerk without a judge's ruling."

US punk bands from anti-Bush coalition - NME.COM

US punk bands from anti-Bush coalition - NME.COM: "A coalition of US punk bands have formed a new coalition aiming to stop GEORGE W BUSH from winning the the next presidential election."

KLF mainman turns to soup for next project - NME.COM

KLF mainman turns to soup for next project - NME.COM: "Former KLF man and renowned art terrorist BILL DRUMMOND has turned to soup for his next project."

Pixies to play new material on reunion tour - NME.COM

Pixies to play new material on reunion tour - NME.COM: "PIXIES have revealed they will be playing new material on their forthcoming reunion tour."

Microsoft on every DVD? | CNET News.com

Microsoft on every DVD? | CNET News.com: "An industry standards group has made a preliminary decision to include Microsoft's video compression technology in a next-generation DVD format, giving the company a key boost in the digital media arena."

Court: DeCSS ban violated free speech | CNET News.com

Court: DeCSS ban violated free speech | CNET News.com: "A California appeals court on Friday reversed a 4-year-old order barring the publication of a DVD-cracking tool on the Internet, finding the injunction violated the defendant's free speech rights."

Slashdot | Intellectual Property Laws bad for business

Slashdot | Intellectual Property Laws bad for business: "'The NYTimes has a story called 'Report Raises Questions About Fighting Online Piracy' that talks about how the stringent enforcement of current Intellectual Property laws (see: RIAA) may acutally be bad for business. It's the not EFF or FSF saying this, it's professors at Harvard Business School and Cardozo Law School. The professors say, 'The ideas of copy-left, or of a more liberal regime of copyright, are receiving wider and wider support, It's no longer a wacky idea cloistered in the ivory tower; it's become a more mainstream idea that we need a different kind of copyright regime to support the wide range of activities in cyberspace.' and 'Bits are not the same as atoms. We need to reframe the legal discussion to treat the differences of bits and atoms in a more thoughtful way.''"