Saturday, March 8, 2003

categories: Biz US Job Loss Deepens Newsday - In a sweeping display of economic weakness, the nation lost a startling 308000 jobs last month, as fears of war intensified and companies closed their doors to job seekers. Jobless may be on dole longer as war looms United Press International   7:44:06 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Legal SEC accuses Spiegel of securities breach London Free Press - The US Securities and Exchange Commission accused retailer Spiegel Inc. in a federal court filing yesterday of violating securities laws by withholding adverse information from the public. SEC Sues Spiegel Over Withholding Info ABC News The Spiegel Group Feb Sales $120.1M, Down 23% Yahoo News   7:42:16 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: SciTech Future PDAs: Savvier Tour Guides? Hewlett-Packard introduces a concept technology that outfits a handheld computer with wireless access, GPS and a bar-code scanner. The result is a device that knows where you are -- and where you want to go. Elisa Batista reports from Palo Alto, California. [Wired News]   7:41:21 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Biz Apple Bites Into Music Downloads?. Though it won't confirm the rumors, Apple seems poised to launch an online music subscription service with major record labels in the coming weeks. [Wired News] and British telecom giant offers music downloads. CNET News.com - British telecommunications company BT Group on Thursday announced the launch of a subscription-based music download service, a crucial component to expanding its lead in Britain's residential broadband market.   7:38:25 AM    comment

categories: Medical/Health Hospitals Take Robots for a Spin With skyrocketing health-care costs and a growing nursing shortage, some hospitals are looking to robots to pick up the slack. These virtual orderlies may one day perform tasks like wheeling patients to dinner and taking blood. [Wired News]   7:35:16 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: World Environment harm remains from Alaska drilling The oil industry and regulatory agencies have reduced many of the harmful environmental effects of drilling in northern Alaska, but problems remain, according to a congressionally mandated scientific report. Blue Planet: No rest for the ANWRy United Press International Report looks at oil's effects Anchorage Daily News   7:34:00 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Biz Outlook: As stock markets test fresh lows, a new rationality dawns Independent - I've been rereading Alan Greenspan's famous irrational exuberance speech, which was delivered a little over six years ago, in the hope of gaining some insight into the extraordinary stock market collapse of the past three years. Employment Situation (Feb, 2003) Forbes   7:20:41 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial Troop Movement Could Cost $25 Billion, Congressional Office Finds New York Times - The Congressional Budget Office estimated today that simply sending troops and equipment to the Persian Gulf to fight Iraq and returning them home would cost nearly $25 billion and that the total cost of a potential ... $1.82T Deficit Predicted in Bush Budget Washington Post   7:15:02 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: SciTech Open Source XML-RPC for Cocoa We just released a BSD license XML-RPC implementation for Cocoa. It’s the same code that’s in the current NetNewsWire beta. (Actually, it’s a little ahead of the beta.) [Ranchero]   7:03:05 AM  Google It!  comment