Science and Technology

At 39 Courtney should be getting it together, instead she seems to be falling apart. Is it too late? No, but it’s getting close. My MSNBC.com commentary is here: “When they get what they want, They never want it again” – “Violet” by Hole I hate Courtney – I love …

CNET reports on themselves: San Francisco-based CNET Networks said it has signed a definitive agreement with Vivendi Universal Net USA to acquire the assets of MP3.com, with the deal scheduled to close in December. Terms of the transaction were not released. CNET Networks operates an array of technology-oriented Web sites …

The court ruled in favor of sanity on the garage door opener DMCA case: The Northern District of Illinois District Court today ruled that the universal garage door clicker sold by Skylink Technologies that interoperates with Chamberlain Group garage door openers does not violate the DMCA “We’re pleased the court …

The trailer to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film was leaked by a fan site: Industrious, Internet-enabled Harry Potter fans managed to get a sneak preview of a sneak preview of the trailer for the latest movie in the Potter series Wednesday evening. The trailer for the third …

In Korea everyone is running around like they have kimchi in their shorts, snapping photos with their camera-phones, including where they oughtn’t. So now the handsets have to go “beep”: Alarmed at the use of camera phones to catch individuals in compromising situations, South Korea has ordered manufacturers to ensure …

Scientists make fingertip-sized memory tabs with no moving parts: each paper-thin device could store more than a gigabyte of information – equivalent to 1,000 high quality images – in one cubic centimetre of space. Experts have developed the technology by melding together organic and inorganic materials in a unique way. …

With exactly one year to go, the presidential race of 2004 has officially begun. Of course they’ve really been at it for some time. Check out this fascinating site, Fundrace 2004, that complies data on just that. There are candidate rankings based upon grass-roots money raising (Dean leads), repeat giving …

The importance of this story is what it says about “copy-protection” – there’s no such thing: The world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia said on Wednesday hackers have cracked the copy-protection codes for its newly launched N-Gage gaming device, allowing copied games to be downloaded over the Web. The setback …

Hey Tom, you just got a new bass guitar. How about free lessons from the best teachers in the world? Check this out: BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC LAUNCHES “BERKLEE SHARES”: A GROUNDBREAKING NEW PROGRAM OFFERING FREE MUSIC EDUCATION ONLINE World-Renowned Music College Encourages People to Share Music Lessons via File …

The Barenaked Ladies have a new album out that Mark Saleski does his usual fine job of reviewing here. The Ladies are also on tour in support of the album and are blogging about it here: Mon November 3 ’03 – Notes from the field. submitted by Ed My day …