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BERNERS-LEE WINS $1M TECHNOLOGY PRIZE
Tim Berners-Lee, the scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web
back in the early 1990s, has been awarded the first Millennium Technology
Prize by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation, an independent fund
supported by the Finnish government and a number of Finnish companies
and organizations. The $1 million prize is among the largest of its kind,
and the prize committee noted that Berners-Lee's decision not to
commercialize or patent the technology for personal gain embodies
the spirit of the award. (AP 15 Apr 2004)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040415/D81VAMC00.html
APPLE COMPUTER: THE MUSIC COMPANY
Apple's profits nearly tripled in its second quarter, largely because
of continued strong sales of the iPod portable music player. Apple chief
executive Steve Jobs said, "We feel great. We sold a lot of Macs, but we've
sold more iPods in the quarter than all the Macs put together." But Apple is
resisting a proposal from RealNetworks suggesting the two companies form a
tactical alliance in the digital music business. Industry analyst Richard
Doherty of Envisioneering says: "Real understands how incredibly powerful
the Microsoft music initiative will be. I don't think that Jobs understands
this. He doesn't realize how big the juggernaut is about to get." And
RealNetworks chief executive Rob Glazer is stunned to find Steve Jobs so
adamant about keeping Apple systems proprietary: "Why is Steve afraid of
opening up the iPod? Steve is showing a high level of fear that I don't
understand." (New York Times 15 Apr 2004) http://tinyurl.com/3ch8y &
http://tinyurl.com/2xgz5
[Don't Let Them Confuse You With Statistics!
This is 40% of the 75% of the US that has an Internet connection at all.
Luckily 75% = 3/4. . .so it's easy to see that it is really only 30%.]
[More details below, and another article in the Edupage section]
BROADBAND GAINING BROADER APPEAL
About 40% of U.S. Internet users now have broadband connections at home,
with cable modems accounting for 54% of those and 42% connecting
through DSL. Those numbers -- part of a new report by the Pew Internet and
American Life Project -- represent a sharp surge in broadband penetration,
which was pegged at only 28% a year ago. And among those opting for
high-speed connections, DSL has made significant inroads from last May,
when only a third of broadband subscribers chose the telephony-based
service. That change is attributable to lower rates now charged by
telephone companies for DSL service, with SBC dropping its price to $27 a
month and Verizon to $35, according to Dave Burstein, editor of a DSL
newsletter. Pew senior research specialist John Horrigan says the increase
in broadband connections reflects Americans' rising frustration with slower
connections that they perceive as wasting their time. "People turn to
broadband over time as they expand the menu of online activities they do,"
says Horrigan. (AP 19 Apr 2004)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040419/D821R9Q00.html
[Here is a similar article from last year, not quite so misleading]
GROWTH IN RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND LEVELING OFF
The percentage of experienced Internet users who said they wish to upgrade
from dialup to broadband connections declined this year -- 43% compared to
53% last year -- in a development that signals the stabilization of the
residential broadband market. Pew Internet and American Life Project
director Lee Rainie said of the study's results: "The overall Internet
population has stopped growing in the United States. If there is no net
growth, you eventually run out of veteran users who have spent a couple of
years in dialup mode and want to move to broadband." The study also found a
slight shift among broadband users toward favoring cable modem connections.
In March, 67% connected via cable, compared with 63% a year earlier. In
contrast, 28% reported connecting via DSL, down from 34% the year before.
Although the percentage of DSL users dropped, overall growth is still up --
9 million users in March, up from 7 million. That compares with 21 million
cable modem users. Almost a third of Internet users now have broadband
connections -- up from 21% last March. (AP 19 May 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030519/D7R4CV5O0.html
[And another related story]
ON THE INTERNET, SOME CHOOSE THE SLOW LANE
Is a higher Internet transmission speed worth what it costs? Many say no,
and concur with the feelings of an Internet user who says: "I resent it.
I don't do gaming. I don't download a lot of graphics. For the money I
would spend, I don't need it." Alex Pope, a retired attorney, explains that
to pass the time while he's downloading data over his slow connection:
"I bring a newspaper and sit and read," and Internet user Danielle Kolko
admits: "I have friends who are high-tech computer engineers who are
horrified by the fact I have dial-up. I just tell them I'm more patient
than they are." The Yankee Group, a research and consulting company,
says that the highest penetration of broadband access is among
upper-middle-class households -- a finding suggesting that price
remains a large factor in decisions to get high-speed connections.
(New York Times 19 Apr 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/19/technology/19DIAL.html
DENMARK BEST IN WORLD FOR E-COMMERCE, U.S. RANKS SIXTH
Denmark is the most conducive country in the world for e-commerce,
with the U.K. ranking second, followed by Sweden, Norway and Finland. The
U.S. ranked sixth -- down from third in 2003, according to a report by the
Economist Intelligence Unit. The company rated things like demand for
mobile phones and faster Internet connections, as well as access to cheap
and easy-to-use products and software. Another vital component in the
future of e-commerce development is the role of governments, and [the] EIU
suggests further cooperation between local governments, the information and
communications industries, and businesses -- something that's already
happening in the Nordic countries. EIU points out that the role of
government can be particularly important in so-called developing countries
where infrastructure is lacking. It points to India, South Africa and
Bulgaria as examples of countries that have managed to develop "niche"
industries in software development and services outsourced from the U.S.
(BBC News 18 Apr 2004)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3632027.stm
PAPER DVDS PROMISE INCREASED CAPACITY, SECURITY
Sony and Japanese company Toppan have developed a DVD made largely from
paper that can store five times as much as current DVDs. The paper
discs use blue-laser technology, which is being developed by
electronics manufacturers including Sony, Philips, Hitachi, and
Samsung. Compared to the red-laser technology on which today's DVDs
are based, the blue-laser format allows capacities of about 25
gigabytes per disc. Current DVDs have a limit of 4.7 gigabytes.
