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Monday, June 26, 2000
Yahoo drops Inktomi for Google search technology
Web giant Yahoo today said it will replace Inktomi with start-up Google for its underlying search technology.
posted 10:44:21 AM
Friday, June 23, 2000
Appeals court denies petition for rehearing in Elian Gonzalez case
posted 12:27:52 PM
Amazon shares battered on cash concerns
posted 12:26:11 PM
The Inscrutable 8-Ball Revealed
posted 11:51:37 AM
Thursday, June 22, 2000
Build a Home LAN
posted 4:45:48 PM
A Net Service Even a Mother Could Love?
Tellme.com combines the accessibility of the telephone with the richness of the Web
posted 3:36:41 PM
Tuesday, June 20, 2000
Judge sends Microsoft case to Supreme Court
posted 1:38:35 PM
Thursday, June 15, 2000
Software that can spy on you
Why did Mattel include technology that can encrypt and send data to and from your PC in its children's CD-ROMs?
posted 5:07:36 PM
Lakers take 3-1 series lead as Pacers come up short
Kobe Bryant is legit, and he proved it on the NBA's biggest stage.
In a performance that validated all his hype, Bryant -- bum ankle and all -- came to his team's rescue after Shaquille O'Neal fouled out in overtime. Bryant made three of the most clutch shots of his young career to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 120-118 victory over the Indiana Pacers and a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
posted 10:37:53 AM
Wednesday, June 14, 2000
Internet Satellites Going Cheap
With help from NASA, Wingo plans to build 544 orbiting Web servers from Apple's G4 Power Macintosh computers and a souped-up version of the company's Airport wireless networking technology.
Swooping over the globe in low-Earth orbit, the satellites would be accessible from cell phones, computers fitted with inexpensive PC cards, or clip-on wireless modems for devices like Palm's handhelds.
posted 10:22:07 AM
Tuesday, June 13, 2000
eBay buying Half.com in stock deal
posted 6:15:41 PM
Jim Carrey to star in "Phone Booth"
The pic is slated to roll this summer on a yet-to-be-determined Gotham street, and the entire shoot is expected to be completed within a couple of weeks. To accomplish this, Schumacher will do an extensive amount of rehearsing, and it's envisioned that Fox 2000 will employ Internet technology by streaming footage of the rehearsal and shooting process, to show film students and those interested in the process how a movie gets made.
posted 2:18:54 PM
DirecTV's Swiss Army Box
Microsoft and its technology partners hope a new integrated television/Internet service will keep viewers glued to their Barcalounger.
The new television platform combines four TV and Internet technologies in a single box: DirecTV programming, digital video recording, enhanced TV, and Internet access.
posted 11:25:28 AM
When Stock Options Cost You More Than They Are Worth
A nice little article about how stock options can kill you in taxes. Explains how some stock options holders got hurt badly by some tax laws that force them to pay taxes on the profit at the point they excercised the options rather than when they sold them. There's a fun example of someone having to pay $90,000 in taxes on options worth $60,000.
via Techdirt
posted 11:15:51 AM
Monday, June 12, 2000
www.icepick.com
House with a wired Front Door, Trashcan, Microwave and more....
via marsbard
posted 1:39:58 PM
No happy ending for Reel.com
Reel.com's online site will continue to provide content on movies, but future orders will be directed to Buy.com--once a competitor. Reel will also license its content to Buy.com, the companies said. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
posted 11:27:13 AM
Friday, June 09, 2000
Fax4Free.com
free fax service with ads
posted 5:26:12 PM
Crusoe WebPads By FIC
Found a nugget in a Tom's Hardware Guide report from Computex in Taipei - FIC was showing off TransMeta Crusoe 'WebPads' " Interesting specs, but no comment on what OS it's running, or on the type of wireless LAN used.
posted 5:04:00 PM
New bug shows need for firewall protection
Hackers have embedded a malicious program disguised as a movie clip on 2,000 commercial and home computers, positioning themselves to launch an attack designed to shut down Web sites, security experts told the government in an alert.
posted 1:36:40 PM
BattleBots
The next BattleBots competition will take place June 9-11 at the Fort Mason Center - Festival Pavilion in San Francisco.
posted 11:12:20 AM
Thursday, June 08, 2000
Psychobabble with Angelina Jolie
The leading lady of Gone in Sixty Seconds talks stealing cars and being a Tomb Raider.
posted 3:41:05 PM
ArchitectureWeek
ArchitectureWeek provides timely news, information and images for architects, designers, and everyone who appreciates good buildings.
posted 3:28:14 PM
Haiku Movie Reviews - The X Files
Mulder and Scully
unravel syndicate plans.
