Tuesday, July 16, 2002

Amazon's Web Services. One user is called Book Watch which takes a list of most mentioned books from weblogs.com (via links to amazon) and then generates a page with the book, it's google hits, and it's amazon related hits. Very cool. I still wish that smart tags were still around, imagine something that recognises a book title, and you are a right click away from the associated items. 4:27:28 PM

U.S. and U.N. Split Over Arafat's Future. NEW YORK (AP) -- U.N., European and Russian leaders split sharply with the Bush administration Tuesday over the future of Yasser Arafat, insisting that the Palestinian leader legitimately heads his people's statehood movement. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Politics] 2:51:57 PM

About Palladium 1:41:23 PM

Steven Den Beste wrote an amusing anaylsis of the extreme cognitive dissonance it takes to be a Mac fanatic. "The hardcore Mac faithful seem to believe just before each MacWorld that this is going to be the time that the Steve finally announces the killer product which is going to rock the PC heathen back on their heels and begins the great exodus from the dark side into the grace of Steve's love." [Joel on Software] 1:30:31 PM

>Ballmer 'fesses up to Linux/Windows cost FUD. Just can't keep that myth alive [The Register] Actually the register is being dumb. Thier source article mentions the TCO arguement for windows and they follow this up in thier article with an page comparing in the embedded space which is just a different market altogether. 1:18:43 PM

A Lesson in Green-speak. Alan spoke, and Wall Street listened. But what did he say? [The Motley Fool] 11:28:03 AM

Two Holes in Government. You might be surprised to hear which key government roles are going unfilled. [The Motley Fool] 11:21:41 AM

Britain Takes the Lid Off Pot Marijuana to Remain Illegal, but Police Won't Arrest Users [Washington Post] 9:27:04 AM

Apple Switch Ad for Gamers 9:09:25 AM

Quadriplegic sues strip club over wheelchair access for lap dances [CNN.com] 8:31:35 AM

Israel Blocks Palestinian ISP. The Israeli government takes over the offices of Palnet, effectively keeping thousands of Palestinians from accessing the Internet. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News] 8:25:34 AM

MPEG 4 is go (licence fees capped). Apple dances Quicktime 6 gig [The Register] They also point to this EETimes article that asks if MPEG4 is too late. 8:20:26 AM

FirstGov opens for business. The U.S. government announces it will open an online auction and shopping section on its FirstGov portal, consolidating sales of property, cars, books, gifts and government auctions. [CNET News.com] 8:16:59 AM

Microsoft reveals media XP details. The entertainment version of Windows--dubbed Windows XP Media Center Edition--will appear on new PCs and PC hybrids in time for the holidays. [CNET News.com] 8:15:39 AM