Because the new discs are made primarily of paper, they can easily be cut
with scissors, offering a simple and reliable way to dispose of the discs
and to destroy the data on them. Paper discs will reportedly be less
expensive to produce than current DVDs, though Sony and Toppan did not
say when the new DVDs would be available to consumers.
BBC, 19 April 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3639585.stm
E-FILING TOOK THE LONG-LINES FUN OUT OF TAX DAY
IRS official Sam Serio said yesterday, "I haven't seen a line all day.
In all prior years, I have seen 200 to 300 people." Serio says that 51.8
million out of 89.4 million federal tax returns were filed electronically, a
12% increase over last year. (Washington Post 16 Jul 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16353-2004Apr15.html
[And In A Related Story]
[61% of American Companies Paid No Income Tax From 1996-2000,
in response to claim that American companies pay 50% in tax.]
WORLDWIDE GROWTH OF PC SALES
Market research firms Gartner and IDC both say that worldwide PC
shipments continued double-digit growth this quarter as more businesses
replaced their older machines. The two firms use slightly different
measurement methods and yield slightly different results. IDC's figures
indicate that 45.3 million units were shipped in the first three months of
2004, representing a 13.4% increase from the previous year. The top five PC
makers were Dell (18.6 market share) and Hewlett-Packard (15.6%), followed
by IBM, Fujitsu and Acer. (Acer replaced Toshiba for fifth place.) In the
U.S., the top five vendors for the quarter were Dell, HP, IBM, eMachines,
and Gateway. (AP/USA Today 16 Mar 2004)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2004-04-16-pc-sales_x.htm
AMAZON JOINS SEARCH ENGINE FRAY
Amazon is quietly revving up its new search engine, A9.com, as it
prepares to take on the likes of Google and Yahoo in the red-hot search
engine market. A9 -- still in the testing stage -- touts features geared
toward e-commerce that allow users to sift through search results, store
and view their search history, and locate books on Amazon related to query
terms. "We want to enhance the customer e-commerce search experience, so
we're using this beta iteration to gain firsthand commentary from our
users," says an A9 spokeswoman. A9 uses a combination of Google and
Amazon-owned technology, and some Google-sponsored ad listings are
displayed along with the results. Users can also search directly from a
browser's URL box by typing a9.com/query -- for example, www.a9.com/harry
potter. The service is available to current Amazon customers and others
who register with the site. (CNet News.com 14 Apr 2004)
http://news.com.com/2100-1038-5191661.html
IN INDIA, INFOSYS CELEBRATES BEGINNING OF "NEW JOURNEY"
Infosys Technologies, the Indian software services giant that does a
great deal of work outsourced by U.S. companies, has for the first time
posted more than $1 billion in annual sales, making it possible for chief
executive Nandan M. Nilekani to boast: "Today, we have the required size,
brand, compelling value proposition and ambition to build the
next-generation software, services and consulting company." The company,
which was founded in 1981 by seven entrepreneurs on an initial investment
of $250, specializes in performing data entry, programming and customer
technical support. Company chairman N. R. Narayana Murthy believes that
the $1 billion revenue milestone is the "beginning of a new journey."
(New York Times 14 Apr 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/14/business/worldbusiness/14rupee.html
A GO-SLOW APPROACH TO SPYWARE LEGISLATION
Spyware (the generic term for software that is surreptitiously
downloaded onto PCs when users are engaged in some activity such as instant
messaging or surfing for music or games) comes in two major varieties: the
relatively innocuous "adware" that places advertisements on people's
computers, and the more insidious kind that capture user keystrokes in order
to steal passwords or other private information. The Internet security firm
McAfee says the number of "potentially unwanted programs" on its customers'
computers grew from 643,000 in September 2003 to more than 2.5 million in
March. Still, Commissioner Mozelle Thompson, a member of the Federal Trade
Commission, warns against trying to solve the problem with hurried and
ill-conceived legislation: "There are some kinds of practices that we may
consider unfair or deceptive that we already have existing power to pursue."
His alternate solution is for technology companies to develop standards for
downloads that would distinguish them from spyware. Marc Rotenberg of the
Electronic Privacy Information Center scoffs: "To expect that market-based
solutions are going to protect the consumers, I think, is to misunderstand
the problem." (Washington Post 19 Apr 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25231-2004Apr19.html
TV NEWS WHEN YOU WANT IT: IN THE MORNING
Researchers at Ball State University's Center for Media Design have found
that more TV viewers are tuning into early morning newscasts (6 to 10 a.m.)
-- a major shift in America's viewing habits. Ball State telecommunications
professor Robert Papper says: "Because of the introduction of new
technologies and cable television, consumers are taking control.
They are telling us that we'll consume the news when we want and
the shows or networks we want to watch.' If they want to watch the weather,
they can tune into the Weather Channel at any time of the day. Why should
they wait for the local news if a cable channel has it when they want to
watch?"
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>From Edupage
AMAZON ENTERS THE SEARCH FRAY
Amazon.com has thrown its hat into the online search ring with a new
service called A9. Search results on A9 are provided by search-engine
leader Google, which also provides paid-search advertisements. Users of
A9 can also use Amazon's "Search Inside the Book" service, launched
last fall, which lets users view selected portions of books online. A
Google spokesman said, "Amazon's strategy ... with the technology" was
not immediately clear but said that Amazon is a valued partner of the
search firm. John Battelle, publisher of Searchblog, however, sees
Amazon's new service as a threat to Google. Comparing how Google
usurped Yahoo as the leading search provider, Battelle said the Amazon
service takes the best of Google and makes it better.
