Month: <span>July 2001</span>

CNET: Senator urges changes to Windows XP. “During a Tuesday press conference, Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked federal and state trustbusters to consider taking action that would delay Windows XP’s release. He also called on Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., to hold hearings on the matter.”
7:19:56 PM  

Boston.com: SJC upholds conviction of man who secretly taped police. “The state’s highest court on Friday upheld the conviction of a man who secretly recorded police after they pulled him over… But in a strongly worded dissent, two justices said the wiretapping statute was not meant to prevent citizens from recording an encounter with police.”
7:15:39 PM  

Josh Lucas: “Have you ever asked yourself whether you should tip a hooker or not?…”
7:12:50 PM  

Morons Dot Org: Challenge to Children’s Internet Protection Act may Proceed. “Becker asked, ‘This case is unquestionably destined for the United States Supreme Court, is it not?… Wouldn’t this court and the Supreme Court be much better equipped to deal with this after discovery and after trial?'”
7:10:33 PM  

Ananova: 150 Santas stage summit in Denmark. Uuh…yeah, whatever.
7:06:40 PM  

Dictionary.com Word of the Day: ne plus ultra.
6:57:31 PM  

NASA’s Earth Observatory: Earth Likely to Warm 4-7 Degrees by 2100. “There’s a nine out of ten chance that global average temperatures will rise 3-9 degrees Fahrenheit over the coming century, with a 4-7 degree increase most likely, according to a new probability analysis by scientists in the United States and England. The most likely projected increase is five times the one-degree temperature rise observed over the past century.”
11:58:04 PM  

CNET: Senator calls for hearings on Windows XP. “Sen. Charles Schumer, of New York, issued a statement saying he will hold a press conference on Tuesday to call for committee hearings to investigate Microsoft and ‘demand that Windows XP allow users to choose their media player, messenger service and other applications instead of being forced to use Microsoft applications.'”
5:58:13 PM  

EFF: Adobe, Electronic Frontier Foundation Call for Release of Russian Programmer. “We strongly support the DMCA and the enforcement of copyright protection of digital content,” said Colleen Pouliot, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Adobe. “However, the prosecution of this individual in this particular case is not conducive to the best interests of any of the parties involved or the industry.”
5:56:29 PM  

Wired: Net Reporting at Stake. “Free speech advocates worry that if Banamex succeeds in bringing this suit to New York state court, powerful corporations and individuals could be armed with an important precedent that would allow them to harass Internet journalists with libel suits anywhere in the world.”
5:54:32 PM  

Radio Australia: French police seize weapons quality uranium. Scary.
5:53:17 PM  

Motley Fool: Merrill Pays Investor $400K.
5:52:47 PM  

Hack the Planet: Zope 2.4 is out.
5:52:24 PM  

Cruel Site of the Day: Introducing the Microsoft Assport. “As you consider Microsoft’s kind offer to safeguard your personal information in a Passport, take a look at the Magic Link, a MSN Communities security hole that exposes random and often jaw-droppingly pornographic images stored by MSN users in photo albums.”
5:51:20 PM  

CNET: Microsoft hopes to create buzz for Stinger. “[Microsoft] will announce Monday that it invested an undisclosed sum in Sendo, a U.K.-based handset maker that is one of the four companies developing prototypes for a combination cell phone and personal digital assistant that will run on Microsoft software…”
1:10:05 AM  

Dictionary.com Word of the Day: avatar:

“In 1517, the year of their first contact, the Aztecs took the Spaniards to be avatars of Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent, god of learning and of wind.”

–Paul Theroux, Fresh Air Fiend
1:08:28 AM  

The Giants just suffered another crushing defeat to the Diamondbacks. They lost 12 to 4, with three of the four Giants runs being solo homers (none by Bonds). Now they’re down 5 1/2 games, and headed for Denver.
4:02:23 PM  

With all the warnings over the last few days about viruses and worms, spreading across the Internet via Windows security holes, I can’t help but think that there’s something ironic about this.
3:57:48 PM  

Jeff: “HELP! I’m stranded in Kansas…”
2:43:35 PM  

CNN: Journey from ‘doormat wife’ to journalistic icon. “From ‘doormat wife’ to legendary Washington Post publisher, from Georgetown matron to first female head of a Fortune 500 business, from shy retiring woman to friend of presidents and celebrities, Katharine Graham covered a lot of ground during her 84 years.”
2:42:21 PM  

CNEWS: Lawmaker pees in trash?. “City Hall is in a furor after a female member of the Board of Aldermen apparently urinated in a waste basket rather than yield the floor during a filibuster.” You go, girl!
2:40:19 PM  

Derek Powazek has some webby photos.
2:32:53 PM  

CNN: Solar sail spacecraft crashes after launch. “The prototype of a spacecraft built to coast on solar winds crashed shortly after its launch…” Bummer.
2:30:45 PM  

Dictionary.com Word of the Day: cohort.
2:28:26 PM