So what else is new?
posted 3:26:29 PM
Laser Shoots Down Rocket for First Time
A powerful laser developed jointly by the United States and Israel has shot down a rocket in a breakthrough test of defense technology, the Army said on Wednesday.
The test was the first in a series before the high-energy laser, designed by a team led by TRW Corp., is to be handed over to Israel to help protect its northern border with Lebanon against short-range rocket attack.
``We've just turned science fiction into reality,'' Lt. Gen. John Costello, head of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command, said in a statement released by his headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama.
posted 2:18:52 PM
TV show gives peek at homes of techies
Cross Martha Stewart's style with Bill Gates' tech acumen and you've got ``High Tech Home,'' a new weekly, half-hour home-improvement series that begins airing on public television this summer.
The San Ramon husband-and-wife team of Kristin Best and Clay Breuner produced the series, which tours the homes of the West Coast technology elite, offers practical information on how to network home computers or install a home theater system and reviews new products that automate the home.
posted 11:24:34 AM
who wants to marry a sysadmin?
via /usr/bin/girl
posted 11:11:57 AM
Wednesday, June 07, 2000
Lakers 104, Pacers 87
O'Neal put up numbers worthy of a champion, scoring 43 points and grabbing 19 rebounds as Los Angeles kept a comfortable lead most of the way and defeated the Indiana Pacers 104-87 in Game 1 on Wednesday night.
posted 10:40:14 PM
Universal sues; Myers rebukes
My agreement with Universal has always been that the movie would not be made until I approved the script. I informed Universal that the script does not work and it needs more time to be fixed. The question from the beginning has always been can 'Sprockets' move from beyond a sketch into being a full-length feature film, and despite my greatest efforts, I have yet to achieve that. I cannot, in good conscience, accept $20 million and cheat moviegoers who pay their hard-earned money to see my work by making a movie with an unacceptable script."
posted 1:39:23 PM
Diary of a pregnancy: Dad’s chapter. The father-to-be offers advice men really need.
posted 11:36:30 AM
Tuesday, June 06, 2000
Office Jesus Turns Water Into Coffee
posted 12:31:40 PM
New email virus spams mobile phone users
The virus, called "Timofonica," is reported to be "in the wild" in Spain, where customers of the phone company Movistar have been hit with annoying computer-generated phone calls, according to the antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab. The virus type, known as a worm, targets phones that use the European GSM mobile standard.
posted 12:21:11 PM
Friday, June 02, 2000
Magi, a personal web server
Magi is a personal Web server that allows users to easily store and retrieve information.
posted 11:13:33 AM
Canada woos Microsoft
As the US software giant Microsoft waits to hear whether an American judge will order its break-up, it has been revealed that the company is being encouraged to relocate its operations to neighbouring Canada.
posted 10:18:30 AM
Thursday, June 01, 2000
Barnesandnoble.com exposes customer's information
A New Jersey man trying to key in a coupon code at Barnesandnoble.com yesterday found himself in another customer's account with access to that person's personal information.
posted 10:17:25 PM
Court Says No Elian Asylum Hearing
A federal appeals court sided with Elian Gonzalez's father today in the 6-month-old international custody battle, ruling that immigration officials were entitled to deny an asylum hearing for the Cuban boy.
posted 10:26:02 AM
Personal Technology - Sony plans desktop PC push
Sony Electronics plans to expand its presence in the desktop computer market with a $999 line of entertainment PCs due for release in June.
posted 10:19:15 AM