Reuters, 15 April 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=4833073
[40% of What???]
HOME BROADBAND REACHES 40 PERCENT
Broadband penetration in U.S. homes has reached 40 percent, according
to new data released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Contrary to predictions a year ago by the Pew project that the number
of broadband subscribers had reached a plateau, providers of broadband
have found significant numbers of new customers and customers willing
to upgrade from dial-up to high-speed service. Many of the new
broadband customers are taking advantage of lower prices, especially
for DSL compared to high-speed cable service, though relatively few
cited cost as the reason for switching. John Horrigan, senior research
specialist at Pew, said consumers are pushed toward high-speed
connections as they spend more time online, involved in a growing list
of online activities. Even if broadband costs more, consumers
understand that faster connections will allow them to waste less time
and save money in the long run.
San Jose Mercury News, 19 April 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8466355.htm
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WIPO Proposes Further Intellectual Property Extensions
A group of Oxford graduate students in law (including UPD volunteer
Tina Piper) have written an excellent academic analysis of the
Broadcast Treaty and the effect it will have on access to the public
domain. You can find it on the UPD site at:
http://www.public-domain.org/node/view/25
Union for the Public Domain
Oxford report analyses the Broadcast Treaty
Submitted by updadmin on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 11:37 Broadcasting
[Samples Below]
Among other points, they argue that:
* Granting too many privileges to broadcasters through the treaty may
lead to under-use of the very broadcasts the privileges are supposed
to promote.
* The proposal to extend broadcast ownership privileges to 50 years is
not justifiable for broadcasters to recoup their investment.
Their full report is available in HTML and PDF formats.
As far as the term of protection is concerned, the proposals advocate
a 50-year duration, when the existing international treaties protect
broadcasts for 20 years, as can be seen in Table C:
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[I'm still working on more information for you on this subject]
[Yes, there is more this week]
I've been researching and reporting on "Stereolithography" or 3-D
printing for about 10 years, and still have very little in the way
of press coverage of a pretty exciting computer application. . .
"printing" actual 3-D objects from your computer.
[Here'e The Latest On The 3-D Computer Age, And, Again, Note They
Don't Mention How These 3-D Parts Actually Get Into The Real World]
3D SEARCHING
Researchers have developed new search engines that can mine catalogs of
three-dimensional objects such as airplane parts or architectural features.
For example, Purdue University professor Karthik Ramani created a system
that can find computer-designed industrial parts, and Caterpillar Inc.
engineer Rick Jeff says of Ramani's technology: "If you've got to design a
new elbow for an oil line, more often than not, we have a plethora of
elbows"; Jeff says the problem has been that each has to be examined
separately -- a tedious task "that isn't even performed that often, because
it isn't feasible or practical... It seems like there's ever-greater demands
for speed in product development, and it's those kinds of breakthroughs that
are needed to keep up. This would really just add to the efficiency."
Professor Ramani says happily: "I think this is the beginning of the
information age." (AP/San Jose Mercury News 16 Apr 2004)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8441476.htm
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A start in life, by C. F. Dowsett 12022
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/2/12022 ]
[Files: 12022.txt; 12022-8.txt; 12022-h.htm]
Adopting An Abandoned Farm, by Kate Sanborn 12021
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[Files: 12021.txt; 12021-8.txt; 12021-h.htm]
A Woman of the World, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 12020
[Subtitle: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/2/12020 ]
[Files: 12020.txt; 12020-8.txt]
Queen Hortense, by L. Muhlbach 12019
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12019 ]
[Files: 12019.txt; 12019-8.txt; 12019-h.htm]
Notes and Queries, No. 17, by Various 12018
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12018 ]
[Files: 12018.txt; 12018-h.htm]
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction--Volume 13, by Various 12017
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12017 ]
[Files: 12017.txt; 12017-8.txt; 12017-h.htm]
The Merchant of Berlin, by L Muhlbach 12016
[Subtitle: An Historical Novel]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12016 ]
[Files: 12016.txt; 12016-8.txt]
Love Under Fire, by Randall Parrish 12015
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12015 ]
[Files: 12015.txt; 12015-h.htm]
Lives of the Poets, Volume 4, by Theophilus Cibber 12014
[Full title: The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12014 ]
[Files: 12014.txt; 12014-8.txt]
My Year of the War, by Frederick Palmer 12013
[Subtitle: Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France
and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the
First Time in its Complete Form]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12013 ]
[Files: 12013.txt; 12013-8.txt]
Drei Gaugoettinnen, by E. L. Rochholz 12012
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12012 ]
[Files: 12012.txt; 12012-8.txt; 12012-h.htm]
Monsieur Parent, by Guy de Maupassant 12011
[Subtitle: Et autres histoires courtes]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12011 ]
[Files: 12011.txt; 12011-8.txt; 12011-h.htm]
The Fourth Dimensional Reaches, by Cora Lenore Williams 12010
[Full title: The Fourth Dimensional Reaches of the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/1/12010 ]
[Files: 12010.txt]
Jean Jacques Rousseau, by Henriette Roland Holst 12009
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12009 ]
[Files: 12009.txt; 12009-8.txt; 12009-h.htm]
Geerten Basse, by Lode Monteyne 12008
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12008 ]
[Files: 12008.txt; 12008-8.txt; 12008-h.htm]
Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories, Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols 12007
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12007 ]
[Files: 12007.txt; 12007-h.htm]
A Handbook to Agra and the Taj, by E. B. Havell 12006
[Subtitle: Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12006 ]
[Files: 12006.txt; 12006-8.txt]
Les Chants de Maldoror, by Comte de Lautreamont 12005
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12005 ]
[Files: 12005.txt; 12005-8.txt]
Unsettled Questions of Political Economy, by John Stuart Mill 12004
[Full title: Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12004 ]
[Files: 12004.txt; 12004-8.txt; 12004-h.htm]
Extaze, by Louis Couperus 12003
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12003 ]
[Files: 12003.txt; 12003-8.txt; 12003-h.htm]
Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill, by George Grote 12002
[Title: Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill Entitled,
'Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy.']
