Apple spurns proposed MPEG-4 licenses. The company rejects proposed licensing terms for the emerging MPEG-4 video standard, leaving the future of its QuickTime multimedia technology in limbo. [CNET News.com] 5:49:19 PM
"See No Evil". Former CIA field officer Robert Baer, who left the agency in 1997 after more than 20 years, recounts his 1995 mission in northern Iraq. [Salon.com] 12:56:25 PM
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Why This Link Patent Case Is Weak. Even if British Telecom proves its 1989 patent for linking on the Web is legit, critics say it's too late, and that programmers would just use another technique. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] 9:56:33 AM
Sigma SD9 D-SLR: Foveon X3 sensor. Pre-PMA 2002: Sigma's new SD9 D-SLR will be the first digital camera to utilize Foveon's recently announced X3 sensor technology. This new camera has a 3.43 megapixel (effective) X3 sensor which outputs 2268 x... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] 9:47:29 AM
Ugh - Burning Hybrid CDs. The past few days I've been digging in to the crazy world of burning cross-platform CDs, in other words multimedia... [What Do I Know] 9:30:03 AM
La. asks PayPal to halt service in state. Days after a lawsuit delays its IPO, the online payments company gets more bad news as Louisiana asks the company to cease service until the state licenses it. [CNET News.com] 9:26:51 AM
Will Rogers. "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." [Quotes of the Day] 9:25:34 AM
Simplify and Prosper. As designers, you must study and understand the latest cutting-edge Web technologies - but you don't necessarily have to rush out and use them. Read on to discover how designing Web sites using the KISS principle can be both challenging and profitable. By Wendy Peck. 0211 [WebReference News] 9:22:31 AM