Thursday, March 14, 2002
Uniform that makes soldiers invisible in the works
The Army is hunting for a new military uniform that can make soldiers nearly invisible, grant superhuman strength and provide instant medical care. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is up for the task.
Discussion at Slashdot.
Unix under the Desktop
Doc Searls and Brent Simmons
Nobody paid attention to Steve Jobs' slickest move of all, which is leveraging UNIX where it counts. [ ... ] Mac OS X is built on Darwin, an open-source implementation of BSD on a Mach kernel. So now every new Mac is a Trojan horse that arrives with an invisible army of UNIX experts.
XML Tools 2.4
Late Night Software
The XML Tools AppleScript Scripting Addition allows AppleScript to parse and generate XML data.
The Internet is Missing
Bob Frankston
Because the Internet doesn't treat each use as special, the connectivity itself becomes a commodity whose price declines very rapidly and thus makes imagination, not cost, the limiting factor. This is counter-intuitive to those whose business revolves around maximizing the value of their capital current assets.
Piracy, or Innovation? It's Hollywood vs. High Tech
The clash between Hollywood and Silicon Valley underscores a new tension between what have long been high national priorities: protecting intellectual property and promoting technological innovation. With the two in conflict, lawmakers are grappling to strike a balance.
DigitalConsumer Takes Up the Fight Against Copyright Plans in Congress
Walter S. Mossberg
Thursday, a new group goes public to fight back on behalf of consumers. It's called DigitalConsumer.org and was formed by Silicon Valley businesspeople who oppose the erosion of consumer rights and of technological innovation. It aims to get Congress to pass a six-point Consumer Technology Bill of Rights.
Discussion at Slashdot.