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12002 ]
[Files: 12002.txt; 12002-8.txt; 12002-h.htm]
Studies in Literature, by John Morley 12001
Contents:
Wordsworth
Aphorisms
Maine On Popular Government
A Few Words On French Models
On The Study Of Literature
Victor Hugo's "Ninety-Three"
On "The Ring And The Book"
Memorials Of A Man Of Letters
Valedictory
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12001 ]
[Files: 12001.txt; 12001-8.txt]
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's, by Elihu Burritt 12000
[Subtitle: With Notes By The Way]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/0/0/12000 ]
[Files: 12000.txt; 12000-h.htm]
The Servant in the House, A Play by Charles Rann Kennedy 11999
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/9/11999 ]
[Files: 11999.txt]
Sight to the Blind, by Lucy Furman 11998
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/9/11998 ]
[Files: 11998.txt]
Crusoes of the Frozen North, by Gordon Stables 11997
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/9/11997 ]
[Files: 11997.txt; 11997-h.htm]
A Residence in France, Complete, by An English Lady 11996
[Full title: A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793,
1794 and 1795, Complete]
[Subtitle: Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady:
With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners]
[Prepared for the Press by John Gifford]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/9/11996 ]
[Files: 11996.txt; 11996-h.htm]
A Residence in France, Part IV, 1795, by An English Lady 11995
[Full title: A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793,
1794 and 1795, Part IV, 1795]
[Subtitle: Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady:
With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners]
[Prepared for the Press by John Gifford]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/9/11995 ]
[Files: 11995.txt; 11995-h.htm]
A Residence in France, Part III, 1794, by An English Lady 11994
[Full title: A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793,
1794 and 1795, Part III, 1794]
[Subtitle: Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady:
With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners]
[Prepared for the Press by John Gifford]
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[Files: 11994.txt; 11994-h.htm]
A Residence in France, Part II, 1793, by An English Lady 11993
[Full title: A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793,
1794 and 1795, Part II, 1793]
[Subtitle: Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady:
With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners]
[Prepared for the Press by John Gifford]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/9/11993 ]
[Files: 11993.txt; 11993-h.htm]
A Residence in France, Part I, 1792, by An English Lady 11992
[Full title: A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793,
1794 and 1795, Part I, 1792]
[Subtitle: Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady:
With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners]
[Prepared for the Press by John Gifford]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/9/11992 ]
[Files: 11992.txt; 11992-h.htm]
Po-No-Kah, by Mary Mapes Dodge 11991
[Subtitle: An Indian Tale of Long Ago]
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[Files: 11991.txt; 11991-h.htm]
Shakespeare's Insomnia, And the Causes Thereof, by Franklin H. Head 11990
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/9/11990 ]
[Files: 11990.txt; 11990-8.txt; 11990-h.htm]
The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories, by Nicholas Carter 11989
Contents:
The Crime of the French Cafe
Nick Carter's Ghost Story
The Mystery of St. Agnes' Hospital
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[Files: 11989.txt; 11989-8.txt; 11989-h.htm]
The Human Chord, by Algernon Blackwood 11988
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/8/11988 ]
[Files: 11988.txt; 11988-8.txt]
By Advice of Counsel, by Arthur Train 11987
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/8/11987 ]
[Files: 11987.txt; 11987-8.txt; 11987-h.htm]
The Book of American Negro Poetry, edited by James Weldon Johnson 11986
[Authors: Alex Rogers; Alice Dunbar-Nelson; Anne Spencer;Claude McKay;
Benjamin Brawley; Charles Bertram Johnson; Daniel Webster Davis;
Edward Smyth Jones; Fenton Johnson; George Marion McClellan;
George Reginald Margetson; Georgia Douglas Johnson; Jessie Fauset;
James Edwin Campbell; James Weldon Johnson; James D. Corrothers;
John Wesley Holloway; Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.; Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.;
Leslie Pinckney Hill; Otto Leyland Bohanan; William Stanley Braithwaite;
Paul Laurence Dunbar; R. Nathaniel Dett; W. E. Burghardt Du Bois;
Roscoe C. Jamison; Theodore Henry Shackleford; Ray G. Dandridge;
Waverley Turner Carmichael; William H. A. Moore; Lucian B. Watkins]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/8/11986 ]
[Files: 11986.txt; 11986-8.txt]
Russian Lyrics, translated by Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi 11985
[Additional Authors: Fofanow, Grand Duke Constantine, Lermontoff, Maikow,
Nadson, Nekrassow, Nikitin, Plestcheeff, Polonsky, Prince Oberlaine,
Prince Tschawtschawadze, Pushkin, Tolstoy]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/8/11985 ]
[Files: 11985.txt; 11985-8.txt]
A Pluralistic Universe, by William James 11984
[Subtitle: Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the
Present Situation in Philosophy]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/8/11984 ]
[Files: 11984.txt; 11984-8.txt]
Poetic Sketches, by Thomas Gent 11983
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/8/11983 ]
[Files: 11983.txt; 11983-8.txt; 11983-h.htm]
Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897, Elizabeth Cady Stanton 11982
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/8/11982 ]
[Files: 11982.txt; 11982-8.txt; 11982-h.htm]
World's Great Sermons, Volume I, edited by Grenville Kleiser 11981
[Subtitle: Basil to Calvin]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/8/11981 ]
[Files: 11981.txt]
A Tramp's Sketches, by Stephen Graham 11980
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/8/11980 ]
[Files: 11980.txt; 11980-8.txt]
The Diverting History of John Gilpin, by William Cowper 11979
[Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11979 ]
[Files: 11979.txt; 11979-h.htm]
Brave Tom, by Edward S. Ellis 11978
[Subtitle: The Battle That Won]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11978 ]
[Files: 11978.txt; 11978-8.txt; 11978-h.htm]
The United Empire Loyalists, by W. Stewart Wallace 11977
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of the Great Migration]
