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| Monday, September 25, 2000 |
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'Typosquatters' turn flubs into cash (ZDNet)
A crafty group of firms has figured out a way to use traffic destined for big name Web sites like Yahoo.com, MSN.com and AOL.com to generate thousands - and potentially millions - of dollars in advertising revenues. |
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| Sunday, September 17, 2000 |
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ID Them By the Way They Walk (Wired News)
Forget voice print matching and face recognition: Future technology could identify someone by the way they walk.
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| Tuesday, September 12, 2000 |
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How Big Blue fell for Linux (Salon)
When open-source developers and IBM took gambles on each other, free software showed it can flourish in the heartland of corporate computing. |
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| Monday, August 28, 2000 |
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Olympic site breaches Disability Discrimination Act (the age)
SOCOG was ordered to make changes to its website before the Olympics start after the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission upheld a complaint against the site by a blind man today.
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| Wednesday, August 23, 2000 |
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What the Internet Cannot Do (The Economist)
A whole industry of cybergurus has enthralled audiences (and made a fine living) with exuberant claims that the Internet will prevent wars, reduce pollution, and combat various forms of inequality. However, although the Internet is still young enough to inspire idealism, it has also been around long enough to test whether the prophets can be right. |
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| Tuesday, August 08, 2000 |
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Saving Bits and Bytes for History (LA Times)
As technology reinvents itself at ever-faster speeds, museums and collectors are rescuing superstar computers abandoned after their moment of glory.
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| Friday, July 21, 2000 |
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Could the future of robotics be a toy train with a taste for flesh? (New Scientist)
BEWARE: a hungry, flesh-eating robot called Chew Chew could have designs on you. Not that you won't hear the beast coming: Chew Chew is a 12-wheeled monster that looks more like a train. But he's also the first robot to be completely powered by food. He's called a gastrobot--and he is set to make his public debut in August, at a robotics conference in Hawaii.
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| Tuesday, July 18, 2000 |
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Web users have case of short-term memory (News.com)
Did life exist before the Internet? That's not necessarily a facetious question. Many teachers and others wonder whether the ease of doing research online has made students oblivious to history before around 1995, when the Web became popular.
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| Monday, July 17, 2000 |
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Microsoft Sees Software ´Agent´ as Way to Avoid Distractions (NYT - registration)
Hoping to shed its longstanding industry reputation as a mere imitator, not an innovator, Microsoft is spending heavily on research in a wide range of software technologies that include hand-held computing and voice recognition. But the most intriguing project may be taking place in the cramped office of Eric Horvitz, a devotee of an obscure, 17-century statistical technique that plays a key role in his current work. |
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| Friday, June 23, 2000 |
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Back rub, anyone? Big Blue loosens up (ZDNet)
IBM isn't just unbuttoning its tie. At PCExpo, the tech giant will strip down its image -- pocket protector and all -- at a Geek Spa gathering. |
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