Palm To Buy Handspring In Stock Swap, Palm said Wednesday that it will buy rival Handspring for approximately $169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices. Bummer! Its the end of an era and possibly handheld innovation for a while!!!

Quick update. For thoes who do not know, i just started school. It is a one year LL.M. program in entertainment and media. An LL.M. is like a masters, kind of. You can get one after you get your JD, what i got on my first trip to law school. Anyway the program is in LA at Southwestern. The program is the only one of its kind and it just started. So i'm a beta tester once again! :) Anyway this semesters (summer) classes are Entertainment Law (my third time taking it), Entertainment Labor Law, and Music Publishing (the understanding of which has some how always alluded me, but now it's nailed). In any case school is cool and i am happy to be back!!!

TiVo To Sell Data On Viewing Habits Of Subscribers, TiVo, known for re-inventing television viewing through digital video recording, will begin selling advertisers data it collects on the viewing habits of its subscribers. Bummer! Maybe it is time to hack your tivo and become a blank!!!

Nextel To Up U.S. 'Push To Talk' Range, Nextel subscribers will soon be able to use Nationwide Direct Connect, which the company plans to introduce Monday, to "push to talk" (PTT), which creates a direct connection between cell phones, walkie-talkie style. (wow nice sentence!) PTT conversations to travel on Nextel's Internet protocol backbone! More reason for me to switch providers!!!

Stem Cell "Master Gene" Found, From the Washington Post (via /.), "'Scientists yesterday said they have discovered a long-sought "master gene" in embryonic stem cells that is largely responsible for giving those cells their unique regenerative and therapeutic potential.' The report summarizes an article in the newest issue of the scientific journal, Cell"!!!

NPR : The Spiritual Message of 'The Matrix', "The film The Matrix Reloaded has excited philosophers, clerics and theologians who find rich in spiritual meaning in the film trilogy's underlying themes. NPR's Rick Karr speaks with authors and experts about the religion of The Matrix trilogy and the the significance of being 'The One.'" Must listen!!! (real or wmv) Also check...

The Gospel According To Neo, Theologians and pop-culture experts see 'The Matrix' as a phenomenon shaping public opinion about religion by Josh Burek a staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.

WOW! Didn't any of them get it...there is no spoon!!!

Justices Decree DVD Show Must Go On, "Claiming that a controversial DVD de-scrambling code has long been available online worldwide, a man accused of improperly linking Internet viewers to the code asked earlier this year that the case against him be declared moot. On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court rejected his plea 4-1, ensuring that the closely watched case remains on the court's May 29 oral argument calendar in San Francisco." Here it comes!!!

Sony Debuts Eye Toy for PlayStation 2, "at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, Sony shows off the Eye Toy, a new accessory for the PlayStation 2. The USB camera functions as a custom game controller and is expected to eventually support videoconferencing and other uses." New interfaces are dope! This ones not 100% but its a new direction that may show promise so give it up for Sony!!! (real or wmv)

Matrix Reloads For Gamers, "At the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, ZDNet's Patrick Houston looks at Shiny Entertainment's video game "Enter the Matrix," developed for the PC, Xbox, GameCube and PlayStation2. " Ok so not only did they do it in the movie but the Brothers W smaked an hours worth of never before seen footage into the game too!!! (real or wmv)

N-Gage at E3, "At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, Nokia showcases a combination game console and cell phone called N-Gage. The device allows users to play games with each other over a cellular telephone network." If you have not seen this you MUST! This could change the world of entertainment!!! (real or wmv)

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Gameboy Advance Users To Get Bluetooth Internet, "According to this Extremetech article, X-Tra Fun has developed a Bluetooth module for the Gameboy Advance which is expected to ship by Christmas 2003. The $49 module includes Bluetooth connectivity, although a cellphone or other Bluetooth device with Internet access is required to use the Internet, and it comes with an embedded eCos Linux kernel with a Web browser and 255 pages' worth of cache. A $99 upgrade adds a Secure Digital card slot and a dongle!" The world just keeps getting better!!!

Online NewsHour, is taking your questions and comments on the topic, "is downloading copyrighted music tantamount to stealing? Lawrence Lessig, an expert on Internet law from Stanford University's Law School, and Matt Oppenheim, Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for the Recording Industry Association of America, answer your questions about this heated debate." Go post your own, be heard!!!

Hybrid Robot Uses Rat Brain "After two recent stories of artificial brains used to control rats and one about MIT doing the reverse, NYTimes now has a piece on similar work done at Georgia Tech From the article: "...the layer of rat neurons is grown over an array of electrodes that pick up the neurons' electrical activity. A computer analyzes the activity of the several thousand brain cells in real time to detect spikes produced by neurons firing near an electrode." But this time you can buy one for $3,000." The only thing i like more than a good robot is one that combines biological properties!!!

DVD Copyright Case Mulled Over By Judge, slashdot says, "news.com is reporting that the judge in a closely watched lawsuit challenging the legality of DVD-copying software said she was 'substantially persuaded' by past court rulings that favored copyright holders, but closed a hearing Thursday without issuing a ruling in the case." This is one to watch!!!

Are you a friend of P? Long live the Rentals!!!

Paperfolding, is a nice site that explains a little bit about the math in Origami. This ones for Dog!!!

The Madonna Remix Project, is the home for the "What the fuck do you think you're doing," sample and remixes. Thx Tree!!!

Kill Rock Stars lets you "type in a band and it tells you all of the bands they were in or guested with...." Thx Tree!!!

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