[Volume 13 (of 32) in the series Chronicles of Canada]
[Series Editors: George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11977 ]
[Files: 11977.txt]
Dialstone Lane, Complete, by W.W. Jacobs 11976
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11976 ]
[Files: 11976.txt; 11976-h.htm]
Dialstone Lane, Part 5, by W.W. Jacobs 11975
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11975 ]
[Files: 11975.txt; 11975-h.htm]
Dialstone Lane, Part 4, by W.W. Jacobs 11974
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11974 ]
[Files: 11974.txt; 11974-h.htm]
Dialstone Lane, Part 3, by W.W. Jacobs 11973
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11973 ]
[Files: 11973.txt; 11973-h.htm]
Dialstone Lane, Part 2, by W.W. Jacobs 11972
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11972 ]
[Files: 11972.txt; 11972-h.htm]
Dialstone Lane, Part 1, by W.W. Jacobs 11971
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11971 ]
[Files: 11971.txt; 11971-h.htm]
Wife in Name Only, by Charlotte M. Braeme (Bertha M. Clay) 11970
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/7/11970 ]
[Files: 11970.txt; 11970-8.txt; 11970-h.htm]
Duty, and other Irish Comedies, by Seumas O'Brien 11969
Contents:
Duty
Jurisprudence
Magnanimity
Matchmakers
Retribution
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11969 ]
[Files: 11969.txt]
Kansanlauluja, by Elias Lonnrot 11968
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11968 ]
[Files: 11968-8.txt; 11968-h.htm]
Sanomalehtimiesajoiltani, by Juhani Aho 11967
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11967 ]
[Files: 11967-8.txt]
The Village Sunday School, by John C. Symons 11966
[Subtitle: With brief sketches of three of its scholars]
[Additional Author: Revised by Daniel P. Kidder]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11966 ]
[Files: 11966.txt; 11966-h.htm]
Sex And Common-Sense, by A. Maude Royden 11965
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11965 ]
[Files: 11965.txt]
Histoire de la Revolution Francaise, VII, by Adolphe Thiers 11964
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11964 ]
[Files: 11964.txt; 11964-8.txt; 11964-h.htm]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 4, 1919, by Various 11963
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11963 ]
[Files: 11963.txt; 11963-8.txt; 11963-h.htm]
A Mind That Found Itself, by Clifford Whittingham Beers 11962
[Subtitle: An Autobiography]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11962 ]
[Files: 11962.txt; 11962-8.txt; 11962-h.htm]
The Lords of the Wild, by Joseph A. Altsheler 11961
[Subtitle: A Story of the Old New York Border]
[Volume 5 in the French and Indian War series by Altsheler]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11961 ]
[Files: 11961.txt; 11961-8.txt]
The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On, by Eugene Manlove Rhodes 11960
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/6/11960 ]
[Files: 11960.txt; 11960-8.txt]
A Brief Memoir of Eliza Southall, by Eliza Southall 11959
[Title: A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters,
and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England]
[Edited by William Southall]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/5/11959 ]
[Files: 11959.txt; 11959-8.txt]
Notes and Queries 1850.03.23, by Various 11958
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/5/11958 ]
[Files: 11958.txt; 11958-8.txt; 11958-h.htm]
The Wing-and-Wing, by J. Fenimore Cooper 11957
[Subtitle: Le Feu-Follet]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/9/5/11957 ]
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A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times, V.6 of 6, by Guizot 11956
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Investigation of Modern Spiritualism, by The Seybert Commission 11950
[Full title: Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the
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Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3, by Reynolds 11949
[Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds]
[Contents:
Arthur B. Reeve
The Poisoned Pen
The Invisible Rat
The Silent Bullet
The Deadly Tubs
The Black Hand
The Steel Door
Paul L. Ford
Great K. & A. Train Robbery
Max Pemberton
The Risen Dead
Geo.B. Mccutcheon
Cowardice Court
Burton E. Stevenson
The Case Of Mrs. Magnus
Joseph Ernest
The Episode Or The Black Casquette
Marjorie L.C. Pickthall
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Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, Vol. 10, by Richard Hakluyt 11948
[Full title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques,
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[Subtitle: Asia, Part III]
[Edited by Edmund Goldsmidt]
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On the Edge of the War Zone, by Mildred Aldrich 11947
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La Tontine, by Le Sage 11946C
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Essays of Schopenhauer, by Arthur Schopenhauer 11945
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The Winning of the West, Volume Four, by Theodore Roosevelt 11944
[Subtitle: Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807]
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Aug 1998 The Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White [tnhosxxx.xxx] 1408
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that enables programs to communicate with each other. Avalanche founders
Andrew Black and Scott Lien have big plans for their high-tech coop, aimed
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millions of dollars to companies like Siebel Systems and Microsoft, whose
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combined talent pool of member companies, they will be able to come up with
superior generic products that could benefit all members, allowing them to
save their real time and energy for software projects that generate a
concrete competitive advantage. (Wall Street Journal 12 Apr 2004)
MICROSOFT SETTLES INTERTRUST PATENT LAWSUIT
Microsoft has settled a lawsuit brought three years ago by InterTrust
Technologies, which alleged that the software giant infringed on its
digital rights management patents. Microsoft will pay $440 million to
InterTrust, which is owned by a joint venture of Sony, Philips Electronics
and investment banking firm Stephens Inc. The announcement comes on the
heels of Microsoft's agreement last week to pay Sun Microsystems $1.6
million to settle an antitrust lawsuit and resolve patent claims. And last
month, Microsoft settled a patent lawsuit filed by AT&T over
voice-recognition technology. Terms of that settlement were not disclosed.
