Tuesday, April 2, 2002|
A Dim View of a `Posthuman Future'. Francis Fukuyama, the political theorist, warns in a new book that biotechnologists may someday alter human nature. By Nicholas Wade. [New York Times: Science] 7:26:18 PM  comment
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Pocket PC VPN Enters Beta. Supports IPsec, other secure technology [allNetDevices Wireless News] 7:25:52 PM comment
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Four people. One car. A Wi-Fi connection. Seven days. Or longer. : I thought this was an April Fool's prank, but it's not. Read about this contest in which four people spend at least a week in a VW bug to win it. The Internet connectivity for the dealership is provided through Wi-Fi. Yakima, Washington, the town in which this contest is taking place, is an ideal location for wireless ISPs, such as NWInfo.Net, the one running this connection. It's small, but has a fair variety of businesses, and is far enough off the beaten track to not have the kind of infrastructure to support cheap high-speed wired access. Likewise, a complex terrain allows strategic points for antennas. [80211b News]7:24:51 PM comment
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Shell to Buy Enterprise for $5 Billion. Royal Dutch/Shell Group said today that it has agreed to buy Enterprise Oil in a cash deal valuing Britain's biggest independent explorer at 3.5 billion pounds ($5 billion). By Reuters. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 7:19:01 PM comment
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XM Satellite Signs Up More Customers Than Expected. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite radio service provider XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR.O) on Monday said it ended the first quarter with more subscribers than it had expected and is on track to meet expectations for full year 2002. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology] 7:18:10 PM comment
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Instant outlining. Here's the O'Reilly Network story:
Well, I sure hope so. [Jon's Radio] 7:17:39 PM comment
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Business Week: Wi-Fi's "Cauldron of Innovation". Q&A with Dan Farber. You can create a network, design applications, and build a business without having to hire Washington lawyers to do it. For example, I'm currently designing a temperature-control system for my house using Wi-Fi. And I don't need to get a license to do it. [Tomalak's Realm] 7:17:05 PM comment
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CIO: Software for the People Q&A with Bonnie Nardi. The reason they often fail is that you need to have informal communications in order to find the knowledge in an organization, but the automated systems that capture such knowledge tend to be very top-down. Even passwords drive me crazy. [Tomalak's Realm] 7:13:38 PM comment
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