(AP/Washington Post 12 Apr 2004) http://
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4960-2004Apr12.html?nav=headlines
PLAGIARISM SOFTWARE DETECTS NEW MARKET IN CORPORATE WORLD
Software designed to detect plagiarism is moving from academia, where
it's been used for years to flag phony term papers, to the corporate world.
Newspapers, law firms and even the U.N. Security Council are using the
data-sifting tools to ensure their documents are original works, and
companies such as iParadigm, Glatt Plagiarism Services, MyDropBox and CFL
Software Development have moved quickly to meet the new demand. And while
some businesses have been reluctant to deploy such software, iParadigm
president John Barrie predicts that soon the number of corporate clients
will outstrip academics. "The stakes are 100 times greater. We're not
talking about grades anymore," he says. (AP/Washington Post 6 Apr 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54144-2004Apr6.html
MOBILE PHONES CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF?
Contrary to popular airline lore, mobile phones don't really
interfere with airline navigation systems. The real reason phones are
banned during flight is that they disrupt mobile networks on the ground as
they zoom from one base-station to the next at 500 miles an hour. But that
problem is about to be solved, thanks to new technology that will prevent
cell phone signals from leaving the airplane cabin. Instead, a laptop-sized
base station, called a "picocell," will emit a network signal that will
enable onboard cell phones to "roam" -- eliminating any interference with
avionics and terrestrial networks. The new technology is the creation of
WirelessCabin, a consortium led by the German Aerospace Center and
including members such as Airbus, Siemens and Ericsson. It is designed for
cell phones using the European-dominant GSM standard and also supports the
popular Wi-Fi protocol. A similar system targeting business jets will be
flight-tested this year, and European and U.S. regulatory bodies are
developing rules to address the use of wireless devices in flight. Airlines
likely will team with wireless carriers or satellite operators to
administer the in-flight mobile calling systems, and may try tying the
service to their frequent flyer programs, offering members lower rates or
flyer miles when they make calls. (The Economist 1 Apr 2004)
http://www.economist.com
TELSTRA BLOCKS PORT 25
Telstra's BigPond service will start closing access to port 25, used
by outgoing SMTP e-mail, on April 13. "Although some businesses use Port 25
to run their own e-mail systems, spammers also use it to send spam
disguised as normal e-mails," Telstra told BigPond subscribers in an
e-mail. The move to block port 25, which has been under consideration for
six months, is just one of a number of anti-spam measures that will be
unveiled "over the next few weeks," according to a Telstra spokesman, who
adds that the measures will include "taking some steps with Telstra Webmail."
Telstra has been criticized for allowing sign-up for its Webmail service
to remain too easy for spammers to abuse with automated sign-up programs.
(The Australian 6 Apr 2004) http://
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9205613%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
AUSTRALIAN JUNK E-MAIL LAWS TAKE EFFECT
Hard-core spammers will be the main target when Australia's
communications watchdog begins to enforce anti-spam legislation beginning
this Saturday. While penalties of $1.1 million a day will be reserved for
prolific spammers, most complaints about spamming will be treated with a
simple phone call, according to the Australian Communications Authority.
The ACA's focus will be on compliance, says Anti-Spam team manager Anthony
Wing. "We are really targeting, in the first instance, the hard-core
spammers. As long as people are trying to comply in the first instance, if
we get a complaint it will result in a phone call." Wing says reducing the
amount of spam that hits Australia's borders is a "longer program" that
requires international co-operation. (The Age 6 Apr 2004)
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FILM PRICES CUT TO FIGHT PIRACY IN RUSSIA
High rates of DVD and CD piracy in Russia have prompted entertainment
companies to try to fight rampant copyright violations by lowering
prices on legitimate copies of movies and music. Reports indicate that
9 of every 10 DVDs sold in Russia are counterfeit, while 60 percent of
CDs sold there are pirated copies, and some antipiracy groups say the
problem is getting worse. Movies that have not been released on DVD yet
are routinely available in Russian black markets for the equivalent of
about $4 (U.S.), and copies of recently released music CDs can usually
be bought for less than that. Given the level of piracy, U.S. film
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prices for DVDs in an effort to get Russians accustomed to buying legal
copies of movies, "but at a price that most of the population can
afford," according to Vyacheslav Dobychin, general director of Columbia
TriStar's Russian licensee. Movie producers have been strongly opposed
to lowering prices in the United States as a means to discourage
piracy. Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of
America, said, "You can never compete on price with a pirate."
New York Times, 7 April 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/movies/07PIRA.html
SEARCH SITES STOP SHOWING GAMBLING ADS
Search engines Google and Yahoo have announced they will no longer run
advertisements for online casinos, which U.S. officials say violate
American anti-gambling laws. Overture, the Yahoo subsidiary that sells
sponsored links on the site, attributed the decision to the "lack of
clarity" of legal and regulatory implications. MSN, which purchases
advertising links from Overture, confirmed it would also stop running
casino ads as a result of Yahoo's decision. Officials from Google said
the company would end casino ads in all of its markets, whereas Yahoo
will continue to include the ads on its sites outside the United
States. Lycos has also indicated its intention to stop running casino
ads, though a date for such an action has not been announced. Lost
revenue from the ads is not expected to have a significant effect on
the search companies, but some believe the lack of exposure will have
an enormous impact on casinos' ability to reach customers.
New York Times, 5 April 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/technology/05yahoo.html
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***Headline News***
[PG Editor's Comments In Brackets]
>From Newsscan:
JOBS, OUTSOURCING, AND TWO KINDS OF LIES
The job market -- which is by nature dynamic --has changed throughout
history, and change remains the order of the day, as MIT economist Frank
Levy explains: "If you can describe a job precisely, or write rules for
doing it, it's unlikely to survive. Either we'll program a computer to do
it, or we'll teach a foreigner to do it. Outsourcing accelerates what
technology was already doing. Take call centers. Eight, 10 years down the
line, we could do a lot more with voice-recognition software. But with
outsourcing you can do away with those jobs now... There are two kinds of
lies that politicians tell about outsourcing. One is that we can turn it all
back. But even if you cut off all trade, technology can do the same things
to workers. The other is that education is all that matters. That's true, of
course, but only in the long run." (Wall Street Journal 2 Apr 2004)
http://tinyurl.com/2ejwu ([PAID!]sub req'd) [$80 per year???]
[And. . .in a related story. . .perhaps even MORE related than. . .hee hee!]
THE OUTSOURCING PARADOX
A report prepared for the Information Technology Association of America
(ITAA) by Global Insight predicts that the continuing business trend of
outsourcing white-collar jobs to low wage countries will ultimately lower
inflation, create jobs and boost productivity in the U.S. Although the
researchers believe that demand for U.S. software engineers will shrink
through 2008, ITAA is emphasizing that outsourcing has damaged the job
market far less than the dot-com meltdown of early 2000, when Internet
startups, telecom companies and other companies eliminated as many as
268,000 positions. ITAA president Harris Miller says, "The myth is that
we've started this long decline into the midnight of the technology work
force. This report shows that, assuming the recovery continues, the number
of IT jobs will actually increase." (AP/Los Angeles Times 30 Mar 2004)
http://tinyurl.com/yunzp
GOOGLE UPS THE ANTE WITH E-MAIL SERVICE
Google is launching a new e-mail service dubbed Gmail, which it says
will offer users better access to searching their e-mail as well as a large
amount of free storage capacity. The move raises the stakes with
competitors Yahoo and MSN, which have long provided e-mail services but as
a tiered product that provided only minimal storage at the free level while
charging fees to users who wanted more capacity. Google plans to support
Gmail through advertising rather than fees. (New York Times 1 Apr 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/technology/01google.html
[And. . .In A Related Story. . .and See Another Related Story in Edupage]
PRIVACY ADVOCATES TARGET GOOGLE'S GMAIL STORAGE POLICY
Privacy advocates are voicing concern over Google's data retention
plans, following the search company's splashy launch of its free Gmail
service last week. Google's Gmail privacy policy tells users: "The contents
of your Gmail account are also stored and maintained on Google servers in
order to provide the service. Indeed, residual copies of e-mail may remain
on our systems, even after you have deleted them from your mailbox or after
the termination of your account." The fact that e-mail records potentially
could be combined with Google search cookies, designed to index users'
searches through 2038, and an Orkut cookie that contains personal
identification information, is what has privacy watchdogs worried. "Once
users register for Gmail, Google would be able to make that connection, if
it chose to," says Pam Dixon, head of the World Privacy Forum. "And if
Google ever compared the two sets of data, there are some people who would
be chilled and embarrassed." Archivist Daniel Brandt adds: "While Google
brags that no humans will read your e-mails, the entire Gmail program will
involve extensive automated profiling of you as an individual. Google will
be sharing non-identifiable portions of your profile with anyone they choose.
If the ownership of Google changes, or there is a merger, the entire
personally-identifiable profile will be available to the new owners or partners."
(The Register 3 Apr 2004)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/36778.html
'FLASH MOB SUPERCOMPUTER' FIZZLES
An ambitious plan to assemble an instant supercomputer by asking more
than 600 students, faculty and volunteers to converge on a University of
San Francisco gymnasium with their laptops in hand fell short of
expectations Saturday when a handful of computers refused to cooperate.
Organizers planned to load each machine with software that would enable
them to take part in a single large set of calculations, known and the
Linpack benchmark. The result was intended to be similar to massively
parallel supercomputers used by corporate researchers and scientific labs,
but the USF effort succeeded in producing only a partial result -- 180
billion mathematical operations per second -- short of the 500 billion
operations per second they needed to snag a place in the Top 500
supercomputer list. "If we had twice as many machines and another two days,
I think we would have been successful," says USF computer science professor
Gregory D. Benson. (New York Times 5 Apr 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/technology/05super.html
KAZAA OWNER WELCOMES SURVEY FINDINGS
Sharman Networks, owner of the Kazaa peer-to-peer software, has been
quick to seize on the findings of a survey released in the U.S. on Monday
which concluded that downloading music had no effect on album sales. In a
media release issued last evening, Sharman chief executive Nicola Hemming
said "We welcome sound research into the developing peer-to-peer industry
and this study appears to have covered some interesting ground. The
findings certainly support the vision we've always held for Kazaa and
crystallizes our vision for the future of content distribution." The 2002
study was conducted jointly by researchers from Harvard Business School and
the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and used data from
file-sharing services with 1.75 million downloads being studied over 17
weeks in autumn 2002. "Consider the possibilities if the record industry
actually cooperated with companies like us instead of fighting," Ms.
Hemming said. "We've offered content providers the opportunity to work with
peer-to-peer customers for nearly two years, yet the record industry
continues its narrow-minded strategy of litigation and legislation. (The
Age, 31 March 2004, rec'd from John Lamp, Deakin University)
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544527334.html
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>From Edupage
FILE TRADERS SAFE IN CANADA
A federal court in Canada has ruled that use of P2P networks to trade
music files does not constitute a violation of Canadian copyright law.
The Canadian Recording Industry Association had sought the identities
of 29 individuals alleged to have illegally shared files over P2P
networks. Justice Konrad von Finckenstein ruled, however, that the
association did not prove that the individuals had in fact distributed
songs or authorized their illegal reproduction. Simply placing the
songs on their computers and granting P2P access to those songs to
other users on the network does not prove copyright infringement, said
von Finckenstein. An attorney for the Canadian Recording Industry
Association said the group would appeal and suggested that Canadian
laws are not keeping up with evolving technologies that allow digital
piracy on such a large scale.
Washington Post, 31 March 2004
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40398-2004Mar31.html
[And. . .in a related story]
SECOND JUDGE REJECTS RIAA'S GROUP LAWSUITS
Weeks after a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled that the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA) may not discover the identities
of multiple users from a single lawsuit, a judge in Florida has reached
the same conclusion. After a court ruling that said the RIAA could not
compel ISPs to disclose the identities of alleged copyright infringers
without filing a lawsuit, the group began filing individual lawsuits
against multiple defendants who share an ISP. That tactic has now been
rejected by two federal judges, forcing the RIAA to file separate "John
Doe" lawsuits against every individual it suspects of violating
copyright law. The group can still sue alleged violators and learn
their identities from ISPs, but it must do so on an individual basis,
which will cost the group more money and take more time.
Wired News, 1 April 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62915,00.html
GOOGLE ENTERS THE E-MAIL FRAY
Search engine Google will launch an e-mail service, called Gmail, and
take on companies such as Microsoft and Yahoo, both of which offer
e-mail as well as search services. Yahoo and Microsoft have recently
announced efforts to try to improve their share of the search market,
currently dominated by Google. Google will start well behind Microsoft,
Yahoo, and AOL in number of subscribers; each of those three companies
has more than 30 million subscribers already. The new Gmail service
will reportedly offer users premium features, such as the ability to
store large amounts of e-mail, for free. Current e-mail offerings from
Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL typically offer free e-mail accounts but
charge users for storage above a relatively low threshold.
New York Times, 1 April 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/technology/01google.html
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More Headline News Mostly Avoided By The Major U.S. Media
I've been researching and reporting on "Stereolithography" or 3-D
printing for about 10 years, and still have very little in the way
of press coverage of a pretty exciting computer application. . .
"printing" actual 3-D objects from your computer. At our weekly
Geek Lunch yesterday, I was advised that ads for "printers" that
use lasers to "print" on wood, plastic, fabric, paper, glass,
leather, stone, ceramic rubber, etc., have been listed and
advertized in some of the PC magazines since I left on my
speaking tour around four months ago. One of the cutest
applications I noticed was the making of "popup books" in
which the laser actually cuts the pages so when it sits at
a right angle, something as complex as an architectural
"concept building" can appear in a nice 3-D rendering.
I'm not sure yet if there might not be more work entailed
to make sure the paper/cardboard folded properly.
Any additional information on ANY 3-D printers???
Please email hart@pobox.com.
[So. . .Why Can't *WE* Put RFID Tags On Our OWN Things for 20 Cents???]
RFID TECHNOLOGY FOR AIRPORT BAGGAGE-TRACKING
Jacksonville International will be one of the first airports to track
luggage with RFID tags to increase security and help reduce the number of
lost bags. RFID stands for "radio frequency identification" systems, which
use electronic readers to record data stored within microchips encased in
plastic tags laced with metal bands that transmit signals to monitoring
devices. However, the cost of a disposable RFID chip begins at about 20
cents, which is 20 times what it costs to produce bar-code tags.
(AP/USA Today 5 Apr 2004)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-04-05-jax-bags_x.htm
[And. . .in a related story]
TSA EYES RFID BOARDING PASSES
The Transportation Security Administration is looking into the
possibility of using RFID-tagged airline boarding passes that would enable
passenger tracking in airports -- a proposal that has raised the hackles of
some privacy advocates. TSA says it would use the special boarding passes
in conjunction with its "registered traveler" program, which would permit
frequent fliers to provide detailed personal information, corroborated by a
background check. The RFID passes would allow these registered travelers to
speed through "special lanes" during the boarding process. The TSA has
already started work to deploy RFID boarding passes in some countries in
Africa under the Federal Aviation Administration's Safe Skies for Africa
Initiative. But Katherine Albrecht, who worked against the use of RFID tags
on retail goods, says this new proposal is a "nightmare scenario," which
uses technology to invade people's privacy. "Are they going to track how
long I spend in the ladies room?" she asks. (Computerworld 1 Apr 2004)
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,91830
,00.html
WHO KILLED THE NEW YORK TIMES?
Some newspaper-watchers say that deposed executive editor Howell Raines
seriously damaged the stature and credibility of the New York Times because
of the way he managed the newsroom and the news; others give the blame to
Jayson Blair, a Raines protigi who flagrantly plagiarized stories from other
newspapers and committed other editorial sins as well. Decide for yourself.
Raines justifies his own actions in a very long apologia called "My Times"
in the May issue of the Atlantic Monthly; for Blair's version of events, see
his recent book "Burning Down My Master's House: My Life at the New York
Times." Unsurprisingly, both versions of the story are distinctly
self-serving accounts of what actually happened. (Atlantic Monthly May 2004)
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/05/raines-excerpts.htm
[Talk About "Self-Serving". . .just look at the source of the article! ;-)]
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